2017 Netball Superleague season explained
The 2017 Netball Superleague season (known for sponsorship reasons as the Vitality Netball Superleague) was the twelfth season of the Netball Superleague. The league was won by Wasps. In the grand final Wasps defeated regular season winners, Loughborough Lightning.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Teams
The 2017 season saw the number of teams expand from eight to ten. In June 2016 England Netball announced that Yorkshire Jets had lost their place in the league. At the same time, they also announced that three new franchises, Severn Stars, Scottish Sirens and Wasps would be joining.[7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
Regular season
Final table
Loughborough Lightning finished top of the table after winning seventeen of their eighteen matches. Wasps were the only team to beat Lightning in the regular season.[12] [13]
Final Four
The two play-off semi-finals, the 3rd/4th place play-off and the grand final were all played at Barclaycard Arena on the Final Four weekend. The Final Four was originally due to be hosted at Manchester Arena but was switched to the Barclaycard Arena following the Manchester Arena bombing.[14] [15]
Grand Final
See also: 2017 Netball Superleague Grand Final.
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Netball Superleague: Wasps beat Loughborough Lightning in Grand Final. www.bbc.co.uk. 8 February 2020. 11 June 2017.
- Web site: Netball Superleague: Wasps beat Loughborough Lightning in Grand Final. www.bbc.co.uk. 8 February 2020. 11 June 2017.
- Web site: Netball Superleague: Loughborough Lightning and Wasps win to reach final. www.bbc.co.uk. 9 June 2020. 10 June 2017.
- Web site: FLASHBACK: Wasps Netball's last visit to Arena Birmingham.... www.waspsnetball.co.uk. 9 June 2020. 4 January 2019.
- Web site: Wasps Netball beat Loughborough Lightning in Netball Superleague Grand Final. www.skysports.com. 8 February 2020. 15 June 2017.
- Web site: Wasps Netball topple favourites Loughborough Lightning in Superleague Grand Final. www.coventrytelegraph.net. 9 June 2020. 12 June 2017.
- Web site: Netball Superleague: Three new teams added, but Yorkshire Jets left out. www.bbc.co.uk. 1 March 2020. 27 June 2016.
- Web site: New-look 10 team Vitality Netball Superleague for 2017. www.englandnetball.co.uk. 28 May 2020. 27 June 2016.
- Web site: Netball Superleague: How Wasps and Severn Stars came into existence. www.bbc.co.uk. 1 March 2020. 17 February 2017.
- Web site: Sirens stung by Wasps in Vitality Netball Superleague debut. www.glasgowtimes.co.uk. 9 May 2020. 21 February 2017.
- Web site: Wasps Netball win historic Superleague victory over Sirens. www.coventrytelegraph.net. 1 March 2020. 22 February 2017.
- Web site: Netball Superleague: Loughborough Lightning and Wasps win to reach final. www.bbc.co.uk. 9 June 2020. 10 June 2017.
- Web site: 2017 Superleague results. www.scoreboard.com.
- Web site: Netball Superleague: Loughborough Lightning and Wasps win to reach final. www.bbc.co.uk. 9 June 2020. 10 June 2017.
- Web site: Final Four switches to Barclaycard Arena. www.englandnetball.co.uk. 10 June 2020. 1 June 2017.