Australia national netball team
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The Australia national netball team, also known as the Australian Diamonds, represent Netball Australia in international netball tournaments such as the Netball World Cup, the Commonwealth Games, the Constellation Cup, the Netball Quad Series and the Fast5 Netball World Series. They have also represented Australia at the World Games. Australia made their Test debut in 1938. As of 2023, Australia have been World champions on 12 occasions and Commonwealth champions on 4 occasions. They are regularly ranked number one in the World Netball Rankings.
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Nickname(s) | Diamonds | ||
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Association | Netball Australia | ||
Head coach | Stacey Marinkovich | ||
Asst coach | Nicole Richardson | ||
Captain | Liz Watson | ||
Vice-captain | Paige Hadley | ||
Most caps | Liz Ellis (122) | ||
World ranking | 1 | ||
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First international | |||
Australia 40 – 11 New Zealand Royal Park, Melbourne, 20 August 1938 | |||
Largest win | |||
Australia 113 - 12 Singapore Sydney, 5 July 1991 | |||
Largest defeat | |||
New Zealand 61 - 36 Australia The Trusts Arena, 29 October 2005 | |||
Netball World Cup | |||
Appearances | 16 (Debuted in 1963) | ||
2023 placing | 1st | ||
Titles won | 12 | ||
Commonwealth Games | |||
Appearances | 7 (Debuted in 1998) | ||
2022 placing | 1st | ||
Best result | First (1998, 2002, 2014, 2022) |
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