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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.
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
- Sport.image
- MalawiFijiNetball.jpg
- Sport.alt
- 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.
- Sport.caption
- Malawi (red) playing Fiji (blue)at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Sport.union
- World Netball
- Sport.first
- , 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
- Sport.venue
- Netball court
- Sport.olympic
- IOC-recognised federation, 1995
- Sport.IWGA
- 1985–1993
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- type of sport
- Subclass of
- ball game
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Image
- MalawiFijiNetball.jpg
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- Commons category
- Netball
- topic's main category
- Category:Netball
- different from
- basketball
- discoverer or inventor
- Martina Bergman-Österberg
- OpenStreetMap tag
- sport=netball
Sources (3)
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Article · Deutsch
Netball ist ein basketballähnliches Mannschaftsspiel, das hauptsächlich von Mädchen und Frauen gespielt wird. Gespielt wird Netball vor allem im englischsprachigen Raum, insbesondere in Australien, Großbritannien und Neuseeland sowie in Südafrika. In Namibia ist es seit 2018 Nationalsport. Die Sportart wird von World Netball organisiert.
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