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Netball is popular in several parts of Asia. The IFNA Asia region includes countries such as Australia (geopolitically considered part of Oceania), India, Malaysia, Singapore and Sri Lanka. The major regional competition is the Asian Netball Championship.〔〔〔 In 1994, the first Asian Youth Championship was held in Hong Kong. ==Australia== (詳細はSydney SuperDome game in 2004. Netball was brought to Australia by English school teachers, with a team having been organised by 1904 at Parramatta Superior Schools.〔 In 1927, a national federation for the sport, Australian Women's Basketball Association, was created.〔 During the 1930s in Australia, much of the participation in netball at universities was not organised and players were not required to register. It was believed that this was a positive for netball as it allowed people to participate who might not have participated otherwise.〔 Australia's national team toured England in 1957. This tour resulted in a number of Commonwealth countries meeting together in order to try to standardise the rules of the game.〔 The sport's name "netball" became official in Australia in 1970. Netball was one of the eight foundation sports when the Australian Institute of Sport was created.〔 The national federation changed their name to Netball Australia in 1995.〔 The Government of New South Wales committed over to creating and improving sporting facilities in the state. Some of this funding went to improving netball facilities.〔 In Australia 80% of netball is played at netball clubs.〔 The number of netball clubs around Australia has been in decline since the 1940s. Still, there are around 350,000 registered players and over 1.2 million total players in the country. Prior to the creation of the ANZ Championship, the National Netball League was the major competition in Australia. It included teams from the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia.〔 The Australian national netball team is regarded as the most successful netball team in international netball. It won the first world championships in 1963 in England,〔 and nine of the twelve Netball World Championships to date. In addition to being the current world champion, it is ranked second on the IFNA World Rankings. Australia beat the Silver Ferns to win the World Youth Netball Championships in July 2009 in the Cook Islands. Australia also has a men's national team. It has competed in the 2009 and 2011 International Challenge Men's and Mixed Netball Tournament. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Netball in Asia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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