Samoa
AssociationNetball Samoa
ConfederationOceania Netball Federation
Head coachMarcia Hardcastle
World ranking16 Steady
Team colours
Team colours
Netball World Cup
Appearances8 (Debuted in 1991)
2019 placing13th
Best result6th (2003)
Commonwealth Games
Appearances2 (Debuted in 2006)
Best result5th (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.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3]

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of recent and future matches.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Void or postponed   Fixture

2022

2023 Netball World Cup qualification – Oceania Samoa 52-69 Tonga Suva, Fiji  
19 July 2022
 Report
2023 Netball World Cup qualification – Oceania Cook Islands 35-54 Samoa Suva, Fiji  
21 July 2022
 Report
2023 Netball World Cup qualification – Oceania Fiji 45-43 Samoa Suva, Fiji  
22 July 2022
2023 Netball World Cup qualification – Oceania Samoa 85-32 PNG Suva, Fiji  
23 July 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 Australia
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 New Zealand
Hannah Ridling – NWBOP Magic
Rebekah Roache – Northern Marvels
Soli Ropati WD 19/5/1997 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) City West Falcons Australia
Shenade Southon – Australia
Larafina Tanielu-Stowers GS, GK – Collegiate Samoa Samoa
Saviour Tui GA,GS 17/10/2001 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Southern Steel New Zealand
Emily Autagavaia (TRP) –
Geraldine Taefu (TRP) – St Mary's Samoa
Samantha Tuilaepa (TRP) – Hyundai
Head coach
Assistant coach

Manager: Eka Arp
Physiotherapist: Holly Boyd
Trainer: St David Forbes

Notes
  • (c) – Captain
  • (cc) – Co-captain
  • (vc) – Vice-captain
  • Injured or on maternity leave – Injury / maternity leave
  • (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player
Player profiles: [ Team website] Last updated: 23 July 2022

Source:[4]

Notable former players

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
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

See also

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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