World Netball

International Federation of Netball Associations

File:IFNAlogo.jpg
Type	Sports federation
Headquarters	Manchester, England
Membership	More than 60 national associations
Chief executive	Urvasi Naidoo
President	Molly Rhone
Website	www.netball.org

International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA) is the governing body for netball. The organisation has five regional areas: Africa, Asia, Americas, Europe and Oceania. Leadership meets every two years. IFNA is responsible for world rankings, maintaining the rules for netball and organising the Netball World Championships. The organisation was created in 1960.

General information

The recognised international governing body of netball is the International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA). The organisation was founded in 1960 and originally named the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball. It is based in Manchester, England. IFNA has 67 national members which are grouped into five regional area: Africa, Asia, Americas, Europe and Oceania. The IFNA is governed by a congress that meets every two years, a board of directors that meets three times a year, a Chief Executive Officer and a Secretariat. It is also responsible for providing world rankings for national representative teams. The IFNA organises several major international competitions including the Netball World Championships. It is also a signatory to the World Anti-Doping Code.

History

In 1957, a pair of national netball organisations discussed the need to create an international governing body for the sport to help address issues like standardising the rules. This conversation was started between England and Australia, while Australia was touring England. In 1960, netball representatives from England, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and The West Indies finally gathered to create the needed organisation, The International Federation of Women's Basketball and Netball. The meeting took place in Sri Lanka, with rules for the newly creating organisation being created. A decision was made at this first meeting create a world championship competition for the sport to be held every four years, with the first event to be held in 1963 in Eastbourne, England.

Netball World Championships

Main article: Netball World Championships

International Federation of Netball Associations is responsible for organising the Netball World Championships. The table below contains a list of these championships, where they took place and how many teams competed in the event.

Year	Location	Number of teams
1963 Details	Eastbourne, England	11
1967 Details	Perth, Australia	8
1971 Details	Kingston, Jamaica	9
1975 Details	Auckland, New Zealand	11
1979 Details	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	19
1983 Details	Singapore	14
1987 Details	Glasgow, Scotland	17
1991 Details	Sydney, Australia	20
1995 Details	Birmingham, England	27
1999 Details	Christchurch, New Zealand	26
2003 Details	Kingston, Jamaica	24
2007 Details	Auckland, New Zealand	16
2011 Details	Singapore City, Singapore	16

Goals and objectives

See also: Netball at the Olympics

One of the goals of IFNA is to retain Olympic recognition for netball and to lobby for the sport's inclusion at future Olympic games.

National organisations

The following list is a timeline of national organisations becoming affiliated with International Federation of Netball Associations:

1960

• Australia
• England
• New Zealand
• South Africa

1978

• St. Kitts and Nevis

1992

• United States

See also

• Netball World Championships
• IFNA World Rankings

External links

• Official website
  • IFNA blog
  • IFNA on Facebook

Bibliography

• Australian Women's Weekly (1979). "SPOT THE BALL and win a trip to Disneyland". The Australian Women's Weekly (1932–1982). 1932–1982: National Library of Australia. p. 78. Retrieved 1 March 2011. {{cite news}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |day= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location (link)
• Hickey, Julia; Navin, Anita (2007). Understanding netball. Coachwise. ISBN 9781905540129. OCLC 174094782. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Hull, Janette (2000). "A Short History Of Netball In Nevis". Retrieved 27 March 2011. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• International Federation of Netball Associations. "About IFNA". Retrieved 7 March 2011. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• International Federation of Netball Associations (a). "IFNA: Anti-doping". Retrieved 23 March 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |year= (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• International Federation of Netball Associations (2006). "Sky Sports to show Netball Superleague". Retrieved 19 March 2011. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |day= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
• International Federation of Netball Associations (2008). "History of Netball". Retrieved 2 March 2011. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |day= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
• International Federation of Netball Associations (2009c). "Netball as never seen before". International Federation of Netball Associations. Retrieved 6 February 2009. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |day= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
• International Federation of Netball Associations (2010e). "Netball Weekly Roundup". Retrieved 5 March 2011. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |day= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
• International Federation of Netball Associations (2010f). "Regional Federations – Americas". Retrieved 5 March 2011. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• International Federation of Netball Associations (2011). "IFNA: Wales". Retrieved 2 March 2011. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• International Federation of Netball Associations (2011a). "Current World Rankings". Retrieved 4 March 2011. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |day= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
• Lanka Journal (2009). "Sri Lanka clinch Asian Netball Title". Retrieved 3 March 2011. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |day= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
• Netball Singapore (2011). "About Us". Retrieved 1 March 2011. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Netball Singapore (2011b). "Milestones". Retrieved 1 March 2011. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• United States of America Netball Association (USANA), Inc. (2010). "About Us". United States of America Netball Association. Retrieved 2 March 2011. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |day= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
• World Netball Championships 2011 Singapore (2011). "History". Retrieved 3 March 2011. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)