Inaugural series The inaugural
2012 series was co-hosted by
Netball Australia and
Netball New Zealand. With a team coached by
Lisa Alexander and captained by
Natalie von Bertouch, Australia won the inaugural series. However, the 2012 series proved to be a one off event and it would be
2016, before the next series was organised.
Relaunch In December 2015,
Netball Australia,
Netball New Zealand,
England Netball and
Netball South Africa formed a partnership called SANZEA and announced their plans to organise the
2016 and
2017 tournaments. In August 2016, ahead of the 2016 series,
Lisa Alexander,
Australia's head coach, stressed that international netball needed a competition similar to the
Six Nations or
The Rugby Championship.
Australia dominates With a team coached by
Lisa Alexander and captained by
Sharni Layton,
Australia won the
first 2017 Netball Quad Series, securing the title with a 47–46 win over
England. Later in 2017,
New Zealand briefly broke Australia's monopoly of the series. With a team coached by
Janine Southby and captained by
Katrina Grant, New Zealand won their first Quad series, securing the
second 2017 Netball Quad Series with a 57–47 win over Australia. However, Australia's dominance was soon restored and they subsequently won the next three Netball Quad Series.
Netball Nations Cup In
2020,
Australia opted out of taking part and they were subsequently replaced by
Jamaica. Without Australia, the series was referred to as the Netball Nations Cup. With a team coached by
Noeline Taurua and captained by
Ameliaranne Ekenasio,
New Zealand won the tournament, winning all four of their matches and defeating Jamaica 67–56 in the final. In
2024,
South Africa opted out of taking part and were subsequently replaced by
Uganda. With a team coached by
Stacey Marinkovich and captained by
Liz Watson, Australia won the series after defeating
England 69–49 in the final. In
2025, with a team coached by
Jess Thirlby and captained by
Fran Williams, England won the series for the first time after defeating
South Africa 61–55 in the final. It proved sixth time lucky for England. Since the Nations Cup/Quad Series was established in
2012, England had finished as runners up five times. ==Format==