Netball in Malawi is organized by the Netball Association of Malawi.

National team

The Malawi national netball team competes in international netball tournaments such as the

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, the Commonwealth Games, the African Netball Championships, the Fast5 Netball World Series and the

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. Malawi's best performance at a major international tournament was a third place finish at the

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. Malawi has defeated New Zealand,

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and England in international tournaments. As of 1 July 2020, they are sixth in the INF World Rankings.

Competitions

Malawi's three regions – Central Region, Southern Region and Northern Region – all have regional leagues. The top teams from the regions play in two national competitions, the Presidential Championship and the Champions League. The latter competition was launched in 2013 and was sponsored by

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. It initially featured the top teams from Blantyre and

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but in 2015 it was expanded to included teams from Mzuzu. In 2014 and 2017 the Champions League used

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rules in order to help the Malawi national netball team prepare for the

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and

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tournaments.

Club teams

Notable players

Gallery

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(GA, right) playing for Malawi against

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at the

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References

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