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Seven teams participated in the invitational tournament which included another Sri Lankan side from the Western Province Netball Association (WPNA).
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Navy finished 3rd in the league stage after being defeated by Lucky Voice Fusion (22-25) and Savanna MMI (12-14) in their opening two matches. In their other matches Navy thumped their opponents JICN (37-16), London Bucks (44-15), WPNA (42-15) & 3RHA (47-5).
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League Results
| Team | Lucky Voice Fusion | Savanna MMI | Sri Lanka Navy | JICN | London Bucks | WPNA – Sri Lanka | 3RHA |
| Lucky Voice Fusion | 20-13 | 25-22 | 24-8 | 37-1 | 31-8 | 50-3 | |
| Savanna MMI | 13-20 | 14-12 | 23-8 | 28-5 | 22-13 | 38-4 | |
| Sri Lanka Navy | 22-25 | 12-14 | 37-16 | 44-15 | 42-15 | 47-5 | |
| JICN | 8-24 | 8-23 | 16-37 | 18-3 | 31-21 | 32-5 | |
| London Bucks | 1-37 | 5-28 | 15-44 | 3-18 | 21-18 | 21-2 | |
| WPNA – Sri Lanka | 8-31 | 13-22 | 15-42 | 21-31 | 18-21 | 38-12 | |
| 3RHA | 3-50 | 4-38 | 5-47 | 5-32 | 2-21 | 12-38 |
On the other hand, WPNA could only win one and that was a 38012 win against 3RHA, which allowed WPNA finish 7th and face Navy in the quarter finals. Lucky Voice Fusion secured a semi-final place after finishing top of the table
Points Table
| Team | P | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Lucky Voice Fusion | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 187 | 55 | 132 | 18 |
| Savanna MMI | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 138 | 62 | 76 | 16 |
| Sri Lanka Navy | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 204 | 90 | 114 | 14 |
| JICN | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 113 | 113 | 0 | 12 |
| London Bucks | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 66 | 147 | -81 | 10 |
| WPNA – Sri Lanka | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 113 | 159 | -46 | 8 |
| 3RHA | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 226 | -195 | 6 |
In the quarter finals JICN defeated London Buck 25-8, Sri Lanka Navy defeated WPNA Sri Lanka 41-21 and Savanna MMI defeated 3RHA 20-0.
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Lucky Voice Fusion moved into the final defeating JICN 25-10 and Navy avenged their group stage loss to Savanna MMI with a thrilling 17-15 win. There was another avenge no the cards in the final as Navy beat Lucky Voice Fusion 22-15 to win the tournament.
