IKF ECUP 2019 Day 3: Finalists known!

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Day 3 will be the last at the IKF Europa Cup 2019. During this 3-day event, national champions from eight European countries have been competing for the “Alfons Janssens” trophy.  The last two editions were won by the Dutch national champion TOP/SolarCompleet. Who will be the 2019 champion? The Dutch team or the local Boeckenberg KC? And for Bronze medal? Follow, watch and enjoy all games live on our channels!

Official Event website (info & tickets): www.ecup2019.com
Live streaming games and live results, scorers and statistics on www.worldkorfball.org

IKF ECUP 2019 Day 3 Match schedule (Finals)
Saturday, 12 January 2019:

#  Time Result  Video/Stats  For_place:
17 12:30 Brno KK (CZE) Marmara (TUR) 21-11 📺 / 📊  7th-8th
18 14:30 NC Benfica (POR) 1908 SZAC (HUN) 13-12 GG 📺 / 📊  5th-6th
19 17:00 Trojans KC (ENG) SG Pegasus (GER) 25-11 📺 / 📊  Bronze
20 19:00 TOP (NED) Boeckenberg (BEL) 31-16 📺 / 📊  Final
20:30 MEDAL & CLOSING CEREMONY 

Day 3 Final games

Day 3 Final reviews

Brno – Marmara 21-11 (16-5)

Two teams whose national federations will need to participate in the first round with the reigning champions competed for the places 7/8 on the final day.

With an additional two minutes per quarter higher scores were possible. And that was exactly what happend on the Czech side in the first half. Good focus in combination with less pressure by defenders made that the match was played long before the final whistle.

It was an occasion for some reserve players to show their skills.

Congratulations to both teams!

Photos by Marco Spelten – actiefotografie.nl & Gertrude Vries – korfbalfoto.nl

Benfica – Szac GG 13-12 (12-12) (8-8)

Two teams that had hoped for more struggled for the fifth place. But especially in Q1 the battle was situated on the defending side with a low score as a result (2-3)

Szac for a short period of time dominated and created a small advance. Time for Benfica to raise the level and to have it all square at half time.

Same scenario in the second half. Much enthusiasm, no success. This game had to be decided by a golden goal. And so it did!

After many minutes it was Joana Faria that scored the winning goal.

Photos by Marco Spelten – actiefotografie.nl & Gertrude Vries – korfbalfoto.nl

Trojans – Pegasus 25-11 (11-6)

It has been a while since we had a clash between the traditional champion teams from England and Germany like it was always the case in the early days of the Europa Cup outdoor.

The English played one of the best tournaments and also now they were master of the game. Pegasus attacks were too transparant and the few shots, even from close by, did not find their way into the korf.

It must be said that at that time the scoring percentage of Trojans was extremely high. With 5 ahead at half time, Germans would still have hope.

Same scenario in the second half, Trojans clearly the better team and Germans trying to reverse the setting.

As a conclusion we may state that this is a well earned bronze for Trojans and that Pegasus earns respect for the efforts that were made to give a strong opponent a hard time.

Photos by Marco Spelten – actiefotografie.nl & Gertrude Vries – korfbalfoto.nl

Top/Solar Compleet – Boeckenberg 31-16 (15-9)

The question was how long the Belgian champion would be able to keep the margin as close as possible. And, it must be said, in the first quarter this went quite well until dominance in rebound from the Dutch and uncontrolled personal defence on the other side resulted in 9-4

In a pure mathematical  perspective the second quarter saw nearly a winner with an accurate Top in the beginning and a better scoring Boeckenberg towards the end.

What is always a problem when playing Dutch teams, is difference in length giving attacks oceans of time to prepare shots and to give confidence to shooters. Boeckenberg did what was possible but was insufficient to create surprises (21-12 after Q3)

Match over and moments for other players to have a taste of topkorfball.

Congratulations to the KBKB for a perfect tournament. A better final would have been a beautiful present but Top was too outstanding.

