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.
Sunday 22 March is the final day of the U17 Korfball World Cup (U17 KWC) in Schijndel, The Netherlands.
The eight participants show their abilities. The match results: Click here for all U17 KWC Match results
The U17 KWC final starts 1545 PM (Amsterdam time zone).
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;
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.
Latest information about the 17th U17 Korfball World Cup in Schijndel, Netherlands.
Poland will not participate in the U17 KWC in 2015. They withdrew. In Pool B Catalonia replaced Poland.
Eight countries and nine teams play in the U17 KWC. The youth teams of the following countries: Belgium, Catalonia, Chinese Taipei, England, Germany, Hungary, The Netherlands and Portugal.
This IKF patronised international korfball tournament for players under 17 takes place in sports centre “Dioscuren” Schijndel 21 and 22 March 2015. The local korfball club “De Boemerang” assists the KNKV in the organisation.
The revised U17 KWC pools are:
Pool A: Chinese Taipei, England, Portugal
Pool B: The Netherlands, Germany, Catalonia,
Pool C: Belgium, Hungary, RTC South
Team KNKV RTC South plays out of competition.
From Friday 3 April till Sunday 5 April 2015 the 20th U19 Korfball World Cup is played in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. Thirteen teams will be in competition in 2015. The participants travel to the Netherlands from 4 of the 5 IKF Continental Confederations.
The venues are sport centre Kalverdijkje and the Cammingha sports hall (close to each other). The U19 KWC is patronised by the International Korfball Federation (IKF); the KNKV is the organiser.
In 2015 New Zealand participates for the first time in this youth event.
The opening ceremony is scheduled Thursday 2 April in sport centre Kalverdijkje in Leeuwarden..
The U19 KWC started in 1996. Over the years the event is grown and is a fixed event in the international korfball calendar now.
The pools for the jubilee 20th U19 KWC are:
Pool A: Netherlands, England, Chinese Taipei, Catalonia, Romania, New Zealand and Brazil
Pool B: Belgium, Germany, Portugal, Czech Republic, Hungary, China and RTC U19 North*.
* The regional U19 team (RTC) is playing out of competition.
The draw is based on the IKF Ranking.
The International Korfball Federation announces the IKF University Korfball World Cup 2015, patronaged by FISU as test-event being held in Norwich, United Kingdom at the University of East Anglia.
This event with 8 national university teams will take place from 16 – 18 April 2015, pools below:
| Pool A |
| A1 Chinese Taipei (TPE) |
| A2 Great Britain 1 (GBR 1) |
| A3 Hong Kong (HKG) |
| A4 Turkey (TUR) |
| Pool B |
| B1 Netherlands (NED) |
| B2 China (CHN) |
| B3 Russia (RUS) |
| B4 Great Britain 2 (GBR 2) |
Match schedule IKF University Korfball World Cup 2015 (all times are UK times) can be found under Events.
The U17 Korfball World Cup participants and the match schedule can be found under: U17 KWC Information; teams, pools and schedule
The 16th edition of this youth event – IKF Patronised – is played Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 March 2015 in Sportsvenue Dioscuren in Schijndel (NED).
Ten teams participate.
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:
| 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
The final day of IKF Europa Shield 2015 brings us a new champion: BEC KORFBALL CLUB from London, England. They played the final against one of the two host teams, the German SG Pegasus, winning the game 11-7. The last English winner in the IKF EShield was Trojans in 2008.
In the previous game played in Bergisch Gladbach sports hall, bronze medal went to Portuguese team CCCD Carnaxide, after beating the Czech VKC Kolin. Take a look at today’s results and final classification:
You can find all tournament game statistics in www.worldkorfball.org/.
For reviews and images from the tournament, visit IKF social profiles on facebook.com/korfball.org and twitter.com/korfball, or the official organizers website www.es2015.de/en/, and their social profiles on facebook and twitter: facebook.com/Germany2015 – twitter.com/Euroshield
Here you have some new photos from Saturday’s evening games (day 2), all made by Marco Spelten:
Second day in IKF Europa Shield 2015, many games decided in the last seconds. Suspense and emotion in high quantity. Take a look at today’s results:
And this is the game schedule for tomorrow’s last games (Day 3). All in German time:
You can follow all the matches play-by-play in www.worldkorfball.org/ and all tournament information and game schedules in the official website: www.es2015.de/en/ and also on facebook and twitter: facebook.com/Germany2015 – twitter.com/Euroshield
These are the images from Day 2 (Saturday, 31st) made by Marco Spelten:
