Netherlands – Belgium | Beach Korfball at The World Games 2025

15 Aug 2025, 17:30 GMT+8 The World Games 2025 · Korfball · Group A

Match report

Belgium opened the scoring with a penalty, before the Netherlands replied with a two-pointer to take the lead, 2-1 with 4 minutes to play in the first quarter. Another two-pointer extended the Dutch advantage to 4-1 with 3 minutes left. Belgium converted another penalty to stay in game, 4-2.

The Netherlands struck first in the second quarter with a penalty, 5-2. Belgium pressed for a response with several long-range attempts but could not find the target. A running-in shot pushed the Dutch lead to 6-2, and a further two-pointer stretched it to 8-2. Belgium scored from the corner to make it 9-4 with 2 minutes remaining, but the Netherlands finished strongly with two more goals to seal an 11-4 victory.