Netball team
SamoaAssociation | Netball Samoa |
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Confederation | Oceania Netball Federation |
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Head coach | Marcia Hardcastle |
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World ranking | 16 ![Steady](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png) |
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Netball World Cup |
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Appearances | 8 (Debuted in 1991) |
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2019 placing | 13th |
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Best result | 6th (2003) |
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Commonwealth Games |
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Appearances | 2 (Debuted in 2006) |
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Best result | 5th (2006) |
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The Samoa national netball team or Tifa Moana 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 21 July 2019, Samoa are 16th in the INF World Rankings.[1]
History
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.
In 2022 they competed in the 2022 Oceania World Cup Qualifiers, but missed out on qualification.[3]
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of recent and future matches.
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Win Draw Lose Void or postponed Fixture
2022
Players
Squad for 2023 Netball World Cup qualifiers
Source:[4]
Competitive history
See also
References
- ^ INF. "Current World Rankings". Updated on 4 September 2019.
- ^ Netball Samoa, Retrieved 04/01/2015 Archived 2015-01-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Julius Netzler (25 July 2022). "Tifa Moana Finish Strong but Miss Out on World Cup". Samoa Global News. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ Julius Netzler (17 July 2022). "Tifa Moana Set to Play Oceania Netball World Cup Qualifiers". Samoa Global News. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
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