The Samoa national netball team or Tifa Moana represent Samoa in international netball tests and competitions. The team are coached by Natalie Mathews and are captained by Kristiana Manu’a. As of 25 February 2025, Samoa are 18th in the INF World Rankings. Updated on 4 September 2019.
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.Netball Samoa, Retrieved 04/01/2015 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
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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 2023 XVII Games Netball Honiara, Solomon Islands 3rd
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
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