Netball Asia

Netball Asia
Founded	1986
Region	Asia
President	Anna Wong
www.netballasia.com

Netball Asia , formerly the Asian Netball Federation and Asian Federation of Netball Associations (AFNA), 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

As AFNA on 20 September 2010, Netball Asia has ten full members:

• Australia
• Chinese Taipei
• Hong Kong
• India
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Pakistan
• Singapore
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand

Associate members

As AFNA on 20 September 2010, Netball Asia has five associate members:

• Japan
• North Korea
• South Korea
• Mongolia
• Qatar
• United Arab Emirates

References

1. Asian Federation of Netball Associations. "About the ANF (sic)". Retrieved 22 September 2010.
2. http://www.netball.org/images/documents/regions/ASIA-Regional-Scope-Download-April-2013.pdf
3. http://www.netball.org/index.php/about-the-inf-organisation-effective-governance-administration/members