The 2010 World Netball Series was the second edition of the World Netball Series

World Netball Series

The World Netball Series is an international netball competition that was contested for the first time in October 2009. The new competition features modified "fastnet" rules, and has been likened to Twenty20 cricket and rugby sevens...

, an annual international netball

Netball

Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...

 competition held under fastnet

Fastnet (netball)

Fastnet is a variation of netball featuring shortened games and goals worth multiple points. The new format was announced by the International Federation of Netball Associations in 2008, and was primarily developed for a new international competition, the World Netball Series.- Background :In...

 rules. The 2010 event was held in Liverpool, England, and was contested between the top six national netball teams according to the IFNA World Rankings

IFNA World Rankings

The IFNA World Rankings are published by the International Federation of Netball Associations to make it possible to compare the relative strengths of internationally active national netball teams. Initially, rankings were based on the results from the Netball World Championships, and released...

. After two days of round-robin matches, Jamaica and England finished on top of the standings. However, the 2010 tournament was won by New Zealand, who defeated Jamaica in the semi-final and England in the grand final.

Date and venue

The 2010 World Netball Series was played in Liverpool over three days, from 19–21 November. Matches were held at the Echo Arena Liverpool, which has a seating capacity of 7,500 for sporting events.

Format

The tournament comprised 20 matches played over three days from 19–21 November. Each of the six teams played each other once during the first two days in a round-robin format. At the end of two days, the four highest-ranked teams from this stage progress to the finals, played on the final day of competition, in which the 1st-ranked team play the 4th-ranked team, while 2nd plays 3rd. The winners of these two matches contested the Grand Final; the remaining teams competed in third- and fifth-place playoffs.

Teams

The top six international netball teams contest the World Netball Series each year. Five teams returned from the previous tournament; Samoa was replaced by South Africa in 2010. England, Jamaica and Malawi sent near full-strength teams for the tournament; Australia and New Zealand sent development teams, while South Africa had several top players unavailable.

