Asia Netball , formerly the Asian Netball Federation, Asian Federation of Netball Associations (AFNA) and Netball Asia, is the governing body of
netball in Asia. Netball Asia was founded in 1986 in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, three years after representatives from five Asian netball countries – Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka and India – met during the
1983 Netball World Championships
The 1983 World Netball Championships was the sixth edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial premier event in international netball. It took place from 11 to 24 June and was held in Singapore. This edition of the tournament featured 14 t ...
in Singapore to discuss the creation of an Asian netball governing body. The current president of the AFNA is Anna Wong. The Asian Region covers a total of 49 countries. The Asian Region currently has 8 Associate Members and 10 Full Regional & INF Members.
Full members
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
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Netball Australia
Netball Australia is the main governing body for netball in Australia. It is affiliated to World Netball. It is responsible for organising and administrating the Australia national netball team, Suncorp Super Netball and the Australian Nati ...
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Bangladesh (Bangladesh Netball Association)
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Brunei (Brunei Netball Association)
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Chinese Taipei
"Chinese Taipei" is the term used in various international organizations and tournaments for groups or delegations representing the Republic of China (ROC), a country commonly known as Taiwan.
Due to the One-China principle stipulated by th ...
(Chinese Taipei Netball Association)
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Hong Kong (Hong Kong Netball Association)
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India (
Netball Federation of India
Netball Federation of India (NFI) is the national governing body of Netball in India. NFI is a non-profit, government funded organisation affiliated with the International Netball Federation (INF), the Asian Federation of Netball Association (AF ...
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Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
(Japan Netball Association)
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South Korea (Korean Netball Association)
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Malaysia (
Malaysian Netball Association
Malaysian Netball Association ( ms, Persatuan Bola Jaring Malaysia) is the national body which oversees, promotes and manages netball in Malaysia. Established in 1978, the Malaysian Netball Association hosted the first Asian Netball Championshi ...
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Maldives (Netball Association Of Maldives)
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Nepal (Nepal Netball Association)
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Pakistan (
Pakistan Netball Federation)
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Philippines (
Netball Philippines
Netball Philippines Inc. is the governing body of netball in the Philippines. It was established in 2014, with assistance from Netball Singapore. Its first president and general secretary are Charlie Ho and Bea Gonzalez respectively. The sportin ...
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Singapore (
Netball Singapore)
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
(Netball Federation of Sri Lanka)
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Thailand (Netball Thailand Association)
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Timor Leste (Netball Timor Leste)
Associate members
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Bahrain (Bahrain Netball)
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Macau (Macau Netball Association)
References
External links
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Sports organizations established in 1986
1986 establishments in Malaysia