Photos by Marco Spelten – actiefotografie.nl & Gertrude Vries – korfbalfoto.nl

IKF ECUP 2019 Final ranking

Position Team
1st TOP/SolarCompleet (NED)
2nd Boeckenberg KC (BEL)
3rd Trojans KC (ENG)
4th SG Pegasus (GER)
5th NC Benfica (POR)
6th 1908 SZAC Budapest (HUN)
7th Brno KK (CZE)
8th Marmara University (TUR)

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Photos by Marco Spelten – actiefotografie.nl & Gertrude de Vries – korfbalfoto.nl

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IKF ECUP 2019 Day 2: Live reviews, results & games

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This is the match schedule for Day 2 at the IKF Europa Cup 2019. During this 3-day event, national champions from eight European countries are competing for the “Alfons Janssens” trophy.  The last two editions were won by the Dutch national champion TOP/SolarCompleet. Who will be the 2019 champion? Follow it here!

Official Event website (info & tickets): www.ecup2019.com
Live streaming games and live results, scorers and statistics on www.worldkorfball.org

Ranking pools after Day 1

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Final ranking pools after Day 2 Morning games

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IKF ECUP 2019 Day 2 Match schedule & updated results
Friday, 11 January 2019:

#  Time Pool Results  Video/Stats
9 9:00 A Benfica (POR) Trojans (ENG) 13-14 GG 📺 / 📊
10 10:15 B Brno (CZE) Pegasus (GER) 15-17 📺 / 📊
11 11:30 A Boeckenberg (BEL) Marmara (TUR) 16-13 📺 / 📊
12 12:45 B 1908 SZAC (HUN) TOP (NED) 9-18 📺 / 📊
14:00 BREAK
13 16:30  For places 5-8 Benfica (POR) Brno (CZE) 9-8 📺 / 📊
14 17:45  For places 5-8 Marmara (TUR) 1908 SZAC (HUN) 7-17 📺 / 📊
15 19:00  1st Semi final Trojans (ENG) TOP (NED) 5-21 📺 / 📊
16 20:15  2nd Semi final Boeckenberg (BEL) Pegasus (GER) 17-12 📺 / 📊


Day 2 Morning games

Day 2 Morning reviews

Benfica – Trojans GG: 13-14 (regular: 13-13) (half time: 8-10)

We should be able to plan the key games for the evening session. Obviously this match was decisive for places 3 and 4. This means struggle, passion and effort between two teams equally strong.

None of the competitors could create a margin and there was never a decrease of tension. All what is needed for a top game was there, close defence, attacks interrupted by the sound of the shot clock, blocked shots and beautiful tactical plays. The smallest of margins with 5′ to go in favour of Trojans forced the Portugese to take risks and the English were not prepared to suffer from the same mistakes as before against Boeckenberg. (12-13)

With 11″ to go Benfica managed to equal the score with a golden goal scenario as a result. The first English attack being unsuccessful, the second one was the good one. After what they showed in the previous matches, maybe a well earned victory.

So typical for korfball that losers and winners embraced each other despite joy and disappointment!

Photos by Marco Spelten – actiefotografie.nl – korfbalfoto.nl

Brno – Pegasus 15-17 (6-6)

Also now one could expect a close game. And although the tempo was much slower with less scoring, it remained an interesting confrontation. One could feel that this match would only start after the break.

After some tactical instructions of the coaches we noticed more speed but mixed with rougher actions  and infringements but also more goals. This is exactly what was needed to please spectators. The Germans , due to a better rebound in attack, took the lead in Q3. Too many easy shots from a close range were missed by Brno attackers with time unavoidably running out.

Photos by Marco Spelten – actiefotografie.nl – korfbalfoto.nl

Boeckenberg – Marmara 16-13 (10-5)

The fact that after the first quarter the Belgian champion had the lead (2-1) against a qualifier from the first round forces to say that Belgian korfball is going through a crisis.

Luckily there was a bunch of sheering school children to encourage the Belgians where the present korfball community was astonished by the performance of the Turkish team that was able to score 13 goals!

