During the International Korfball Federation Executive Committee April 21st 2013 meeting the IKF Exco made a draw to establish the pools for the Korfball Event during the World Games. The World Games will take place in Cali, Colombia between 24 July and 4 August 2013. The Korfball Event will be played from 31 July to 4 August 2013
The World Games is the most important korfball event in the IKF’s 2013 calendar.
The result of the draw is:
| POOL A | POOL B | |
| 1. | The Netherlands | Belgium |
| 2. | Great Britain | Chinese Taipei |
| 3. | Portugal | Russia |
| 4. | Czech Republic | Germany |
The teams in all four lines were drawn with each set of two teams based on the current IKF Ranking.