Netball World Youth Cup The INF is responsible for organising the Netball World Youth Cup (formerly the World Youth Netball Championships), the premier event in international netball, held every four years in a year other than that of the Netball World Cup. The Netball World Youth Cup is the pinnacle of netball competition for emerging players who are under 21 years of age and the INF has held an U21 international competition every four years since 1988. The table below contains a list of these championships/cups, where they took place and how many teams competed in the event and the winners. Fast5 Netball World Series The Fast5 Netball World Series is an international competition that features modified Fast5 rules, and has been likened to Twenty20 cricket and rugby sevens. The competition is contested by the six top national netball teams in the world, according to the INF World Rankings, with teams from Australia, England, Fiji, Jamaica, Malawi New Zealand, Samoa and South Africa having played in the series so far. The Series was first held in England from 2009-2011 and the game played was called Fast Net, this evolved into Fast5 in 2012. Goals and objectives The INF’s fundamental purpose is to promote, improve and grow netball globally, in accordance with the ideals and objects of the Olympic and Commonwealth movements. One of the goals of the INF is to attain International Olympic Committee (IOC) recognition for netball and to lobby for the sport's inclusion at future Olympic Games. National organisations The INF is responsible for Netball across the Globe with currently (March 2022) 88 Members, 65 Full Members and 23 Associate Members across 5 Regions; Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. 117 countries interest to netball. 39 Nations only interest and havent teams and federations. Members by Regions Members This list is incomplete: Timeline The following (incomplete) list is a timeline of national organisations becoming affiliated with the International Netball Federation: 1960 Australia England New Zealand South Africa Welsh Netball Association 1978 India Saint Kitts and Nevis State Netball Association 1992 United States 2010 Switzerland 2019 Bangladesh See also INF World Rankings Netball World Cup World Netball Series List of national netball teams Asian Netball Championships European Netball Championship References Bibliography External links INF blog "IFNA" on Facebook Sports organizations established in 1960 1960 establishments in England Organisations based in Manchester