End of Day 1 at the IKF Beach Korfball World Cup (Asia) 2019 that is taking place from 9 to 10 March 2019 in Hong Kong’s Tin Yip Road Park Artificial Sand Court.
Today was the University Group tournament, competing for an official IKF Recognized special award. After an exciting and excellent competition performed by all teams, this is the final ranking:
1st place: Chinese Taipei 2nd place: China 3rd place: Thailand 4rth place: Hong Kong
Tomorrow Sunday, March 10th, the Open Group participants will compete for the IKF World Cup Title (China, Hong Kong, Japan, Chinese Taipei and Thailand).
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From 9 to 10 March 2019, the Hong Kong China Korfball Association is hosting the first edition of the IKF Beach Korfball World Cup (Asia) 2019 that will take place during this weekend in Hong Kong’s Tin Yip Road Park Artificial Sand Court. 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.
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.
OPEN GROUP (5): China, Hong Kong, Japan, Chinese Taipei and Thailand.
UNIVERSITY GROUP (4): China, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei and Thailand.
The matches in the Open Group will be played on the first day of the event. The University Group matches will be played at the second day of the tournament.
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The International Korfball Federation (IKF), has decided to acquire a new domain name portfolio for its websites; “.sport” The .sport Internet extension replaces the .org domain and is a project of the Sport community.
Effectively this means that the domain name of the three current IKF websites have been amended:
korfball.sport: Main IKF website with all organisational and general korfball information
worldkorfball.sport: IKF tournament website with tournament information, statistics and live streams
beachkorfball.sport: IKF beach korfball website with all information about beach korfball (events)
The project is entrusted to the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF), who manages and operates the whole project. GAISF, established in 1967, is the umbrella organisation for both Olympic and non-Olympic international sports federations. GAISF includes 92 full members (international sports federations; including the IKF) and 17 associate members (organisations which conduct activities closely related to the international sports federations). GAISF’s mission is to support, promote and serve its members and the global sport community by providing services in various fields, including digital development.
In the crowded and complex world of the internet, the use of a .sport domain gives the IKF a greater degree of visibility and searchability and, because of the criteria applied by GAISF, confers approval and membership of an exclusive community. Possessing a unique and identifiable domain is a symbol of each organisation’s trust, authenticity and visibility within the sports movement, and offers successful applicants a significant brand-building tool with increased commercial opportunities.
Since the launch of the. sport initiative in September, when GAISF officially began accepting applications, over 200 organisations have registered for a domain. This includes major events organisers, brands, broadcasters, media outlets as well as other International Sport Federations.
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The IKF World Korfball Championship (WKC) 2019 is getting closer and closer. Today, we announce the tournament set-up and the pool draw criteria.
The 20 participating countries start playing in five pools of four countries. The top three of each pool and the best number four qualify for the round of 16 and stay in the race to become the World Korfball Champion 2019. The remaining four countries will be playing against each other in a round-robin system, with a final at the end, to determine their position in the final ranking (position 17 – 20). The exact match schedule after the group stage will be announced closer to the draw in April.
The best number four will be decided following the rules stated in the IKF Competition Regulations (*), which state that the points earned by each team shall be decisive. In case these points are equal, the goal difference shall be taken into account. If teams are still equal after this, the goals scored by each team shall be the final decisive factor. (*In the case multiple teams end up with the same number of points, the scores against the pool leaders will be taken out.)
To decide the line-up of the five pools, an open draw will be conducted. This draw will be held during the IKF U19 World Korfball Championship in ‘t Kalverdijkje, The Netherlands on Saturday, April 20th at 14:00 o’clock. For the draw, the 20 participating countries have been divided into four pots.
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Pool E
Netherlands
Chinese Taipei
Belgium
China
Germany
Pot 2
Pot 2
Pot 2
Pot 2
Pot 2
Pot 3
Pot 3
Pot 3
Pot 3
Pot 3
Pot 4
Pot 4
Pot 4
Pot 4
Pot 4
Pot 1: Netherlands, Chinese Taipei, Belgium, China, Germany.
Pot 2: England, Czech Republic, Portugal, Hungary, Australia.
Pot 3: Hong Kong China, Catalonia, Poland, South Africa, Suriname.
Pot 4: New Zealand, Slovakia, Ireland, Japan, Macau China.
The draw criteria as decided by the IKF EXCO are:
Pool leaders are not drawn but are fixed, based on the top five of the IKF World Ranking.
The IKF World Ranking as per 31-12-2018 is used to decide which countries end up in Pot 1-4, taking into account that all Continental champions are at least positioned in Pot three.
It is not allowed to have four European, three Asian or two Oceanian countries in the same pool. Therefore the draw of Pot 4 will be adjusted accordingly.
The drawing is completed per pot. So, first all countries presented in Pot 2 are drawn, then all countries in Pot 3 and, finally, all countries in Pot 4.
In just over two months, from 19 to 21 April 2019, the IKF U19 World Korfball Championship (WKC) 2019 will start. The participating countries have been known for a while, but now we can also announce the tournament set-up, the pools for the group stage and the complete match schedule.
The 13 participating countries have been divided into one pool of five and two pools of four countries.