Photos by Marco Spelten – actiefotografie.nl – korfbalfoto.nl

Szac – Top/Solar Compleet (2-10)

It was an opportunity for the Hungarians to show the strong progress they made the last years against a B team of Top.

As indicated earlier Szac did not play their best tournament, leaving the best players on te bench. The reserves still have a long way to go. Defence maybe was all right but just two scores score after 16′ is not very inspiring.

Top, on the other hand, amused the public with unconventional attacks with one handed running in shots.

The second half was the better one fro Szac. Was it not for the playing level, shots went in more easily to stroll to an acceptable final result

Photos by Marco Spelten – actiefotografie.nl – korfbalfoto.nl

Day 2 Evening games

Day 2 Evening reviews

Benfica – Brno 9-8 (4-6)

The match that would decide who was going to play for places 7-8 or 5-6 seemed to be in favour for Brno at least in the first half.

And even later it remained unpredictable what be the outcome. Two teams eager to avoid first rounds played too carefully and therefore too slow. This made it easy for defenders to prevent opponents from shooting and on top we marked many attacks without shots.

At the end it was the inspiration of the best Portugese player that sentenced Brno to a trip to Saint Etienne.

Photos by Marco Spelten – actiefotografie.nl – korfbalfoto.nl

Marmara – Szac 7-17 (4-9)

Marmara completely missed their start and was condemned to a pursuit all the way through the match.

It was very unfortunate that Marmara was unable to repeat a previous performance which would have given a hard time to the Hungarians. At the end it became a walk over.

One may hope that Marmara will seize a chance during a first round tournament to qualify for 2020.

Photos by Marco Spelten – actiefotografie.nl – korfbalfoto.nl

Trojans – Top/Solar Compleet 5-21 (2-9)

What can you say in favour of a team that scores only 2 goals in the first and three in the second half time? That it was overpowered by a Dutch champion that is ready for the final!

Trojans played a good tournament so far but it was swiped from the floor by a quick, athletic and powerful Top with an outstanding female scoring machine.

Trojans, with their minds set on the match of the day after, did what they could but that was not enough to prevent the opponent to enjoy the public with dynamic korfball. An opportunity for the English to bring in reserve players to savour high level play.

Photos by Marco Spelten – actiefotografie.nl – korfbalfoto.nl

Boeckenberg – Pegasus 17-12 (9-7)

Much attention for this match. Interesting to find out whether the Germans, like in the Europeans, were able to upset the Belgians. When this was maybe the case in the beginning, too many bad decisions and passes, gave Boeckenberg the occasion to create a gap (6-3)

When shot clocks were replaced due to technical failure Boeckenberg immediately scored two perfectly countered by the Germans keeping the game on the highest level of tension.

Boeckenberg, at the start of Q3, now played the better korfball, whereas Germans were trying with individual actions. With an unstoppable Nick Janssens, after a sabbatical period, the match was decided minutes before the final signal.

Photos by Marco Spelten – actiefotografie.nl & Gertrude Vries – korfbalfoto.nl

Follow the tournament live!

Don’t miss this great tournament and follow it daily on www.worldkorfball.org (live streaming games, live statistics, play-by-play, rankings, top scorers,…), and 24/7 on IKF social media profiles and via the hashtags #ECUP2019 and #korfball:

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IKF ECUP 2019 Day 3 Match schedule (Finals)
Saturday, 12 January 2019:

#  Time Result  Video/Stats  For_place:
17 12:30 Brno KK (CZE) Marmara (TUR) 21-11 📺 / 📊  7th-8th
18 14:30 NC Benfica (POR) 1908 SZAC (HUN) 13-12 GG 📺 / 📊  5th-6th
19 17:00 Trojans KC (ENG) SG Pegasus (GER) 25-11 📺 / 📊  Bronze
20 19:00 TOP (NED) Boeckenberg (BEL) 31-16 📺 / 📊  Final
20:30 MEDAL & CLOSING CEREMONY 

Day 3 Final games

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IKF ECUP 2019 Day 1: Live reviews, results & games

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Day 1 at the IKF Europa Cup 2019 in Kortrijk, Belgium. During this 3-day event, national champions from eight European countries are competing for the “Alfons Janssens” trophy.  The last two editions were won by the Dutch national champion TOP/SolarCompleet. Who will be the 2019 champion? Follow it here!

