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Scotland national netball team

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Scotland
Nickname(s)Scottish Thistles
AssociationNetball Scotland
ConfederationNetball Europe
Head coachTamsin Greenway
CaptainClaire Maxwell
World ranking9 Decrease
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First international
England  25 – 3  Scotland
(Played in 1949)
Netball World Cup
2019 placing11th
Best result6th (1971, 1975, 1983)
Commonwealth Games
2018 placing9th

The Scotland national netball team represents Scotland in international netball tournaments such as the Netball World Cup, the Commonwealth Games, the European Netball Championship and the Netball Singapore Nations Cup. Scotland also effectively competes in the Netball Superleague. Between 2008 and 2011 they played as Glasgow Wildcats. Since 2017 they have played as the Sirens. As of 1 March 2022, Scotland was 9th in the INF World Rankings.[1]

Tournament history

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Netball World Cup

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Scotland have competed in every Netball World Cup tournament, except in 2011 when they failed to qualify. The highest position they have finished is 6th which they achieved on three occasions – 1971, 1975 and 1983.

Tournaments Place
1963 World Netball Championships[2] 8th
1967 World Netball Championships[3] 7th
1971 World Netball Championships[4] 6th
1975 World Netball Championships[5] 6th
1979 World Netball Championships[6] 9th
1983 World Netball Championships[7] 6th
1987 World Netball Championships[8] 9th
1991 World Netball Championships[9] 9th
1995 World Netball Championships[10] 22nd
1999 World Netball Championships[11] 20th
2003 World Netball Championships[12] 15th
2007 World Netball Championships[13] 14th
2015 Netball World Cup[14][15][16] 12th
2019 Netball World Cup[17][18][19][20][21][22] 11th

World Games

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Tournaments Place
1985 World Games[23][24] 5th/6th
1989 World Games[25] 5th

Commonwealth Games

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Tournaments Place
2014 Commonwealth Games[26][27] 9th
2018 Commonwealth Games[28][29][30][31] 9th

European Netball Championship

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Wearing purple, the netball team is standing in two rows
2006 Scotland national netball team

Scotland have played regularly in the European Netball Championship. Their best performances came in 2014 and when they finished second.

Tournaments Place
2005 European Netball Championship [32] 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2006 European Netball Championship [33] 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2007 European Netball Championship [34] 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2010 European Netball Championship [35] 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2011 European Netball Championship [36] 4th
2012 European Netball Championship [37] 4th
2013 European Netball Championship [38] 4th
2014 European Netball Championship [39] 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2015 European Netball Championship [40] 6th
2016 European Netball Championship [41] 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2017 European Netball Championship[42] 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Netball Singapore Nations Cup

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Scotland have finished as runners up in two Netball Singapore Nations Cup tournaments.

Tournaments Place
2006 Nations Cup [43] 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2009 Nations Cup [44][45] 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2010 Nations Cup [46][47] 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Netball Superleague

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Scotland effectively competes in the Netball Superleague. Between 2008 and 2011 they played as Glasgow Wildcats. One of the main aims of forming the Glasgow Wildcats franchise was to help Scotland prepare for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, which were hosted in Glasgow. Denise Holland was subsequently appointed joint head coach of both the Wildcats and Scotland.[48][49][50] Since 2017 they have played as the Sirens.[51] Gail Parata served as the joint head coach of both Sirens and Scotland.[52][53] At the 2019 Netball World Cup, eleven of the Scotland squad were Sirens players.[17]

Recent squads

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2019 Netball World Cup squad

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Scotland – 2019 Netball World Cup roster
Players Coaches
Name Pos DOB Height Club Nat Caps
Emma Barrie GS, GK (2002-04-13)13 April 2002 (aged 17) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Sirens Scotland
Kelly Boyle WA, C (1996-05-11)11 May 1996 (aged 23) 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Sirens Scotland
Lynsey Gallagher GS, GA, WA (1992-05-20)20 May 1992 (aged 27) 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Sirens Scotland
Ella Gibbons GD, GK (1994-11-24)24 November 1994 (aged 24) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Sirens Scotland
Bethan Goodwin GS, GA (1999-07-04)4 July 1999 (aged 20) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Sirens Scotland
Claire Maxwell (c) C, WD (1988-08-10)10 August 1988 (aged 30) 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Sirens Scotland
Niamh McCall GA, WA (2000-04-28)28 April 2000 (aged 19) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Sirens Scotland
Nicola McCleery WA, C (1995-10-12)12 October 1995 (aged 23) 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Sirens Scotland
Sarah MacPhail GD, WD, C (1997-08-08)8 August 1997 (aged 21) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Sirens Scotland
Hayley Mulheron GK, GD (1986-04-27)27 April 1986 (aged 33) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Sirens Scotland
Emily Nicholl GD, WD (1994-05-24)24 May 1994 (aged 25) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Sirens Scotland
Lauren Tait GK, GD, WD (1996-08-10)10 August 1996 (aged 22) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Glasgow Saltires Scotland
Head coach
Assistant coach
  • Jill Fullarton
    Lesley MacDonald

Manager: Karen McElveen
Physiotherapist: Sarah Chambers

Notes
  • (c) – Captain
  • (cc) – Co-captain
  • (vc) – Vice-captain
  • Injured or on maternity leave – Injury / maternity leave
  • (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player
Player profiles: Team website Last updated: 18 May 2020

Source:[17][18]

Head Coaches

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Coach Years
Scotland #1 Catherine Sweeney[citation needed] 1949
Scotland Elizabeth Kelly[citation needed] 1962
Scotland Muriel Getty[citation needed] 1963
Scotland Katie Pie[citation needed] 1967
Scotland Lena Fraser[citation needed] 1970-1976
Scotland Maeve Wilson[citation needed] 1976
Scotland Lena Fraser[citation needed] 1977
Scotland Moira Ord[citation needed] 1978-80
Scotland Elizabeth Ann (Fran) Church[citation needed] 1980
Scotland Marie Fairie[citation needed] 1980-1982
Scotland Agnes O'Brien[citation needed] 1982-1987
Scotland Anne Clark[citation needed] 1988-1991
Scotland Anne Marie Daly[citation needed] 1991-1995
Scotland Mary Ann Cosgrove[citation needed] 1997-2002
Scotland Anne Clark [12] c. 2002–2007
Scotland Mary Tough[citation needed] 2008
Hong Kong Denise Holland [48][49][54] 2008–2012
Scotland Jill Fullerton[citation needed] 2013
New Zealand Gail Parata[52][53] 2013–2019
England Tamsin Greenway[55][56][57][58][59] 2020–

Honours

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