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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Netball Singapore 2011
- ↑ DaCosta & Miragaya 2002 , p. 198
- ↑ International Federation of Netball Associations 2008
- ↑ Netball Singapore 2010
- 1 2 3 4 Netball Singapore 2011b
- ↑ Government of Sri Lanka 2001
- ↑ Sagar 2010
- ↑ International Netball Federation. "Current World Rankings". Last updated 20 August 2016.
- ↑ Netball Singapore 2010a
- ↑ singaporesports.sg 2010
- ↑ "Malaysian Arowanas emerge champions in Singapore Netball League".