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The INF reports that over 20 million people currently play netball in more than 80 countries, with 74 national netball associations affiliated with the worldwide governing body. [43] It is the most popular team sport for women in Australia and New Zealand, [ 44 ] [ 45 ] and remains a popular women's sport throughout the Commonwealth of Nations ...
World Netball, previously known as the International Netball Federation and the International Federation of Netball Associations, is the worldwide governing body for Netball. The INF was created in 1960 [ 1 ] and is responsible for world rankings, maintaining the rules for netball and organising the Netball World Cup and Netball at the ...
Netball's important competition is the Netball World Cup (previously known as the World Netball Championships), held every four years. It was first held in 1963 at the Chelsea College of Physical Education at Eastbourne, England, with eleven nations competing. Since its inception the competition has been dominated primarily by the Australian ...
The Netball World Cup is a quadrennial international netball world championship organised by World Netball, inaugurated in 1963.Since its inception the competition has been dominated primarily by the Australia national netball team and the New Zealand national netball team, Trinidad and Tobago is the only other team to have won a title (a three-way tie in the 1979 championship).
New Zealand has a history of netball being a spectator sport with the games being televised on Television New Zealand. [1] The 1999 Netball World Championships final between Australia and New Zealand was the highest rated program ever on New Zealand television. [1]
In England, men's and mixed netball is governed by the England Men's & Mixed Netball Association. [14] 2020 trials were held for the England men's and mixed national netball squad that were to compete at the now postponed inaugural men's and mixed netball World Cup in Perth Australia. Knights men's netball team was established in 2018 and has ...
The Fast5 Netball World Series is an annual international Fast5 netball competition. The competition, which began in October 2009, features modified Fast5 rules, and has been likened to Twenty20 cricket and rugby sevens. [1] [2] The competition is contested by the six top national netball teams in the world, according to the INF World Rankings. [3]
The 1963 World Netball Championships was the first edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial international netball competition. It was held from 2 August to 14 August and in Eastbourne, England. It featured eleven teams. In a round robin style format, Australia won all of their matches and considered the inaugural title holders.