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Netball in Lesotho National team Lesotho Lesotho has a national netball league, and has participated in as well as hosted several netball tournaments.
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Tournaments
In April 2008, Lesotho hosted the Malawi Under-21 national netball team. The match was part of the annual Confederation of Southern African Netball Associations (COSANA) tournament.[1]
In September 2010, Lesotho performed poorly in the African qualifying tournament for the World Netball Championships. During the competition, they lost 50-25 to Tanzania, 84-16 to South Africa, 58-24 to Zimbabwe. The qualifying tournament took play in Pretoria, South Africa.[2]
In December 2010, Lesotho hosted a one day netball tournament. Ministry of Gender, Youth, Sports and Recreation was one of the co-organizers of the event. The tournament was created to help raise breast cancer awareness.[3]
Ranking
Lesotho has a national league. Corporations also sponsor teams around the country. Some corporate sponsors include Central Bank of Lesotho, Standard Lesotho Bank, Lesotho Revenue Authority and Metropolitan Lesotho.[3]
In September 2010, the team was ranked number twenty-three in the world.[2] As of January 2011, the women's national team was ranked number twenty-five in the world.[4]
References
Bibliography
- International Federation of Netball Associations (21 January 2011). "Current World Rankings". http://www.netball.org/IFNA.aspx?id=94. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
- International Federation of Netball Associations (10 December 2010). "Netball Weekly Roundup". http://www.netball.org/news.aspx?id=441. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
- Nyasa Times Reporter (10 April 2008). "Malawi U-21 netball in Lesotho for Cosana". Nyasa Times. http://www.nyasatimes.com/sports/malawi-u-21-netball-in-lesotho-for-cosana.html. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
- Xinhua (10 September 2010). "Lesotho netball team humbled". Lesotho netball team humbled. http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90779/90867/7136878.html. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
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