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Australia wins the 2011 World Netball Championship held in Singapore, the 10th world title. Lisa Alexander takes over as Diamonds coach from Norma Plummer following the World Championships. Queensland Firebirds create history by completing the ANZ Championship season undefeated.
Netball Australia was founded on 26/27 August 1927 as the All Australia Women's Basket Ball Association during an interstate women's basketball carnival. Its founding members included the Sydney City Girls' Amateur Sports Association (New South Wales), the Australian Ladies Basket Ball Association (), the South Australian Women's Basket Ball Association (South Australia), the Melbourne Girls ...
In 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]
Australia has competed at every netball tournament at the Commonwealth Games. In 1990 they defeated New Zealand in a one-off match when netball was a demonstration sport . Between 1998 and 2022 they have played in every tournament final, winning four gold and three silver medals.
Netball Singapore, founded in 1962, is the national body for netball in Singapore. In 2002, the Association was named a merit sport by the Singapore Sports Council. In 1999, Netball Singapore established the Netball Super League with six teams competing to emerge as Champion. This opens up an exchange for players from different clubs, ages and ...
Australia has competed in every edition of the men's competition in the Fast5 Netball World Series. They lost the 2022 and 2023 finals to New Zealand, by scorelines of 25-29 and 34-51 respectively. Australia won their first Fast5 World Series title in 2024, defeating New Zealand 32-30 in the final.
The Singapore team have competed at eight World Netball Championships (1967, 1975, 1999, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023). They have won four Asian Netball Championships (2005, 2012, 2014, 2024), three Nations Cup titles (2006, 2007 and 2023) and one Southeast Asian Games gold medal (2015).
Netball Singapore is the official governing body for the sport in Singapore. [30] It was created in 1962, with 63 registered clubs. [30] There are 80,000 netball players in Singapore. [30] There are several variations of netball played in the country, including beach netball. [30] In Singapore, the SSC is responsible for maintaining 8 netball ...