norway is the country with the most islands in the world.
norway is the country with the most islands in the world.
country with the most islands in the world?
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the cook islands are a major netball playing country in oceania, with over 1,000 registered members. the game became popular during the 1970s, and the team has been an important in the region since then. the country has participated at several international events including the pacific games, the commonwealth games, the netball world championships, the world games, the oceania netball tournament, the world youth netball championship, and the international challenge men’s and mixed netball tournament. netball has much grass roots support and is an important part of life for many women on the islands. netball started to grow in popularity during the 1970s. the sport's popularity is partly due to the influence of new zealand, where cook island players have competed for new zealand's national team. new zealand worked hard to develop the sport in the country during the 1980s, when they hosted a number of coaching and umpiring clinics. participation in the international netball community has helped raise the cook islands profile globally. the cook islands won the netball competition at the first south pacific games (now pacific games), held in 1981. in the 1987 netball world championships held in scotland the cook islands team came in sixth. at the world games 1989 in germany, the team came fourth. in the 1990 oceania netball tournament, the team beat new zealand, tonga and fiji to come in second, behind australia. at the 1992 world youth cup in samoa, the cook islands u-21 team beat several high profile international teams including wales, samoa, and england. the cook islands defeat of canada, 114–13, in that tournament was a record for the highest number of points scored in the tournament. the cook islands has a national team that competes in the international golden oldies netball tournament. in 2004, a team from the cook islands competed in the international schoolgirls netball challenge. the country hosted the 2008 world youth championship and the 2009 international challenge men’s and mixed netball tournament. as of august 2016, the women's national team was ranked number twenty-three in the world.
netball in oceania