Netball in Malaysia

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Netball in Malaysia

A men's netball team at Interbatch Games 2009
Country Malaysia
National team Malaysia

Netball is promoted in Malaysia at the Sport Carnival for All (KESUMA).[1] In 1998, 113 districts held netball competitions.[1] That year, there were 1,718 registered netball teams in the country.[1] In 2001, netball was sufficiently popular in South East Asia for it to be included in the 21st Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur.[2] Malaysia had a national team compete in the fifth Asian Netball Championships in Colombo in 2001.[3] Malaysia also competed in the 7th Asian Youth Netball Championship in India in 2010.[4] Petronas, the national oil company, has been a major sponsor of netball in the country. This type of sponsorship was encouraged by the government as part of the Rakan Sukan programme.[5]

Important netball competitions held in Malaysia include:

The top performances for the Malaysia national netball team include:

  • 2010 Asian Youth Netball Championship: First[2]

As of January 2011, the women's national team was ranked number twenty-three in the world.[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 DaCosta & Miragaya 2002, p. 88
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Netball Singapore 2011b
  3. ↑ Government of Sri Lanka 2001
  4. ↑ Sagar 2010
  5. ↑ Rahim 2001, p. 36
  6. ↑ International Federation of Netball Associations 2008
  7. ↑ International Federation of Netball Associations 2011a

Bibliography

  • DaCosta, Lamartine P.; Miragaya, Ana (2002). Worldwide experiences and trends in sport for all. Meyer & Meyer Sport. ISBN 1-84126-085-1. OCLC 248362122. 
  • Government of Sri Lanka (21 July 2001). "5th Asian Netball Championship next week in Colombo". Retrieved 1 March 2011. 
  • International Federation of Netball Associations (21 January 2011). "Current World Rankings". Retrieved 4 March 2011. 
  • International Federation of Netball Associations (15 June 2008). "History of Netball". Retrieved 2 March 2011. 
  • Netball Singapore (2011b). "Milestones". Retrieved 1 March 2011. 
  • Rahim, Samsudin A. (2001). "Development, Media and Youth Issues in Malaysia". In Huskin, Frans Husken; van der Meij, Dick. Reading Asia: New Research in Asian Studies. Routledge. pp. 29–48. ISBN 0-7007-1371-9. 
  • Sagar, Naresh (4 July 2010). "Asian Youth Netball Championship". Sagar Media. Retrieved 2 March 2011. 

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