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Netherlands
Germany
Catalonia
Malaysia
Morocco
Chinese Taipei
Portugal
Czech Republic
Hong Kong China
Belgium
England
Hungary
China
Except for two games of pool A, the group stage matches will all be played during the first day of the tournament, Friday, April 19th. Day two will start with the remaining two matches from Pool A. The top three countries of Pool A and the top two countries of Pool B and C will automatically head on to the quarterfinals. The eighth country joining the quarterfinals, will be the winner of an extra match between the third countries of Pool B and C. The remaining five countries will play in a new group, ‘Pool D’, against each other in a round robin system. The quarterfinals and semi-finals will be played on Saturday the 20th. The finals will be played on Sunday the 21st.
The matches will consist out of four quarters of eight minutes real playing time, with a one minute break between the first and second quarter as well as between the third and fourth quarter. The half time break will take five minutes. Only exceptions are the matches for the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th place on the final day of the event. Those matches will consist of four quarters of ten minutes.
The tournament will be officially opened through an opening ceremony on April 19th at 11:00 o’clock During the second day of the tournament, the draw for the IKF World Korfball Championship will be held at 14:00 o’clock. The tournament will be closed by a medal ceremony after the last match on Sunday.
From this moment on, you can find the match schedule on the event page and on our Social Media channels. All matches will be broadcasted live on the IKF YouTube channel and on www.worldkorfball.org with live statistics, play-by-play, rankings, top scorers, etc.
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In just five and a half months the IKF World Korfball Championship (WKC) 2019 in Durban South Africa, held from 1 to 10 August, will start. At this point, all the participants are known.
The IKF WKC 2019 will contain the highest number of participants in the history of korfball. The number of 16 countries during the IKF WKC 2015 in Belgium has grown to 20 participating countries at this year’s edition. The participating countries all have qualified themselves during their Continental Championships in 2018.
Of the initial 20 countries that qualified for the IKF WKC 2019 the Dominican Republic and Zimbabwe unfortunately had to withdraw. While also the first reserve of the Americas (Brazil) was not able to step in, the first reserves of Europe (Slovakia) and Asia (Macau China) have been approached as replacements. Both countries happily accepted the invitation.
The participating countries are:
Countries
IKF World Ranking*
Australia (OC)
10
Belgium (EU)
3
Catalonia (EU)
12
China (AS)
4
Chinese Taipei (AS)
2
Czech Republic (EU)
7
England (EU)
6
Germany (EU)
5
Hong Kong China (AS)
11
Hungary (EU)
9
Ireland (EU)
20
Japan (AS)
24
Macau China (AS)
30
Netherlands (EU)
1
New Zealand (OC)
16
Poland (EU)
13
Portugal (EU)
8
Slovakia (EU)
17
South Africa (AF)
15
Surinam (AM)
21
The 20 countries will be divided over five pools by a public draw during the IKF U19 WKC, Saturday 20 April. In the coming weeks the pool draw procedure, pot composition and the tournament set-up will be announced. So, keep a close look at the IKF Website and Social Media Channels.
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Congratulations to Bec KC (ENG), the new owner of the Europa Shield trophy after winning today’s final against the Czech KCC SOKOL České Budějovice. The Bronze medal went to the local team SK RG Prostějov after an intense and exciting game decided by golden goal. Another great and unforgettable IKF Europa Shield edition, with an extraordinary and successful organization by the Czech Korfball Federation. Congratulations to all participants, officials and volunteers for this amazing event.
1st: Bec Korfball Club (ENG) 2nd: KCC SOKOL Ceské Budejovice (CZE) 3rd: SK RG Prostejov (CZE) 4th: CK Vallparadís (CAT) 5th: Grupo Desportivo dos Bons Dias (POR) 6th: Schweriner KC e.V. ´67 (GER) 7th: Szentendre Kinizsi Honvéd SE (HUN) 8th: Haydarpasa Lisesi Sport Club (TUR)
IKF ES 2019 Day 3 Final results
Sunday, 27 January 2019
Review all this tournament on IKF social media profiles!
Enjoy again this great tournament visiting www.worldkorfball.org (live streaming games, live statistics, play-by-play, rankings, top scorers,…), and also on IKF social media profiles and via the hashtags #EShield2019 and #korfball (videos, images, special clips and moments,…):
https://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/masa_193.jpg8531280Dani Ezpeletahttps://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/LogoIKF.pngDani Ezpeleta2019-01-27 18:35:142019-02-07 14:55:25Bec KC (ENG) is the new 2019 Europa Shield champion!
Sunday Januay 27th will be the final day of the IKF Europa Shield 2019 in Prostějov, Czech Republic. After yesterday’s results, these are the final games to be played on Sunday.
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 #EShield2019 and #korfball:
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Day 2 at the IKF Europa Shield 2019 in Prostějov, Czech Republic. During this 3-day tournament, eight club teams from seven European countries are competing to win this 2019 edition. The last winner was the German KV Adler Rauxel. Who will be the 2019 IKF Europa Shield champion? Follow and discover it here!
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 #EShield2019 and #korfball:
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Day 1 at the IKF Europa Shield 2019 in Prostějov, Czech Republic. During this 3-day tournament, eight club teams from seven European countries are competing to win this 2019 edition. The last winner was the German KV Adler Rauxel. Who will be the 2019 IKF Europa Shield champion? Follow and discover it here!
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 #EShield2019 and #korfball:
https://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/es2019_day1b_web.png4711000Dani Ezpeletahttps://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/LogoIKF.pngDani Ezpeleta2019-01-25 18:54:032019-02-04 08:47:19IKF Europa Shield 2019 Day 1: Live games, results & images
