The Asian Federation of Netball Associations (AFNA), formerly the Asian Netball Federation, is the governing body of netball

Netball

Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...

 in Asia. The AFNA was founded in 1986 in Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...

, 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

1983 Netball World Championships

The 1983 World Netball Championships was the sixth staging of the World Netball Championships, the premier tournament in international netball, held every four years. The 1983 tournament was held in Singapore and was contested by 14 teams. Australia were the winners, claiming their fifth...

 in Singapore to discuss the creation of an Asian netball governing body. The current president of the AFNA is Anna Wong.

Full members

As of 20 September 2010, the AFNA has ten full members:

• Australia
  Australia national netball team
  The Australia national netball team, commonly known as the Australian Netball Diamonds, represent Australia in international netball tests and competitions. The team was formed in 1938 and played in the first international game of netball, against New Zealand...
  
  
• Chinese Taipei
• Hong Kong
• India
  Netball Federation of India
  Netball Federation of India is the national governing body of Netball in India. NFI is a non-profit, government funded organisation affiliated by International Federation of Netball Associations , Asian Federation of Netball Association and Indian Olympic Association and recoginsed by Ministry...
  
  
• Malaysia
  Malaysia national netball team
  The Malaysia national netball team is the netball team that represents Malaysia in international competition. In 2005, the Singaporean team won the Asian Netball Championship with a win over the Malaysian team, scoring 53–39 in the Finals. Malaysia qualified for the 2011 World Netball Championships...
  
  
• Maldives
• Pakistan
• Singapore
  Singapore national netball team
  The Singapore national netball team are the national netball team representing Singapore. The Singapore team have competed at four World Netball Championships . They have also won two Nations Cup titles...
  
  
• Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka national netball team
  -History:Netball was first played in Sri Lanka in 1921. The first game was played by Ceylon Girl Guide Company at Kandy High School. By 1952, Sri Lankan clubs were playing Indian club sides. In 1956, Sri Lanka played its first international match against Australia's national team in Sri Lanka. In...
  
  
• Thailand

Associate members

As of 20 September 2010, the AFNA has five associate members:

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