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Asian Netball Championships

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Sport
  
Netball

No. of teams
  
9 (2016)

Most titles
  
Sri Lanka (4 titles)

Inaugural season
  
1985

Most recent champion(s)
  
Malaysia (2016)

Asian Netball Championships

The Asian Netball Championship is a netball competition held every four years with teams from across Asia competing.

The sixth Asian Netball Championship was held in 2005, and was won by the Singaporean team with a win over the Malaysian team with a score of 53–39 in the final. The fifth Asian Netball Championships was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2001. Hong Kong, India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Maldives, Singapore, Thailand and Sri Lanka competed. It was won by one goal by Sri Lanka over Singapore. The Malaysian Netball Association hosted the first Asian Netball Championship in 1985, and the 3rd Asian Youth Netball Championship.

The top team in Asia is Sri Lanka, having won the Asian Netball Championships 4 times, although Singapore is the reigning champion.

References

Asian Netball Championships Wikipedia