Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
The IKF Council sends the best wishes for a healthy 2015 to the whole korfball community and all others around the globe. May korfball contribute to a better world.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
2015 IKF EXco / Council Meeting Schedule
The IKF Executive Committee scheduled the formal meetings for 2015.
- 7 February 2015; IKF Exco meeting
- 6 June 2015; IKF Exco meeting
- 5 September 2015; IKF Exco meeting in Antwerp
During the IKF World Korfball Championship in Antwerp, Belgium:
- 4 and 5 November 2015; IKF World Korfball Congess
- 6 November 2015; IKF Council Meeting; 0900 AM
- 7 November 2015; IKF General Meeting; 0900 AM
New age groups and Korfball event planning
Following the IKF Congress discussions in Lisbon end October 2013 and ongoing development in the IKF Competition Committee the IKF introduces a new programme of age related korfball events based on a four year cycle.
The details are in two documents:
IKF welcomes IOC call on mixed gender team events
The International Korfball Federation today happily noticed the International Olympic Committee’s recommendation to include mixed-gender team events in future editions of the Olympic Games. The recommendation was part of the set of recommendations for the Olympic Agenda 2020 ( Documents Olympic Agenda 2020 Recommendations ENG). With its high rank of #11 in the list of 40 recommendations, the IOC prominently displays its desire for mixed gender team sports as part of the Olympic Games.
Jan Fransoo, IKF President: “We are aware of the successes of the mixed relay events in the Winter Olympic Games and Youth Olympic Games recently,and welcome the IOC intention which suggest moving beyond relays to actual mixed-gender teams. Korfball is a modern sport with a tradition of more than 100 years of mixed-gender teams. Apart from being a fast and dynamic teamsport, the sport has been instrumental in promoting gender equality across the globe.
The recommendations are up for discussion early next month at a Special Session of the IOC in Monaco. Subsequent to the adoption of resolution 11, the IKF will be in touch with the IOC on the matter.
IKF Ranking 2014
Following the IKF Continental Championships in 2014 in Americas, Africa, Asia, Oceania and Europe and the IKF U21 European Korfball Championship the IKF has prepared a new revised overall ranking.
The IKF publishes the revised ranking in general once a year.
| Ranking end 2014 | Ranking end 2013 | Country | Code | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Netherlands | NED | 188.000 |
| 2 | 2 | Belgium | BEL | 182.125 |
| 3 | 3 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | 174.750 |
| 4 | 5 | Portugal | POR | 159.875 |
| 5 | 4 | England | ENG | 158.500 |
| 6 | 8 | Czech Republic | CZE | 136.500 |
| 7 | 6 | Catalonia | CAT | 133.000 |
| 8 | 9 | Australia | AUS | 130.750 |
| 9 | 7 | Germany | GER | 126.625 |
| 10 | 10 | China | CHN | 117.000 |
| 11 | 11= | Russia | RUS | 112.125 |
| 12 | 11= | Hong Kong China | HKG | 112.000 |
| 13 | 15 | Poland | POL | 111.250 |
| 14 | 16 | Hungary | HUN | 108.250 |
| 15 | 14 | South Africa | RSA | 101.000 |
| 16 | 18 | New Zealand | NZL | 91.000 |
| 17 | 13 | India | IND | 73.250 |
| 18 | 23 | Scotland | SCO | 72.500 |
| 19 | 20 | Turkey | TUR | 70.000 |
| 20 | 21 | Ireland | IRE | 69.500 |
| 21 | 19 | Slovakia | SVK | 68.750 |
| 22 | 22 | Serbia | SRB | 66.000 |
| 23 | 17 | Wales | WAL | 63.250 |
| 24 | 26 | Zimbabwe | ZIM | 52.000 |
| 25 | 35 | Malaysia | MAS | 48.000 |
| 26 | 27 | France | FRA | 46.750 |
| 27 | 25 | Sweden | SWE | 45.000 |
| 28 | 31 | Korea | KOR | 42.250 |
| 29 | 24 | Romania | ROU | 39.000 |
| 30 | 30 | Greece | GRE | 35.250 |
| 31 | 34 | Macau China | MAC | 34.750 |
| 32 | 33 | Japan | JPN | 33.000 |
| 33 | 38 | Indonesia | INA | 22.750 |
| 34= | 28 | Luxembourg | LUX | 21.250 |
| 34= | 29 | Armenia | ARM | 21.250 |
| 36 | 43= | Brazil | BRA | 19.000 |
| 37 | 42 | Zambia | ZAM | 17.000 |
| 38 | Colombia * | COL | 14.000 | |
| 39 | 32 | Italy | ITA | 12.000 |
