Netball at the Commonwealth Games. Netball was first played at the Commonwealth Games in 1990 as a demonstration sport. It has been an official Commonwealth Games sport since 1998. Together with the INF Netball World Cup, the Commonwealth Games netball tournament is one of the two major tournaments in international netball. Australia have been the tournaments most successful team, winning three gold medals. New Zealand have won two gold medals. Between 1998 and 2014, Australia and New Zealand contested every final and won every gold and silver medal between them. In 2018, England became only the third team to both reach the final and win the gold medal.