IKF U23 AOKC Quarter finals: HKG, TPE, AUS and CHN to U23WKC

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The quarter finals were organised on a cross pool basis with the number 1 in each group playing the number 4 and the number 2 playing the number 3. With only three places available for Asian teams to qualify for next year’s IKF U23 World Korfball Championship it was important that those teams with aspirations to qualify won their match today.

The results were:              PHI – CHN  13 – 34;         TPE – INA    44 – 10;          HKG – MAC     23 – 4 ;  IND  –  AUS    15 – 16

This means that the line –ups for the semi-finals are:

For places 1 – 4
TPE vs AUS (31 July at 13:30) and CHN vs HKG (31 July at 15:20)

For places 5 – 8
INA vs IND (31 July at 17:10) and PHI vs MAC (31 July at 19:00)

Since there are only three Asian teams amongst the semi-finalists for the medal places it also means that TPE, CHN and HKG join AUS in qualifying for the IKF U23 WKC scheduled to take place in the Czech Republic next July. These teams join the six European teams that qualified last year RSA who won the IKF All African Championship earlier this month. The last team, from the Americas, will be known after the IKF U23 Pan-American Championship to be held in Colombia next month.

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IKF U23 AOKC Day 3 – Hong beat India in crucial match

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The third day of the tournament saw the completion of the pool stages. There were no particular surprises but some big scores with four of the matches having at least 45 goals scored in the game and two games had a total of 60 or more, including the highest total so far in the final game where the hosts beat India 51 – 11. Other scores: – Chinese Taipei vs Philippines 47 – 13; China vs Macau China 40 – 9; Hong Kong China vs India 25 -22 and Australia vs Indonesia 25 – 9.

The Final pool rankings are:

Pool A
TPE 9 pts; HKG 6 pts; IND 3 pts; PHI 0 pts

Pool B
CHN 9 pts; AUS 6 pts; MAC 5 pts; INA 1 pt

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IKF U23 AOKC Day 2 – China beats Australia

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The second day of the IKF U23 AOKC gave us the lowest and the two highest scoring matches of the tournament so far. Despite the score, the low scoring match was very exciting and eventually the teams had to be separated by a golden goal. The Macau China team were the winners 13 – 12 against Indonesia. The highest scoring match so far was the last one of the day where overwhelming favourites, hosts Chinese Taipei, beat Hong Kong China by 53 – 7. The other high scoring match was the first match of the day where we saw India (who only arrived in Hsinchu around 8 am today) play just a few hours later and beat newcomers the Philippines 42 – 16. The other match saw China gain revenge for their 22 – 11 beating by Australia four years ago by winning here 21 – 16.

Many more photos on the LOC’s home page:

IND – PHI // MAC – INA // AUS – CHN // TPE – HKG

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IKF U23 AOKC Day 1 – Large wins for the favorite teams

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The opening day of this event saw only three matches because the Indian team had major travel difficulties. The opening match between Hong Kong China and the Philippines saw the Philippines making their debut in an IKF competition. There was also a debut for a referee from Korea (Pony KIM) acting as the assistant referee. Hong Kong showed their experience and easily won the match 36 – 10 but the total of 46 goals in the opening match looked promising for the rest of the tournament.

The second match had Australia defeating Macau China 34 – 6 and in the last match the experienced China team beat Indonesia who were  also making their debut at this level) 36 – 9

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IKF U23 Asia-Oceania Championship to kick off today

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The IKF U23 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship is due to kick off today in Hsinchu (Taiwan), with the first match between the Philippines and Hong Kong China. Organizers are completing the final last minutes preparations for what promises to be an exciting tournament, with the top 3 Asian teams able to qualify for the U23 World Korfball Championship next year in the Czech Republic. Australia have already qualified representing Oceania.

Teams have completed the final day of pre-match trainings yesterday. Host nation Chinese Taipei is the clear favorite for the title, with China, India, Hong Kong China, Australia, and Macau China are the likely teams to contest the remaining medal spots. Indonesia and newcomer Philippines are outsiders in the Championship.

The International Korfball Federation is very happy with the international début of the national team of the Philippines. Excellent development work in the Philippines has been conducted by IKF Asia Secretary General Warman Cheng, and the national team has been prepared and will be coached by Edwin Bouman from the Netherlands.

The match will be followed by the opening ceremony, which will be attended, among others, by Taiwan Sport Minister Dr Ho Jow-Fei, Hsinchu Mayor Lin Chih-Chien, IKF President Dr Jan Fransoo, IKF Asia President Dr Huang Ying-Che, and IKF Secretary General Graham Crafter.

Due to a last minute revision of the match schedule due to logistical problems of one of the teams, the first match PHI-HKG will be played at 1520 local time (720AM GMT). Matches can be watched live on the IKF Channel.

Netherlands wins U19 KWC in 2015

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The U19 team from the Netherlnds is the winner of the 2015 jubilee edition of the U19 Korfball World Cup.

In front of more than 1,200 spectators the Dutch youth team beat their eternal rivals from Belgium in an exciting final. Most of the match was very close only in the final minutes of the game Netherlands created a gap. The final whistle of IKF referee, Peter Busik from Slovakia was with 19 – 13.

The bronze medal was for the youngsters from Chinese Taipei. They beat the big surprise of this event Hungary with 16-13.

New Zealand as newcomer in this event achieved the 10th place.

The city of Leeuwarden was three days the center of youth korfball in the 20th edition of this major event.

IKF President, Mr Jan Fransoo handed the cup to the winners.

The total U19 Korfball World Cup ranking in 2015 is:

  1. Netherlands
  2. Belgium
  3. Chinese Taipei
  4. Hungary
  5. England
  6. Portugal
  7. Germany
  8. Catalonia
  9. Czech Republic
  10. New Zealand
  11. China
  12. Brazil
  13. Romania.

 

 

U19 Korfball World Cup start

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Thursday 2 April 2015 Mr Andries EKHART, elderman of the city of Leeuwarden (NED), welcomed the teams from all over the world. He had warm words for all teams that came to the province Friesland and the city Leeuwarden. His opening was part of a spectacular opening ceremony in front of many hundreds of spectators in Sportcentre Kalverdijkje. Atletic groups, a Korfball4 match, 1-to-1 korfball matches were part.

The U19 KWC in 2015 is the 20th edition of this major youth korfball event. The organisers: KNKV, KNKV district North and the Dutch clubs K.V. Leeuwarden and Mid Fryslan may be proud. The IKF hopes this event will continue for many years.

Friday 3, Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 April Leeuwarden will be the place to be for youth korfball. Sunday 5 April the finals will conclude this event.

The pools and match schedule for the U19 KWC: Click here for the U19 KWC schedule

The results you may find under: U19 KWC results

City marketing in Leeuwarden:

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U19 Korfball World Cup starts soon

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Thursday 2 April 2015, 1930 PM (Amsterdam time zone) is the opening ceremony of the 20th U19 Korfball World Cup in Sportcentre ‘t Kalverdijkje in Leeuwarden, Netherlands.

Friday 3 April 0930 AM (Amsterdam time zone) the first matches in this jubilee version of the U19 KWC start.

The U19 KWC is organised by KNKV and patronised by the IKF.

The full match schedule: U19 KWC match schedule; click here.

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The Website of the organiser shows more details: Click here to Organiser website.

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