IKF World Korfball Championship

Quadrennial sports tournament

IKF World Korfball ChampionshipCurrent season, competition or edition:
2023 IKF World Korfball Championship

Sport| Korfball
Founded| 1978
No. of teams| 24 (finals)
Continent| International (IKF)
Most recent
champion(s)|  Netherlands (11th title)
(2023)
Most titles|  Netherlands
(11 titles)
Official website| International Korfball Federation

The IKF World Korfball Championship is an international korfball competition contested by the national teams of the members of International Korfball Federation (IKF), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded roughly every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1978. The current champions are the Netherlands, who won the 2023 IKF World Korfball Championship.

The 12 World Championships have been won by two different national teams. The Netherlands have won all but one time, losing only to Belgium in the 1991 Korfball World Championship.

## Results

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World Korfball Championship results #  | Year  | Host  |  | Winners  | Score  | Runners-up  |  | Third Place  | Score  | Fourth Place  |  | Teams

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1  | 1978
Details |  Netherlands |  Netherlands | 14–13
(a.e.t.)  |  Belgium |  West Germany | 20–15
(a.e.t.)  |  Great Britain | 8
2  | 1984
Details |  Belgium |  Netherlands | 11–9 |  Belgium |  West Germany | 7–5 |  Great Britain | 8
3  | 1987
Details |  Netherlands |  Netherlands | 9–7 |  Belgium |  Great Britain | 9–5
(a.e.t.)  |  Chinese Taipei | 12
4  | 1991
Details |  Belgium |  Belgium | 11–10 |  Netherlands |  Chinese Taipei | 10–8 |  Germany | 12
5  | 1995
Details |  India |  Netherlands | 21–13 |  Belgium |  Portugal | 13–11 |  Australia | 12
6  | 1999
Details |  Australia |  Netherlands | 23–11 |  Belgium |  Great Britain | 24–22 |  Germany | 12
7  | 2003
Details |  Netherlands |  Netherlands | 22–9 |  Belgium |  Czech Republic | 21–15 |  Chinese Taipei | 16
8  | 2007
Details |  Czech Republic |  Netherlands | 23–10 |  Belgium |  Czech Republic | 19–14 |  Portugal | 16
9  | 2011
Details |  China |  Netherlands | 32–26 |  Belgium |  Chinese Taipei | 33–16 |  Catalonia | 16
10  | 2015
Details |  Belgium |  Netherlands | 27–18 |  Belgium |  Chinese Taipei | 21–12 |  England | 16
11  | 2019
Details |  South Africa |  Netherlands | 31–18 |  Belgium |  Chinese Taipei | 25–16 |  China | 20
12  | 2023
Details |  Taiwan |  Netherlands | 27–9 |  Chinese Taipei |  Belgium | 26–11 |  Czech Republic | 24
13  | 2027
Details |  Netherlands |  |  |  |  |  |  | TBA

* a.e.t.: after extra time

## Teams reaching the top four

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Teams to reach the top four Team  | Titles  | Runners-up  | Third place  | Fourth place  | Total top 4

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Netherlands | 11 (1978*, 1984, 1987*, 1995, 1999, 2003*, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023)  | 1 (1991)  | —  | —  | 12
Belgium | 1 (1991*)  | 10 (1978, 1984*, 1987, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015*, 2019)  | 1 (2023)  | —  | 12
Chinese Taipei | —  | 1 (2023*)  | 4 (1991, 2011, 2015, 2019)  | 2 (1987, 2003)  | 7
England# | —  | —  | 2 (1987, 1999)  | 3 (1978, 1984, 2015)  | 5
Germany^ | —  | —  | 2 (1978, 1984)  | 2 (1991, 1999)  | 4
Czech Republic | —  | —  | 2 (2003, 2007*)  | 1 (2023)  | 3
Portugal | —  | —  | 1 (1995)  | 1 (2007)  | 2
Australia | —  | —  | —  | 1 (1995)  | 1
Catalonia | —  | —  | —  | 1 (2011)  | 1
China | —  | —  | —  | 1 (2019)  | 1

* = hosts

^ = includes results representing West Germany between 1978 and 1987

# = includes results representing Great Britain between 1978 and 2003

## Ranking

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Netherlands (NED)| 11| 1| 0| 12
2|  Belgium (BEL)| 1| 10| 1| 12
3|  Chinese Taipei (TPE)| 0| 1| 4| 5
4|  Czech Republic (CZE)| 0| 0| 2| 2
Germany (GER)| 0| 0| 2| 2
Great Britain (GBR)| 0| 0| 2| 2
7|  Portugal (POR)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (7 entries)| 12| 12| 12| 36

## Appearances

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### Debut of teams

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Each successive World Championship has had at least one team appearing for the first time.

