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The history of netball can be traced to the early development of basketball. A year after basketball was invented in 1891, the sport was modified for women to accommodate social conventions regarding their participation in sport, giving rise to women's basketball .
Netball's important competition is the Netball World Cup (previously known as the World Netball Championships), held every four years. It was first held in 1963 at the Chelsea College of Physical Education at Eastbourne , England, with eleven nations competing.
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In England, men's and mixed netball is governed by the England Men's & Mixed Netball Association. [14] 2020 trials were held for the England men's and mixed national netball squad that were to compete at the now postponed inaugural men's and mixed netball World Cup in Perth Australia. Knights men's netball team was established in 2018 and has ...
World Netball, previously known as the International Netball Federation and the International Federation of Netball Associations, is the worldwide governing body for Netball. The INF was created in 1960 [ 1 ] and is responsible for world rankings, maintaining the rules for netball and organising the Netball World Cup and Netball at the ...
Throughout most of Australia's netball history, the game has largely been a participation sport; it has not managed to become a large spectator sport. [5] In 2005 and 2006, 56,100 Australians attended one to two netball matches, of these, 41,600 were women. [6] 46,200 attended three to five netball matches, with 34,400 of those spectators being ...
The 1963 World Netball Championships was the first edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial international netball competition. It was held from 2 August to 14 August and in Eastbourne, England. It featured eleven teams. In a round robin style format, Australia won all of their matches and considered the inaugural title holders.
A netball game at an unidentified school, ca. 1910. The exact circumstances of netball's introduction into New Zealand are unclear. Reverend J. C. Jamieson, Travelling Secretary of the Presbyterian Bible Class Union, is often credited with organising the first games in 1906, but records indicate that some form of the game was being played at Wanganui High School in 1897. [3]