Nickname(s) | Scottish Thistles | ||
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Association | Netball Scotland | ||
Confederation | Netball Europe | ||
Head coach | Tamsin Greenway | ||
Captain | Claire Maxwell | ||
World ranking | 9 | ||
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First international | |||
England 25 – 3 Scotland (Played in 1949) | |||
Netball World Cup | |||
2019 placing | 11th | ||
Best result | 6th (1971, 1975, 1983) | ||
Commonwealth Games | |||
2018 placing | 9th |
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[update], Scotland was 9th in the INF World Rankings.[1]