Singapore was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a 101-member strong contingent comprising 63 sportspersons and 38 officials.

Singapore won a total of 18 medals, 5 of them gold: its best ever performance at the Commonwealth Games.

[2] The Singapore national netball team qualified for the Commonwealth games by winning the 2005 Asian Netball Championships held in Singapore.

The win qualified the team as the Asian team of the 5 international netball regions by the International Netball Federation.

This is the first time Singapore compete in the Netball event of the Games.