Participating teams and rosters

Caitlin Bassett Caitlin Bassett Caitlin Bassett is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the West Coast Fever. Bassett previously played for the Perth Orioles in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy from 2005–07. In 2008, she played for one half of a game as a member of the Australian Diamonds team...   Emily Beaton Emily Beaton Emily Beaton is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the Adelaide Thunderbirds. She was also a member of the Australian FastNet Diamonds team that played in the 2011 World Netball Series tournament in Liverpool....   Erin Bell Erin Bell (netball player) Erin Bell is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the Adelaide Thunderbirds. Bell's previous ANZ Championship team was the NSW Swifts, and she also played for the Sydney Swifts in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy...   Kate Beveridge Kate Beveridge Kate Beveridge is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship, who played for the Adelaide Thunderbirds from 2008-2010. She move to the melbourne vixens for the 2011 season. Beveridge is known for her long range goal attempts, high arcing shots and very high accuracy rate...  (c) Shae Bolton Shae Bolton Shae Bolton is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the West Coast Fever. Bolton previously played in for the Melbourne Kestrels in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy. Her uncle, Mark Bolton, played for Essendon Bombers.-References:...   Ashleigh Brazill Ashleigh Brazill Ashleigh Brazill is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the New South Wales Swifts. She will be playing for the West Coast Fever in 2012....   Madison Browne Madison Browne Madison Browne is an Australian international netball player. Browne was included in the Australian national squad in 2007 after the World Championships in November. She debuted in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy in 2006, playing with the Melbourne Kestrels. In 2008, Browne signed with the Melbourne...  (vc) Tegan Caldwell Tegan Caldwell Tegan Caldwell is an Australian Netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the Melbourne Vixens.She has been described as the new Sharelle McMahon because of her agility in the circle, vertical leap and accurate eye.Tegan's career began in the seaside town of Anglesea for the Bellarine...   Chanel Gomes  April Letton April Letton April Letton is an Australian netball player. She plays in the positions of GK and GD. She was a temporary replacement player for the Queensland Firebirds in 2011 and will be playing for the New South Wales Swifts in 2012. She participated in the 2010 World Netball Series and 2011 World Netball...   Mary Livesey  Amy Steel Amy Steel (netballer) Amy Steel is an Australian netball player currently playing for the Queensland Firebirds in the ANZ Championship. She has also previously played for the Melbourne Kestrels in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy from 2005–2007...	Maree Bowden Maree Bowden Maree Bowden is a New Zealand international netball player. Bowden played with the Canterbury Flames in the National Bank Cup from 1999–2007. She continued with the Canterbury franchise, which became the Canterbury Tactix, when the ANZ Championship began in 2008...  (c) Kayla Cullen Kayla Cullen Kayla Cullen is a New Zealand netball player. As a high school student, Cullen played representative netball and basketball, and competed at a national level in athletics...   Ellen Halpenny Ellen Halpenny Ellen Halpenny is a New Zealand netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the Canterbury Tactix. During the first two seasons of the ANZ Championship, she spent much of her time on the reserves bench...   Charlotte Kight Charlotte Kight Charlotte Kight is a New Zealand netball player. Kight started in the National Bank Cup with the Western Flyers in 2005, under head coach Yvette McCausland-Durie. She played with the Flyers for two years, before moving to the Canterbury Flames for the final year of the competition in 2007...   Camilla Lees Camilla Lees Camilla Lees is a New Zealand netball player. Lees made her debut in the ANZ Championship with the Central Pulse in 2009, after initially being considered for the Canterbury Tactix. She made the New Zealand U21 team in 2007, and won a silver medal with the team at the 2009 World Youth Netball...   Jessica Moulds  Grace Rasmussen Grace Rasmussen Grace Rasmussen is a New Zealand netball player. Rasmussen played in the National Bank Cup for the Auckland Diamonds from 2005–07...   Rachel Rasmussen Rachel Rasmussen Rachel Rasmussen is a New Zealand netball player. Rasmussen was signed with the Auckland Diamonds in the Coca-Cola Cup in 2000, continuing with the side until the competition's end in 2007...   Hayley Saunders Hayley Saunders Hayley Saunders is a New Zealand netball player and member of the Southern Steel team in the ANZ Championship...   Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit is a New Zealand netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the Southern Steel. In 2010, she was named along with Hayley Saunders from the Steel to play in the World FastNet Series. The FastNet Ferns were coached by Robyn Broughton, who is also in charge of the...   Anna Thompson Anna Thompson (netball player) Anna Thompson is a New Zealand netball player. Thompson plays in the ANZ Championship for the Canterbury Tactix. In 2009 she was named as a member of the Silver Ferns squad...	