The 2013 Fast5 Netball World Series was the fifth staging of the annual Netball World Series, and the second to be played under the new

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rules, which replaced the older fastnet rules introduced in 2009. The tournament was held at

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for the second year in a row. The 2013 tournament was contested by the top six national netball teams in 2013. Hosts

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defeated

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in the Grand Final by 56 to 27, to record their fourth overall series victory in the tournament.

Tournament overview

Date and Venue

The 2013 Fast5 Netball World Series was played in

over three days, from 8-10 November. All matches were held at

, which has a capacity of 12,000.

Format

20 matches were played over three days, under the

rules of netball. Each team played each other once during the first two days in a round-robin format. The four highest-scoring teams from this stage progressed to the finals, played on the final day of competition, in which the 1st-ranked team played the 4th-ranked team, while 2nd played 3rd. The winners of these two matches contested the Grand Final; the remaining teams contested the third-fourth place playoff match and fifth-sixth place playoff match.Fast5 Netball World Series draw announced
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Teams

The tournament was contested by the six top national netball teams in the world, according to the

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and

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Draw and results

Source
Fast5 2013 Series Results

Round robin table

1. New Zealand (5 wins, 0 losses, 0 draws)
2. Jamaica (3 wins, 1 loss, 1 draw)
3. Australia (2 wins, 2 losses, 1 draw)
4. South Africa (2 wins, 3 losses, 0 draws)
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5. Malawi (1 win, 4 losses, 0 draws)
6. England (1 wins, 4 losses, 0 draws)

Final Placings

References

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