Year  | Debutants  | Total

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1978 |  Belgium
Great Britain
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Papua New Guinea
Spain
United States
West Germany | 8
1984 |  Australia
France | 2
1987 |  Aruba
Chinese Taipei
Indonesia
Portugal | 4
1991 |  Armenia
Germany
India | 3
1995 |  Czech Republic
Slovakia
South Africa | 3
1999 |  Catalonia
Japan
Poland | 3
2003 |  Hungary | 1
2007 |  China
England
Russia | 3
2011 |  Hong Kong
Wales | 2
2015 |  Brazil | 1
2019 |  Ireland
Macau
New Zealand
Suriname | 4
2023 |  Malaysia
Philippines
Thailand
Turkey | 4
Total  | 39

Note: The IKF considers Germany a successor to West Germany. Likewise, Catalonia is seen as a successor to Spain.

### Comprehensive team results by tournament

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Legend

* 1st -- Champions
* 2nd -- Runners-up
* 3rd -- Third place
* 4th -- Fourth place
* • — Did not qualify
* × -- Did not enter / Withdrew
* -- Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team results by tournament  Team  | 1978
(8)  | 1984
(8)  | 1987
(12)  | 1991
(12)  | 1995
(12)  | 1999
(12)  | 2003
(16)  | 2007
(16)  | 2011
(16)  | 2015
(16)  | 2019
(20)  | 2023
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Argentina | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | ×
Armenia | × | × | × | 8th | 9th | × | 15th | × | × | × | × | ×
Aruba | × | × | 8th | 10th | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | ×
Australia | × | 7th | 6th | 9th | 4th | 7th | 7th | 8th | 12th | 11th | 14th | 12th
Belgium | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd
Brazil | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 16th | • | 22nd
Catalonia[a] | 6th | 5th | 11th | × | × | 8th | 9th | 9th | 4th | 5th | 10th | 10th
China | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 16th | 11th | 7th | 4th | ×
Chinese Taipei | × | × | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd
Colombia | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | x
Costa Rica | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | x
Czech Republic | × | × | × | × | 7th | × | 3rd | 3rd | 8th | 9th | 7th | 4th
Dominican Republic | × | × | x | x | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | ×
England[b] | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 8th | 3rd | 5th | 7th | 5th | 4th | 9th | 8th
France | × | 8th | 12th | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | ×
Germany[c] | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 6th | 4th | 8th | 11th | 9th | 6th | 5th | 6th
Hong Kong | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 14th | 12th | 17th | 14th
Hungary | × | × | × | × | × | × | 10th | 10th | • | 13th | 12th | 9th
India | × | × | × | 11th | 12th | 11th | 14th | 12th | 13th | × | × | 19th
Indonesia | × | × | 10th | 12th | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | x
Ireland | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | 16th | 17th
Japan | × | × | × | × | × | 12th | 16th | × | × | • | 15th | 20th
Luxembourg | 8th | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | x
Macau | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | • | 20th | x
Malaysia | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | 21st
Malawi | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | x
Mexico | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | x
Netherlands | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st
New Zealand | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | 18th | 16th
Pakistan | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | x
Papua New Guinea | 7th | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | ×
Philippines | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | 24th
Poland | × | × | × | × | × | 9th | 12th | 14th | 10th | 14th | 11th | 11th
Portugal | × | × | 9th | 6th | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 4th | 7th | 10th | 8th | 7th
Russia | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 6th | 6th | 8th | × | x
Scotland | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | x
Serbia | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | x
Slovakia | × | × | × | × | 10th | × | 13th | × | • | • | 13th | 15th
South Africa | × | × | × | × | 11th | 10th | 11th | 15th | 16th | 15th | 19th | 23rd
South Korea | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | x
Suriname | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 6th | 5th
Thailand | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 18th
Turkey | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | × | 13th
United States | 5th | 6th | 7th | 7th | × | × | × | 13th | × | × | × | x
Wales | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 15th | • | • | x
Zambia | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | x
Zimbabwe | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | × | x

## See also

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* Korfball

## External links

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* IKF official site
* History of the IKF and the IKF World Championship

## Footnotes

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1. ^ Catalonia is considered as the successor of Spain and only competed for the first time under the name Catalonia in 1999.
2. ^ England is considered the successor team of Great Britain, which competed until (and including) 2003 but then split.
3. ^ Germany competed as West Germany until 1990.

