In the city of Papendrecht, The Netherlands in the venue of PKC / Hagero starts today the IKF European Bowl Eastern Region. Six national korfball teams will compete in this qualification event. The numbers 1, 2 and 3 after the competition qualify for the IKF European Korfball Championship in Portugal in October 2014.
Friday 18 October the first match starts 1400 PM.
Saturday 19 October the matches are played from 0900 AM till 1715 PM.
The numbers 1, 2 and 3 in the IKF European Bowl event qualify for the IKF European Korfball Championship 2014 in Portugal.
The six participants are: France, Ireland, Wales, Rumania, Greece and Turkey.
The match schedule can be found under ‘Events’.
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Since the very first national game of team Sweden back in 2007, Atte van Haastrecht has been at the helm, guiding mostly inexperienced players through the first international tournament. Providing steadfast guidance to the burgeoning korfball nation, Atte van Haastrecht has promoted korfball tirelessly in Sweden and during his tenure Sweden has seen a steady rise in quality over the last few years, with a mix of newer players and seasoned veterans. However, the team narrowly missed out on qualifying for the European Championships both in 2009 and 2013, and after the Eurobowl West tournament held in Slovakia in June, Atte van Haastrecht and assistant coach Hans de Goijer , have chosen to step down and hand over the reins to next generation. However, their contribution to the development of korfball in Sweden will be invaluable for many years to come.
https://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Bondscoach-Sverige-1-e1380287603967.jpg7371113Bart Nieuwenweghttps://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/LogoIKF.pngBart Nieuwenweg2013-09-27 13:14:042013-09-27 13:14:04Atte van Haastrecht steps down as coach from the national team of Sweden
The IKF Master Coach Clinic in Dordrecht, The Netherlands was very intense. The 12 participants and 7 the tutors worked hard during 5 days. The agenda covered many topics relevant for the “High Performance Coach” working in the area of topkorfball.
The participants arrived Tuesday 27 August from 9 countries. The longest trips were made by Inglish Huang from Chinese Taipei and Warman Cheng from HongKong. But attendants from Russia, Germany, Belgium, England, Czech Republic, Catalonia, and Portugal contributed as well.
Sunday 1 September this part of the course came to an end. In the next few months the attendants will work at home on their ‘homework’. The reactions from attendants were positive; “this adds to my coach qualities”, “excellent to communicate with coaches from other countries”, good to learn from very experienced international coaches”, good to discover the facilities of software to analyse korfball matches”.
Project manager Ben Crum was very satisfied and tired after five heavy days.
Frans Walvis, IKF Senior Vice-President, was present on the last day to express the great value of this course in the light of the IKF strategy; 6 countries should compete for the highest places in the IKF elite events. Walvis mentioned to the participants: “Have a safe journey home and spread the word that this course is a valuable asset in further developing your coach abilities and will help you to improve the level of play in your home country. Tell other countries as well that this course is available”. Of course Walvis took the opportunity to thank project manager Ben Crum, the KNKV and Albert Vidanya from the IKF for their great efforts in this success.
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Last 10th until 15th July 2013 Daniel DE RUDDER ( IKF Instructor) and Miguel WENSMA ( IKF referee) conducted very successful workshops in Nitra (Slovakia).
This Korfball event was financially supported by Bloso, Ministry of Sport, Flanders and executed according to a program composed coaching and referee workshops, outdoor tournament and beach-tournament organized by host club KK Nitra.
Very intensive programs were run during days Thursday 11th and Friday 12th July , instructors developed series of playing concepts and tactical sessions from 10’ until 17’ h. During the evening training sessions and practice game sessions were hosted from 18’30 to 20’30 h.
Saturday 13th was the time to host the Out-door tournament at Municipal Sports Complex with 10 participating teams coming from, Belgium (ATBS, Floriant Merelbeke) , Hungary, Serbia (Beoagrad ) and Slovakia (Priviedza and Nitra). During the tournament the referees were followed up and coaches received proper evaluation and feed back by IKF instructors.
On Sunday 14th a number of 15 teams participated in the Beach-Korfball Tournament hosted in a great sports outdoor facility, where KK Nitra became champion of the tournament in an excellent atmosphere. That was the conclusion of a very intensive but successful program of workshops and matches during 4 days, joining different European teams in the excellent facilities provided by host club KK Nitra.
