Asia Netball, formerly the Asian Netball Federation, Asian Federation of Netball Associations (AFNA) and Netball Asia, is the governing body of netball in Asia that organize Asian Netball Championships. Netball Asia was founded in 1986 in Kuala Lumpur, 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 in Singapore to discuss the creation of an Asian netball governing body. The current president of the AFNA is Anna Wong.[1] The Asian Region covers a total of 49 countries.[2] The Asian Region currently has 8 Associate Members and 10 Full Regional & INF Members.[3]
Events
Asian Youth Netball Championship
Members
- Full Members
| Team | Association |
|---|---|
 Australia |
Netball Australia |
 Brunei |
Brunei Netball Association |
 Chinese Taipei |
Chinese Taipei Netball Association |
 Hong Kong |
Netball Hong Kong China |
 India |
Netball Federation of India |
 Malaysia |
Malaysian Netball Association |
 Maldives |
Netball Association of the Maldives |
 Pakistan |
Pakistan Netball Federation |
 Philippines |
Philippine Netball Federation |
 Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Netball |
 Singapore |
Netball Singapore |
 Sri Lanka |
Netball Federation of Sri Lanka |
 Thailand |
Netball Thailand Association |
- Associate Members
| Team | Association |
|---|---|
 Bahrain |
Bahrain Netball |
 Bangladesh |
Bangladesh Netball Association |
 Japan |
Japan Netball Association |
 Nepal |
Nepal Netball |
- Other netball nations
| Team | Association |
|---|---|
 Afghanistan |
|
 Iran |
|
 Indonesia |
|
 Mongolia |
|
 Myanmar |
|
 Vietnam |
References
- ^ Asian Federation of Netball Associations. “About the ANF (sic)”. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
- ^ http://www.netball.org/images/documents/regions/ASIA-Regional-Scope-Download-April-2013.pdf [dead link]
- ^ “Members”. Archived from the original on 2014-11-03. Retrieved 2014-11-03.
- ^ “Asia Region”. World Netball. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ^ “Member Countries”. asianetball.org. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
- ^ “Asian Netball Championships 2024”. asianetball.org. 27 October 2024. Archived from the original on 18 April 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.