Editing Netball (section)

==Major championships==
{{See also|World Netball Championships|Netball at the Commonwealth Games|Netball Quad Series|Fast5 Netball World Series|Netball and the Olympic Movement|Netball at the SEA Games}}
There are four major international netball competitions; the [[Netball World Cup]], [[Netball at the Commonwealth Games]], [[Netball Quad Series]] and [[Fast5 Netball World Series]]. Netball is also played at large regional multi-sport events such as the [[Netball at the SEA Games|Southeast Asian Games]].

Netball's important competition is the [[Netball World Cup]] (previously known as the World Netball Championships), held every four years.  It was first held in 1963 at the [[University of Brighton|Chelsea College of Physical Education]] at [[Eastbourne]], England, with eleven nations competing.  Since its inception the competition has been dominated primarily by the Australian and New Zealand teams, which hold ten and four titles, respectively. Trinidad and Tobago is the only other team to win a championship title. That title, won in 1979, was shared with New Zealand and Australia; all three teams finished with equal points at the end of the round robin, and there were no finals.<ref name=NWC-singapore>{{cite web|author=World Netball Championships 2011 Singapore |title=History |url=http://www.wnc2011.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=160&Itemid=213 |year=2011 |access-date=3 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314064619/http://www.wnc2011.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=160&Itemid=213 |archive-date=14 March 2011 }}</ref>

The Fast5 Series is a competition among the top six national netball teams, as ranked by the [[INF World Rankings]].<ref name=SamoaObserver>{{cite news |title=Samoa prepares for World netball series |newspaper=Samoa Observer |url=http://www.samoaobserver.ws/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2424:samoa-prepares-for-world-netball-series&catid=34:sports&Itemid=54 |date=18 December 2008 |access-date=5 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607145949/http://www.samoaobserver.ws/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2424%3Asamoa-prepares-for-world-netball-series&catid=34%3Asports&Itemid=54 |archive-date=7 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is organised by the INF in conjunction with the national governing bodies of the six competing nations, [[UK Sport]], and the host city's local council.<ref name=ifna-2009c>{{cite web |author=International Federation of Netball Associations |title=Netball as never seen before |publisher=International Federation of Netball Associations |url=http://www.netball.org/news.aspx?id=271 |date=14 January 2009c |access-date=6 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202193044/http://www.netball.org/news.aspx?id=271 |archive-date=2 February 2009}}</ref> The All England Netball Association covers air travel, accommodation, food and local travel expenses for all teams, while the respective netball governing bodies cover player allowances.<ref name=Kaminjolo-2010>{{Cite news |last=Kaminjolo |first=Singayazi |title=Queens leave for Liverpool on Sunday |work=The Nation (Malawi) |url=http://www.nationmw.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9256:queens-leave-for-liverpool-on-sunday&catid=33:national-sports&Itemid=31 |date=12 November 2010 |access-date=19 November 2010|url-status=usurped | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110724104120/http://www.nationmw.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9256:queens-leave-for-liverpool-on-sunday&catid=33:national-sports&Itemid=31| archive-date =24 July 2011}}</ref> It is held over three days, with each team playing each other once during the first two days in a [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]] format. The four highest-scoring teams advance to the semi-finals; the winners face each other in the Grand Final.<ref name=ifna-2009d>{{cite web |author=International Federation of Netball Associations |title=Calling All Netball Fans! |publisher=International Federation of Netball Associations |url=http://www.netball.org/news.aspx?id=293 |date=3 April 2009d |access-date=11 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314190028/http://www.netball.org/news.aspx?id=293 |archive-date=14 March 2011}}</ref> The competition features modified fastnet rules and has been likened to [[Twenty20]] cricket and [[rugby sevens]].<ref name=NZB>{{cite news |author=Newstalk ZB |title=Innovative World Series planned for next year |newspaper=The New Zealand Herald |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/netball/news/article.cfm?c_id=69&objectid=10546104 |date=2 December 2008 |access-date=6 February 2009}}</ref><ref name=NZH-Marshall>{{cite news |last=Marshall |first=Jane |title=Kiwis keen on novel netball variant |newspaper=The Press |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/4838104a1823.html |date=5 February 2009 |access-date=6 February 2009 |archive-date=7 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207111943/http://www.stuff.co.nz/4838104a1823.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> A new format featuring shorter matches with modified rules was designed to make the game more appealing to spectators and television audiences.<ref name=NZB/> The World Netball Series was held annually in England from 2009 to 2011.

Netball's governing federation gained [[Olympic sports#Recognized sports|Olympic recognition]] in 1995 after 20 years of lobbying.<ref name="Taylor-2001"/><ref name="Smartt-2009">{{Cite journal |last1=Smartt |first1=Pam |last2=Chalmers |first2=David |title=Obstructing the goal? Hospitalisation for netball injury in New Zealand 2000–2005 |journal=The New Zealand Medical Journal |date=29 January 2009 |volume=122 |number=1288 |pages=62–75 |pmid=19182843 |url=http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/122-1288/3438/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110901064026/https://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/122-1288/3438/ |archive-date=1 September 2011}}</ref> Although it has never been played at the [[Summer Olympics]], politicians and administrators have been campaigning unsuccessfully to have it included.<ref>{{cite news|title='Fast' version of netball introduced in an effort to secure Olympic Games inclusion|author=Emily Benammar|date=13 October 2009|newspaper=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/netball/6316625/Fast-version-of-netball-introduced-in-an-effort-to-secure-Olympic-Games-inclusion.html|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Inclusion of Netball in the Olympic Games|url=http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LA20040921018|publisher=Parliament of New South Wales|access-date=24 June 2011|date=21 September 2004|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829053911/http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LA20040921018|archive-date=29 August 2011}}</ref> Its absence from the Olympics has been seen by the netball community as a hindrance in the global growth of the game by limiting access to media attention and funding sources.<ref name="Massoa-120"/><ref name=Jones-143>{{cite journal |last=Jones |first=Diane |title= Half the Story? Olympic Women on the ABC News Online |url=http://eprints.usq.edu.au/608/2/Jones_MIA_2004_PV.pdf |journal=Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy |volume=110 |number=110 |pages=132–146 |date = February 2004|access-date=15 March 2011 |doi=10.1177/1329878X0411000114 |s2cid=54039376 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110409071451/http://eprints.usq.edu.au/608/2/Jones_MIA_2004_PV.pdf |archive-date=9 April 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Crocombe-156>{{harvnb|Crocombe|1992|p=156}}</ref> Some funding sources became available with recognition in 1995,<ref name=Shooting-2004>{{Cite news |author=Shooting for Success |title=IFNA Recognition Confirmed |publisher=International Federation of Netball Associations |url=http://www.netball.org/documents/newsletter/July%202004.pdf |date=July 2004 |access-date=24 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110409185932/http://www.netball.org/documents/newsletter/July%202004.pdf |archive-date=9 April 2011}}</ref> including the [[International Olympic Committee]], national Olympic committees, national sport organisations, and state and federal governments.<ref name="Shooting-2004"/><ref name=ascstatus-92>{{harvnb|Australian Sport Commission|Office of the Status of Women|1985|p=92}}</ref>