Brunei national netball team

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Brunei
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Logo of the Royal Bees
Nickname(s)Royal Bees
Association Brunei Netball Association
Confederation Asia Netball
Head coach Hafizah Sidek
Captain Fadzilah Lubabul Bolkiah
World ranking 34
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Team colours
First international
Brunei  Flag of Brunei.svg 26 – 26 Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives
Sugathadasa Stadium, Sri Lanka, 25 August 2012
Largest win
Brunei  Flag of Brunei.svg 91 – 13 Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Sugathadasa Stadium, Sri Lanka, 26 August 2012
Largest defeat
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg 72 – 11 Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei
Sugathadasa Stadium, Sri Lanka, 29 August 2012

The Brunei national netball team nicknamed Royal Bees, [1] is the national team representing Brunei in international netball competitions. The team is currently coached by Jane Searle, [2] and captained by Princess Fadzilah Lubabul Bolkiah. [3] As of 2 December 2022, Brunei are 34th on the INF World Rankings. [4]

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History

Brunei made it's international netball debut during the 2012 Asian Netball Championships, where the first game ended in a 26–26 draw with Maldives. They then made their biggest win by thrashing Pakistan in a 91–13 victory, but only to suffer 76–18 and 72–11 defeats, by Singapore and Malaysia respectively. [5]

At the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, the national team of Brunei secured a bronze medal for being one of the two semifinalists. [6] Brunei repeated this feat again at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games for finishing as one of the semifinalists. In the 2017 edition of the Games, Brunei was guided by Sri Lankan coach, Thilaka Jinadasa. Before the regional stint, they went to Kota Kinabalu and played a series of matches against the Sri Lanka School Team in April 2017 [7] and played exposure matches against Singaporean netball teams in Singapore in May 2017 as preparation. [8]

Alongside Singapore and Pakistan, Brunei has been pooled into Group 'C' of the 2018 Asian Netball Championships in which they finished sixth in the tournament. [9] Brunei took part in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games which was held in Laguna, Philippines. [10] They returned from the tournament with bronze medals with Prince Sufri Bolkiah as the awardee. [11] The Royal Bees participated in the 2022 Asian Netball Championships which was held in Singapore. The team again concluded the tournament in sixth place after a final 51–42 win over Maldives at the OCBC Arena. [12]

Players

Ten players were selected to participate at the 2022 Asian Netball Championships. [13] [14]

Philippines national netball team
PlayerPositionHeight (cm)
Siti Marhayati (captain) GA
Zuraidah Amit C
Siti Nuril Nazihah GD
Nurul Ajeerah Abdullah GK
Nurulain Abdul Hamid GS, GA
Norros Hafizah Zanuidi WA
Amirah Fazzeratul Hidayah GA
Hidayah Puteh WA
Siti Faizah Azni GS, GD
Ummi Ramizah Jeluddin WD
Noor Zinatul Azimah WD
Wong Jo Lin-
Isabel Maria Pia Vele GD

Coaches

CoachYears
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Thilaka Jinadasa [1] [15] 2011–2018
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jane Searle [2] 2018–2022
Flag of Brunei.svg Hafizah Sidek [13] 2022–present

Competitive history

Southeast Asian Games
YearChampionshipLocationPlacing
2015 2015 Southeast Asian Games SingaporeBronze medal icon.svg
2017 2017 Southeast Asian Games Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaBronze medal icon.svg
2019 2019 Southeast Asian Games Laguna, Philippines Bronze medal icon.svg

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