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Korfball World Championship winners

* 1978:  Netherlands
* 1984:  Netherlands
* 1987:  Netherlands
* 1991:  Belgium
* 1995:  Netherlands
* 1999:  Netherlands
* 2003:  Netherlands
* 2007:  Netherlands
* 2011:  Netherlands
* 2015:  Netherlands
* 2019:  Netherlands
* 2023:  Netherlands

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IKF World Korfball Championship

Tournaments|

* Netherlands 1978
* Belgium 1984
* Netherlands 1987
* Belgium 1991
* India 1995
* Australia 1999
* Netherlands 2003
* Czech Republic 2007
* China 2011
* Belgium 2015
* South Africa 2019
* Chinese Taipei 2023
* Netherlands 2027

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World championships

* List of world sports championships

Olympic sports|

| Team|

* Association football
* men
* men's club
* women
* women's club
* Baseball
* men
* men's 12
* women
* Basketball
* men
* women
* 3x3 basketball
* club
* Beach volleyball
* Cricket
* T20 (men)
* T20 (women)
* Curling
* mixed doubles
* mixed
* Field hockey
* men
* women
* Flag football
* Handball
* men
* women
* Ice hockey
* men
* women
* Lacrosse
* men
* women
* Rugby 7s
* Softball
* men
* women
* Volleyball
* men
* men's club
* women
* women's club
* Water polo
* men
* women

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Individual|

* Aquatic sports
* Archery
* Athletics
* outdoor
* race walking
* Badminton
* men
* women
* mixed
* individual
* Biathlon
* Bobsleigh and skeleton
* Boxing
* women
* Canoeing
* slalom
* sprint
* Cycling
* BMX
* mountain biking
* road
* track
* urban
* Equestrianism
* dressage
* eventing
* show jumping
* Fencing
* Golf
* men
* women
* Gymnastics
* artistic
* rhythmic
* trampoline
* Ice skating
* figure
* short track
* speed
* Judo
* Luge
* artificial track
* natural track
* Modern pentathlon
* Rowing
* Sailing
* Olympic Class Combined Worlds
* Shooting
* Skateboarding
* Skiing
* alpine
* Nordic
* freestyle
* snowboarding
* Ski mountaineering
* Sport climbing
* Squash
* individual
* doubles
* team
* Surfing
* Table tennis
* Taekwondo
* Tennis
* men
* women
* Triathlon
* mixed relay
* Weightlifting
* Wrestling

Discontinued|

* Basque pelota
* Cricket
* Test
* Croquet
* singles
* team
* Dance sport
* breakdancing
* Karate
* Polo
* Rackets
* Real tennis
* Rugby union
* men
* women
* Tug of war
* outdoor
* indoor

Paralympic sports|

| Team|

* Blind football
* Para ice hockey
* men
* women
* Wheelchair basketball
* Wheelchair handball
* Wheelchair rugby
* Wheelchair curling
* mixed team
* Goalball
* Sitting volleyball

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* Archery
* Athletics
* Badminton
* Bobsleigh and skeleton
* Climbing
* Cycling
* track cycling
* road cycling
* Powerlifting
* Shooting
* Snowboard
* Skiing
* alpine
* Nordic
* Swimming
* Table tennis

Combat sports|

* Brazilian jiu-jitsu
* Ju-Jitsu World Championships
* Kendo
* Kickboxing (amateur)
* Muaythai
* Sambo
* Sumo
* Wrestling
* beach wrestling
* catch
* grappling
* Wushu

Cue sports|

* Carom billiards
* Three-cushion
* men
* women
* team
* Five-pins
* individual
* team
* artistic
* English billiards
* amateurs
* women
* Pool
* blackball
* chinese eight ball
* eight-ball
* men nine-ball
* women nine-ball
* team nine-ball
* pyramid
* ten-ball
* straight pool
* Snooker
* men
* women
* team
* amateurs
* six-red

