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Samoa

Association	Netball Samoa
Confederation	Oceania Netball Federation
Head coach	Marcia Hardcastle
World ranking	16
Team colours
Netball World Cup
Appearances	8 (Debuted in 1991)
2019 placing	13th
Best result	6th (2003)
Commonwealth Games
Appearances	2 (Debuted in 2006)
Best result	5th (2006)

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

2022

Players

Squad for 2023 Netball World Cup qualifiers

Samoa roster
Players	Coaches
Name Pos DOB Height Club Nat Caps Eseta Autagavaia (VC) GA, GS 14/6/1996 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Southern Steel Jennifer Brown – Curtin Hamersley Comets Seiafi Lafaiali'i GD, WD 3/12/1994 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Fia Lai Kong – Melissa Oloamanu GK – City West Falcons Ainsleyana Puleiata (C) WA 23/7/2000 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Central Pulse Hannah Ridling – NWBOP Magic Rebekah Roache – Northern Marvels Soli Ropati WD 19/5/1997 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) City West Falcons Shenade Southon – Larafina Tanielu-Stowers GS, GK – Collegiate Samoa Saviour Tui GA,GS 17/10/2001 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) NWBOP Magic Emily Autagavaia (TRP) – Geraldine Taefu (TRP) – St Mary's Samantha Tuilaepa (TRP) – Hyundai	Head coach Frances Solia Assistant coach Elizabeth Manu Manager: Eka Arp Physiotherapist: Holly Boyd Trainer: St David Forbes Notes (c) – Captain (cc) – Co-captain (vc) – Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player
Player profiles:	Last updated: 23 July 2022

Source:

Notable former players

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

Competitive history

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

References

1. INF. "Current World Rankings". Updated on 4 September 2019.
2. Netball Samoa, Retrieved 04/01/2015 Archived 2015-01-04 at the Wayback Machine
3. Julius Netzler (25 July 2022). "Tifa Moana Finish Strong but Miss Out on World Cup". Samoa Global News. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
4. Julius Netzler (17 July 2022). "Tifa Moana Set to Play Oceania Netball World Cup Qualifiers". Samoa Global News. Retrieved 21 July 2022.

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