The Philippines national netball team represents the Philippines in international netball competitions.
They made their international debut at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games.
History Netball Singapore has offered aid to the Philippines to organize a netball team for the 2015 Southeast Asian Games set to be hosted by Singapore. After visits from Netball Singapore and the Netball Asia in 2014, Netball Philippines was formed and a national team was organized. Netball Singapore hosted a training camp in Singapore for the Philippine national team in December 2014. Players who have played in volleyball and basketball teams in the country were called up to form the first national team.
The Philippines under English coach Fransien Howarth entered the 2015 SEA Games in Singapore, their first tournament with modest expectations. They lost their first match against Thailand, with the scoreline of 22–62, in their opener on May 31, 2015. They also experienced a 112–11 defeat at the hands of the national team of Malaysia on June 1. Then they lost to Myanmar with the scoreline of 62–22.
The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) allowed the national team to participate at the 2017 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia despite the team's dismal performance in the previous edition. The handlers of the national team's sole reason given to the PSC was that they are still a "developmental team". The team by this time is now mentored by Angelina Fedillaga.
They took part in the 2019 SEA Games, which was hosted at home. They continued to drawing basketball players into the squad and taking advantage of Singaporean assistance.
Players
Previous Ten players were selected to participate at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games.
Philippines national netball team Player Position Height (cm) Mary Joy Macalindong GK 174 Remia Buenacosa GD, C 167 Danielle Michiko Castaneda GS, GD 174 Ana Thea Cenarosa GA 179 Maricar Convencido WA 169 Michelle Datuin GK 170 Leanne Espina (captain) WA, GS 167 Loraine Angela Lim C, WA 163 Kristine Marie Teo WD 168 Mary Anne Jenelle Yabut C 168
Coaching staff Head coach: Angelina Fedillaga Assistant coach: Loo Yi Lin Jolynn
Competitive history Asian Netball Championships Year Competition Location Placing 2018 2018 Asian Netball Championships Singapore 9th 2022 2022 Asian Netball Championships Singapore 5th 2024 2024 Asian Netball Championships Bengaluru, India 6th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Year Competition Location Placing — 2021 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Bangkok and Chonburi, Thailand Qualified, but cancelled Southeast Asian Games Year Competition Location Placing 2015 2015 Southeast Asian Games Singapore 6th 2017 2017 Southeast Asian Games Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 5th 2019 2019 Southeast Asian Games Philippines 5th 2025 2025 Southeast Asian Games Thailand 4th Other tournaments Year Competition Location Placing 2022 International Netball Event Jeonju, South Korea 2nd
Head coaches Coach Years Fransien Howarth 2015 Angelina Fedillaga2017–present
References
External links Netball Philippines Official Website