Mind sports|

* Backgammon
* Bridge
* Chess
* open
* women
* team
* Draughts
* men
* women
* checkers
* draughts-64
* draughts-64 women
* Go
* Puzzles
* Scrabble
* Sudoku
* Xiangqi

| Esports|

* Call of Duty
* Counter-Strike
* Dota 2
* eSailing
* FIFA
* Fortnite
* League of Legends
* Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
* NES Tetris
* Overwatch
* Pro Evolution Soccer
* Rainbow Six Siege
* Rocket League
* Smite
* StarCraft II
* Valorant

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Motorsport|

| Auto racing|

* Formula E
* Formula One
* Hill climb
* Karting
* Rallying
* Rallycross
* Rally raid
* Bajas
* Sports Car Endurance
* Touring Car

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Motorcycle sports|

* Endurance
* Enduro
* Beach Racing
* SuperEnduro
* Hard Enduro
* team endurance
* Ice racing
* individual
* team
* Grand Prix
* MotoGP
* Moto2
* Moto3
* MotoE
* Motocross
* individual
* women
* nations
* Supercross
* SuperMotocross
* Sidecarcross
* Snowcross
* Production
* Superbike
* Supersport
* Supersport 300
* Women
* Rally raid
* Bajas
* Sidecar
* Speedway
* individual
* team
* long track
* team long track
* flat track
* Supermoto
* team
* Trial
* nations
* E-Bike
* cross

Other|

* Aeroplane sport
* Aerobatic
* Aerobatic GP
* Powerboating
* Aquabike
* F1
* F4s
* offshore
* Radio-controlled racing
* 1:10 electric off-road
* 1:8 nitro off-road
* Tank biathlon

Other sports|

| Team|

* American football
* men
* women
* Australian football
* Baseball5
* Ball hockey
* Bandy
* men
* men's club
* women
* women's club
* Cricket
* ODI (men)
* ODI (women)
* Beach handball
* Beach soccer
* Beach tennis
* Canoe polo
* Dancesport
* Formation Latin
* Dodgeball
* Fistball
* Floorball
* men
* women
* Futsal
* men
* women
* men's club
* women
* Indoor hockey
* men
* women
* Inline hockey
* Kabaddi
* Circle
* Standard
* Kho kho
* Korfball
* Lacrosse
* indoor
* Life saving
* Minifootball
* Netball
* Padel tennis
* Quadball
* Ringette
* Rogaining
* Roll Ball
* Roller derby
* men
* women
* Roller hockey
* men
* women
* Rugby league
* men
* men's club
* women
* Sailing
* Yachts
* Dinghies
* Sepaktakraw
* Socca
* Synchronized skating
* Tchoukball
* Underwater hockey
* Underwater rugby

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* Air sports
* ballooning
* gliding
* parachuting
* paragliding
* Aquatics
* water skiing
* Armwrestling
* Archery
* indoor
* 3D
* field
* Athletics
* cross country
* half marathon
* indoor
* women's decathlon
* relays
* 100 km
* mountain running
* long distance mountain running
* snowshoe running
* skyrunning
* trail running
* Bowling
* Tenpin
* Ninepin (singles, team)
* Bowls
* indoor
* outdoor
* Canoeing
* marathon
* ocean race
* wildwater
* SUP
* canoe sailing
* freestyle
* waveski
* Crokinole
* CrossFit
* Cycling
* cyclo-cross
* indoor
* mountain bike marathon
* trials
* Darts
* WDF
* PDC
* team
* Finswimming
* Fishing
* freshwater
* fly fishing
* Gymnastics
* acrobatic
* aerobic
* parkour
* Ice Climbing
* Modern pentathlon
* biathle
* triathle
* laser run
* Mounted games
* Orienteering
* foot
* ski
* mountain bike
* trail
* Pétanque
* Powerlifting
* Racquetball
* Roller Sports
* artistic skating
* inline alpine
* inline downhill
* inline speed skating
* roller freestyle
* scootering
* Rowing
* coastal
* indoor
* Shooting
* practical handgun
* practical rifle
* practical shotgun
* Skiing
* flying
* speed
* telemark
* Summer biathlon
* Strength athletics
* men
* women
* Surfing
* short board
* long board
* big wave
* SUP/paddleboard
* Swimming
* short course
* Teqball
* Triathlon
* Aquathlon
* Duathlon
* Ironman
* Ironman 70.3
* cross
* cross duathlon
* long distance
* long distance duathlon
* sprint
* winter
* Yo-yo

* See also: World cups

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