Australian Netball Championships

Not to be confused with Australian National Netball Championships.

Australian Netball Championships
Founded2008
Owner(s)Netball Australia
No. of teams11 (2023)
CountryAustralia
Most recent
champion(s)		NNSW Waratahs (2024)
Most titlesVictorian Fury
(8 titles)
Level on pyramid2
Official websiteAustralian Netball Championships

The Australian Netball Championships, formerly the Australian Netball League, is an Australian netball competition. Since 2008 it has served as a second level competition, initially below the ANZ Championship and later below Suncorp Super Netball. It is organised by Netball Australia. The teams in the competition are effectively the reserve teams of Suncorp Super Netball teams and/or the representative teams of state netball leagues, such as the South Australia state netball league, the Victorian Netball League and the West Australian Netball League. Victorian Fury were the inaugural ANL champions. Fury are also the competition's most successful team, having won eight premierships. The 2020 ANL season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the competition was subsequently re-branded as the Australian Netball Championships.

History

Australian Netball League

Foundation

The Australian Netball League was first played for during the 2008 season. Netball Australia wanted to organise a second level national league to bridge the gap between states leagues, like the South Australia state netball league, the Victorian Netball League and the West Australian Netball League, and the new ANZ Championship. It was also designed to provide a national competition for the states and territories of Australia, such the Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory and Tasmania, who did not have an ANZ Championship franchise.[1][2][3]

Victorian Fury dominance

Victorian Fury were the inaugural champions, defeating the Australian Institute of Sport 56–41 in the first grand final.[1][4] In 2009 Fury retained the title [3][5][6] and in 2010 they completed a three in a row.[7][8] In 2011 NNSW Waratahs became the first team other than Fury to win the ANL title. In the grand final they defeated Fury 55–46.[9][10] Between 2013 and 2016 Fury completed a four in a row of ANL titles.[11] In 2016 Fury won their seventh title [12] and in 2019 they won their eighth.[13][14][15]

Australian Netball Championships

In June 2020, Netball Australia announced that the 2020 ANL season would be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[16][17][18] In October 2020, it was announced that the ANL was to be rebranded as the Australian Netball Championships, featuring a new tournament style format with expanded team entry parameters. Suncorp Super Netball teams and Netball Australia member organisations would all be invited to enter teams.[19][20] In July 2021, Netball Australia announced details of the planned inaugural ANC tournament due to be played in September and hosted by Latrobe City Council and Collingwood Magpies in Traralgon.[21][22][23][24] However, in August 2021 this tournament was also cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[25][26]

Teams

2023 teams

The teams in the competition are effectively the reserve teams of Suncorp Super Netball teams and/or the representative teams of state netball leagues, such as the South Australia state netball league, the Victorian Netball League and the West Australian Netball League.

Team SSN affiliate State/Territory Debut season
Firebirds Futures Queensland Firebirds Queensland 2008
Adelaide Thunderbirds Futures Adelaide Thunderbirds South Australia
Victorian Fury Melbourne Vixens Victoria
West Coast Fever reserves West Coast Fever Western Australia
ANC Collingwood Magpies Collingwood Magpies Victoria 2021
Giants Netball Academy Giants Netball New South Wales
Swifts Academy New South Wales Swifts New South Wales
Sunshine Coast Lightning Bolts Sunshine Coast Lightning Queensland
Capital Darters[27][28][29] Sunshine Coast Lightning Australian Capital Territory
Tasmania Wild none Tasmania 2023
Territory Storm none Northern Territory 2008

[30]

Former teams

Team Region Debut season Final season
Australian Institute of Sport[4][31] Australian Capital Territory 2008 2012
Canberra Darters Australian Capital Territory 2008 2016
Canberra Giants Australian Capital Territory 2017 2019
NNSW Blues[10][32][33] New South Wales 2008 2014
NNSW Waratahs[10][32][33][34] New South Wales 2008 2019
Singapore[3][35] Singapore 2009 2010
Tasmanian Spirit[36][37] Tasmania 2008 2015
Tasmanian Magpies Tasmania 2017 2019
Territory Storm Northern Territory 2008 2019
Victorian Flames[38][39][40][41] Victoria 2013 2014

Source:[6][9][42][43][44][45][46]

Grand Finals

Season Winners Score Runners Up Venue
2008[1][4] Victorian Fury 56–41 Australian Institute of Sport Sydney
2009[3][5][6] Victorian Fury 46–32 Australian Institute of Sport BCEC
2010[7][8][35] Victorian Fury 54–47 NNSW Waratahs Waverley Netball Centre
2011[9][10] NNSW Waratahs 55–46 Victorian Fury Waverley Netball Centre
2012[47][33] Southern Force 50–36 NNSW Waratahs Waverley Netball Centre
2013[40][48] Victorian Fury 56–51 NNSW Waratahs Netball SA Stadium
2014[49][50] Victorian Fury 51–49 Queensland Fusion Waverley Netball Centre
2015[11] Victorian Fury 58–46 Southern Force Waverley Netball Centre
2016[12] Victorian Fury 53–46 NNSW Waratahs Netball Central
2017[51][52][53][54] Western Sting 63–47 Victorian Fury Perth State Netball Centre
2018[55][56][57] Tasmanian Magpies 54–53 Canberra Giants AIS Arena
2019[13][14][15] Victorian Fury 54–53 NNSW Waratahs State Netball Hockey Centre
2020 (Note 1)
2021 (Note 1)
2022 Southern Force 59–57 Victorian Fury Gippsland Regional Indoor Sports Stadium, Traralgon
2023 ANC Collingwood Magpies 57–55 Swifts Academy Morayfield Sport and Leisure Centre
2024 NNSW Waratahs 58–50 Capital Darters SolarHub ACT Netball Centre
Notes
  • ^1 The 2020 and 2021 competitions were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.

Source:[58]

Winners

Winners Seasons Titles
Victorian Fury 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019 8
NNSW Waratahs 2011, 2024 2
Southern Force 2012, 2022 2
ANC Collingwood Magpies 2023 1
Tasmanian Magpies 2018 1
Western Sting 2017 1

Source:[58]

MVP

Season Player Team
2008[1] Narelle Eather NNSW Blues
2009[3] Kathleen Knott Victorian Fury
2010[34][35] Amorette Wild NNSW Waratahs
2011[9] Karyn Bailey Victorian Fury
2012[59] Kristy Guthrie NNSW Waratahs
2013 Mwai Kumwenda Victorian Fury
2014[60][61][62] Ashleigh Brazill Western Sting
2014[60][61][62] Kristina Brice NNSW Waratahs
2015[63][64][65] Kate Shimmin Southern Force
2016[66] Vanessa Mullampy NNSW Waratahs
2017[67] Sophie Garbin Western Sting
2018[68] Rahni Samason Victorian Fury
2019[69] Emma Ryde Victorian Fury

Source:[58][70]

Sponsorship

Sponsors Seasons
New Idea[1][6] 2008–c. 2011
Deakin University[16][18][71] 2018–2020

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