Netball in Malaysia

Netball in Malaysia

A men's netball team at Interbatch Games 2009
National team	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 1998 Commonwealth Games^[6]

The top performances for the Malaysia national netball team include:

• 2010 Asian Youth Netball Championship: First^[2]

As of January 2011, the women's national team was ranked number twenty-three in the world.^[7]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} DaCosta & Miragaya 2002, p. 88
2. ^ ^{a b} 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 Federation of Netball Associations 2011a

Bibliography

• DaCosta, Lamartine P.; Miragaya, Ana (2002). Worldwide experiences and trends in sport for all. Meyer & Meyer Sport. ISBN 1841260851. OCLC 248362122. 
• Government of Sri Lanka (21 July 2001). "5th Asian Netball Championship next week in Colombo". http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200107/20010721Asian_Netball_Championship.htm. Retrieved 1 March 2011. 
• 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 (15 June 2008). "History of Netball". http://www.netball.org/Netball.aspx?id=18. Retrieved 2 March 2011. 
• Netball Singapore (2011b). "Milestones". http://www.netball.org.sg/pages/4-milestones. Retrieved 1 March 2011. 
• Rahim, Samsudin A. (2001). "Development, Media and Youth Issues in Malaysia". In Huskin, Frans Husken; van der Meij, Dick. Reading Asia: New Research in Asian Studies. Routledge. pp. 29–48. ISBN 0700713719. 
• Sagar, Naresh (4 July 2010). "Asian Youth Netball Championship". Sagar Media. http://www.pr-inside.com/asian-youth-netball-championship-r1983580.htm. Retrieved 2 March 2011. 

External links

• Olympic Council of Asia