Solomon Islands national netball team

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The Solomon Islands national netball team represents Solomon Islands in international netball. The team competes mainly in tournaments within Oceania, such as the Pacific Games. Their most competitive result to date is a bronze medal at the 1981 South Pacific Mini Games. [1]

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The Solomon Islands was one of two national teams to compete in netball at the 1969 South Pacific Games, [2] [3] finishing second behind Papua New Guinea, but were not awarded a medal. [4]

Competition history

Pacific Games
YearGamesEventLocationPlacing
1969 II Games Netball Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Med 2.png 2nd
2003 XII Games Netball Suva, Fiji7th
2007 XIII Games Netball Apia, Samoa6th
2015 XV Games Netball Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea7th
2023 XVII Games Netball Honiara, Solomon Islands7th
Pacific Mini Games
YearGamesEventLocationPlacing
1981 I Games Netball Honiara, Solomon Islands Med 3.png 3rd
1993 IV Games Netball Port Vila, Vanuatu6th
2001 VI Games Netball Kingston, Norfolk Island5th
2017 X Games Netball Port Vila, Vanuatu Med 3.png 3rd

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References

  1. "Mini South Pacific Games". The Canberra Times. 16 July 1981. p. 24, col 4. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  2. "Gold Medals—Team Events". South Pacific Bulletin. 19–20. South Pacific Commission: 24. 1969. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  3. 1969 South Pacific Games Results. Oceania Sport Information Centre (Report). Archived from the original on 28 October 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  4. "Check how they go in the Games at Tahiti". Pacific Islands Monthly. 42 (9). Pacific Publications: 131. 1971. Retrieved 18 November 2017.