Official Event website (info & tickets): www.ecup2019.com
Live streaming games and live results, scorers and statistics on www.worldkorfball.org

IKF ECUP 2019 Day 1 Match schedule
Thursday, 10 January 2019:

#  Time Pool  Result  Video/Stats
1 9:00 A Marmara (TUR) Benfica (POR) 8-23 📺 / 📊
2 10:15 B 1908 Szac (HUN) Brno (CZE) 16-10 📺 / 📊
3 11:30 A Boeckenberg (BEL) Trojans (ENG) 13-12 📺 / 📊
4 12:45 B TOP (NED) Pegasus (GER)  14-6 📺 / 📊
14:00 BREAK
5 16:00 A Trojans (ENG) Marmara (TUR)  21-6 📺 / 📊
6 17:15 B Pegasus (GER) 1908 Szac (HUN)  11-8 📺 / 📊
18:15 OPENING CEREMONY
7 19:00 A Boeckenberg (BEL) Benfica (POR) 13-6 📺 / 📊
8 20:15 B TOP (NED) Brno (CZE) 25-8 📺 / 📊

Day 1 Morning games

Day 1 Morning Reviews

Marmara – Benfica 8-23 (7-9)

In the beautiful sports venue of Flanders West, a region where the KBKB as an organiser has just one local club, the edition of the IKF Cup took a start with what could be an interesting match between Marmara from Turkey and Benfica from Portugal.

The first half this scenario was respected with an unpredictable outcome. In the second however Benfica gave a push on the gas pedal with a big margin as a result.

Szac – Brno 16-10 (6-3)

With the excellent performance from the Hungarian champion in the first round in mind Brno was facing a strong opponent.Undoubtedly Szac is the best team from the recent past in Hungary whereas the Czechs with some older players could not create a surprise.

It must be said that Czech Republic slowly regains status within their country and, when the number of top teams will increase, we expect then back on the highest level.

Boeckenberg – Trojans 13-12 (7-9)

With the recent results of the Belgian national team in mind, Trojans fielded the best team. This turned out to be a good idea. Boeckenberg had more scoring opportunities, but the Trojans were all the mote accurate!

As Belgian shooting became better in the second half Trojans had to look for solutions. As the attacks failed to keep the ball in possession long enough to create free chances, the lead went to the opponent (11-10 at the start of the fourth quarter)

When everyone was expecting the GG, an uncontrolled move from a Trojan (disrespect of the distance during a penalty) was decisive for the “match of the day”

Top/Solar Compleet 14-6 (6-4)

Is korfball in progress when even Dutch B teams have trouble beating opponents? If this is the case the IKF has a bright future on the competition side.

In a recent past the German national squad did well and it may be that this was reflected on the German champion team. It kept the gap close till even after the break.

The third quarter was all in favour of Top (11-6). Pegasus became a victim of their own enthusiasm with too many infringements and not enough fluid play. No surprise at the end! If it was not for a serious shoulder injury on the German side.

Day 1 Evening games

Day 1 Evening Reviews

Trojans – Marmara 21-6 (12-2)

Trojans recovered well from a major disillusion and left nothing for a weak opponent. In every part of the sport, both scenically and tactically, they were superior. Shots came with much confidence and accuracy resulting in an enormous gap.

Time for Trojans to test some reserve players giving more opportunities to the Turkish team.

Pegasus – Szac 11-8 (7-3)

It could have been a very high level game  but it never came to excitement. Szac had a total off day and the Germans, as a pledge to their injured team mate, never had problems.

A slow paste, bad shooting from both sides did not thrill spectators.

Nevertheless the general level of all teams seems to increase although this was not obvious in this slow match.

