The 2016 Fast5 Netball World Series is the seventh staging of the annual Fast5 Netball World Series, and the fourth 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 first time with the venue being at Hisense Arena in

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. The 2016 tournament is being contested by the six top national netball teams in 2016.

Overview

Date and Venue

The 2016 Fast5 Netball World Series was played in

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over two days, from 29–30 October. All matches were held at Hisense Arena, 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

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

Final Placings

References

http://fast5worldseries.com.au {{DEFAULTSORT:Fast5

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