The 2017 Netball Europe Open Championships was a tournament organised by Netball Europe. It featured five teams playing a series of netball test matches in October 2017 at Cardiff's Sport Wales National Centre. The hosts Wales were joined by England, Northern Ireland and Scotland and guest team Fiji. With a team captained by Sasha Corbin and coached by Tracey Neville, England retained the title after winning all four of their matches. Northern Ireland's Lisa Bowman was named the Player of the Tournament. The series was streamed live on BBC Sport and on Netball Europe's YouTube channel.
Squads + Participating teams and rosters Summer ArtmanEleanor CardwellSasha Corbin (c)Sophie Drakeford-LewisGeorge FisherJodie GibsonNatalie Haythornthwaite (vc)Josie HuckleLeah KennedyGabby MarshallVicki OyesolaNatalie Panagarry (vc)Adi BolakoroNina CirikisuvaRaijeli DaveuaEpisake KahatokaJacinta LalMaria LutuaKelera NawaiAlisi NaweleAfa RusivakulaMaliana RusivakulaMaria RusivakulaVerenaisi SawanaTalei WaqainabeteVaiti Waqatabu (c)Kyla BowmanLisa BowmanNiamh CooperMichelle DrayneGemma GibneyNoleen LennonMichelle MageeOonagh McCulloughSarah MontgomeryCaroline O'Hanlon (c)Fionnuala TonerNeamh Woods Kelly BoyleClaire Brownie (c)Lynsey GallagherElla GibbonsBethan GoodwinNiamh McCallNicola McCleerySarah MacPhailHayley MulheronSamantha MurphyEmily NichollJo PettittFern DaviesSuzy Drane (c)Bethan DykeChelsea LewisSarah LlewellynClare JonesKyra JonesNia JonesKelly Morgan (vc)Cara Lea MoseleyEleanor RobertsGeorgia RoweChristina ShawLeila ThomasAmanda Varey Head Coach:Tracey Neville Head Coach:Vicki Wilson Head Coach:Elaine Rice Head Coach:Gail Parata Head Coach:Trish Wilcox
Debuts Six players made their senior debuts for England during the series. On 6 October, Vicki Oyesola and Josie Huckle started against Scotland. In the same match Gabby Marshall and George Fisher came on at half-time. Later on the same day, Summer Artman started against Northern Ireland. On 7 October, Sophie Drakeford-Lewis made her debut against Fiji. On 5 October, Christina Shaw made her senior debut for Wales against Northern Ireland. On 7 October, Leila Thomas made her senior debut for Wales against Scotland.
Matches Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
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