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Netball is a very popular women's sport in South Africa. [1] [2] [3] While participation rates are high, there is no sense of collective identity by players as netballers and being part of a national netball community. [11]
Netball is a ball sport for two teams of seven players; its rules are published in print and online by the International Netball Federation. [1] Games are played on a rectangular court divided into thirds, with a raised goal at each short end.
The Premier Netball League [1] is the top level netball league featuring teams from South Africa. It was formed in 2014 and is organised by Netball South Africa . Between 2014 and 2018, due to sponsorship and naming rights arrangements, the league was known as the Brutal Fruit Netball Cup .
Netball South Africa is the main governing body for netball in South Africa.It is affiliated to World Netball and Africa Netball.It is responsible for organising and administering the South Africa national netball team, the South Africa men's national netball team, the Diamond Challenge and the Telkom Netball League, as well as numerous other leagues and competitions for junior and youth teams.
Representatives from England, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and the West Indies were part of a 1960 meeting in Sri Lanka that standardised the rules for the game. [40] The game spread to other African countries in the 1970s. [41] [42] South Africa was prohibited from competing internationally from 1969 to 1994 due to apartheid.
The history of South Africa's netball involvement mirrors that of other sports played in the country such as rugby union. [9] South Africa was involved with the international netball community early in the sport's history, taking part in the 1960 meeting of Commonwealth countries in Sri Lanka to standardise the rules for the game. [ 10 ]
Since 2011, when they made their debut in the second tournament, South Africa has competed at every Fast5 Netball World Series. South Africa’s best performance in the series was in 2022, when they gained a silver medal after losing to Australia in the final. Their best previous performance was a third place finish in 2012. [58] [59] [60]
The South Africa Men's team has been in development since 2019. They initially play behind closed doors matches against the South Africa Women. However, in September 2021, Netball South Africa hosted the International Male Netball Tournament at Pretoria's Heartfelt Arena. It featured Uganda, Kenya and South Africa who emerged as winners. In ...