ANZ Championship

The 2010 ANZ Championship begins on Saturday 20 March.
Get ready for a sizzling season of red-hot netball as the world's best netball league returns to host broadcasters SKY Sport (New Zealand) and Network Ten - ONE & TEN (Australia), TV ONE (delayed coverage of Saturday game) and a stadium near you!

Click the New Zealand team names below for 2010 previews, squads & schedules.

Download the 2010 ANZ Championship Fixture Card (PDF format)
ANZ Championship rules modified for 2010
Queenstown Pre-Season Results here; Photo Gallery here

NEW ZEALAND'S ANZ CHAMPIONSHIP FRANCHISES
	NORTHERN MYSTICS - click for preview, squad & draw Netball Regions: North, Auckland Waitakere, Counties Manukau Major Sponsor: LG 2010 Coach: Te Aroha Keenan 2009: 8th 2008: 7th

	WAIKATO BAY OF PLENTY MAGIC - click for preview, squad & draw Netball Regions: Waikato, Bay of Plenty Major Sponsor: Colourplus 2010 Coach: Noeline Taurua 2009: 3rd 2008: 2nd; won Minor Championship

	CENTRAL PULSE - click for preview, squad & draw Netball Regions: Eastern, Western, Wellington, Tasman 2010 Coach: Yvette McCausland-Durie 2009: 10th 2008: 10th

	CANTERBURY TACTIX - click for preview, squad & draw Netball Region: Canterbury Major Sponsor: Mercury Energy 2010 Coach: Helen Mahon-Stroud 2009: 6th 2008: 8th

	SOUTHERN STEEL - click for preview, squad & draw Netball Regions: Otago, Southland Major Sponsor: Ascot Park Hotel 2010 Coach: Robyn Broughton 2009: 4th 2008: 6th

The five Australian-based ANZ Championship teams are: • Queensland Firebirds - coached by Roselee Jencke • New South Wales Swifts, coached by Julie Fitzgerald • Melbourne Vixens, coached by Julie Hoornweg • Adelaide Thunderbirds, coached by Jane Woodlands-Thompson • West Coast Fever, coached by Jane Searle ABOUT THE ANZ CHAMPIONSHIP Draw The ANZ Championship begins with a 14-week round robin competition. Each team plays at least six home games during these rounds. Each Australian team plays each of the Australian teams twice, and the New Zealand teams once. Each New Zealand team plays the other New Zealand teams twice, and each of the Australian teams once. Finals Series The ANZ Championship ends with finals held over three weeks in July. During this series the top four teams (1, 2, 3 & 4) at the end of the round-robin competition play two Semi-Finals, followed by a Preliminary Final and the Grand Final. Week 15: Semi-Finals Major Semi-Final: 1 (Host Team) vs 2 Minor Semi-Final: 3 (Host Team) vs 4 Winner of 1 vs 2 goes directly into the Grand Final; loser goes to the Preliminary Final. Winner of 3 vs 4 contests the Preliminary Final against the loser of the Major Semi-Final Week 16: Preliminary Final The Preliminary Final is hosted by the loser of the Major Semi-Final against the winner of the Minor Semi-Final. Week 17: Grand Final The Grand Final is hosted by the winner of the Major Semi-Final against the winner of the Preliminary Final. Broadcast SKY Sport presents live coverage of all 69 games of the 2010 ANZ Championship in New Zealand. TV ONE will present delayed coverage of every Saturday afternoon match played in New Zealand. Games are played on Saturday afternoons, Sunday afternoons and Monday nights. Management The ANZ Championship is presented by Trans-Tasman Netball League Ltd (TTNL), a joint venture company of Netball Australia and Netball New Zealand with its own branding, General Manager and staff working from two offices, in Melbourne & Auckland. ANZ Championship Winners 2009 - Melbourne Vixens (2nd: Adelaide Thunderbirds) 2008 - NSW Swifts (2nd: Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic)