| International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA) | |
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Logo IFNA |
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| Formation | 1960 |
| Type | Sports federation |
| Headquarters | Manchester, England, United Kingdom |
| Membership | More than 60 national associations |
| Chief executive | Urvasi Naidoo |
| President | Molly Rhone |
| Website | www.Netball.org |
International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA) is the governing body for netball. The organisation has five regional areas: Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania. Leadership meets every two years. IFNA is responsible for world rankings, maintaining the rules for netball and organising the Netball World Championships. The organisation was created in 1960.
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The recognised international governing body of netball is the International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA).[1] The organisation was founded in 1960 and originally named the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball.[1] It is based in Manchester, England.[1] IFNA has 67 national members which are grouped into five regional area: Africa, Asia, Americas, Europe and Oceania.[1] The IFNA is governed by a congress that meets every two years, a board of directors that meets three times a year, a Chief Executive Officer and a Secretariat.[1] It is also responsible for providing world rankings for national representative teams.[2] The IFNA organises several major international competitions including the Netball World Championships.[3] It is also a signatory to the World Anti-Doping Code.[4]
In 1957, a pair of national netball organisations discussed the need to create an international governing body for the sport to help address issues like standardising the rules.[5] This conversation was started between England and Australia, while Australia was touring England.[5] In 1960, netball representatives from Australia, England, New Zealand, South Africa and the West Indies finally gathered to create the needed organisation, the International Federation of Women's Basketball and Netball.[5] The meeting took place in Sri Lanka, with rules for the newly creating organisation being created.[5] A decision was made at this first meeting create a world championship competition for the sport to be held every four years, with the first event to be held in 1963 in Eastbourne, England.[5]
International Federation of Netball Associations is responsible for organising the Netball World Championships.[5] The table below contains a list of these championships, where they took place and how many teams competed in the event.
One of the goals of IFNA is to retain International Olympic Committee (IOC) recognition for netball and to lobby for the sport's inclusion at future Olympic Games.[5]
The following list is a timeline of national organisations becoming affiliated with International Federation of Netball Associations:
1960
1978
1992
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