2012 Netball Superleague season | |
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League | Netball Superleague |
Number of teams | 8 |
TV partner(s) | Sky Sports |
Champions | Northern Thunder |
Runners-up | Surrey Storm |
The 2012 Netball Superleague season (known for sponsorship reasons as the FIAT Netball Superleague) was the seventh season of the Netball Superleague. The league was won by Northern Thunder. In the grand final Northern Thunder defeated Surrey Storm. 2012 saw the introduction of a new format, featuring three distinct phases, including a Showdown Weekend.
Following the conclusion of the 2011 Netball Superleague season, England Netball decided to cut the number of teams from nine to eight and, as a result, Glasgow Wildcats lost their place in the league.[1][2] In addition, Leeds Carnegie were re-branded as Yorkshire Jets.[3][4]
2012 Superleague teams | Home venue/base | Country/Region |
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Celtic Dragons | Sport Wales National Centre | Wales |
Hertfordshire Mavericks | University of Hertfordshire | East of England |
Loughborough Lightning | Loughborough University | East Midlands |
Northern Thunder | Wright Robinson College[5] | North West England |
Team Bath | University of Bath | South West England/West of England |
Team Northumbria | West Gate Centre for Sport, Newcastle | North East England |
Surrey Storm | University of Surrey | Greater London/South East England |
Yorkshire Jets | Hull / Leeds / Sheffield[4] | Yorkshire |
Phase 1 featured all eight teams playing a single round of matches in a league format. At the end of the seven rounds, the top four and bottom four split into two tiers.[3] Northern Thunder were unbeaten in Phase 1 of the season.[6]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Northern Thunder | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 443 | 269 | 164.7 | 21 | Qualified for Phase 2 Tier 1 |
2 | Surrey Storm | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 441 | 336 | 131.3 | 18 | |
3 | Hertfordshire Mavericks | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 336 | 342 | 98.2 | 12 | |
4 | Team Bath | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 356 | 353 | 100.8 | 9 | |
5 | Celtic Dragons | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 351 | 355 | 98.9 | 9 | Qualified for Phase 2 Tier 2 |
6 | Yorkshire Jets | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 306 | 336 | 91.1 | 9 | |
7 | Team Northumbria | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 337 | 387 | 87.1 | 3 | |
8 | Loughborough Lightning | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 257 | 398 | 64.6 | 3 |
Phase 2 was effectively a group stage, with the teams in each group playing each other home and away.[3]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Surrey Storm | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 376 | 302 | 124.5 | 18 | Qualified for semi-finals |
2 | Northern Thunder | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 376 | 278 | 135.3 | 12 | |
3 | Hertfordshire Mavericks | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 266 | 342 | 77.8 | 6 | |
4 | Team Bath | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 269 | 365 | 73.7 | 0 | Qualified for Eliminator |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
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5 | Celtic Dragons | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 342 | 249 | 137.3 | 18 | Qualified for Eliminator |
6 | Yorkshire Jets | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 319 | 270 | 118.1 | 12 | |
7 | Team Northumbria | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 273 | 336 | 81.3 | 3 | |
8 | Loughborough Lightning | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 239 | 318 | 75.2 | 3 |
The Eliminator was effectively a 4th/5th place play-off with the winner qualifying for the semi-finals.[3]
14 May 2012 | Team Bath | 52–50 | Celtic Dragons | University of Bath[7][8] | ||
Scoring by quarter: 16–9, 28–19, 44–29, 52–50 |
19 May 2012 | Northern Thunder | 57–33 | Hertfordshire Mavericks | SportHouse, Dagenham[6] |
19 May 2012 | Surrey Storm | 62–38 | Team Bath | SportHouse, Dagenham[9] |
20 May 2012 | Hertfordshire Mavericks | 46–39 | Team Bath | SportHouse, Dagenham[6][9] |
Further information: 2012 Netball Superleague Grand Final |
20 May 2012 | Northern Thunder | 57–55 | Surrey Storm | SportHouse, Dagenham[6][10][11] Umpires: Gary Burgess and Louise Travis | ||
Scoring by quarter: 13–14, 28–25, 42–40, 57–55 | ||||||
Janelle Lawson 33/39 (85%) Karen Greig 24/28 (86%) |
Rachel Dunn 35/41 (85%) Pamela Cookey 20/23 (87%) |