Boeckenberg – Benfica 13-6 (6-4)

No problems this time for a highly concentrated Boeckenberg that gave away few chances. Benfica could keep the gap very narrow in the beginning but after the second quarter the Belgian attackers were very successful whereas the defenders prevented the Portugese to take easy shots.

 No more close games to satisfy the audience. On the other hand the goal of the match was scored by the IKF secretary general, Joana Faria, after a beautiful assist ion het brother.

Top/Solar Compleet – Brno 25-8 (14-5) 

How to resist the supremacy of the giants from The Netherlands? What to do about the easy scoring? Questions that remained unanswered. 9-2 after the first quarter was just the start of a Czech Calvary.

With fluid moves Top showed that this is the team that would be difficult to keep from a next European title!

Ranking pools after Day 1

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Follow the tournament live!

Don’t miss this great tournament and follow it daily on www.worldkorfball.org (live streaming games, live statistics, play-by-play, rankings, top scorers,…), and 24/7 on IKF social media profiles and via the hashtags #ECUP2019 and #korfball:

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Day 1 Image gallery

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IKF ECUP 2019 Day 2 Match schedule
Friday, 11 January 2019:

#  Time Pool Results  Video/Stats
9 9:00 A Benfica (POR) Trojans (ENG) 0-0 📺 / 📊
10 10:15 B Brno (CZE) Pegasus (GER) 0-0 📺 / 📊
11 11:30 A Boeckenberg (BEL) Marmara (TUR) 0-0 📺 / 📊
12 12:45 B 1908 SZAC (HUN) TOP (NED) 0-0 📺 / 📊
14:00 BREAK
13 16:30 Ranking A3 Ranking B4 0-0 📺 / 📊
14 17:45 Ranking A4 Ranking B3 0-0 📺 / 📊
15 19:00 Ranking A2 Ranking B1 0-0 📺 / 📊
16 20:15 Ranking A1 Ranking B2 0-0 📺 / 📊

Day 2 Morning games

Day 2 Evening games

[To be known]

IKF ECUP 2019 Day 3 Match schedule (Finals)
Saturday, 12 January 2019:

#  Time Result  Video/Stats
17 12:30 Loser Game 13 Loser Game 14 0-0 📺 / 📊
18 14:30 Winner Game 13 Winner Game 14 0-0 📺 / 📊
19 17:00 Loser Game 15 Loser Game 16 0-0 📺 / 📊
20 19:00 Winner Game 15 Winner Game 16 0-0 📺 / 📊
20:30 MEDAL & CLOSING CEREMONY 

Day 3 Final games

[To be known]

Everything’s ready for the IKF Europa Cup 2019

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From the 10th of January up until the 12th of January 2019, the 53rd IKF Europa Cup will played in the Belgian city of Kortrijk (Sportcampus Lange Munte). During this event, national champions from eight European countries will compete in two pools for the “Alfons Janssens” trophy.

The last two editions were won by the Dutch national champion TOP/SolarCompleet, who will not be satisfied this year by anything else than be first team to win 3 IKF ECUPs in a row. However, the other teams are determined to showcase their best play and to claim the victory at last.  ► IKF Europa Cup History Booklet (up to December 2018)

Pool A Pool B
Kon. Boeckenberg KC (BEL) TOP/SolarCompleet (NED)
NC BENFICA (POR) KK Brno (CZE)
Trojans Korfball Club (ENG) SG Pegasus Rommerscheid 1991 e.V. (GER)
Marmara University (TUR) 1908 SZAC Budapest (HUN)

All matches will be webcasted live on IKF Youtube channel and also on www.worldkorfball.org with live statistics, play-by-play, rankings, top scorers, etc.

► Official match schedule: ikf.org/event/ikf-europa-cup-2019
► More information and tickets are available on the official event website: www.ecup2019.com

Follow the tournament on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram!

