The Singapore national netball team are the national 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 ...

 team representing 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...

. 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

Asian Netball Championship

The Asian Netball Championship is a netball competition held every four years with teams from across Asia competing.The sixth Asian Netball Championship was held in 2005, and was won by the Singaporean team with a win over the Malaysian team with a score of 53–39 in the final. The fifth Asian...

 with a win over the Malaysian team

Malaysia national netball team

The Malaysia national netball team is the netball team that represents Malaysia in international competition. In 2005, the Singaporean team won the Asian Netball Championship with a win over the Malaysian team, scoring 53–39 in the Finals. Malaysia qualified for the 2011 World Netball Championships...

, scoring 53–39 in the finals.

As of early July 2011, Singapore are 21st 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 currently coached by Kate Carpenter from New Zealand, and captained by defender Jean Ng.

Players

Twelve players were selected for the 2011 World Championships. 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. 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.

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

• Head coach:   Kate Carpenter
• Asst coach:   Mee Hong Yeo
• Manager:   Min Li Lee

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	8th
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	10th
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	–
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	–
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	12th
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	–
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	15th
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...	TBA

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