The Tonga national netball team () represents Tonga in international women's netball. Although netball has been played in Tonga, they joined the International Netball Federation in 2011. Tonga won bronze at the South Pacific Games in 1983, 1991 and 1995. On 21 July 2019, Tonga Re-entered at nineteenth in the INF World Rankings.
In June 2022 the team was renamed the Tonga Tala.
They were undefeated at the 2023 Oceania Netball World Cup Qualifiers, and qualified for the 2023 Netball World Cup. Following the qualifiers they were ranked 9th in the world. In March 2023 they rose to 7th ranked following the PacificAus Series.
Current squad Tongan netball team for the 2023 Netball World Cup:
Competitive history Netball World Cup Year Championship Location Placing 1999 10th World Championships Christchurch, New Zealand 22nd 2023 16th World Cup Cape Town, South Africa 8th
Pacific Games Year Games Event Location Placing 1983 VII Games Netball Apia, Samoa 3rd 1991 IX Games Netball Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea 3rd 1995 X Games Netball Papeete, Tahiti 3rd 2003 XII Games Netball Suva, Fiji 5th 2015 XV Games Netball Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea 5th 2019 XVI Games Netball Apia, Samoa 2nd 2023 XVII Games Netball Honiara, Solomon Islands 1st
Pacific Mini Games Year Games Event Location Placing 1985 II Games Netball Rarotonga, Cook Islands 3rd 1993 IV Games Netball Port Vila, Vanuatu 4th 2009 VIII Games Netball Rarotonga, Cook Islands 5th 2017 X Games Netball Port Vila, Vanuatu 2nd
See also Netball in Tonga
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