| 40 | 37 | United States | USA | 10.000 |
| 41= | 43= | Malawi | MAL | 8.000 |
| 41= | Mexico * | MEX | 8.000 | |
| 42 | 36 | Pakistan | PAK | 6.000 |
| 43 | 39 | Bulgaria | BUL | 4.000 |
| 44= | 40 | Cyprus | CYP | 3.000 |
| 44= | 41 | Nepal | NEP | 3.000 |
| 46= | 43= | Argentina | ARG | 1.000 |
| 46= | 43= | Aruba | ARU | 1.000 |
| 46= | 43= | Belarus | BLR | 1.000 |
| 46= | 43= | Bosnia & Herzegovina | BIH | 1.000 |
| 46= | 43= | Botswana | BOT | 1.000 |
| 46= | 43= | Canada | CAN | 1.000 |
| 46= | 43= | Croatia | CRO | 1.000 |
| 46= | 43= | Curacao | CUR* | 1.000 |
| 46= | 43= | Denmark | DEN | 1.000 |
| 46= | 43= | Dominican Republic | DOM | 1.000 |
| 46= | 43= | Finland | FIN | 1.000 |
| 46= | 43= | Georgia | GEO | 1.000 |
| 46= | 43= | Mongolia | MGL | 1.000 |
| 46= | 43= | Singapore | SIN | 1.000 |
| 46= | 43= | Surinam | SUR | 1.000 |
| * = prov. Member |
Ghana 62nd IKF member
The Ghana Korfball Federation is the 62nd member of the International Korfball Federation. The Council of the IKF approved Saturday 1 November 2014 the membership application of the GKF, following positive advice from IKF Africa and subject to final ratification by the IKF General Meeting in November 2015 in Belgium.
Olympic Youth Development Centre includes korfball in program
The Olympic Youth Development Centre in Zambia will include korfball into its official program. This was announced by Mr Clement Chileshe, Director of the Centre, at the closing ceremony of the 3rd IKF All-African Korfball Championship held in Lusaka last week.
The multi-sport complex in Lusaka, Zambia, was estsblished in 2010 as part of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Sport for Hope Programme. The Centre welcomes on average 10,000 children and young adults per month, with currently 16 sports on the program. The facility is unique in the region. It includes football, netball, and hockey pitches outdoors, an indoor multi-sport hall, and an Olympic-size swimming pool. The Centre runs both sport-for-all programs, which reaches out into the less developed areas of Lusaka, and elite training programs for international and Olympic-level athletes.
From now on, the Centre will be the training venue for the Zambian national korfball team, and will conduct an outreach program in the area. The Centre also welcomes teams from other countries in the Southern African region. Apart from netball, which is the second largest sport in the country, korfball will be the only sport on the program that does not yet feature on the Olympic program.
The IKF and IKF Africa are very happy to be associated with the Centre, as it provides a clear opportunity to develop korfball in Zambia and the greater region, and provides opportunities for regular training for the Zambian elite korfball players.
Les Williams re-elected as President of IKF Africa
Les Williams, President of the South African Korfball Federation and incumbent President of IKF Africa, has been re-elected as President of the continental body. Kaluba Kangwe, President of the Korfball Federation of Zambia, was elected Vice-President, while Tarirai Chadebah (President of the Zimbabwe Korfball Federation) retained his position as Secretary General.
Elections took place at the Annual General Meeting of IKF Africa today in Lusaka, Zambia. The meeting extensively discussed developments on the continent. All five currents member federations of IKF Africa were present. Representatives of the new korfball community in Mozambique attended the meeting as guests, while President Williams noted that active communities in Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Morocco are expected to join the IKF soon.
IKF President Fransoo was present at the meeting. He noted the success of the 3rd IKF All-African Korfball Championship as a major step forward, and announced the IKF wants to continue the close collaboration with IKF Africa and the national associations to continue the path of development while aiming for financial independence of the national associations in Africa.
