Samoa national netball team

Samoa
Association Netball Samoa
Confederation Oceania Netball Federation
Head coach Marcia Hardcastle
INF ranking 15
Team colours
World Championships
Appearances 6 (Debuted in 1991)
2015 placing 10th
Best result 6th (2003)
Commonwealth Games
Appearances 2 (Debuted in 2006)
Best result 5th (2006)

The Samoa national netball team represent Samoa in international netball tests and competitions. The team are coached by Marcia Hardcastle and are co-captained by Opheira Harder-Karatau and Julianna Naoupu. As of 7 March 2018, Samoa are 15th in the INF World Rankings.[1] They finished 12th at the 2011 World Netball Championships in Singapore, and 9th at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. On their debut at the Nations Cup (netball) Samoa, captained by Sanita To’o, won the tournament with a final score of 50-41 against Singapore.[2] Samoa participated in the 2009 edition of the Fast5 Netball World Series, placing 6th in the competition.

Players

2018 Netball Samoa Oceania World Cup qualifiers team

Samoa national netball team
Players Coaching staff
  • Juliana Laban
  • Seiafi Lafaialii-Sapolu
  • Ann-Helen Nuualiitia
  • Sanonu Robertson
  • Soli Ropati
  • Alyssa-Jean Savelio
  • Gerardine Solia-Gibb
  • Kiriwera Su'a
  • Nicolette Tato (c)
  • Auteletoa Tanimo
  • Sanita To'o
  • Brooke Williams (netball)
  • Head coach: Frances Solia
  • Assitant coach: Pili Apulu

Notable former players

Competitive history

Netball World Cup
Year Championship Location Placing
19918th World ChampionshipsSydney, Australia8th
19959th World ChampionshipsBirmingham, England9th
199910th World ChampionshipsChristchurch, New Zealand9th
200311th World ChampionshipsKingston, Jamaica6th
200712th World ChampionshipsAuckland, New Zealand8th
201113th World ChampionshipsSingapore12th
201514th World CupSydney, Australia10th
Netball at the Commonwealth Games
Year Games Event Location Placing
2006XVIII Games3rd NetballMelbourne, Australia5th
2010XIX Games4th NetballDelhi, India9th
2014XX Games5th NetballGlasgow, ScotlandDNQ
Pacific Games
Year Games Event Location Placing
1963I GamesBasketball 7'sSuva, Fiji 2nd
2003XII GamesNetballSuva, Fiji 4th
2007XIII GamesNetballApia, Samoa 2nd
2015XV GamesNetballPort Moresby, Papua New Guinea 3rd
Pacific Mini Games
Year Games Event Location Placing
1993IV GamesNetballPort Vila, Vanuatu 4th
2001VI GamesNetballKingston, Norfolk Island4th

See also

References

  1. ↑ INF. "Current World Rankings". Updated on 7 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Netball Samoa, Retrieved 04/01/2015 Archived 2015-01-04 at the Wayback Machine.
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