netball
Sign in to saveNetball is a ball sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of seven players. The primary objective is to shoot a ball through the defender's goal ring while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own. It is one of a few sports created exclusively for women and girls, and it remains primarily played by them, on indoor and outdoor courts, especially in schools, and most popularly in the Commonwealth of Nations.
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Netball is a team sport where two teams of seven players try to throw a ball through the opposing team's goal ring on a rectangular court. It's historically significant as one of the few sports created specifically for women and girls, and remains most popular in Commonwealth countries, particularly in schools.
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Key facts
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- MalawiFijiNetball.jpg
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- Six players in front of a netball basket. One is in the act of shooting, one is trying to block. Three are in red and three are in blue.
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- Malawi (red) playing Fiji (blue)at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Sport.union
- World Netball
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- , England
- Sport.registered
- 561,000+
- Sport.contact
- Limited
- Sport.team
- Seven on-court players per team
- Sport.mgender
- Yes, but usually in separate leagues/divisions
- Sport.category
- Indoor/outdoor, ball sport
- Sport.equipment
- Netball, bib
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Article
19 sectionsContents
- Description and rules
- Equipment
- History
- Comparison with basketball
- Sex category
- Other
- Variants
- Indoor netball
- Fast5
- For children
- Walking netball
- Governance
- International competition
- Major championships
- See also
- Explanatory notes
- Citations
- General and cited bibliography
- External links
Netball is a ball sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of seven players. The primary objective is to shoot a ball through the defender's goal ring while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own. It is one of a few sports created exclusively for women and girls, and it remains primarily played by them, on indoor and outdoor courts, especially in schools, and most popularly in the Commonwealth of Nations.
According to World Netball, the sport is played by more than 20 million people in more than 80 countries. World Netball comprises more than 70 national teams organized into five global regions. Major domestic leagues in the sport include the Netball Superleague in Great Britain, Super Netball in Australia, and the ANZ Premiership in New Zealand.