Netball in Europe

Netball players in centre third of court. One player in red has caught the ball and two players in white are moving towards her.
Orkney A (red) v Shetland A (white/blue): intercounty netball (March 2009) in Scotland.

Netball is primarily played in Commonwealth countries, which were heavily involved in standardising the rules for netball.[1] The Federation of European Netball Associations (FENA), sometimes referred to as Netball Europe, is the governing body for netball in the Europe netball region. The organisation was created in 1989/1990.[2] As of August 2016, the English women's national team was ranked 3rd in the world, Wales is ranked 8th, Scotland is ranked 10th, Northern Ireland is ranked 12th, Ireland are ranked 25th, Gibraltar are ranked 31st, Malta are ranked 32nd and Switzerland are ranked 34th.[3]

The major netball competition in Europe is the Netball Superleague.[4] The Netball Superleague is the elite netball competition in England and Wales. The league features eight teams from all areas of Britain.[4]

  1. ^ International Federation of Netball Associations 2008
  2. ^ England Netball 2010
  3. ^ International Netball Federation. "Current World Rankings". Last updated 20 August 2016.
  4. ^ a b FIAT Netball Superleague