Netball is promoted in Malaysia at the Sport Carnival for All (KESUMA).[1] In 1998, 113 districts held netball competitions.[1] That year, there were 1,718 registered netball teams in the country.[1] In 2001, netball was sufficiently popular in South East Asia for it to be included in the 21st Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur.[2] Malaysia had a national team compete in the fifth Asian Netball Championships in Colombo in 2001.[3] Malaysia also competed in the 7th Asian Youth Netball Championship in India in 2010.[4]Petronas, the national oil company, has been a major sponsor of netball in the country. This type of sponsorship was encouraged by the government as part of the Rakan Sukan programme.[5]
Important netball competitions held in Malaysia include:
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