10th IKF World Korfball Championship to start this week

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Belgium will be the world’s hotspot for korfball for the next 10 days, with the 10th IKF World Korfball Championship being hosted in Turnhout-Tielen, Ghent and Antwerp. 16 countries from all five continents have qualified for the Championship, after four regional championships with a total of more than 40 countries taking part.

The Netherlands, who won 8 out of 9 previous World Korfball Championships, are the clear favorite for the title, with Chinese Taipei and host country Belgium the likely contenders for a place in the final. The Belgian national coach Elewaut announced his team is committed the regaining the world title. Belgium won the IKF World Korfball Championship in 1991, coincidentally the last time that the Belgians were the host. The dramatic last few minutes of that match are in the minds of all Dutch and Belgian korfball fans. This year’s final will be played on 8 November at 15:30 CET and will be broadcasted live on multiple TV channels in Europe and Asia. All matches can be watched live at the IKF Channel.

Brazil will make its debut at the IKF World Korfball Championship, and will be the first Latin American country to qualify since Aruba took part in 1991. The full list of countries and the match schedule is available online.

Eight countries at the IKF WKC 2015 will have the opportunity to qualify for The World Games 2017. Poland, as host country of TWG 2017, has qualified automatically. Due to the dominance of European countries in the IKF World Ranking, and the desire to increase the global participation at The World Games, the IKF Council has determined that any non-European country that finishes in the top-11 of this WKC would qualify, with the remaining countries coming from Europe. Currently, 3 non-European countries are ranked in the world’s top-11, being Chinese Taipei (3), Australia (8), and China (10).

Past results and the full history of the previous IKF World Korfball Championships are available in detail, while the current IKF World Korfball Ranking is also available.

IKF World Korfball Championship website launched

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The Koninklijke Belgische Korfbalbond (KBKB – Royal Belgian Korfball Federation) and students of the Karel de Grote-Highschool (KdG) launched recently www.ikf-wkc-2015.be as result of a unique collaboration project that started end of January 2015.

About 40 KdG-students presented on June 11 their project results to a jury that consisted of mentors of the KdG and a representation of the KBKB.  Sam Schuddinck, Félix Rijkers, Mike Van den Heuvel and Yannis Tack, forming the BePro team, made most impression with their interactive website and integrated computer game.

“We closely followed the different teams during their preparations”, tells Eric Duchesne, IKF WKC project manager at the KBKB. “We were really impressed by the results and the level of expertise these students have shown after a relative short period of time. The BePro-team (see picture) could convince us with their proposal and together we started working to finalize everything in time. We are very pleased to be able to launch the website and korfball game 50 days before the actual start of the World Korfball Championship.”

“The web application contains all required functionalities”, continues Eric Duchesne, “it offers a public part where the visitor can find all information about the tournament and it also gives the opportunity to pick your favorite team and to leave reactions or to cheer via the integrated social media functions. In the private part, athletes and officials will find all the information they need about the practicalities before and during the tournament and they can communicate with the organisation in a direct and uniform way.”

“The icing on the cake is the korfball game that has been developed”, concludes Eric Duchesne. ”The game is in the High5 korfball theme, a low profile korfball product that aims at korfball initiation for all ages. The combination of the web application and the computer game is really unique in history of korfball and we are glad that we launch this as a leading korfball nation together with the students of KdG. “

Cameroon joins IKF as 66th member

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The IKF Executive Committee has recognized the Association Camerounaise de Korfball as its 66th member. The recognition is subject to ratification by the General Meeting on November 7 in Antwerp.

Korfball has been played for more than two years now in Cameroon, initially in Bafang, supported by the Foundation Bafang Kids. Over the past year, a structure has been set up and recently the ACK received official recognition of the Ministry of Sports of the Central African Country. Korfball in Africa appears to be on the rise, as earlier this year the IKF recognised Ivory Coast after having recognized Ghana last year.

IKF World Korfball Championship match schedule

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Today – 22 March 2015 – the IKF publishes the match schedule for the 10th IKF World Korfball Championship; IKF WKC 2015 full match schedule click here.

The first round pools A, B, C, and D were published earlier; 7 February 2015.

 

Virtual reality and the IKF World Korfball Championship

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From 29 October till Sunday 8 November 2015 the IKF WKC takes place in Belgium.

The Royal Belgian Korfball Federation (KBKB) and the Karel de Grote-Hogeschool (KdG) – see the KdG website: https://www.kdg.be/international/kdg-in-english – entered into an unique project. Around 40 bachelor students of KdG will develop and program various projects;

  • An interactive IKF WKC 2015 website
  • An attraction for the visitors of the various IKF WKC venues
  • A virtual reality game.

The virtual reality game will be integrated in the specific IKF WKC 2015 website.

Groups of students “Multimedia Technology” will compete to deliver the best projectplan in combination with the best virtual reality game design.

The project name is : “TOGETHER FOR KORFBALL”.

The winner is selected in June 2015.

