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| Confederation | Oceania Netball Federation | |
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| Netball World Cup | ||
| Appearances | none | |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
| Appearances | none | |
The Tokelau national netball team represents Tokelau in international netball. The team broke up in 2009, but reunited in 2019. [1]
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| Confederation | Oceania Netball Federation | |
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| Netball World Cup | ||
| Appearances | none | |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
| Appearances | none | |
The Tokelau national netball team represents Tokelau in international netball. The team broke up in 2009, but reunited in 2019. [1]
| Pacific Games | ||||
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| Year | Games | Event | Location | Placing |
| 2007 | XIII Games | Netball | Apia, Samoa | 5th |
| Pacific Mini Games | ||||
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| Year | Games | Event | Location | Placing |
| 2009 | VIII Games | Netball | Rarotonga, Cook Islands | 4th |
Tokelau is a dependent territory of New Zealand in the southern Pacific Ocean. It consists of three tropical coral atolls: Atafu, Nukunonu, and Fakaofo. They have a combined land area of 10 km2 (4 sq mi). In addition to these three, Swains Island, which forms part of the same archipelago, is the subject of an ongoing territorial dispute; it is currently administered by the United States as part of American Samoa. Tokelau lies north of the Samoan Islands, east of Tuvalu, south of the Phoenix Islands, southwest of the more distant Line Islands, and northwest of the Cook Islands.
Tokelauan is a Polynesian language spoken in Tokelau and historically by the small population of Swains Island in American Samoa. It is closely related to Tuvaluan and is related to Samoan and other Polynesian languages. Tokelauan has a co-official status with English in Tokelau. There are approximately 4,260 speakers of Tokelauan, of whom 2,100 live in New Zealand, 1,400 in Tokelau, and 17 in Swains Island. "Tokelau" means "north-northeast".
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