2019 Netball Superleague season

The 2019 Netball Superleague season was the fourteenth season of the Netball Superleague, the elite domestic netball competition in the United Kingdom. The season commenced on 5 January 2019.[1]

2019 Netball Superleague season
LeagueNetball Superleague
SportNetball
Number of teams10
2019 Netball Superleague season
ChampionsManchester Thunder
Runners-upWasps Netball
Minor premiersWasps Netball

Manchester Thunder were the champions and defeated Wasps Netball in the Grand Final at the Copper Box Arena. The Thunder's victory ended Wasps' back-to-back run of titles and was their third championship in the competition.[2][3]

Overview

Teams

At the end of the previous season, England Netball announced the withdrawal of Team Northumbria from the competition. The organisation revealed a capital-based team (the London Pulse) would take their place, thereby ensuring the league remained at 10 teams.[4]

Team[5]Base
Celtic DragonsCardiff, Wales
London PulseStratford, Greater London
Loughborough LightningLoughborough, Leicestershire
Manchester ThunderManchester, Greater Manchester
Saracens MavericksHatfield, Hertfordshire
Severn StarsWorcester, Worcestershire
Strathclyde SirensGlasgow, Scotland
Surrey StormGuildford, Surrey
Team BathBath, Somerset
Wasps NetballCoventry, West Midlands

Format

The format is the same as the previous season, with a double round-robin structure utilised. The top four teams qualify for the semi-finals, with the winners of these matches meeting in the Grand Final.[5]

Regular season
  • The full regular season fixture and results can be found here.

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5
  • Severn Stars were deducted three points by league officials after breaching regulation 1.1.3.1 of the competition rules, which forbid two or more foreign players from operating in the same third during a match.[6]

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Ladder
2019 Netball Superleague ladder
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Wasps (Q) 18 15 0 3 1092 844 +248 45 Qualified for the Finals series
2 Manchester Thunder (Q) 18 13 0 5 1111 913 +198 39
3 Team Bath (Q) 18 13 0 5 999 933 +66 39
4 Loughborough Lightning (Q) 18 13 0 5 1047 1022 +25 39
5 Saracens Mavericks (Q) 18 12 0 6 1039 881 +158 36
6 Severn Stars (Q) 18 7 0 11 888 933 −45 18[lower-alpha 1]
7 Celtic Dragons (Q) 18 6 0 12 930 1043 −113 18
8 Surrey Storm (Q) 18 6 0 12 906 1026 −120 18
9 Strathclyde Sirens 18 3 0 15 803 995 −192 9
10 London Pulse 18 2 0 16 889 1114 −225 6
Source: [7][8]
(Q) Qualify for the 2019 Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship.
Notes:
  1. Severn Stars were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in Round 5.

Finals series

Semi-final
Sat 11 May
2.00pm		 Report
Stats		 Wasps Netball74–54Loughborough Lightning    University of Warwick Sky Sports

Semi-final
Sat 11 May
4.00pm		 Report
Stats		 Manchester Thunder57–54Team Bath    Wright Robinson College Sky Sports

Third-place playoff
Sat 18 May
3.00pm		 Report
Stats		 Loughborough Lightning56–62Team Bath    Copper Box Arena Sky Sports

Grand Final
Sat 18 May
5.30pm		 Report
Stats		 Wasps Netball52–57Manchester Thunder    Copper Box Arena
Umpires: Gary Burgess and Jackie Mizon		 Sky Sports

References
  1. "Vitality Netball Superleague Super 10 returns". netballsl.com. 1 October 2018.
  2. "Manchester Thunder win Vitality Netball Superleague 2019". Sky Sports Netball. 19 May 2019.
  3. "Netball Superleague Grand Final: Manchester Thunder win 57-52 against Wasps". BBC Sport. 19 May 2019.
  4. "Netball Superleague: London Pulse to replace Team Northumbria in 2019". BBC Sport. 10 July 2018.
  5. "2019 Vitality Superleague Fixture". netballsl.com.
  6. "Severn Stars deducted three points for breach of regulations". Netball Superleague. 4 April 2019.
  7. "2019 results and final table". www.teambath.com. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  8. "Table". www.netballsl.com. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
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