| Country: | Tonga |
| Nickname: | Tonga Tala |
| Association: | Tonga Netball Association |
| Confederation: | Oceania Netball Federation |
| Rank: | 8 |
| Body1: | red |
| Pattern B1: | thinwhitesides |
| Skirt1: | red |
| Wnc Apps: | 2 |
| Wnc Recent: | 8th |
| Wnc Best: | 8th (2023) |
The Tonga national netball team (Tonga (Tonga Islands);: 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]
Tongan netball team for the 2023 Netball World Cup:[8] [9]
| Netball World Cup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Championship | Location | Placing | |
| 1999 | Christchurch, New Zealand | 22nd | ||
| 2023 | Cape Town, South Africa | 8th |
| Pacific Games | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=50 style=background:gainsboro | Year | width=120 style=background:gainsboro | Games | width=80 style=background:gainsboro | Event | width=200 style=background:gainsboro | Location | width=100 style=background:gainsboro | Placing |
| 1983 | Apia, Samoa | bgcolor=#cc9966 | 3rd | ||||||
| 1991 | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | bgcolor=#cc9966 | 3rd | ||||||
| 1995 | Papeete, Tahiti | bgcolor=#cc9966 | 3rd | ||||||
| 2003 | Suva, Fiji | bgcolor= | 5th | ||||||
| 2015 | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | bgcolor= | 5th | ||||||
| 2019 | Apia, Samoa | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | ||||||
| 2023 | Honiara, Solomon Islands | bgcolor=gold | 1st |
| Pacific Mini Games | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=50 style=background:gainsboro | Year | width=120 style=background:gainsboro | Games | width=80 style=background:gainsboro | Event | width=200 style=background:gainsboro | Location | width=100 style=background:gainsboro | Placing |
| 1985 | Rarotonga, Cook Islands | bgcolor=#cc9966 | 3rd | ||||||
| 1993 | Port Vila, Vanuatu | bgcolor= | 4th | ||||||
| 2009 | Rarotonga, Cook Islands | bgcolor= | 5th | ||||||
| 2017 | Port Vila, Vanuatu | bgcolor=silver | 2nd |