Samoa national netball team
# Samoa national netball team

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.

## 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. 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.

## Results and fixtures

The following is a list of recent and future matches.

### Legend

Win  Draw  Lose  Void or postponed  Fixture

## Players

Squad for 2023 Netball World Cup qualifiers

Source:

### Notable former players

* Rita Fatialofa-Paloto
* Cathrine Latu
* Sheryl Scanlan (née Clarke)
* Frances Solia
* Linda Vagana

## Competitive history

Netball World Cup :

| Year | Championship | Location | Placing |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1991 | 8th World Championships | Sydney, Australia | 8th |
| 1995 | 9th World Championships | Birmingham, England | 9th |
| 1999 | 10th World Championships | Christchurch, New Zealand | 9th |
| 2003 | 11th World Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | 6th |
| 2007 | 12th World Championships | Auckland, New Zealand | 8th |
| 2011 | 13th World Championships | Singapore | 12th |
| 2015 | 14th World Cup | Sydney, Australia | 10th |
| 2019 | 15th World Cup | Liverpool, England | 13th |

Netball at the Commonwealth Games :

| Year | Games | Event | Location | Placing |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2006 | XVIII Games | 3rd Netball | Melbourne, Australia | 5th |
| 2010 | XIX Games | 4th Netball | Delhi, India | 9th |
| 2014 | XX Games | 5th Netball | Glasgow, Scotland | DNQ |
| 2018 | XXIGames | 6th Netball | Gold Coast, Australia | DNQ |
| 2022 | XXII Games | 7th Netball | Birmingham, England | DNQ |

Pacific Games :

| Year | Games | Event | Location | Placing |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1963 | I Games | Basketball 7's | Suva, Fiji | 2nd |
| 2003 | XII Games | Netball | Suva, Fiji | 4th |
| 2007 | XIII Games | Netball | Apia, Samoa | 2nd |
| 2015 | XV Games | Netball | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | 3rd |
| 2019 | XVI Games | Netball | Apia, Samoa | 4th |

Pacific Mini Games :

| Year | Games | Event | Location | Placing |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1993 | IV Games | Netball | Port Vila, Vanuatu | 4th |
| 2001 | VI Games | Netball | Kingston, Norfolk Island | 4th |
| 2009 | VIII Games | Netball | Rarotonga, Cook Islands | 3rd |
