Netball Australia wants your help in calling for Netball to be included in the Olympic Games in Brisbane in 2032 and has an online petition going where you can add your name to the cause and spread the word to others to do the same.
World Netball declared its intention to work with Netball Australia in August, to make a compelling case for Netball to be included in the Games. As the first step towards Olympic inclusion, a sport has to be governed by an IOC ‘recognised’ federation – World Netball achieved this recognition in 1995 and has enjoyed a good relationship with the IOC since then.
World Netball acknowledged that the best opportunity to showcase Netball on the Olympic stage will come when the host nation is a strong Netball nation and one that supports and proposes Netball’s inclusion to the IOC as one of its additional sports.
As Netball Australia currently holds the number 1 world ranking and Sydney has already been confirmed as host venue for the Netball World Cup 2027, 2032 provides the perfect opportunity. World Netball is aware that Organising Committee and IOC decisions on this matter will be made many years from now and so we will use the time available to work with our colleagues at Netball Australia to present a compelling case for inclusion.
Netball now has more than 20 million participants across 76 Member nations and five continents and TV, digital audiences and social media followers are rapidly growing. It’s a core sport in the Commonwealth Games programme and the five top performing nations at world level are spread across five continents.
Pledge your support and sign the petition here.