Asia Netball Explained

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 in Singapore to discuss the creation of an Asian netball governing body. The current president of the AFNA is Anna Wong.^[1] The Asian Region covers a total of 49 countries.^[2] The Asian Region currently has 8 Associate Members and 10 Full Regional & INF Members.^[3]

Full members

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• Australia (Netball Australia)
• Bangladesh (Bangladesh Netball Association)
• Brunei (Brunei Netball Association)
• Chinese Taipei (Chinese Taipei Netball Association)
• Hong Kong (Hong Kong Netball Association)
• India (Netball Federation of India)
• Japan (Japan Netball Association)
• South Korea (Korean Netball Association)
• Malaysia (Malaysian Netball Association)
• Maldives (Netball Association Of Maldives)
• Nepal (Nepal Netball Association)
• Pakistan (Pakistan Netball Federation)
• Philippines (Netball Philippines)
• Singapore (Netball Singapore)
• Sri Lanka (Netball Federation of Sri Lanka)
• Thailand (Netball Thailand Association)
• Timor Leste (Netball Timor Leste)

Associate members

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• Bahrain (Bahrain Netball)
• Macau (Macau Netball Association)

External links

• Asia Netball

Notes and References

1. Web site: Asian Federation of Netball Associations . About the ANF (sic) . 22 September 2010 . 11 April 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130411224643/http://www.netballasia.com/index.php?id=10 . dead .
2. http://www.netball.org/images/documents/regions/ASIA-Regional-Scope-Download-April-2013.pdf
3. Web site: Members . 2014-11-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141103185101/http://www.netball.org/index.php/about-the-inf-organisation-effective-governance-administration/members . 2014-11-03 .
4. Web site: Member Countries . Asia Netball . 12 September 2022 .
5. Web site: Asia Region. International Netball Federation. 13 July 2017.