2017 Netball Superleague season
# 2017 Netball Superleague season

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.

## 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.

| 2017 Superleague teams | Home venue/base | Country/Region |
| - | - | - |
| Celtic Dragons | Sport Wales National Centre | Wales |
| Hertfordshire Mavericks | University of Hertfordshire | East of England |
| Loughborough Lightning | Loughborough University | East Midlands |
| Manchester Thunder | Wright Robinson College | North West England |
| Team Bath | University of Bath | South West England/West of England |
| Team Northumbria | Sport Central | North East England |
| Scottish Sirens | Emirates Arena | Scotland |
| Severn Stars | University of Worcester Arena | West Midlands |
| Surrey Storm | University of Surrey | Greater London/South East England |
| Wasps Netball | Ricoh Arena | West Midlands |

## 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.

2017 Netball Superleague ladder :

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Loughborough Lightning (I) | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1104 | 882 | +222 | 51 | Qualified for the Final Four |
| 2 | Wasps (I) | 18 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1068 | 863 | +205 | 42 | Qualified for the Final Four |
| 3 | Manchester Thunder (I) | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1016 | 941 | +75 | 39 | Qualified for the Final Four |
| 4 | Team Bath (I) | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 892 | 821 | +71 | 33 | Qualified for the Final Four |
| 5 | Surrey Storm (I) | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 1077 | 996 | +81 | 30 | |
| 6 | Scottish Sirens | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 988 | 963 | +25 | 27 | |
| 7 | Hertfordshire Mavericks (I) | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 897 | 1002 | −105 | 18 | |
| 8 | Severn Stars (I) | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 847 | 993 | −146 | 15 | |
| 9 | Team Northumbria (I) | 18 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 884 | 1068 | −184 | 9 | |
| 10 | Celtic Dragons | 18 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 852 | 1096 | −244 | 6 | |

## 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.

### Semi-final

| 10 June 2017 | Loughborough Lightning | 66–45 | Team Bath | Barclaycard Arena |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Barclaycard Arena |||
| 10 June 2017 | Wasps | 63–48 | Manchester Thunder | Barclaycard Arena |

### 3rd/4th place play-off

| 11 June 2017 14:30 | Manchester Thunder | 56–48 | Team Bath | Barclaycard Arena |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Barclaycard Arena |||
| 11 June 2017 14:30 | ? | | Chelsea Lewis | Barclaycard Arena |

### Grand Final

| 11 June 2017 17:00 | Wasps | 55–51 | Loughborough Lightning | Barclaycard Arena Umpires: Gary Burgess and Louise Travis | Sky Sports |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sky Sports |||
| 11 June 2017 17:00 | Rachel Dunn 43/47 (91%) Natalie Haythornthwaite 12/13 (92%) | | Peace Proscovia 40/43 (93%) Vanessa Walker 11/16 (69%) | Barclaycard Arena Umpires: Gary Burgess and Louise Travis | Sky Sports |
