The 2026 Telkom Netball League reaches its decisive stage this weekend as the country’s leading provincial sides gather for the final Power Week, a four-day programme of semi-finals, play-offs and finals that will crown the season’s Division 1 and Division 2 champions at Rembrandt Hall, University of Pretoria, on Friday, 12 June 2026.
The Division 1 semi-finals headline the Saturday programme. The Free State Crinums, who completed the group stage unbeaten, carry the form of the competition into a last-four meeting with the Gauteng Jaguars, while the Golden Fireballs face the Southern Stings for the second place in the Division 1 final.
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Division 2 offers an equally open last four. The Western Cape Tornados meet the Free State Sonoblomo and the Limpopo Baobabs take on the Kingdom Queens, with all four sides chasing a place in the Division 2 final and the title that comes with it.
For the Division 2 contenders, the reward extends beyond the trophy. The Division 2 winner earns a promotion and relegation play-off against the Kingdom Stars, who finished seventh in Division 1, with a place in next season’s top flight at stake and a clear long-term incentive driving the lower division.
The contenders arrive in Pretoria after a fortnight’s break that followed ten days of group-stage netball at Ellis Park Arena in Johannesburg, where the Free State Crinums set the Division 1 benchmark and the knockout pairings took shape.
The pause has given every side time to refine its systems, though the margins built over the group stage will count for little once the knockout matches begin.
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The Telkom Supershot, the two-point long-range shot that rewards attacking ambition, has already settled several tight contests across the first two Power Weeks. In knockout netball, where a single possession can decide a season, it may again prove the difference in the closing minutes of a semi-final or final.
The finals fall across the closing two days, with the Division 2 final and medal ceremony on Sunday, 14 June and the Division 1 final and medal ceremony closing the season on Monday, 15 June.
With established Spar Proteas names competing alongside emerging provincial talent, the final Power Week also gives national selectors a clear view of the players pressing for higher honours.
Stay tuned right here to the gsport Newsroom, which will continue its daily coverage throughout the final Power Week of the 2026 Telkom Netball League to the champion moments which cap this year’s winners.
The 2026 Telkom Netball League Power Week 3 Fixtures at Rembrandt Hall, University of Pretoria, from Friday, 12 June to Monday, 15 June 2026
Friday, 12 June 2026
14h00 D2 Play-off Position 7/8: Mpumalanga Sunbirds vs. Eastern Cape Comets
16h00 D2 Play-off Position 5/6: Northern Cape Diamonds vs. North West Tshukudu
18h00 D1 Play-off Position 5/6: North West Flames vs. Eastern Cape Aloes
Saturday, 13 June 2026
12h00 D2 Semi-Final 1: Western Cape Tornados vs. Free State Sonoblomo
14h00 D2 Semi-Final 2: Limpopo Baobabs vs. Kingdom Queens
16h00 D1 Semi-Final 1: Free State Crinums vs. Gauteng Jaguars
18h00 D1 Semi-Final 2: Golden Fireballs vs. Southern Stings
Sunday, 14 June 2026
13h00 D1 Play-off Position 3/4
15h00 D2 Play-off Position 3/4
18h00 Division 2 Final
19h30 Division 2 Medal Ceremony
Monday, 15 June 2026
15h30 Relegation Match: Kingdom Stars vs. Division 2 winner
18h00 Division 1 Final
19h30 Division 1 Medal Ceremony
Power Week 1 Wrap
Power Week 2 Wrap
Main Photo Caption: The Free State Crinums head into the final Power Week of the 2026 Telkom Netball League as the unbeaten Division 1 leaders, facing the Gauteng Jaguars in their semi-final at Rembrandt Hall, University of Pretoria, on Saturday, 13 June 2026. All Photos: Netball SA
Photo 2 Caption: The Southern Stings take on the Golden Fireballs in their Division 1 last-four meeting at the Telkom Netball League final Power Week.
Photo 3 Caption: The Western Cape Tornados pursue the Division 2 crown and a promotion play-off as the Telkom Netball League reaches its climax.
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