Don’t miss this great tournament and follow it also 24/7 on IKF social media profiles and via the hashtags #ECUP2019 and #korfball:

► Facebook.com/korfball.org
► Twitter.com/korfball
► Instagram.com/korfball_org

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IKF ECUP 2019 Day 1 Match schedule
Thursday, 10 January 2019:

#  Time Pool  Video/Stats
1 9:00 A Marmara (TUR) Benfica (POR) 📺 / 📊
2 10:15 B 1908 SZAC (HUN) Brno (CZE) 📺 / 📊
3 11:30 A Boeckenberg (BEL) Trojans (ENG) 📺 / 📊
4 12:45 B TOP (NED) Pegasus (GER) 📺 / 📊
14:00 BREAK
5 16:00 A Trojans (ENG) Marmara (TUR) 📺 / 📊
6 17:15 B Pegasus (GER) 1908 SZAC (HUN) 📺 / 📊
18:15 OPENING CEREMONY
7 19:00 A Boeckenberg (BEL) Benfica (POR) 📺 / 📊
8 20:15 B TOP (NED) Brno (CZE) 📺 / 📊

Morning games

Evening games

IKF ECUP 2019 Day 2 Match schedule
Friday, 11 January 2019:

#  Time Pool  Video/Stats
9 9:00 A Benfica (POR) Trojans (ENG) 📺 / 📊
10 10:15 B Brno (CZE) Pegasus (GER) 📺 / 📊
11 11:30 A Boeckenberg (BEL) Marmara (TUR) 📺 / 📊
12 12:45 B 1908 SZAC (HUN) TOP (NED) 📺 / 📊
14:00 BREAK
13 16:30 Ranking A3 Ranking B4 📺 / 📊
14 17:45 Ranking A4 Ranking B3 📺 / 📊
15 19:00 Ranking A2 Ranking B1 📺 / 📊
16 20:15 Ranking A1 Ranking B2 📺 / 📊

Day 2 Morning games

Day 2 Evening games

[To be known]

IKF ECUP 2019 Day 3 Match schedule (Finals)
Saturday, 12 January 2019:

#  Time  Video/Stats
17 12:30 Loser Game 13 Loser Game 14 📺 / 📊
18 14:30 Winner Game 13 Winner Game 14 📺 / 📊
19 17:00 Loser Game 15 Loser Game 16 📺 / 📊
20 19:00 Winner Game 15 Winner Game 16 📺 / 📊
20:30 MEDAL CEREMONY 

Day 3 Final games

[To be known]

Announcement: IKF Beach Korfball World Cup (Asia) 2019

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The IKF is happy to announce that the Hong Kong China Korfball Association will host the first edition of the IKF Beach Korfball World Cup (Asia) in March 2019. This is a great step forward in the international development of beach korfball. With this event added to the IKF Competition Calender, two Beach Korfball World Cups will be organized in 2019.

The first IKF Beach Korfball World Cup 2019 will take place from 9-10 March in Hong Kong.

Venue: Tin Yip Road Park Artificial Sand Court.

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Although this will be the first edition of the IKF Beach Korfball World Cup in Asia, the national korfball federation of Hong Kong has plenty experience with organising successful beach korfball tournaments. Starting in 2000, the federation has annually organized a beach korfball event for both seniors and juniors. Apart from the first edition, the tournament was organised at Repulse Beach every year. Due to its popularity among tourists, this venue served as the perfect place to promote (beach) korfball in Hong Kong and beyond. That participants of that tournament were mostly from Hong Kong, although occasionally, teams from Macau and Taiwan also entered the competition. The first edition of the IKF Beach Korfball World Cup (Asia) is therefore organized by an experienced host, and will be of a more international character than the previous tournaments.

There will be two categories at the IKF BKWC (Asia); Open Group and University Group. The Open Group participants will compete for the IKF World Cup Title, whereas the University Group pool will be an official IKF Recognized competition.

The participants of the IKF BKWC (Asia) 2019 will be: China, Hong Kong China, Chinese Taipei, Thailand and Japan.

