Netball in England

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}

{{Sport overview

| country = England

| sport = netball

| governing body = England Netball

| image = Australia v England netball 2008.jpg

| imagesize = 260px

| caption = Australia v England: International netball test – Adelaide, October 2008.

| union = England Netball

| nickname =

| registered = 92,000

| players per week = at least 1,000,000

| clubs =

| first =

| match =

| league =

| national1 =

| club1 =

| club2 =

| national2 =

| national3 =

| national4 =

| countryflag = England

}}

File:Great Barr School 05.jpg, Birmingham, England, showing girls playing netball.]]

In England, netball has been popular enough to be included as part of the physical education curriculum.{{harvnb|White|2002|p=37}} Its inclusion had been at times controversial; during the 1910s and 1920s, schools worried about the potential negative impact of physical exercise like netball participation on the health of girls.{{harvnb|Western Argus|1922}}

Below is a list including some of the top performances for the English national netball team:

• 1998 Commonwealth Games: 3rd place{{harvnb|International Federation of Netball Associations|2008}}
• 2002 Commonwealth Games: 4th place
• 2005 World Youth Netball Championship: 2nd place
• 2018 Commonwealth Games: 1st place

As of August 2016, the women's national team was ranked number three in the world.{{cite web |author=International Netball Federation |title=Current World Rankings |url=http://www.netball.org/thrilling-world-class-events/current-world-rankings |access-date=10 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203014509/http://www.netball.org/thrilling-world-class-events/current-world-rankings |archive-date=3 December 2016 |url-status=dead }} Last updated 20 August 2016.

File:Australia v England Netball in Canberra 001.ogv