Netball in Malaysia | |
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![]() 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:
As of August 2016, the women's national team was ranked number nineteenth in the world. [7]
Netball in Malaysia | |
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![]() 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:
As of August 2016, the women's national team was ranked number nineteenth in the world. [7]