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The history of netball can be traced to the early development of basketball. A year after basketball was invented in 1891, the sport was modified for women to accommodate social conventions regarding their participation in sport, giving rise to women's basketball .
Netball is also played at large regional multi-sport events such as the Southeast Asian Games. Netball's important competition is the Netball World Cup (previously known as the World Netball Championships), held every four years.
Throughout most of Australia's netball history, the game has largely been a participation sport; it has not managed to become a large spectator sport. [5] In 2005 and 2006, 56,100 Australians attended one to two netball matches, of these, 41,600 were women. [6] 46,200 attended three to five netball matches, with 34,400 of those spectators being ...
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The Victoria Men's and Mixed Netball Association (VMMNA) run a male and mixed netball league over the summer months. The league is run on Wednesday nights at The State Netball Centre in Parkville, Melbourne. This league also includes Junior M-League for 14&U and 17&U males. A junior league is also run mid year with the same age groups competing.
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 ...
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