# Scotland national netball team

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.

## Tournament history
### Netball World Cup

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 | 8th |
| 1967 World Netball Championships | 7th |
| 1971 World Netball Championships | 6th |
| 1975 World Netball Championships | 6th |
| 1979 World Netball Championships | 9th |
| 1983 World Netball Championships | 6th |
| 1987 World Netball Championships | 9th |
| 1991 World Netball Championships | 9th |
| 1995 World Netball Championships | 22nd |
| 1999 World Netball Championships | 20th |
| 2003 World Netball Championships | 15th |
| 2007 World Netball Championships | 14th |
| 2015 Netball World Cup | 12th |
| 2019 Netball World Cup | 11th |

### World Games

| Tournaments | Place |
| 1985 World Games | 5th/6th |
| 1989 World Games | 5th |

### Commonwealth Games

| Tournaments | Place |
| 2014 Commonwealth Games | 9th |
| 2018 Commonwealth Games | 9th |

### European Netball Championship

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 | |
| 2006 European Netball Championship | |
| 2007 European Netball Championship | |
| 2010 European Netball Championship | |
| 2011 European Netball Championship | 4th |
| 2012 European Netball Championship | 4th |
| 2013 European Netball Championship | 4th |
| 2014 European Netball Championship | |
| 2015 European Netball Championship | 6th |
| 2016 European Netball Championship | |
| 2017 European Netball Championship | |

### Netball Singapore Nations Cup

Scotland have finished as runners up in two Netball Singapore Nations Cup tournaments.
* Tournaments
* 2006 Nations Cup
* 2009 Nations Cup
* 2010 Nations Cup

## Netball Superleague

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. Since 2017 they have played as the Sirens. Gail Parata served as the joint head coach of both Sirens and Scotland. At the 2019 Netball World Cup, eleven of the Scotland squad were Sirens players.

## Recent squads
### 2019 Netball World Cup squad

Source:

## Head Coaches

| Coach | Years |
| #1 Catherine Sweeney | 1949 |
| Elizabeth Kelly | 1962 |
| Muriel Getty | 1963 |
| Katie Pie | 1967 |
| Lena Fraser | 1970-1976 |
| Maeve Wilson | 1976 |
| Lena Fraser | 1977 |
| Moira Ord | 1978-80 |
| Elizabeth Ann (Fran) Church | 1980 |
| Marie Fairie | 1980-1982 |
| Agnes O'Brien | 1982-1987 |
| Anne Clark | 1988-1991 |
| Anne Marie Daly | 1991-1995 |
| Mary Ann Cosgrove | 1997-2002 |
| Anne Clark | c. 2002–2007 |
| Mary Tough | 2008 |
| Denise Holland | 2008–2012 |
| Jill Fullerton | 2013 |
| Gail Parata | 2013–2019 |
| Tamsin Greenway | 2020– |

## Honours

* Netball Singapore Nations Cup
** Runner up: 2009, 2010
* European Netball Championship
** Runner up: 2014