IKF U23 WKC Day 2 Report: Results, schedule, videos & photos

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The closest match on the second day was the one between Hong Kong China and Poland with the small Asian country edging out Poland 18 – 14. After being level at the end of Q1 the Hong Kong team were particularly strong at the end of each subsequent quarter, each time extending a narrow one goal lead into 3 or 4. Hungary had opened the day with a relatively easy win against South Africa (18 – 5) whilst in the middle of the day the two newcomers played with China beating Turkey (20 – 9) and England beating the spirited Dominican Republic team 20 – 8, after being only two ahead (7 – 5) at half time.

The top seeds featured in the final two games with The Netherlands beating hosts the Czech Republic 31 – 9 and Chinese Taipei defeating Germany 25 – 13.

After two days the top scorers are Blake Palfreyman (ENG) with 12 and Ya-Wen Lin (TPE) with 11.

IKF U23WKC 2016 Day 2 Results (Sunday, 10 July 2016)
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IKF U23WKC 2016 Day 3 Match Schedule (Monday, 11 July 2016)
Day3_Shedule

You can watch all games in live HD streaming on www.worldkorfball.org, with all the statistics, play-by-play, top scorers and much more. Also on IKF social media profiles you can find the best photo albums of each game, the best players awards and all also in real time:
facebook.com/korfball.org – twitter.com/korfball

Day 2 Daily Report (Part I) – IKF U23WKC 2016

Day 2 Daily Report (Part II) – IKF U23WKC 2016

Here you can find other highlights video from Day 2 in IKF U23WKC 2016 provided by Český korfbal / Czech Korfball (LOC): https://youtu.be/qCXobKDoJcY

IKF ‪U23WKC‬ 2016 DAY 2 IMAGE GALLERY
Photos by Marco Spelten (@Actiefotografie): facebook.com/actiefotografieNL

IKF U23 WKC 2016 Day 1 Report (results, schedule, photos & videos)

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There were no surprises during day 1 of the IKF U23 WKC. There were, however, three notable ‘firsts’: – in this 7th edition of the IKF U23 WKC we had a competing team from the Americas for the first time, the Dominican Republic who was also playing for the first time at an IKF World event; and we had Turkey competing in the final round of a national team IKF World event for the first time.

Day 1 Report (Part I) – IKF U23WKC 2016

Day 1 Report (Part II) – IKF U23WKC 2016

The opening match was the closest of the day with China beating Hungary 20 – 16. In the second match England gained revenge over Poland (who had beaten them 21 – 13 in the IKF U21 event which qualified teams for this event) by winning 21 – 10. The Netherlands opened up their defence of the title with a 21 – 9 win over newcomers Turkey. The all Asia match Chinese Taipei – Hong Kong China brought the day’s highest aggregate score when the Chinese Taipei team recorded a 32 – 11 win. The other matches which followed to official opening ceremony saw hosts the Czech Republic beating South Africa 26 – 5 and then Germany beating the other newcomers the Dominican Republic 19 – 7.

Matches are being played with four quarters of 10 minutes real playing time.

You can watch all games in live HD streaming on www.worldkorfball.org, with all the statistics, play-by-play, top scorers and much more. Also on IKF social media profiles you can find the best photo albums of each game, the best players awards and all also in real time:
facebook.com/korfball.org – twitter.com/korfball

IKF U23WKC 2016 Day 1 Results (Saturday, 9 July 2016)
Day1_Results

IKF U23WKC 2016 Day 2 Match Schedule (Sunday, 10 July 2016)
Day2_Schedule

IKF ‪U23WKC‬ 2016 DAY 1 IMAGE GALLERY
Photos by Marco Spelten (@Actiefotografie): facebook.com/actiefotografieNL

Additional places open for Youth Coach Camp 2016

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Fifteen youth korfball coaches from ten countries have gained places on the 2016 IKF Level III Youth Coach Camp.

Five places remain open, with a second round for applicants closing on 25 July.

