The Samoa national netball team or ''Tifa Moana'' represent

Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono Island, Manono an ...

in international

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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

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History

They finished 12th at the

2011 World Netball Championships The 2011 World Netball Championships was the 13th edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial premier event in international netball. It was held in Singapore from 3–10 July. All 48 matches were played at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Si ...

in Singapore, and 9th at the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

. On their debut at the

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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

2022

Players

Squad for 2023 Netball World Cup qualifiers Source:

Notable former players

* Rita Fatialofa-Paloto * Cathrine Latu *

Sheryl Scanlan Sheryl Scanlan (née Clarke; born 8 September 1977) is a New Zealand and Samoan international netball player. She played for the Northern Force in the National Bank Cup from 1998 until the conclusion in 2007, when the new ANZ Championship ...

(née Clarke) *

Frances Solia Frances Solia (born 20 September 1976) is a Samoan netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Magic in New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. I ...

* Linda Vagana

Competitive history

References

{{Oceania Netball Netball in Samoa National netball teams of Oceania

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