Netball in Africa

Coloured girls playing netball on an outside court
Schoolyard netball game at Reygersdal Primary School, South Africa.

Netball is a popular women's sport in parts of Africa.[1][2] Several African nations are ranked amongst the top thirty in the world. As of August 2016, South Africa was ranked number Five, Malawi was ranked number Six, Uganda was ranked Seven, Zambia was ranked Sixteenth, Botswana was ranked twentieth, Zimbabwe was ranked Twenty-first and Swaziland was ranked Thirtieth in the world.[3]

  1. ^ DaCosta & Miragaya 2002, p. 217
  2. ^ Shakespear & Caldow 2009, p. xi
  3. ^ International Netball Federation. "Current World Rankings". Last updated 20 August 2016.