Singapore national netball team

Singapore
Association Netball Singapore
Confederation Netball Asia
Head coach Kate Carpenter
Captain Lin Qing Yi, Micky
Vice-captain Chen Hui Fen & Nur Baizura
INF ranking 17 Increase 2
Team colours
World Championships
Appearances 4 (Debuted in 1967)
2011 placing 15th
Best result 8th (1967)

The Singapore national netball team are the national netball team representing Singapore. The Singapore team have competed at four World Netball Championships (1967, 1975, 1999 and 2007). They have also won two Nations Cup titles (2005, 2006). In 2005, the Singaporean team won the Asian Netball Championship with a win over the Malaysian team, scoring 53–39 in the finals.

As of 20 December 2014, Singapore are 17th in the INF World Rankings. They are currently coached by Kate Carpenter from New Zealand, and captained by defender Jean Ng.

Players

Twelve players were selected for the 2011 World Championships.[1][2][3] Two members of the wider squad were initially selected for the World Championships but subsequently had to be replaced. Cassandra Soh, a shooter, withdrew from the team through injury.[4] Chinese-born 1.96-metre goal keeper Chen LiLi was initially named in the team, pending approval of her application for Singaporean citizenship, but was subsequently withdrawn when her application was not approved in time.[5]

Singapore national netball team
Player name Positions Height (cm)
Pearline CHAN WA, C 168
Huifen CHEN WA, GA, GS 169
Premila HIRUBALAN WA, C 168
Vanessa Marie LEE WD, C 170
Ling LI GA, GS 188
Qingyi LIN (vice-captain) GK, GD 174
Jean NG (captain) GK, GD 174
Baizura NURUL GD, WD 170
Charlene PORIMA C, WD 172
Charmaine SOH GS, GA 175
Hui Yan TAN GS, GA 169
Asha TETT GA, WA, GS 178

Coaching staff

Competitive history

World Netball Championships
Year Championship Location Placing
1963 1st World Championships Eastbourne, England –
1967 2nd World Championships Perth, Australia 8th
1971 3rd World Championships Kingston, Jamaica –
1975 4th World Championships Auckland, New Zealand 10th
1979 5th World Championships Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago –
1983 6th World Championships Singapore –
1987 7th World Championships Glasgow, Scotland –
1991 8th World Championships Sydney, Australia –
1995 9th World Championships Birmingham, England –
1999 10th World Championships Christchurch, New Zealand 12th
2003 11th World Championships Kingston, Jamaica –
2007 12th World Championships Auckland, New Zealand 15th
2011 13th World Championships Singapore 15th
2015 14th World Championships Sydney, Australia TBD
Asian Netball Championships
Year Cup Location Placing
1985 1st Asian Championships Malaysia
1989 2nd Asian Championships
1993 3rd Asian Championships Hong Kong
1997 4th Asian Championships Singapore
2001 5th Asian Championships Sri Lanka
2005 6th Asian Championships Singapore 1st
2009 7th Asian Championships Malaysia
2012 8th Asian Championships Sri Lanka 1st
2014 9th Asian Championships Singapore 1st
Nations Cup
Year Cup Location Placing
2006 4 Nations Cup Singapore 1st
2007 5 Nations Cup Singapore 1st
2008 5 Nations Cup Singapore 5th
2009 6 Nations Cup Singapore 5th
2010 6 Nations Cup Singapore 4th

See also

References

  1. ↑ "WNC2011: Team list". Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  2. ↑ Netball Singapore. "National squads: Opens". Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  3. ↑ Chan U-gene (7 June 2011). "Local-born netballer back to boost attack". The Straits Times (Published on Netball Singapore website). Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  4. ↑ "Singapore announce team for Mission Foods World Netball Championships 2011". Red Sports. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  5. ↑ Burdon, Nathan (30 June 2011). "Netball worlds hosts Singapore suffer setback". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 30 June 2011.