The IKF is on the list of International Federations published by WADA that the IKF anti-doping rules are in line with the 2015 World Anti-Doping Code.
The IKF has drafted and submitted to WADA the revised IKF anti-doping rules some months ago.
WADA is the World Anti-Doping Agency.
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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.
The IKF Executive Committee scheduled the formal meetings for 2015.
During the IKF World Korfball Championship in Antwerp, Belgium:
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:
Carla Antunes has been awarded the honor of being the 2014 Sports Personality of the Year by the Portuguese Sports Confederation. Ms Antunes received the honor for her long-standing contribution to sport over many years.
As a korfball athlete, Carla has played for the national teams of Portugal for a long period of time, representing Portugal at World Championships and multiple World Games. She brought the Portuguese U21 to win the bronze medal at the 2014 IKF European U21 Championship, has been Secretary General of the Portuguese Sports Confederation, was sports director at the recent IKF European Championship in Maia, Portugal, and currently is an international referee. Ms Antunes currently serves on the IKF Athletes’ Committee. President Fransoo awarded her the IKF Pin of Merit in 2011 when she finished her active career as an athlete for the excellent sportsmanship she had displayed over many years, along with providing service in many ways to the development of korfball.
As a female athlete and sports leader, Carla Antunes more than deserves this important recognition, and the IKF congratulates Carla and hopes that she will remain involved in korfball for many years to come.
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 |
Mrs Paula Gomes, Portugal, has been awarded the IKF Pin of Merit to mark her volunteering job as chair of the local organising committee of the Portugese Korfball Federation to organise the IKF European Korfball Championship 2014 in Maia. Paula Gomes had a great contribution to the organisational success of the IKF EKC.
The presentation to Paula Gomes was made by IKF President Jan Fransoo during the after party of the IKF EKC on 2 November 2014.
The IKF Council has taken notice of Portugal’s lineup in the semifinal of the IKF European Korfball Championship, and strongly and unanimously rejects the decision to deliberately keep the eight strongest players out of the starting lineup in the semifinal of the IKF EKC on Friday. The decision is totally opposed to the first article of the IKF Code of Conduct, which states Play to Win — It is recognized that winning is the object of playing any game. However, never set out to lose. If you do not play to win, you are cheating your opponents, fooling yourself and deceiving those who are watching. It is an insult to any opponent to play at less than full strength. You should play to win until the final whistle and never give up against stronger opponents nor relent against weaker ones.
While similar actions have been taken in the past by other countries, in the past quadrennial no country except Portugal appears to have displayed these tactics. The IKF Council applauds in this Championship the English Korfball Association, and in the recent past also the Korfball Associations from Chinese Taipei and Germany for their exemplary actions in this regard leading to great viewing figures for semifinals at major events. The IKF Council has expressed their dismay to the President of the FPC. Following the Championship, all member countries will be reminded explicitly of the IKF Code of Conduct.
The IKF Competitions Committee has reached final agreement with the Royal Belgium Korfball Association KBKB on the venue for the 2015 IKF Europa Cup Finals. These will be held 14-17 January 2015 in Turnhout-Tielen in Belgium. The organization by the KBKB was in jeopardy for a long period after the withdrawal of Boeckenberg in March. The IKF was unpleasantly surprised by the resulting situation and worked with the KBKB to find a solution, which was only finalized today. Vobako korfball club will take the challenge of organizing this at such short notice.
In the same meeting, the earlier agreement on hosting the 2015 IKF Europa Shield Finals in Germany was confirmed, where the German Korfball Association DTB allocated the hosting to the clubs of Pegasus and TuS Schildgen in Bergisch-Gladbach (near Cologne).
The IKF was unpleasantly surprised by the situation, faced by increasing lateness in bid for the European Club Competitions. While for 2015, the situation has now been resolved, the IKF has announced in a letter to the European countries that a more permanent solution needs to be found where hosts are known further in advance. For this purpose, the IKF has proposed to the European countries a reduction of the number of teams in the final round to reduce the burden on the host, and at the same time a rotation schedule for the various European countries for hosting first and final rounds of the Europa Cup and Europa Shield. Unless the European countries will come with alternative proposals, the IKF intends to convert their proposal into a Council decision in October.