The Fiji national netball team represents Fiji

Fiji

Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...

 in international netball

Netball

Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...

 competition. Fiji have competed at five World Netball Championships, finishing sixth in their best placing at the 1999 tournament. They have also competed at two Commonwealth Games, and won the netball event at the South Pacific Games

South Pacific Games

The Pacific Games is a multi-sport event, much like the Olympics , with participation exclusively from countries around the South Pacific. It is held every four years and began in 1963, hosted by Suva, Fiji.- Concept :The idea of holding the South Pacific Games originated with Dr A.H...

 for a number of years. They have won gold at every games since 1991. They are also the current Pacific Champions, winning the all Pacific Series since its inception.

As of 26 July 2011, the Fijian team are seventh in the IFNA World Rankings

IFNA World Rankings

The IFNA World Rankings are published by the International Federation of Netball Associations to make it possible to compare the relative strengths of internationally active national netball teams. Initially, rankings were based on the results from the Netball World Championships, and released...

. They are captained by Matila Waqanidrola, and coached by Gabriel Qoro and Unaisi Rokoura.

2011 team

Twelve players were selected for the 2011 World Netball Championships, held from 3–10 July in Singapore.

Fiji national netball team
Players	Coaching staff
Bernadette Daurewa Luse Kotobalavu Maria Lutua Teimumu Moce Simone Nalatu Simone Nalatu Simone Nalatu is a Fijian-Australian netball player. Nalatu was a member of the Fijian national team that played at the 2007 Netball World Championships. She also played for the Queensland Firebirds in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy from 2004–07... Mere Rabuka Afa Rusivakula Elenoa Vatureba Seruwaia Vonolagi (vc) Elesi Waqa Matila Waqanidrola (c) Vaiti Waqatabu	Co-coach: Gabriel Qoro Co-coach: Unaisi Rokoura Manager: Asenaca Waqanivavalagi

Competitive history

World Netball Championships
Year	Championship	Location	Placing
1963	1st World Championships 1963 Netball World Championships The 1963 World Netball Championships was the first edition of the World Netball Championships, a quadrennial international netball competition. The 1963 tournament was held in Eastbourne, England, and featured 11 teams. Australia were the winners....	Eastbourne Eastbourne Eastbourne is a large town and borough in East Sussex, on the south coast of England between Brighton and Hastings. The town is situated at the eastern end of the chalk South Downs alongside the high cliff at Beachy Head... , England	–
1967	2nd World Championships 1967 Netball World Championships The 1967 World Netball Championships was the second edition of the World Netball Championships, a quadrennial international netball competition. The 1967 tournament was held in Perth, Australia, and featured eight teams. New Zealand were the winners....	Perth Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000.... , Australia	–
1971	3rd World Championships 1971 Netball World Championships The 1971 World Netball Championships was the third edition of the World Netball Championships, the premier tournament in international netball, held every four years. The 1971 tournament was held in Kingston, Jamaica, and featured nine teams. Australia were the winners, claiming their second...	Kingston Kingston, Jamaica Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island... , Jamaica	–
1975	4th World Championships 1975 Netball World Championships The 1975 World Netball Championships was the fourth staging of the World Netball Championships, the premier tournament in international netball, held every four years. The 1975 tournament was held in Auckland, New Zealand and featured 11 teams. Australia were the winners, claiming their third...	Auckland Auckland The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world... , New Zealand	8th
1979	5th World Championships 1979 Netball World Championships The 1979 World Netball Championships which was the fifth edition of the World Netball Championships tournament, the premier tournament in international netball, held once every four years. The 1979 tournament was held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, with 19 teams competing.Australia, New...	Port of Spain Port of Spain Port of Spain, also written as Port-of-Spain, is the capital of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third-largest municipality, after San Fernando and Chaguanas. The city has a municipal population of 49,031 , a metropolitan population of 128,026 and a transient daily population... , Trinidad & Tobago	–
1983	6th World Championships 1983 Netball World Championships The 1983 World Netball Championships was the sixth staging of the World Netball Championships, the premier tournament in international netball, held every four years. The 1983 tournament was held in Singapore and was contested by 14 teams. Australia were the winners, claiming their fifth...	Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...	–
1987	7th World Championships 1987 Netball World Championships The 1987 World Netball Championships was the seventh staging of the World Netball Championships, the premier tournament in international netball, held every four years. The 1987 tournament was held in Glasgow, Scotland and was contested by 17 teams....	Glasgow Glasgow Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands... , Scotland	8th
1991	8th World Championships 1991 Netball World Championships The 1991 World Netball Championships was the eighth staging of the World Netball Championships, the premier tournament in international netball, held every four years. The 1991 tournament was held in Sydney, Australia and was contested by 20 teams. All matches were held at the Sydney Entertainment...	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... , Australia	11th
1995	9th World Championships 1995 Netball World Championships The 1995 World Netball Championships was the ninth staging of the World Netball Championships, the premier tournament in international netball, held every four years. The 1995 tournament was held in Birmingham, England and was contested by a record 27 teams. Among them were the South African team,...	Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a... , England	–
1999	10th World Championships 1999 Netball World Championships The 1999 World Netball Championships was the tenth staging of the World Netball Championships, the premier tournament in international netball, held every four years. The 1999 tournament was held in Christchurch, New Zealand and was contested by 24 teams. All matches were held at the Westpac...	Christchurch Christchurch Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of... , New Zealand	6th
2003	11th World Championships	Kingston Kingston, Jamaica Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island... , Jamaica	8th
2007	12th World Championships	Auckland Auckland The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world... , New Zealand	9th
2011	13th World Championships	Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...	10th

Netball at the Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....
Year	Games	Event	Location	Placing
1998	XVI Games 1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 XVI Commonwealth Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 11 September to 21 September 1998 making it the first Asian country to act as host and the last Commonwealth Games for the 20th century. A record 70 nations supplied 3638 athletes...	1st Netball	Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million... , Malaysia	–
2002	XVII Games 2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing London's 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating.After the 1996 Manchester...	2nd Netball	Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater... , England	7th
2006	XVIII Games 2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.The site...	3rd Netball Netball at the 2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games was the third Games at which netball, one of the few women-only sports in the Commonwealth Games, was played. The preliminary matches were held at the State Netball and Hockey Centre in the Melbourne suburb of Parkville, with the finals being held at the multi-purpose...	Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater... , Australia	9th
2010	XIX Games 2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games till date...	4th Netball Netball at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Netball was one of 17 sports that were contested at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Netball is a core sport for women at the Commonwealth Games, and one of only three events in the 2010 programme for women only...	Delhi Delhi Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census... , India	DNP

Pacific Games
Year	Games	Event	Location	Placing
2007	2007 Pacific Games 2007 Pacific Games The 2007 Pacific Games were held in Apia, Samoa, from 25 August to 8 September, 2007. The Games were also known as the XIII South Pacific Games....	Netball	Apia, Samoa	1st

External links

• Fiji Netball Association