Louisa Brownfield  Rachel Dunn Rachel Dunn Rachel Dunn is an English international netball player. Dunn debuted for the England national netball team in 2004 against South Africa, and was a member of the England teams that won bronze medals at the 2006 and 2010 Commonwealth Games, and a silver medal at the 2010 World Netball...   Jo Harten  Pamela Cookey Pamela Cookey Pamela Cookey is an English netball player, usually posted to goal attack . Cookey was a surprise inclusion in the England national netball team as a seventeen-year-old, for the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, but was unable to participate due to a knee injury...  (vc) Karen Atkinson Karen Atkinson Karen Atkinson is an English international netball player. Atkinson has represented England in netball since 1994, and was selected for the senior England team in 1997. During her international career, she has won bronze medals at three Commonwealth Games , as well as in the 1999 Netball World...  (c) Tamsin Greenway Tamsin Greenway Tamsin Greenway is an English netball player and member of the England national netball team. She usually plays wing attack or goal attack....   Serena Guthrie  Sasha Corbin  Stacey Francis  Eboni Beckford-Chambers  Lindsay Keable  Sonia Mkoloma Sonia Mkoloma Sonia Mkoloma is an English international netball player. Mkoloma made her international debut for the English national team in 1999, and during her career has competed at three Netball World Championships, three Commonwealth Games and two World Netball Series...	Nicole Aiken-Pinnock Nicole Aiken Nicole Alicia Aiken-Pinnock is a Jamaican netball player. Pinnock started playing international representative netball as early as 2004, although she made her senior debut in the Jamaican national team, the Sunshine Girls, at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne...   Nadine Bryan Nadine Bryan Nadine Tamara Bryan is a Jamaican international netball player. Bryan is a current member of the Jamaica national netball team, the Sunshine Girls. She debuted for the Sunshine Girls in 1997 and has gone on to play in every major netball tournament for Jamaica since...   Althea Byfield Althea Byfield Althea Latoya Byfield is a Jamaican international basketball and netball player. Byfield has represented Jamaica in both sports, and is a current member of the Jamaican netball team.-Early life:...   Jodi-Ann Ffrench-Kentish  Simone Forbes Simone Forbes Simone Nagina Forbes is a Jamaican sportswoman, having represented Jamaica in no less than five sports, including netball, volleyball, basketball, football and softball....  (c) Jhanielle Fowler  Sasher-Gaye Henry  Sasha-Gay Lynch  Malysha Kelly  Tracy-Ann Robinson  Paula Thompson  Vanessa Walker	Claudia Basson  Chrisna Bootha Chrisna Bootha Chrisna Bootha is a South African netball player. Chrisna plays in the positions of GS and GA. She is a member of the South Africa national netball team and has competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and the 2011 World Netball Championships in Singapore...   Erin Burger Erin Burger Erin Burger is a South African netball player. She plays in the positions of C, WA and WD. She is a member of the South Africa national netball team and has competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, the 2007 World Netball Championships in Auckland and the 2011 World Netball Championships...   Elzet Engelbrecht  Sindisiwe Gumede  Maryka Holtzhausen Maryka Holtzhausen Maryka Holtzhausen is a South African netball player. She plays in the positions of GA and WA. She is a member of the South Africa national netball team and has competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and the 2011 World Netball Championships in Singapore...   Christine Markgraaff  Zanele Mdodane  Nthabiseng Moabi  Precious Mthembu Precious Mthembu Precious Mthembu is a South African netball player. She plays in the positions of C and WD. She participated in the 2011 World Netball Series in Liverpool, UK.-External Links:**. Retrieved 2011-11-29....   Amanda Mynhardt Amanda Mynhardt Amanda Mynhardt is a South African netball player. She plays in the positions of GK and GD. She is currently captain of the South Africa national netball team and has competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and the 2011 World Netball Championships in Singapore...   Liezel Wium (c)	Joan Kachilika  Peace Kaluwa (c) Mway Kumwenda  Sylvia Malenga  Beatrice Mpinganjira  Caroline Mtukule  Linda Munthali  Grace Mwafulirwa  Joyce Mvula  Esther Nkhoma  Towera Vinkhumbo  Mary Waya Mary Waya Mary Waya is a Malawian netball player and coach. Waya started playing international-level netball at age 14, and has played in more than 200 representative matches for Malawi...
Coach: Norma Plummer Norma Plummer Norma Plummer is an Australian netball coach and former player. She was coach of the Australian national netball team from 2003 to 2011, ending her coaching career with the Diamonds on 67 victories from 89 Tests – a success rate of 75 per cent...	Coach: Robyn Broughton Robyn Broughton Robyn Broughton MNZM is a New Zealand netball coach. Broughton coached the Southern Sting from 1998–2007 during the National Bank Cup, winning seven titles in ten years. She was also an assistant coach for the New Zealand national netball team from 2000–02, and is currently a national selector...	Coach: Anna Mayes	Coach: Connie Francis	Coach: Carin Strauss	Coach: Edith Kaliati

