Netball in 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]

Netball in Malaysia
A men's netball team at Interbatch Games 2009
CountryMalaysia
National team(s)Malaysia

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 August 2016, the women's national team was ranked number nineteenth in the world.[7]

References
  1. DaCosta & Miragaya 2002, p. 88
  2. 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 Netball Federation. "Current World Rankings". Last updated 20 August 2016.

Bibliography
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  • Government of Sri Lanka (21 July 2001). "5th Asian Netball Championship next week in Colombo". Archived from the original on 26 January 2004. Retrieved 1 March 2011.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • International Federation of Netball Associations (21 January 2011a). "Current World Rankings". Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2011.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • International Federation of Netball Associations (15 June 2008). "History of Netball". Archived from the original on 6 March 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2011. Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Netball Singapore (2011b). "Milestones". Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2011.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Rahim, Samsudin A. (2001). "Development, Media and Youth Issues in Malaysia". In Huskin, Frans Husken; van der Meij, Dick (eds.). Reading Asia: New Research in Asian Studies. Routledge. pp. 29–48. ISBN 0-7007-1371-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Sagar, Naresh (4 July 2010). "Asian Youth Netball Championship". Sagar Media. Retrieved 2 March 2011.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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