Papua New Guinea Netball Federation was created in the 1960s.[1] There are over 10,000 registered netball players in the country.[1] A large support base for the sport exists around Port Moresby.[2]
Netball in Papua New Guinea | |
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Country | Papua New Guinea |
Governing body | Papua New Guinea Netball Federation |
National team(s) | Papua New Guinea |
Registered players | 10,000 |
England's record against Papua New Guinea in international matched between 1949 and 1976 was one win and zero losses. England beat Papua New Guinea 114–16 at the World Tournament in 1975.[3]
At Gay Games VI, a transgender netball from Papua New Guinea competed.[4]
Some of the top performances for the Papua New Guinea national netball team include:
- 2008 Nations Cup: First[5]
As of January 2011, the women's national team was ranked number seventeen in the world.[6]
References
Bibliography
- All England Netball Association (1976). Golden jubilee : 1926 - 1976. All England Netball Association. OCLC 39500756.
- Lal, Brij Vilash; Fortune, Kate (2000). The Pacific islands : an encyclopedia. University of Hawai'i press. ISBN 0-8248-2265-X. OCLC 468583962.
- International Federation of Netball Associations (21 January 2011a). "Current World Rankings". Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
- Netball Papua New Guinea. "Netball PNG Profile". Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- Netball Papua New Guinea (2008). "2008 Nations Cup". Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- Symons, Carol; Hemphill, Dennis (November 2006). "Netball and transgender participation". In Caudwell, Jayne (ed.). Sport, sexualities and queer/theory. Routledge Critical Studies in Sport. Routledge. pp. 122–124. ISBN 0-415-36761-1.
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