Netball league and tournament software with live scoring

Netball is played seven-a-side on a court divided into three thirds, with a shooting circle at each end. Each player wears a position bib, and the position decides which areas of the court they may enter. Only the goal shooter and goal attack can score, and only from inside their shooting circle.

Players may not run with the ball and must pass or shoot within three seconds of receiving it, which makes netball a game of quick passing and movement into space. A goal is worth one point in the standard game, play restarts with a centre pass that alternates between the teams, and the team with more goals at the end of the match wins.

Because positions are fixed to zones, team sheets matter. A coach names who starts in each bib, and changes between quarters are common. Recording the positions players actually played helps a club see who is developing in which role over a season.

• Goal shooter and goal attack. The only players who can score, from inside the shooting circle.
• Wing attack, centre and wing defence. The midcourt players who move the ball between the thirds.
• Goal defence and goal keeper. The defenders who protect their own circle.

Much of netball is played in leagues: club and district competitions that run every week through a season, with a table and often a finals series at the end. Zeetius Tournaments generates round-robin fixtures from the entries, publishes them in advance and updates the table as results come in.

Tournaments compress the same idea into a day or a weekend. Teams are seeded into pools, play each other in a round robin, and the leading teams go through to semi-finals and a final. The number of pools, the qualifiers from each pool and the knockout structure are configured for each event.

League tables in netball are separated in different ways. Competitions award points for a win and a draw, and break ties on goal difference, goal percentage or head-to-head results in the order their rules set. That order is configured for each competition, so the table matches the rules you publish. Zet AI can suggest balanced seeds and keep teams from the same club apart in the pools.

• Season leagues. Round-robin fixtures published in advance, with the table updated after each round.
• Pools and finals. Pool qualifiers drawn into semi-finals and a final, with play-offs where the event needs them.
• Table rules. League points, goal difference, goal percentage and head-to-head in the order you set.

Netball on Zeetius is scored live. The scorer at the courtside table enters each goal on the Zeetius multi-sport scoresheet, which is set up for the quarters or halves your competition plays. Families, coaches, club members and supporters who are not at the venue follow the match on the public live score page at zeetius.com/live/livescore, filtered to netball, as the goals go in.

Over a season, results become rankings. Zeetius Federation prepares rank lists from real results by age group and division, which is how an association grades teams into divisions for the next season, selects district and state squads or recognises its strongest clubs. Every ranking can be traced to the matches that produced it.

When the final whistle goes, the score entered at the courtside table is confirmed by the umpires and officials and published as the official result. League tables and pool standings update straight away, teams see their next fixture, court and opponent, and certificates for every participant are generated in bulk from the results.