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Belgian International Referee Geoffrey Picqueur has been awarded the IKF Pin of Merit to mark his contribution as an IKF International Referee over a period of more than eight years. The presentation was made by IKF President Jan Fransoo on the occasion of Geoffrey’s last international match on the final day of the World Games in Cali.
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The Netherlands retained their World Games crown but did not find it as easy as they may have hoped. The Belgians would not surrender without a fight and it was only in the closing stages of the first half that the Dutch really put their mark on the match, finally leading at half time 13 -7.
This Belgian side showed in the second half why it is considered to be one of the better sides of recent years as they tried to fight back. In fact they drew the second half twelve goals each finally losing 25 – 19.
Shortly before the end two Dutch players – Barry Schep and Rick Voorneveld – were honoured as they were substituted as both were retiring from international korfball after long and distinguished careers.
The bronze medal game between Portugal and Chinese Taipei proved to be a very tense affair in the end. At first it did not look that way as the Chinese opened up a six goal lead after 15 minutes but Portugal hit back and within six minutes of the second half had clawed their way back to level. Taipei went ahead again by two but the Portuguese halved this lead before we entered the most tense stage of the match, especially for the Chinese Taipei coach who was forced to watch the match from the tribune after her yellow card the day before). Both teams missed chances and failed to score for over five minutes. Eventually the Chinese scored the important goal that meant the teams changed ends and from then on they were not threatened, finishing up winning the bronze medal with an 18-14 victory (h/t 10-7).
The match for 5th place was played between Great Britain and Russia. In the first half the Russians three times took the lead before Great Britain opened a four goal gap, narrowed to two by half time (9-7). Within five minutes of the second half the scores were level but the British team carried on playing their methodical korfball, gradually opening up and, unlike in their opening game against the Czechs, keeping it to eventually take 5th place with a 19-14 score line.
The game for 7th place was a surprising high scoring game and also very exciting. After the Czechs opening a two goal lead Germany hit back and opened up leads of their own, only for the Czechs to get back to level. Germany just edged ahead by half time (13-12). In the second half the Germans tried to open a decisive gap but by the 42nd minute the Czechs not only got level but went ahead themselves. The game became level again and with first one team and then the other leading at times we got to the last two minutes with the scores level. The final 60 seconds the Czechs scored the vital goal and when a German player made a very heavy foul, giving away a penalty, the victory for the Czech Republic was assured despite one more goal from Germany (26-27 in favour of the Czech Republic).
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If ever there was a close game then this was it! Both teams put in much effort to save their reputation of progressing nations. Once again the sports venue was very crowded. It proved that korfball is appreciated in Cali.
In the second half Great Britain managed to extend their half time lead to 3 but it was soon countered and with 6 minutes left Germany held a two goal lead. Britain then scored three in a row only for Germany to equalise with 2 minutes to go. A nearly sold out Coliseo witnessed the most thrilling final stage of the game with a goal for Great Briatin seconds before the final whistle.
Czech Republic – Russia 21–28 (12-15)
Another thriller was displayed before the eyes of the President of the World Games Association, Ron Froehlich. That was until 10 minutes in the second half when Russia took a 12-18 lead. The Czech Republic struggled to stay in the game but successful Russian long range shots took away all hope. Dmitri Kazachkov will especially remember this day having scored ten times.
Belgium – Portugal 29–9 (16-6)
First semi final: – The Belgians were eager to win with a big score and Portugal was focusing on the bronze for the next day. There is little Portugal could do to keep their opponents from a making a high score. Enthusiasm was not enough in this case.
Early in the second half Belgium made some substitutions but the shooting stayed accurate. Overall not really enough excitement for the crowd.
The Netherlands – Chinese Taipei 40–14 (18-4)
The second semi final brought no surprise. Dutch supremacy against a lot of goodwill and effort of Chinese Taipei! As a result the match was far from a thriller. Everyone went home with the hope of more balanced games on the final day.
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After the deception of the day before Chinese Taipei started without much conviction allowing Russia to take the lead. But with clear instructions from the coach the team soon set things right to obtain a comfortable position at the break.
