There are 80,000 netball players in Singapore.[1] playing several variations of netball, including beach netball.[1] Sport Singapore (formerly known as Singapore Sports Council) is responsible for maintaining 8 netball courts.[2] Netball Singapore is the official governing body for the sport in Singapore.[1] It was created in 1962, with 63 registered clubs.[1]
| Netball in Singapore | |
|---|---|
| Country | Singapore |
| National team(s) | Singapore |
| Registered players | 80,000 |
International tournaments
editIn 1983, the country held the 1983 Netball World Championships.[1][3] In 2001, Singapore hosted the INFA World Congress.[1] In 2005, the country hosted the Asian Netball Championships.[1] In 2006, Netball Singapore created and hosted the first major Asian netball tournament, The Nations Cup.[1] The 13th World Netball Championships was held in Singapore in 2011.[1]
National team
editSingapore has several national squads: Opens, 21 & Under, 19 & Under (Post School), 19 & Under (Schools), 17 & Under, and 14 & Under.[4] The national team competed in its first major tournament in 1967 at the Netball World Championships.[5] Singapore had a national team compete in the fifth Asian Netball Championships held in Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2001.[6] Singapore competed in the 7th Asian Youth Netball Championship held in 2010 in India.[7] As of August 2016, the women's national team was ranked number seventeenth in the world.[8]
Some of the top performances for the Singapore national netball teams include:
- 2010 Asian Youth Netball Championship: Third[5]
Professional league
editIn 2000, the professional Netball Super League (NSL) was established and governed by Netball Singapore.[5]
The Netball Super League, comprising six teams, is a seven-week-long netball tournament developed to cater for professional netball players in Singapore. In 2004, the audience was big enough that the league was broadcast on television.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i Netball Singapore 2011
- ^ DaCosta & Miragaya 2002, p. 198
- ^ International Federation of Netball Associations 2008
- ^ Netball Singapore 2010
- ^ a b c d Netball Singapore 2011b
- ^ Government of Sri Lanka 2001
- ^ Sagar 2010
- ^ International Netball Federation. "Current World Rankings". Last updated 20 August 2016.
Bibliography
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- DaCosta, Lamartine P.; Miragaya, Ana (2002). Worldwide experiences and trends in sport for all. Meyer & Meyer Sport. ISBN 1-84126-085-1. OCLC 248362122.
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- International Federation of Netball Associations (21 January 2011a). "Current World Rankings". Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
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- Netball Singapore (2010). "National Squads". Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- Netball Singapore (19 December 2009). "Nations Cup 2009". Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- Netball Singapore (30 September 2008). "Nations Cup 2008". Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- Netball Singapore (15 July 2010b). "Asian Youth Netball Championship". Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
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- Sagar, Naresh (4 July 2010). "Asian Youth Netball Championship". Sagar Media. Retrieved 2 March 2011.