EUROPE
Peter Busik (Slovakia)
Luis Rosa CCatalonia)
Xavi Vidal (Catalonia)
Johan Oosterling (The Netherlands)
Tamara Siemieniuk (Poland)
Kevin Robson (Belgium)
Jakub Massa (Czech Republic)

AFRICA
William N. Teunga (Cameroun)
Edouard Ngayap (Cameroun)

ASIA
Laxman Gautam (Nepal)

AMERICA
Vinicius Gama (Brazil)
Guillem Castanyer (Rep. Dominicana)
Leandro Tavares (Brazil)
Edwin Cespedes (Rep. Dominicana)
Laudys Jerusi Zapata (Rep. Dominicana)

From Monday 22 to Friday 27 August 2016, in Dordrecht, The Netherlands, the coaches from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas will come together to improve their skills under a group of elite Dutch korfball coaches. Developing korfball countries Brazil, Nepal, Dominican Republic and Cameroon will all be represented on the camp.

Sponsored by KNKV, the camp will follow a similar format to its successful first edition in 2015. Entrance fee of €100 includes six nights accommodation and meals.

Participants require the endorsement of their national korfball organisation, testifying their coaching experience, and are expected to be fluent in English. Course applicants from outside Europe are entitled to apply for continental scholarships to the value of €400 towards travel costs, plus €50 towards the course entrance fee.

Candidates for the remaining places are invited to apply, via their national korfball organisation, with applications to office@ikf.org

IKF U23 World Korfball Championship 2016: Info, schedule, live streaming,…

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Saturday 9 July 2016 the next edition of the IKF U23 World Korfball Championship starts in Olomouc, Czech Republic.

The first match is Hungary against China. The match starts at 10.30 AM (local time).

The total match schedule and the event rules are published under ‘Events’ on ikf.org/event/ikf-u23-world-korfball-championship.

All matches can be followed directly via www.worldkorfball.org. This applies to the LIVE webcasting as well.

The History Booklet of the IKF U23 WKC and IKF U21 EKC is published under ‘Documents‘: Cover IKF U21 EKC and U23 WKC July 2016

U23WKCshedule

 

New appointment supports French-speaking international development

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With the recent re-invigoration of French korfball, and korfball development gaining momentum in numerous African Francophone countries, the IKF’s Development and Education Committee (DEC) has added Dirk Sercu to its membership, with his appointment to the new role as development officer for French-speaking countries.

Bringing a long and distinguished korfball career as a player and coach in Belgium and the Netherlands to his new role, as well as coaching England’s national senior team from 2003 to 2007, Dirk was also recently appointed as coach of Belgian champion club Boeckenberg.

His first official duty as a member of the DEC is a visit to Ivory Coast from 1 to 10 July, where Dirk and DEC colleague Theo van der Linde will participate in a series of clinics and other activities administered by Federation Ivoirienne de Korfball.

This is the second recent appointment aimed at sustaining korfball development in new IKF member countries. In May the IKF DEC appointed Peter Busik of Slovakia as project manager for Eastern Europe. An international player and referee, Peter’s new role is to support and consolidate korfball development activities in various countries including Romania, Slovakia, Serbia, Greece and Armenia.

Beach korfball joins Olympic events in Lipno and The Hague

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As the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro are rapidly approaching, many countries organize events at home to display current and future Olympic sports. Everybody gets the chance to experience a multitude of sports. Korfball is part of at least two such events.

In Lipno nad Vltavou (Czech Republic), beach korfball is part of the Olympic Park of the City from 7-12 August.

In The Hague (Netherlands), beach korfball is part of the Olympic Experience from 17-20 August.

If you know of any more such events with korfball, please inform the IKF Office

IKF European Korfball Championship (IKF EKC) 2016: Pools draw

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Following completion of the two qualification events last week in France and Slovakia, all 10 countries that have qualified for the IKF European Korfball Championship 2016 are known.

The IKF EKC are to be held from 22 October to 30 October 2016 in the Netherlands, in the city of Dordrecht.

The 10 countries that have achieved qualification are as follows.

Belgium, Catalonia, Czech Republic, England, Germany, The Netherlands (reigning champion), Poland, Portugal, Russia and Turkey.

Following the draw 6 June 2016 in Dordrecht, the Netherlands, the pools are:

POOL A POOL B
The Netherlands (NED) Belgium (BEL)
Catalonia (CAT) England (ENG)
Germany (GER) Portugal (POR)
Russia (RUS) Czech Republic (CZE)
Turkey (TUR) Poland (POL)

Following the last IKF European Korfball Championship held in Portugal in 2014, The Netherlands is the reigning champion.