It was a similar game after the break with Taipei assuring the goal difference and Russian eagerly trying to close the gap. At the end everybody was happy with the score of a rather predictable result.
The Netherlands – Czech Republic 42-19 (15-10)
Sometimes when teams play The Netherlands they show too much respect but the Czechs started the game trying to keep the gap as close as possible and they pretty well succeeded in this mission. That was, of course, until the Dutch machine became fully operational.
In the second half, with a big crowd to entertain, the Dutch team showed that korfball players are highly skilled athletes. In a thrilling atmosphere the lack of struggle for victory was highly compensated by the technical moves of the competitors. Excellent entertainment and a record aggregate score (61 goals) in a World Games korfball match surpassing the 58 scored in yesterday’s Dutch match.
Great Britain – Portugal 17–20 (8-8)
Much emotion in this game. Both teams knew they had to win to preserve their chances for the semis. Portugal put all its efforts in quick but nervous physical play. It was countered by slower actions as a result of the more tactical plan of Great Britain.
Misunderstandings, bad passing, bad shots and exceeding the shot clock time were typical occurrences for the start of the second half. Portugal then managed to create a small lead for which there was no answer in a first stage. England somewhat unlucky missed a few good chances that could have kept them hope. Portugal missed a penalty that could have been decisive and this gave confidence to the opponents. An atypical situation, a shot without any chance on a rebound, went in for the Portugal to win this exciting match.
Belgium – Germany 33-7 (20-4)
Germany did not field their best team so Belgium did not have a hard time to set things in the right direction from the start. The second half continued in a similar vein.
This was an attractive match for Belgian supporters and addicts of statistics.
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The English coach had a tough time to get his team in shape for the games against the World Champion after yesterday. On the other hand a match without any expectations is an opportunity to start aiming for a better performance.
The Dutch team did its best to entertain the public with spectacular moves and pretty well succeeded in catching the attention.
Chinese Taipei – Belgium 21-26 (10-11)
The game that was announced as the clash of the day showed everything spectators can wish to experience in the first half. Tight defending, struggle for the rebounds from both sides and a magnificent buzzer shot to end after the first 25 minutes.
When the Belgians secured their defence Taipei had trouble finding the right solution. Belgian attackers had the best momentum creating a goal difference that was unlikely to be threatened.
Portugal – Czech Republic 21–18 (12-10)
A quick start from Portugal and immediate answers from the Czechs! Are we in for a high score? However, the tempo dropped and both teams suffered from bad shooting.
There were again a lot of spectators on day 2 to watch a nice game. The teams stayed close together till just before the end when Portugal managed to create a safe gap.
Russia – Germany 15-19 (5-14)
A nervous game resulting in a score that went up slowly because both teams were aware that the loser is definitely out of the search for glory! A comfortable lead however allowed Germany to control the game after the break.
As the Russians still believed in a miracle and the Germans forgot to build good attacks and acted too nervously, everything remained possible. At the end it seemed that the Russians woke up too late!
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The opening game brought no surprise. Slow starting from both teams resulted in 14-9 at half time.
Accurate shooting from the Belgians took away all hope for the Russians to bother their opponents.
Chinese Taipei – Germany 22-15 (10-8)
The absolutely magnificent new sport hall was sold out. Taipei made a tremendous start opening a six goal lead sentencing Germany to a difficult struggle to catch up.
With the Germans missing too many scoring chances Taipei controlled the game till the end.
The Netherlands – Portugal 38-18 (22-10)
Much animation when the president of Colombia is escorted to watch the beginning of this match. The crowd enjoys some beautiful actions. This is necessary the score difference is too important
Great Britain – Czech Republic 17-18 (11-6)
This proved to be the most exciting game of the day and the Czechs could not believe how they managed to win. Britain was the better team for most of the match and still led by five goals with 14 minutes left. Suddenly their scoring dried up and the Czechs scored three times in the last minute to snatch an incredible victory.
https://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_4209.jpg333500Graham Crafterhttps://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/LogoIKF.pngGraham Crafter2013-08-01 13:41:432013-08-01 13:41:43World Games Day 1: Netherlands and Belgium win big
