Tonga national netball team

Nickname(s)Tonga Tala

The Tonga national netball team (Tongan: timi netipolo fakafonua ʻa Tonga) represents Tonga in international women's netball. Although netball has been played in Tonga, they joined the International Netball Federation in 2011.^[1]^[2] Tonga won bronze at the South Pacific Games in 1983, 1991 and 1995. On 21 July 2019, Tonga Re-entered at nineteenth in the INF World Rankings.

In June 2022 the team was renamed the Tonga Tala.^[3]

They were undefeated at the 2023 Oceania Netball World Cup Qualifiers, and qualified for the 2023 Netball World Cup.^[4]^[5] Following the qualifiers they were ranked 9th in the world.^[6] In March 2023 they rose to 7th ranked following the PacificAus Series.^[7]

Pacific Games
Year	Games	Event	Location	Placing
1983	VII Games	Netball	Apia, Samoa	3rd
1991	IX Games	Netball	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	3rd
1995	X Games	Netball	Papeete, Tahiti	3rd
2003	XII Games	Netball	Suva, Fiji	5th
2015	XV Games	Netball	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	5th
2019	XVI Games	Netball	Apia, Samoa	2nd
2023	XVII Games	Netball	Honiara, Solomon Islands	1st

v t e Netball in Oceania
Governing bodies	Oceania Netball Federation Australia Cook Islands New Zealand
National teams	American Samoa Australia W M Cook Islands Fiji Nauru New Zealand W M Niue Norfolk Island Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tokelau Tonga Vanuatu
Competitions for national teams	Constellation Cup Pacific Games Pacific Netball Series Taini Jamison Trophy
By country	Australia Cook Islands Fiji New Zealand Niue Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Vanuatu

Competitive history

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