Netball in Malaysia
| Netball in Malaysia | |
|---|---|
 A men's netball team at Interbatch Games 2009 | |
| Country | Malaysia |
| National team(s) | 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 August 2016, the women's national team was ranked number nineteenth in the world.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c DaCosta & Miragaya 2002, p. 88
- ^ a b Netball Singapore 2011b
- ^ Government of Sri Lanka 2001
- ^ Sagar 2010
- ^ Rahim 2001, p. 36
- ^ International Federation of Netball Associations 2008
- ^ International Netball Federation. "Current World Rankings". Last updated 20 August 2016.
Bibliography[edit]
- 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". Archived from the original on 26 January 2004. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- International Federation of Netball Associations (21 January 2011a). "Current World Rankings". Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
- International Federation of Netball Associations (2011) [15 June 2008]. "History of Netball". Archived from the original on 6 March 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
- Netball Singapore (2011b). "Milestones". Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- 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.
- Sagar, Naresh (4 July 2010). "Asian Youth Netball Championship". Sagar Media. Retrieved 2 March 2011.