The 10th Asian Sen ior Netball Championships is scheduled to take place from July 30 to August 7, 2016 in Thailand. The International Netball Federation (IFNA) has directed the Asian Netball Federation to conduct this competition on the above mentioned dates.
At the last Asian Netball Tournament held in Singapore (2014), ten teams took part and Singapore emerged champions with Sri Lanka as the runnersup. Next year too ten teams are expected to take part in the event.
They are: Singapore, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunai, Chinese Taipei and Myanmar.
In the competition which commenced in 1985 Sri Lanka has won the Asian Netball title on four occasions. They are: 1989, 1997, 2001 and 2009.
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