Composition of the Executive Committee of IKF Africa
President : Mr Les Williams – South Africa
Vice President : Mr. Kaluba Kangwa – Zambia
Secretary General : Mr. Tarirai Chadebah – Zimbabwe
Additional member development : Bothle Mogapelwa – Botswana
Addition Member Competitions : Elsie Theyse – South Africa
Additional Member : Mzee Makawa- Malawi
2nd Worldwide korfball youth event
In the weekend of 14 – 15 June 2014 the IKF Development and Education Committee wants to celebrate another edition of the worldwide korfball youth event. As a follow up of the succesful International Korfball Youth Day Celebration held 15 June 2013 and following the great result of the Worldwide Korfball Match created by IKF Europe Development officer, Mr. Bandor Nagy, we organise the 2nd edition.
If players and teams are ready to play a match between team Korfs and team Balls, please join the Facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/635176416557674/ in order to follow the information regarding the worldwide match.
Our intention is to tally the results of all the Korfs teams and the Balls teams aggregated, so it will be a country-wide korfball match between the two teams. We will have an interactive map where the visitors can see the results at each location, and by age group, including all the names of the players who played korfball in that location during the weekend of the 14-15 June. Next to the map, the big score board will show the progressive overall standings. At the end of the weekend we will have the final result between Korfs and Balls and we wil also post pictures, videos and reports from many locations.
IKF referees in 2014
The following korfball referees are appointed international referees in 2014.
| Name | Country | Rank |
| Filip Lukás | CZE | ELITE |
| Jeanes Paul | ENG | ELITE |
| Jones Steve | WAL | ELITE |
| van Meerten Henry | NED | ELITE |
| Buis Ronald | NED | A |
| Elekes Tamás | HUN | A |
| Fridřich Ondrej | CZE | A |
| Golawski Maciek | POL | A |
| Hoeksma Jan Henk | NED | A |
| Van der Beken Vincent | BEL | A |
| van der Lucht Marco | NED | A |
| Wensma Miguel | BEL | A |
| Anus Sandra | GER | B |
| Berkel Georg | GER | B |
| CHEN Chih-Wei (Jack) | TPE | B |
| CHIU Jon Chiang | TPE | B |
| Elewaut Björn | BEL | B |
| Faria Carlos | POR | B |
| LEE Wing Hung (Ivan) | HKG | B |
| Meeus Kris | BEL | B |
| Osiński Piotr | POL | B |
| Van Grimberge Tina | BEL | B |
| Woods Dean | ENG | B |
| Almeida Isabel | POR | C |
| Alves Jorge | POR | C |
| Antunes Carla | POR | C |
| Bencivenga Domenico | ITA | C |
| Boldizsár Végh | HUN | C |
| Brian Muringa Fungai | ZIM | C |
| Buckle Ian | IRL | C |
| Busik Peter | SVK | C |
| Campilho Joao | POR | C |
| CHIU Fei (Marc) | HKG | C |
| de Almeida Mario | POR | C |
| Dhaiya Pradeep | IND | C |
| Diaz Jordi | CAT | C |
| Diekmann Frank | GER | C |
| FU Zheneli Ding | CHN | C |
| Garcia Adrià | CAT | C |
| Grafton John | IRL | C |
| HUANG Dan-Lin (Alice) | TPE | C |
| Jaszczuk Bartosz | POL | C |
| Kotlář Ľuboš | SVK | C |
| Kumar P. Santosh | IND | C |
| Kumar Sandeep | IND | C |
| Ma Ding | CHN | C |
| Marks Megan | AUS | C |
| Navarro Javi | CAT | C |
| Negi Singh Vijaypal | IND | C |
| Qin Cong | CHN | C |
| Qin Jian | CHN | C |
| Rashmi Dorothy Sharma | IND | C |
| Rosie Luke | AUS | C |
| Schwarze Martin | GER | C |
| Sieber Alexander | ENG | C |
| TANG Jason | HKG | C |
| Theÿse Christie | RSA | C |
| TSANG Chi Hon (Ben) | HKG | C |
| Turchányi Bálint | HUN | C |
| Vargas Antonio Guijarro | CAT | C |
| Velimir Čučaković | SRB | C |
| Voda Tomás | CZE | C |
| YE Tsung-Chi (Mike) | TPE | C |