The Brunei national netball team nicknamed Royal Bees, is the national team representing Brunei in international netball competitions. The team is currently coached by Jane Searle, and captained by Princess Fadzilah Lubabul Bolkiah. As of 2 December 2022, Brunei are 34th on the INF World Rankings.
History Brunei made its international netball debut during the 2012 Asian Netball Championships, where the first game ended in a 26–26 draw with Maldives. They then made their biggest win by thrashing Pakistan in a 91–13 victory, but only to suffer 76–18 and 72–11 defeats, by Singapore and Malaysia respectively.
At the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, the national team of Brunei secured a bronze medal for being one of the two semifinalists. Brunei repeated this feat again at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games for finishing as one of the semifinalists. In the 2017 edition of the Games, Brunei was guided by Sri Lankan coach, Thilaka Jinadasa. Before the regional stint, they went to Kota Kinabalu and played a series of matches against the Sri Lanka School Team in April 2017 and played exposure matches against Singaporean netball teams in Singapore in May 2017 as preparation.
Alongside Singapore and Pakistan, Brunei has been pooled into Group 'C' of the 2018 Asian Netball Championships in which they finished sixth in the tournament. Brunei took part in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games which was held in Laguna, Philippines. They returned from the tournament with bronze medals with Prince Sufri Bolkiah as the awardee. The Royal Bees participated in the 2022 Asian Netball Championships which was held in Singapore. The team again concluded the tournament in sixth place after a final 51–42 win over Maldives at the OCBC Arena.
Players Ten players were selected to participate at the 2022 Asian Netball Championships. Philippines national netball teamPlayerPositionHeight (cm)Siti Marhayati (captain)GAZuraidah AmitCSiti Nuril NazihahGDNurul Ajeerah AbdullahGKNurulain Abdul HamidGS, GANorros Hafizah ZanuidiWAAmirah Fazzeratul HidayahGAHidayah PutehWASiti Faizah AzniGS, GDUmmi Ramizah JeluddinWDNoor Zinatul AzimahWDWong Jo Lin -Isabel Maria Pia VeleGD
Coaches Coach Years Thilaka Jinadasa2011–2018 Jane Searle2018–2022 Hafizah Sidek2022–present
Competitive history Southeast Asian Games Year Championship Location Placing 2015 2015 Southeast Asian Games Singapore 2017 2017 Southeast Asian Games Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 20192019 Southeast Asian GamesLaguna, Philippines
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