Former netball league in Australia and New Zealand
TheANZ Championship , also known as theTrans-Tasman Netball League , was anetball league featuring teams from bothAustralia andNew Zealand . Between2008 and2016 , it was the top-level league in both countries. The competition was owned and administered by Trans-Tasman Netball League Ltd (TTNL), a joint venture betweenNetball Australia andNetball New Zealand . It was effectively a merger of Australia'sCommonwealth Bank Trophy and New Zealand'sNational Bank Cup . Its mainsponsor was theAustralia and New Zealand Banking Group .
In 2008,New South Wales Swifts were the inaugural ANZ Championship winners.Queensland Firebirds were the most successful team during the ANZ Championship era, playing in five grand finals and winning threepremierships in2011 ,2015 and 2016. They were also the only team to win back to back ANZ Championship titles. BothMelbourne Vixens (2009 ,2014 ) andAdelaide Thunderbirds (2010 ,2013 ) won two titles each. The most successful New Zealand team wereWaikato Bay of Plenty Magic who were premiers in2012 and were the only team in the competitions history, to contest the finals series every year.
In May 2016, Netball Australia and Netball New Zealand announced that the ANZ Championship would be discontinued after the 2016 season. In Australia it was replaced bySuncorp Super Netball and in New Zealand it was replaced by theANZ Premiership .
The ANZ Championship featured fiveAustralian and fiveNew Zealand teams.[ 3] Adelaide Thunderbirds andQueensland Firebirds of theCommonwealth Bank Trophy league became founders of the new league.[ 4] Sydney Swifts andHunter Jaegers merged to becomeNew South Wales Swifts ,[ 5] Melbourne Kestrels andMelbourne Phoenix merged to becomeMelbourne Vixens [ 6] Perth Orioles were rebranded asWest Coast Fever .[ 7] [ 8]
Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic andCanterbury Flames of theNational Bank Cup league also became founder members of the new league. Flames were rebranded asCanterbury Tactix .[ 9] [ 10] Southern Sting andOtago Rebels joined forces to becomeSouthern Steel ,Capital Shakers andWestern Flyers merged asCentral Pulse , whileAuckland Diamonds andNorthern Force becameNorthern Mystics .[ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14]
Australian Conference [ edit ] New Zealand Conference [ edit ] The ANZ Championship was founded in 2007 and played it inaugural season in2008 . The competition was owned and administered by Trans-Tasman Netball League Ltd (TTNL), a joint venture betweenNetball Australia andNetball New Zealand . It was effectively a merger of Australia'sCommonwealth Bank Trophy and New Zealand'sNational Bank Cup .[ 3] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20] [ 21] sponsor was theAustralia and New Zealand Banking Group .[ 1] [ 2]
[ edit ] ANZ Netball Championship Trophy (2015) In2008 ,New South Wales Swifts became the inaugural ANZ Championship winners after defeating the minor premiers,Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic 65–56 in the grand final.[ 4] [ 22] [ 23] [ 24] 2009 ,Melbourne Vixens were both minor premiers and overall champions.[ 25] [ 26] 2010 regular season home and away undefeated, winning 13 consecutive matches and finishing as minor premiers. However they subsequently lost both the major semi-final and the preliminary final toAdelaide Thunderbirds and Magic respectively and eventually finished the season in third place. After defeating Swifts in the major semi-final, Thunderbirds defeated Magic 52–42 in the grand final.[ 27] [ 28] [ 29] [ 30] [ 31]
In2011 ,Queensland Firebirds finished the season undefeated. They became the first team in the history of the ANZ Championship to go through the regular season and the playoffs without losing a single match. In the grand final they defeatedNorthern Mystics .[ 32] [ 33] [ 34] [ 35] 2012 , Magic became fifth team in as many seasons to win the title. Vixens won the minor premiership after winning 10 of their 13 matches. Meanwhile, Magic lost their first four matches. However, they subsequently won 12 matches in a row to finish third during the regular season and champions overall. In the minor semi-final they defeated Thunderbirds and in the preliminary final they defeated Mystics. In the grand final they defeated Vixens 41–38. As a result, they became the first, and only,New Zealand team to win the ANZ Championship.[ 36] [ 37] [ 38] [ 39] [ 40] [ 41]
Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic [ edit ] The most successfulNew Zealand team during ANZ Championship era wereWaikato Bay of Plenty Magic .[ 41] [ 42] 2008 they were minor premiers and overall runners up.[ 43] [ 22] [ 23] [ 24] 2009 they were regular season runners up.[ 44] 2010 they were overall runners up and grand finalists for a second time.[ 31] [ 45] 2011 they were again regular season runners up.[ 46] [ 47] 2012 they made their third grand final appearance and, after defeatingMelbourne Vixens 41–38 they finished aspremiers . As a result, they became the first, and only, New Zealand team to win the ANZ Championship.[ 41] [ 36] [ 38] [ 39] [ 40] [ 48] [ 49] 2015 and2016 , Magic also finished as winners of the New Zealand Conference.[ 50] [ 51] [ 52]
Thunderbirds and Vixens: second titles [ edit ] Having previously won the2010 title, in2013 Adelaide Thunderbirds became the first team to win a second championship.[ 53] [ 54] 2009 , in2014 Melbourne Vixens won their second ANZ Championship.[ 6] [ 55] [ 56] [ 57]
Queensland Firebirds [ edit ] Queensland Firebirds were the most successful team during the ANZ Championship era. In 2009,Roselee Jencke was appointed head coach. Between 2011 and 2016, Jencke guided Firebirds to five grand finals and threepremierships in2011 ,2015 and2016 . They were the only team to win back to back ANZ Championship titles.[ 58] [ 59] [ 60] [ 61] [ 62] Romelda Aiken ,Laura Geitz andClare McMeniman formed the nucleus of the Firebirds squad and featured in all three Championship winning squads.[ 63] [ 64] [ 65] [ 66] [ 67]
In May 2016,Netball Australia andNetball New Zealand announced that the ANZ Championship would be discontinued after the2016 season . InAustralia it was replaced bySuncorp Super Netball and inNew Zealand it was replaced by theANZ Premiership .[ 41] [ 68] [ 69] [ 70] [ 71]
Between2008 and2014 , the regular season saw the fiveAustralian teams play each other twice and theNew Zealand teams once. Similarly, the New Zealand teams played each other twice and each of the Australian teams once. The ten teams played 13 games – eight home-and-away matches against teams from their country and five alternating home or away games against teams from the other country. The top four teams from the regular season subsequently qualified for the Finals Series which used aPage–McIntyre system to determine the overall champion.[ 3] [ 72] [ 73]
The2015 season saw some major format changes. The league introduced separate Australian and New Zealand conferences, a restructured six-team Finals Series and a new competition, the Challenge Trophy. Teams continued to play 13 games – eight home-and-away matches against teams in their own conference and five alternating home or away games against teams in the other conference.[ 74] [ 75] [ 76] [ 77] Round 3 match betweenNew South Wales Swifts andQueensland Firebirds finished 47–47. It was the first official draw in the eight seasons of the league.[ 78]
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Organising bodies 2016 teams
Australian New Zealand
Seasons
Championships Premierships Minor Premiers Grand finalists
See also
Governing bodies National team Competitions
SSN teams History Other
Governing bodies National team Competitions
Teams
ANZ Premiership teams National Netball League teams Central Manawa Mainland Northern Comets Northern Marvels Southern Blast Waikato Bay of Plenty
History
Central Pulse
Mainland Tactix
Northern Mystics
Southern Steel
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