For more information and all updates, go to the event page: https://korfball.sport/event/ikf-beach-korfball-world-cup-asia-2019

Official Facebook event page: facebook.com/bkwcasia2019

 

 

 

An important year ahead – New Year’s Message from the IKF President

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As 2019 commences, it provides us with a good moment to reflect on where we are and what needs to be accomplished to further develop.

We have just completed an extraordinary year with undoubtedly the most extensive international competition calendar we have ever seen. The continental championship cycle saw a record number of national teams competing for this year’s IKF World Korfball Championship. The intensified youth cycle culminated in the first IKF U21 World Korfball Championship, replacing a long-standing series of prior U23 events. In the U19 and U17 categories we have been moving to a more extensive and formal championship cycle reflected in the first official IKF U19 World Korfball Championship to be held this year. On top of it all, the IKF Beach Korfball World Cups have been growing in an effort to establish beach korfball firmly as our second main discipline.

With the youth and beach cycles now firmly grounded, it is a natural next step to fully align our development efforts with our international event cycle. I am fully convinced that grass roots and youth development, along with coaching and refereeing education needs to be related to participation in national and international events. These need not be a traditional weekly league. What is critical however is the opportunity to play; merely practicing to practice is not motivating. Purpose needs to be part of any program. I am personally also very happy that some of the countries that have not qualified for the WKC have been requesting us for additional international events and are now also applying for formalized friendly international matches.

In terms of further development of our national federations, we need to collaborate more to strengthen management and administrative capabilities. As IKF, we have left much of this to the national federations to initiate within their countries, but I believe it is critical for our Olympic ambition to help more of our national federations reach a higher level of national recognition. Better administration, management, and youth development are at the core of this. I plan to raise this as an important issue at our upcoming World Korfball Congress in Durban in August.

The second main strategic choice we need to discuss is the position of beach korfball as a major discipline. How do we envision its growth? What can we learn from other sports that have moved new disciplines to the foreground in an effort to increase its global presence? How does beach korfball fit into our long-term ambitions?

I am sure that amongst our national federations there are further items deemed of importance to our future development. The IKF Council would like to hear from you as we prepare for our next Strategic Cycle. In this cycle, more than ever, we want to consider your input and ideas. Make sure to reach out to me or to our CEO in the next weeks to let your voice be heard.

For now, at the beginning of this important year, I would like to wish all of you and your loved ones a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2019.

Jan Fransoo

IKF President

IKF Season’s greetings

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The International Korfball Federation wishes you  happy holidays and a healthy and prosperous new year. The IKF looks forward to all upcoming korfball events in 2019, and wants to thank everybody who made 2018  a succesfull korfball year for their efforts and cooperation.

season's greetings

 

 

Announcement: IKF Coach course Level III April 2019

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The IKF and the KNKV will organize an IKF Coach Course Level III in April 2019 in the Netherlands. The content of the course will be tailor-made and combine both theory and practice during a five-day program. The course will be thought from Monday the 15th of April up untill the 19th of April. Beside attending the course, participants will be given the opportunity to attend the finals of the Cashback World Korfbal League (the national Dutch competition) in the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam on the 13th of April. During the finals day, they will get the opportunity to see korfball of the highest level, and reflect on the finals together the day after. Furthermore, they can extent their stay after the course and attend the IKF U19 World Korfball Championship 2019 in Leeuwarden (for more information about the IKF U19 WKC 2019: https://korfball.sport/event/ikf-u19-wkc-2019).

The IKF Development and Education Committee offers to cover part of the costs of a limited number of participants.

The IKF and the KNKV believe that the above mentioned aspects cause this coach course to be an unique opportunity for korfball coaches to develop their skills.

A invitation letter with more details has been sent to all member countries of the IKF. In case you are interested, but are not able to collect this information through your national federation, you can contact the IKF Office.

 

Information Korfball Challenge [live streaming links available]

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From the 27th until the 30th of December 2018 the Korfball Challenge will take place in Topsportcentrum Rotterdam, The Netherlands. This yearly Dutch event, organised by the Royal Dutch Korfball Association, hosts competitions for multiple age categories combined with all kind of side-events.

