Portugal announces World Games selection

Isabel Teixeira, national coach of Portugal, announced the list of players for the korfball tournament of the World Games, due to be held from 31 July until 4 August in Cali (COL).

Men:

Bruno Amaral (CCCD)
Guilherme Luz (NCB)
João Campilho (CCCD)
Júlio Ruivo (NSC)
Miguel Costa (CIF) (capitão)
Tiago Luz (CCCD)
Pedro Correia (NCB)

Women:
Ana Cordeiro (NCB)
Isabel Almeida (CIF) (sub-capitã)
Joana Faria (NCB)
Joana Oliveira (NCB)
Luíse Costa (NCB)
Sílvia Silva (CasCC)
Tânia Alves (CCCD)

Source: sapo.pt

Trojans win English League title and Birmingham qualify for the English League

The England Korfball Association held their Championship weekend on 4th and 5th May at the Whitgift Sports Centre in Croydon. Trojans KC won the trophy for the sixth year in a row by beating Kingfisher KC (from Kent) in the final 28 – 13. The result means that in the 2014 edition of the IKF Europa Shield Kingfisher KC will compete for the first time ever. Nomads KC clinched 3rd place by beating Nottingham KC 16 – 13.
In the National League semi-finals Kingfisher KC, who finished 3rd in the regular season, surprisingly beat Nottingham KC 19 – 13 to reach their first ever final. The other semi-final also almost provided an upset as Nomads KC (4th in the regular season) led Trojans KC until shortly before the end when the holder’s greater experience prevailed and eventually won 18 – 16.
In the Promotion Play-offs, Birmingham City KC, a club formed just three years ago, won their way through at the expense of Cambridge City KC, who missed out for the third year in a row. Promotion is decided following a round robin event and with Birmingham and Cambridge finishing equal on points the promotion hinged on the head to head match between the two clubs, which Birmingham won 11 – 6.
The promotion of Tom Brady’s Birmingham means that the Premier Division of the EKL now has three teams from outside London and Kent, the areas which have dominated the League since its inception in 1985
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Great Britain Squad announced for World Games 2013

England Korfball’s senior Head Coach, Dave Buckland has selected on behalf the British Korfball Association (BKA) a squad of 14 players that will travel to Cali, Colombia in the summer of 2013 to compete in the ninth edition of the World Games.

The Great Britain Korfball squad for the 2013 World Games features a number of experienced Internationals including Captain Tony Woodvine (Trojans KC) as well as first time call-ups for Nottingham’s Jess Beale and Kingfisher’s John Denton.

GB Squad list in full:

Females: Aimee Evans (Bec), Carla Bennett (Norwich Knights), Jess Beale, Hannah Lorrimer (Nottingham), Steph Allen, Neala Brennan and Amy Turner (Trojans).

Males: Andrew Hall, Davesh Patel (Bec), John Denton (Kingfisher), Charlie Vogwill (Norwich Knights), Joe Bedford (Nottingham), David Brooks and Tony Woodvine (Trojans).

(source: EKA)

Wales appoint Leon Simons as national coach

The Welsh Korfball Association WKA announced today that it has appointed former Dutch korfball star Leon Simons as its Head Coach. The task for the new coach is clear: qualify the Welsh team at the upcoming European Bowl Tournament in October in Turkey for next year’s European Championship in Lisbon (Portugal).

Simons had been working with the Welsh team during a coaching clinic last year, and apparently the relationship was to both to the WKA’s and Simons’s satisfaction given today’s announcement. Simons is one of the most admired international players of his age, having played 94 times in the Netherlands national team, having won multiple European and World Championship, and World Games titles. In 2010, after retiring with a European Championship title, he was made an honorary member of the Royal Netherlands Korfball Association KNKV, and was also awarded a knighthood in the Order of Oranje-Nassau, one of the highest public distinctions in the Netherlands.

German championship has new victor!

On Sunday, 6 April 2013 the Club SG Pegasus Rommerscheid from the city of Bergisch Gladbach took over the crown from last year’s Champion Schweriner KC in the German korfball Championship.

An extra match became necessary after ending the regular competition on equal points and the final result went in the favour of Pegasus.

Two of the hardest working club teams stood in the final and  both teams deserve the right to represent Germany in the upcoming international competitions for clubs in Europe.

In the last match points were equal in the first half, before a 15-minute period where no goals were scored until Pegasus broke away to show supremacy and led to the 24-18 victory for the Rhineland area.

SG Pegasus Rommerscheid will proudly represent Germany in 2014 in Papendrecht (NED) at the IKF Europa Cup, Schweriner KC will fight for medals at the IKF Europa Shield tournament.

Netherlands win U16 Korfball World Cup 2013

In the final of the U16 Korfball World Cup 2013, hosted by the Royal Netherlands Korfball Association KNKV in Schijndel (NED), the Netherlands convincingly retained the title. The orange favorites beat their Belgian rivals by 21-13. Germany won the bronze medal, the Royal Dutch Korfball Federation (KNKV) organised the 15th U16 Korfball also convincingly beating the Czech Republic 8-4. Full results of all matches of the tournament are available online

It was the first time a team from Belarus participated in an official international competition. Korfball development in Belarus has been going strongly, and the senior team of Belarus expects to make its first international appearance later this year at the European Bowl tournament in June in Slovakia.

The final 2013 rankings are:

  1. The Netherlands
  2. Belgium
  3. Germany
  4. Czech Republic
  5. England
  6. Russia
  7. Belarus

IKF Europa Cup 2014 in Papendrecht (NED)

The International Korfball Federation awarded the right to host the IKF Europa Cup final round in 2014 to the Royal Netherlands Korfball Federation (KNKV). The competition will take place in the town of Papendrecht, home of the largest korfball club in the world, PKC. PKC will be the organizer in the sports complex that the 1,000-member club owns. The final round will be held in the from January 15 until January 18, 2014.

Twelve national champion club teams from Europe will compete four days to become the 48th Europa Cup winner.

Spectacular show in IKF ECup 2013 final

During the 47th IKF Europa Cup final in Budapest in January 2013 the Hungarian Face team gave at half time an excellent performance; show, dunks and very spectacular other acts with 2 korfs and some balls.

Have a look and watch the summary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANBYb5xhkYU&feature=youtu.be

Friendly match Portugal – Brazil

Sunday 17 February 2013 a friendly international match between Portugal and Brazil will be played in Lisbon, Portugal.

The match starts 1910 PM Lisbon time (this is GMT zone).

A Portuguese regional TV station will record the match and all can follow this match live thru webcasting; follow the next link: http://TVL.pt/mo

U16 Korfball World Cup

10 Countries will compete in the U16 Korfball World Cup 2013.

This international korfball tournament for players under 16 will be held in the sports centre “Dioscuren” Schijndel Saturday 16  and Sunday 17 March 2013. The KNKV assisted by the local club ‘De Boemerang’ organises this youth event. It is patronized by the International Korfball Federation (IKF).

To compose the pools, the latest IKF under 16 ranking has been used and resulted in the following groupings:

Group A:   The Netherlands, England , Russia , Hungary and Catalonia.

Group B:   Chinese Taipei, Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic, Belarus and District South