The match schedule will be published 20 June 2016 at the latest in the IKF website, www.korfball.org, under ‘Events’: https://korfball.sport/event/ikf-european-korfball-championship

For further information regarding the History of the IKF European Korfball Championship please refer to the IKF website, www.korfball.org, go to the ‘Documents’ tab and searching under ‘Event Booklets’ for the booklet ‘IKF European Korfball Championship.’

IKF Beach Korfball Rules published

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After approval by the IKF Executive Committee we could publish the IKF Beach Korfball Rules. The rules are valid as of 1 June 2016.

See: Click here for IKF BEACH KORFBALL RULES

IKF European Korfball Championships 2016 and 2018: an overview

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With this weekend’s qualification and tomorrow’s draw for the IKF EKC 2016, the build-up to the new competition structure in Europe has started. In the eventual new structure, the European Korfball Championship will be held every two years, with A and B groups competing for the title and for promotion respectively.

Some history

The IKF European Korfball Championship has been held since 1998. The first edition was held in Estoril (POR). Until 2006, the Championship was held every four years, with 8 teams taking part in the final round. The European Champion is award the Ton Marteijn Trophy. Qualification was conducted in many different formats. The best two teams that did not qualify have contested each four years the so-called European Bowl, the winner of which was awarded the Jan Hanekroot Trophy.

16 Teams

With the growth of the number of competing countries, IKF Europe decided that from 2010 onwards, the European Championship would be held with 16 teams. The Netherlands (2010) and Portugal (2014) hosted this Championship running over a period of 10 days. Differences in strength were however large and the length of 10 days was deemed too long by many participants. Further, at the 2013 Lisbon Congress, the European Countries agreed with a new bi-annual schedule.

Promotion and Relegation

With the Championship to be held every two years, a system with an A-Championship and a separate B-Championship became possible. The idea is that a certain number of teams will relegate from the A-Championship to the B-Championship after each edition, and a certain number of teams from the B-Championship will be promoted. Whether this will be a direct promotion of relegation, or whether play-offs will need to be played, is yet to be determined.

2018: First new format IKF EKC

The first IKF European Korfball Championship in the new format will be hosted by the Netherlands in 2018. They will host both the A-Championship and the B-Championship. To transition from the old format championship to the new format, in 2016 the Netherlands will also host a European Korfball Championship; this edition from 22-30 October in Dordrecht will see 10 teams compete.

IKF EKC 2016

The countries taking part in the IKF EKC 2016 are: Netherlands (current Champion and host), Belgium, Portugal, England, Czech Republic, and Russia (qualified at the 2014 IKF EKC), Germany, Poland (qualified through a tournament in Slovakia), Turkey and Catalonia (qualified through a tournament in France).

The countries finishing at the top-8 of the upcoming IKF European Korfball Championship will play for the A- Championship in 2018; the remaining two countries will play for the B-Championship.

IKF EKC 2018

The Netherlands will host both the A-Championship and the B-Championship in 2018. For the B-Championship, the following countries have already qualified: France, Wales (qualified through a tournament in France), Slovakia and Scotland (qualified through a tournament in Slovakia). The remaining two places for the B-Championship will be contested at a qualification event to which all non-qualified European countries can enter. This event will be held in 2017 at a date and location to be determined later.

IKF Level III Youth & Talent Coach Camp into second edition

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After its successful first edition in 2015, the IKF Level III Youth Coach Camp now seeks applications from coaches who wish to attend the 2016 edition.

Participants require the endorsement of their national korfball organisation, testifying their coaching experience.

Sponsored by KNKV, the course will be limited to 20 candidates. Priority will be offered to:

    • Coaches from countries in the KNKV’s Top Six programme.
    • Head coaches of U17/U15/U13 national teams.
    • Technical directors of national korfball organisations.
    • Coaches conducting training programmes for youth academies.

Applicants are expected to be fluent in English.

Running from Monday 22 to Friday 26 August 2016, in the accommodation of DVO Bennekom, The Netherlands, the course participants will take part in trainings, theoretical sessions and matches, under the guidance of a group of KNKV’s top korfball coaches. Entrance fee of €100 includes six nights accommodation and meals.

Candidates are invited to apply before 15 June 2016, via their national korfball organisation, with applications to office@ikf.org

Detailed information:

At least four places will be guaranteed to applicants from countries outside Europe. Course applicants from Africa, America, Asia and Oceania are also entitled to apply for continental scholarships to the value of €400 towards travel costs, plus €50 towards the course entrance fee.