Results

Friday 19 November
Game	Time (GMT)	Match			Details
1	13:40		32 – 30
2	14:25		30 – 13
3	15:10		19 – 25
4	18:35		23 – 29
5	19:20		34 – 22
6	20:05		25 – 25
7	20:50		16 – 31

Saturday 20 November
Game	Time (GMT)	Match			Details
8	10:05		26 – 24
9	10:50		30 – 32
10	11:35		17 – 28
11	12:20		20 – 27
12	14:35		34 – 34
13	15:20		27 – 27
14	16:05		39 – 13
15	16:50		29 – 32

Sunday 21 November
Game	Time (GMT)	Match			Details
16	13:05		28 – 29
17	13:50		26 – 25
18	14:35		25 – 20
19	15:20		29 – 30
20	16:05		28 – 26

Final placings

Place	Nation
4
5
6

Coach: Robyn Broughton Robyn Broughton Robyn Broughton MNZM is a New Zealand netball coach. Broughton coached the Southern Sting from 1998–2007 during the National Bank Cup, winning seven titles in ten years. She was also an assistant coach for the New Zealand national netball team from 2000–02, and is currently a national selector...	Coach: Anna Mayes	Coach: Connie Francis
Maree Bowden Maree Bowden Maree Bowden is a New Zealand international netball player. Bowden played with the Canterbury Flames in the National Bank Cup from 1999–2007. She continued with the Canterbury franchise, which became the Canterbury Tactix, when the ANZ Championship began in 2008...  (c) Kayla Cullen Kayla Cullen Kayla Cullen is a New Zealand netball player. As a high school student, Cullen played representative netball and basketball, and competed at a national level in athletics...   Ellen Halpenny Ellen Halpenny Ellen Halpenny is a New Zealand netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the Canterbury Tactix. During the first two seasons of the ANZ Championship, she spent much of her time on the reserves bench...   Charlotte Kight Charlotte Kight Charlotte Kight is a New Zealand netball player. Kight started in the National Bank Cup with the Western Flyers in 2005, under head coach Yvette McCausland-Durie. She played with the Flyers for two years, before moving to the Canterbury Flames for the final year of the competition in 2007...   Camilla Lees Camilla Lees Camilla Lees is a New Zealand netball player. Lees made her debut in the ANZ Championship with the Central Pulse in 2009, after initially being considered for the Canterbury Tactix. She made the New Zealand U21 team in 2007, and won a silver medal with the team at the 2009 World Youth Netball... Jessica Moulds  Grace Rasmussen Grace Rasmussen Grace Rasmussen is a New Zealand netball player. Rasmussen played in the National Bank Cup for the Auckland Diamonds from 2005–07...   Rachel Rasmussen Rachel Rasmussen Rachel Rasmussen is a New Zealand netball player. Rasmussen was signed with the Auckland Diamonds in the Coca-Cola Cup in 2000, continuing with the side until the competition's end in 2007...   Hayley Saunders Hayley Saunders Hayley Saunders is a New Zealand netball player and member of the Southern Steel team in the ANZ Championship...   Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit is a New Zealand netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the Southern Steel. In 2010, she was named along with Hayley Saunders from the Steel to play in the World FastNet Series. The FastNet Ferns were coached by Robyn Broughton, who is also in charge of the...   Anna Thompson Anna Thompson (netball player) Anna Thompson is a New Zealand netball player. Thompson plays in the ANZ Championship for the Canterbury Tactix. In 2009 she was named as a member of the Silver Ferns squad...	Louisa Brownfield  Rachel Dunn Rachel Dunn Rachel Dunn is an English international netball player. Dunn debuted for the England national netball team in 2004 against South Africa, and was a member of the England teams that won bronze medals at the 2006 and 2010 Commonwealth Games, and a silver medal at the 2010 World Netball...   Jo Harten  Pamela Cookey Pamela Cookey Pamela Cookey is an English netball player, usually posted to goal attack . Cookey was a surprise inclusion in the England national netball team as a seventeen-year-old, for the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, but was unable to participate due to a knee injury...  (vc) Karen Atkinson Karen Atkinson Karen Atkinson is an English international netball player. Atkinson has represented England in netball since 1994, and was selected for the senior England team in 1997. During her international career, she has won bronze medals at three Commonwealth Games , as well as in the 1999 Netball World...  (c) Tamsin Greenway Tamsin Greenway Tamsin Greenway is an English netball player and member of the England national netball team. She usually plays wing attack or goal attack....   Serena Guthrie  Sasha Corbin  Stacey Francis  Eboni Beckford-Chambers  Lindsay Keable  Sonia Mkoloma Sonia Mkoloma Sonia Mkoloma is an English international netball player. Mkoloma made her international debut for the English national team in 1999, and during her career has competed at three Netball World Championships, three Commonwealth Games and two World Netball Series...	Nicole Aiken-Pinnock Nicole Aiken Nicole Alicia Aiken-Pinnock is a Jamaican netball player. Pinnock started playing international representative netball as early as 2004, although she made her senior debut in the Jamaican national team, the Sunshine Girls, at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne...   Nadine Bryan Nadine Bryan Nadine Tamara Bryan is a Jamaican international netball player. Bryan is a current member of the Jamaica national netball team, the Sunshine Girls. She debuted for the Sunshine Girls in 1997 and has gone on to play in every major netball tournament for Jamaica since...   Althea Byfield Althea Byfield Althea Latoya Byfield is a Jamaican international basketball and netball player. Byfield has represented Jamaica in both sports, and is a current member of the Jamaican netball team.-Early life:...   Jodi-Ann Ffrench-Kentish  Simone Forbes Simone Forbes Simone Nagina Forbes is a Jamaican sportswoman, having represented Jamaica in no less than five sports, including netball, volleyball, basketball, football and softball....  (c) Jhanielle Fowler  Sasher-Gaye Henry  Sasha-Gay Lynch  Malysha Kelly  Tracy-Ann Robinson Paula Thompson  Vanessa Walker