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Netball in Malaysia
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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]
Netball in Malaysia | |
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![]() A men's netball team at Interbatch Games 2009 | |
Country | Malaysia |
National team(s) | Malaysia |
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]