The 2017 Fast5 Netball World Series was the eighth staging of the annual

Fast5 Netball World Series The Fast5 Netball World Series is an international Fast5 netball competition that was contested for the first time in October 2009. The new competition features modified Fast5 rules, and has been likened to Twenty20 cricket and rugby sevens. The ...

, and the fifth to be played under the new

Fast5 Fast5 (originally called 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 (IFNA) (now the International Netball Feder ...

rules, which replaced the older fastnet rules introduced in 2009. The tournament was held in Australia for the second time with the venue being at

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. The 2017 tournament was contested by the same six teams that competed last year.

Overview

Date and Venue

The 2017 Fast5 Netball World Series was played in Melbourne, Australia over two days, from 28–29 October. All matches were held at

, which has a capacity of 10,500.

Format

18 matches were played over two days, under the

rules of netball. Each team played each other once during the first two days in a round-robin format. The two highest-scoring teams from this stage progressed to the Grand Final while the remaining teams contested the third-fourth place playoff match and fifth-sixth place playoff match.

Teams

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

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Draw and results

Standings

Final Placings

References

Official Link
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