The KdG and the KBKB have high expectations. The website and the social media are the main distribution channels for people all around the world. The virtual reality game is innovative and sets a new landmark in korfball and Internet communication.KdG school

IKF World Korfball Championship 2015 pools

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In the IKF Executive Committee meeting 7 February 2015 in Zeist, The Netherlands the draw for the 10th IKF World Korfball Championship resulted in the following pools:

WC pools 2015-01

Pool A
Belgium
Australia
Russia
Brazil
Pool B
Netherlands
Czech Republic
Germany
Hungary
Pool C
Chinese Taipei
Catalonia
Hong Kong
Poland
Pool D
Portugal
England
China
South Africa

The event starts 30 October 2015.

IKF WKC 2015 Logo

Logo IKF World Korfball Championship 2015

World Games 2021

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The president of the  International World Games Association (IWGA), Mr José Perurena, just announced (22 January 2015) the World Games in 2021 will take place in the city of Birmingham, in the state Alabama, USA; click for more info.

The 2021 edition will be the 11th World Games multi-sports event with 25+ sports, about 4,500 athletes and officials from approximately 100 countries. Korfball is on the program since 1985 in London, England.

After the first World Games in 1981 in Santa Clara, USA this will be the return to the USA.

During its meetings on 21 January 2015 the IWGA Executive Committee made a final assessment of the bids from Birmingham (USA), Lima (Peru) and Ufa (Russia), and evaluated the delegations’ final presentations. The IWGA Executive Board took the final decision on the host city for the 11th edition of this multi-sports event at its meeting earlier this morning.

The IKF congratulates the city of Birmingham and we are eager to show up with korfball in 2021 as well.

The 10th World Games take place in Wroclaw, Poland from 20 – 30 July 2017.

IWGA logo

IKF World Korfball Championship 2015 participants confirmed

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Following completion of the four continental qualification events in 2014, all countries that have qualified for the IKF World Korfball Championship 2015 are now known.

Qualification criteria were published by the IKF early in 2014, itemising that 16 countries would participate in the IKF World Korfball Championship (IKF WKC), to be held from 29 October to 8 November 2015 in Belgium.

The 16 countries that have achieved qualification are as follows.

From the IKF European Korfball Championship played in Maia, Portugal from 25 October to 2 November, the first ten ranked countries:

Belgium, Catalonia, Czech Republic, England, Germany, Hungary, The Netherlands (reigning champion), Poland, Portugal and Russia.

From the IKF Asia Oceania Korfball Championship played in Kowloon, Hong Kong from 17-23 August, the first three ranked Asian countries: China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong and the first ranked Oceania country: Australia.

From the IKF All-Africa Korfball Championship played in Lusaka, Zambia from 6-8 August, the champion country: South Africa. 

From the IKF Pan American Korfball Championship played in Americana, Brazil from 31 January to 2 February, the champion country: Brazil.

Following the last IKF World Korfball Championship held in China in 2011, The Netherlands is the reigning champion. Brazil will participate in the IKF WKC 2015 for the first time.

For further information regarding the History of the IKF World Korfball Championship please refer to the the booklet ‘IKF World Korfball Championship’, Booklet History of IKF WKC.

IKF World Korfball Championship qualification criteria

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The qualification criteria for the next IKF World Korfball Championship (IKF WKC) in 2015 in Belgium are outlined in the document that you may find thru the link:Qualification arrangements for the IKF WKC 2015

After the the IKF All American Korfball Champonship, the IKF African Korfball Championship and the IKF Asia Oceania Korfball Championship it is obvious that with the IKF European Korfball Championship still on the agenda “Revised arrangements 3” is applicable. This means a total of 10 European national teams will participate in the 9th IKF World Korfball Championship in 2015.

South Africa win gold at African Championship

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South Africa emerged as the winners of the third IKF All-African Championship. The region’s dominant team faced serious opposition for the first time in the continent’s history, but Zimbabwe fell short of truly threatening their southern neighbors dominance, losing 21-11. The match start was very tense, with both team playing nervously. Zimbabwe played without the presence of their successful technical director Riko Kruit who had to return to his Dutch Korfball League club last night. Nevertheless, the team was surprisingly playing in control with a good defense and an excellent rebound, especially by Trevor Sanyatwa. In the attack, they however fell short, partially due to an excellently defending South African team. Zimbabwe made the first goal after seven minutes, but the South Africans evened immediately  and gradually took the lead in the game, building a 10-4 lead at half time. South Africa had a period of good shooting that brought them the lead. In the second half, quality of play dimished, especially on the Zimbabwean side. South Africa was also not that accurate, and missed a series of penalties, but nevertheless managed to expand their lead to 17-9, following which Zimbabwe lost their temper leading to a yellow card for Nesbert Matyukira. Zimbabwe loses their control in last 15 minutes of the match. Attacking errors through defended shooting many times by number 10 showing their frustration to refereestar leads to yellow card for nesbert Matyukira.

At the South African side, Werner Basson was again the top scorer, playing also strong in other roles, despite missing four penalties in the match.

After 50 minutes, the socre was 21-11 and South Africa once again the champion, and qualified for the IKF World Korfball Championship 2015.