2012 Diamond Challenge

2012 Diamond Challenge

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
City	Pretoria
Venue(s)	Heartfelt Arena
Dates	15–18 August 2012
Teams	4
TV partner(s)	SuperSport (South Africa)
Final positions
Champions	South Africa
Runner-up	Malawi
Third place	Botswana
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The 2012 Diamond Challenge was the inaugural Diamond Challenge netball series. It featured South Africa, Botswana, Malawi and Zambia. The series was played in August 2012 at Pretoria's Heartfelt Arena.^[1][2][3] Malawi won the group stage of the series, winning all three matches, including defeating South Africa 47–42 in their third match.^[4][5] However, it was South Africa who won the overall series, after they defeated Malawi 47–43 in the final.^[3][6][7] The series was broadcast live on SuperSport in South Africa.^[1][8]

Team	Head coach	Captain
South Africa[3][5]	Elize Kotze	Zanele Mdodana
Botswana		Kagisano Mawela[9]
Malawi	Griffin Saenda[4][10]	Grace Mwafulirwa
Zambia		Annie Mukamba[11]

Source:^[1]

15 August 2012	Malawi	75–32	Zambia
18:15

Source:^[12]

15 August 2012	South Africa	55–26	Botswana
19:45

Source:^[9]

16 August 2012	Malawi	63–29	Botswana
18:00

Source:^[13]

16 August 2012	South Africa	47–34	Zambia
19:45	Lucy Jere  22/26 (85%)		Melissa Myburgh  34/43 (79%)

Source:^[11]

17 August 2012	Botswana	59–41	Zambia
18:00

17 August 2012	South Africa	42–47	Malawi
19:45

Sources:^[4][5]

Pos	Team	P	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Malawi	3	3	0	0	185	103	82	6
2	South Africa	3	2	1	0	144	107	37	4
3	Botswana	3	1	2	0	114	159	–45	1
4	Zambia	3	0	3	0	107	181	–74	1

  Qualified for Final
  Qualified for 3rd/4th place match

18 August 2012	Botswana	45–36	Zambia
12:00

18 August 2012	South Africa	47–43	Malawi
13:40			Mwai Kumwenda  39/41 (95%)

Teams

Sources:^[3][6][7]

Award	Winner	Team
Player of the Tournament	Mwai Kumwenda[6]	Malawi