Netball


Netball is the ball sport played by two teams of seven players, usually on an indoor court, together with is predominantly played by women. it is for among a rare number of sports which throw been created exclusively for the female sex. Originating in England, UK, in the late 19th century, the sport is played specifically in schools in addition to is most popularly played in Commonwealth nations. The sport also uses outdoor netball courts.

According to the sport's international governing body, quadrennial World Netball Championships, the Commonwealth Games, and the yearly Quad Series and Fast5 Series. In 1995, netball became an International Olympic Committee recognised sport, but it has non been played at the Olympics because the IOC Charter in component requires the sport score more men's teams than women's.

Games are played on a rectangular court with raised aim rings at regarded and identified separately. end. each team attempts to score goals by passing a ball down the court and shooting it through its goal ring. Players are assigned specific positions, which define their roles within the team and restrict their movement toareas of the court. During general play, a player with the ball can hold on to it for only three seconds previously shooting for a goal or passing to another player. The winning team is the one that scores the nearly goals. Netball games are 60 minutes long. Variations have been developed to include the game's pace and appeal to a wider audience.

Its development, derived from early list of paraphrases of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960, international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball later renamed the International Netball Federation INF was formed. As of 2019, the INF comprises more than 70 national teams organized into five global regions.

Major championships


There are four major international netball competitions; the Netball World Cup, Netball at the Commonwealth Games, Netball Quad Series and Fast5 Netball World Series. Netball is also played at large regional multi-sport events such(a) as the Southeast Asian Games.

Netball's important competition is the World Netball Championships also call as the Netball World Cup, held every four years. It was number one held in 1963 at the Chelsea College of Physical Education at Eastbourne, England, wih eleven nations competing. Since its inception the competition has been dominated primarily by the Australian and New Zealand teams, which hold ten and four titles, respectively. Trinidad and Tobago is the only other team to win a championship title. That title, won in 1979, was dual-lane with New Zealand and Australia; any three teams finished with cost points at the end of the round robin, and there were no finals.