Like always the event has a very international character, with this year Belgium, China, Chinese Taipei and Suriname as participants in the senior category. Together with the two currently best club teams of The Netherlands (Top/SolarCompleet & Fortuna/Delta Logistiek), the Dutch National Team and a Dutch U21 Talent Team, they will fight to win the title of this prestigious event.

[Updated] The last two games of every day will be available through live-stream. (YouTube links to be announced on www.korfbal.nl) English information with the complete tournament schedule can be found at: https://www.korfbal.nl/korfballchallenge

Like every year in accordance with the IKF, some different game rules are experimented during the Korfball Challenge: korfbal.nl/nieuws/experimenten-tijdens-de-korfbal-challenge-0

The complete list of new rules to be tested in this Korfball Challenge 2018 can be found here [in Dutch]: korfbal.nl/sites/default/files/Spelregelexperimenten%20Challenge%202018.pdf

 

Underneath the overview of the games that will be live-streamed.

Thursday 27 December 

16:30 hrs: China – Belgium [youtu.be/nP91h73QRms]

17:45 hrs: Fortuna/Delta Logistiek – Chinese Taipei [youtu.be/L-42QNirFT4]

19:00 hrs: The Netherlands – Suriname [youtu.be/pM-uaSLvoYo]

20:15 hrs: The Netherlands U21 – TOP/SolarCompleet [youtu.be/rj5q_TqLTJc]

Friday 28 December

16:30 hrs: The Netherlands U21 – China [youtu.be/xlrmydfKDe8]

17:45 hrs: Fortuna/Delta Logistiek – Suriname [youtu.be/_EKRfiPQb3w]

19:00 hrs: The Netherlands – Chinese Taipei [youtu.be/TqtCO6QlEVs]

20:25 hrs: Belgium – TOP/SolarCompleet [youtu.be/lTbgTcyYbWo]

Saturday 29 December

16:30 hrs: Suriname – Chinese Taipei [youtu.be/dHr88NBAxbk]

17:45 hrs: TOP/SolarCompleet – China [youtu.be/zV2uVUS_6QQ]

19:00 hrs: The Netherlands – Fortuna/Delta Logistiek [youtu.be/zI_noPqj_sI]

20:15 hrs: The Netherlands U21 – Belgium [youtu.be/TsKoPLIvZDQ]

Sunday 30 December

16:30 hrs: 7th-8th place [youtu.be/fIpTyO2MILs]

17:45 hrs: 5th-6th place [youtu.be/k2YnXsjU9qw]

19:00 hrs: Bronze Medal Match [youtu.be/hqv6iNvlDwk]

20:30 hrs: Gold Medal Match [youtu.be/XuIHXaqRc4U]

 

Tickets

Tickets are available via: https://www.korfbal.nl/tickets

Bonson (France) host city Beach Korfball World Cup (Europe) 2019

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The IKF is happy to announce that the next edition of the IKF Beach Korfball World Cup (Europe) 2019 will be hosted in Bonson, France.

The event will take place in the weekend of 6 and 7 July 2019 and subscription is open for all countries around the world. Just like the last years the event will consist of a Senior and U19 category. The best ranked European team in both categories will become European Beach Korfball Champion 2019.

Decisive in granting the organisation of the event to the Fédération Korfbal France (FKF) is the fact that the FKF is getting full support of the municipality of Bonson. From the beginning of the bidding process the municipality showed great ambition and willingness to host the event within its borders. Bonson is located in the heart of the Loire department in the beautiful Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region close to Saint-Etienne. With the presence of the oldest korfball club in France, FJEP Bonson (founded in 1983) it is clear that the city already knows the power of korfball.

With the introduction of the Beach Korfball World Cups last year, the IKF invests in the global development of beach korfball. Every continent now has the opportunity to organise a World Cup. It is more than likely that in 2019 another Beach Korfball World Cup will take place in the continent of Asia. Confirmation of this event is expected before the end of the year.

 

More info ► ikf.org/event/beach-korfball-world-cup-europe