TWG 2017 Day 2 (Sat, July 22): Report, videos and images

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What an exciting second day of korfball competition in this remarkable World Games 2017 in Wroclaw (POL). Today’s first match between China and Australia surprised everyone with a spectacular and very close game. Australia won 23-25 for the first time since many years, and tomorrow will play against The Netherlands.

The 2nd game Chinese Taipei – Great Britain became a little bit disapointing for the European team. Only in the first half the score was close between the two teams, but there were no real options in the 3rd and 4th quarter to go back and win the Asian squad. Final score: 23-16.

The Netherlands and Belgium played today’s third game. Another clash won by the Dutch team 24-16, with a huge gap at the beginning of the game that determined the final score.

The last match of the day was Poland vs. Germany. The Deustch squad played a very serious game, that allowed them to score with regularity and take advantage very early, keeping it until the end of the match. Final score: 15-25.

After this second day of competition, the ranking pools so far are:
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This Saturday we also received very special guests to our korfball games: NOC Polish President, Mr. Andrzej Kraśnicki, and honorary IWGA President Mr. Ron Froehlich. They enjoyed great and exciting matches!
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DAY 2 RESULTS:
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DAY 3 SCHEDULE:
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You can watch live all decisive Day 3 games on www.worldkorfball.org, with statistics, top scorers and much more.

Here you have the Youtube playlist with all the games scheduled to be played on Sunday, July 23rd.

TWG 2017 DAY 3 IMAGES, by Marco Spelten Actiefotografie.nl

All images, reports, interviews, videos and curiosities will be available live 24/7 on IKF social media profiles (and via hashtags #TWG2017 #korfball):

More info, tournament rules, updated schedule and more on TWG 2017 Korfball Event

The World Games 2017 official website: www.theworldgames2017.com/en

The IWGA World Games Live Channel: LIVE STREAMING

TWG 2017 Day 1: Report, videos and images

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Korfball competition has started! The first game of The World Games 2017 between Chinese Taipei and Germany showed how spectacular, intense and exciting a korfball game can be. Three wonderful first quarters made the audience enjoy and see the great level of these two squads. The final 22-14 in favour of the Asian team doesn’t show the real close game they played.

The 2nd game was clearly decided from the very beginning. China was playing against the Dutch champion, and there were no surprises. A 33-10 win for The Netherlands, that will play a much difficult game on Day 2 against Belgium.

At 19:00, team Poland played versus Great Britain, and the extra motivation of the Polish made them play not as good as they wanted. Only in the 2nd half they started to play more calm and relax, and the goals arrived. On the other hand, Great Britain scored really well during the whole match, winning the game 11-23.

The last match between Belgium and Australia (26-8) was also an easy game for the European team, but it was nice to see the great progress that the Australian squad is doing at all levels. Let’s see what are they capable to do on Day 2 against team China.

Furthermore, we are very happy to have received the visit of the Sports Director of the International Olympic Committee to our korfball competition.
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DAY 1 RESULTS:
DAY1_RESULTS

DAY 2 SCHEDULE:
DAY2_schedule

You can watch live all Day 2 games on www.worldkorfball.org, with statistics, top scorers and much more.

Here you have the Youtube playlist with all the games to be played today Saturday, July 22nd.

TWG 2017 DAY 1 IMAGES, by Marco Spelten Actiefotografie.nl

All images, reports, interviews, videos and curiosities will be available live 24/7 on IKF social media profiles (and via hashtags #TWG2017 #korfball):

More info, tournament rules, updated schedule and more on TWG 2017 Korfball Event

The World Games 2017 official website: www.theworldgames2017.com/en

The IWGA World Games Live Channel: LIVE STREAMING

Live webcasting of The World Games 2017

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We’re glad to announce that from July 21 to July 24, all The World Games korfball matches will be available through live webcasting on www.worldkorfball.org (all times in GMT+2). You are invited to watch and enjoy all the games, with statistics, play-by-play, top scorers, graphics and much more. Or as usual, directly through the ikfchannel on YouTube.

*July 25th games will be confirmed soon (possible options: worldkorfball.org, IWGA Live Channel or Olympic Channel). [23/7/2017 – UPDATED INFO HERE]

For TWG 2017 on worldkorfball.org: CLICK HERE
For ikfchannel on YouTube: CLICK HERE

All images, reports, interviews, videos and curiosities will be available live 24/7 on IKF social media profiles (and via hashtags #TWG2017 #korfball):

More info, tournament rules, updated schedule and more on TWG 2017 Korfball Event

The World Games 2017 official website: www.theworldgames2017.com/en

The IWGA World Games Live Channel: LIVE STREAMING

Group draw IKF Open European Beach Korfball Championship 2017

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A total of 16 teams from 12 different countries will participate in the IKF Open European Beach Korfball Championship 2017 on 19 and 20 August in The Hague, The Netherlands. The last of these teams needs final confirmation and will be communicated later.

A and B classified countries were permitted to subscribe two teams for the tournament. The draw for the tournament is shown below.

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
The Netherlands 1 Belgium 2 Poland Wales
Czech Republic 1 Hungary Portugal
Serbia France Czech Republic 2 Belgium 1
Suriname The Netherlands 2 Chinese Taipei Germany

The teams will compete in 4 groups of 4 teams each. After the group phase the tournament will continue in a knock out format. The two highest ranked teams of every group will qualify to play the quarter finals and thereby will compete for the first 8 places. The two lowest ranked teams of the group will continue playing for the places 9 to 16.

Location of the tournament will be The Hague Beach Stadium. The winner of the tournament can call itself the first ever winner of an official IKF beach korfball tournament.

The World Games: great opportunity for korfball

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The World Games 2017 is around the corner! The 10th edition of the Games will be held in Wroclaw, Poland, 20–30 July 2017. More than 3,000 athletes from 31 sports and 111 countries will take part in the biggest sport event ever staged in Poland. The Korfball event will start 21 July and the finals will be played on 25 July.

The World Games are a big multi sports event and are a great opportunity to show korfball to a big crowd and accent the unique characteristics of the sport. This can be very helpful for the development of korfball in general and coming closer to the Olympic dream.

Former World Games sport Rugby made it to the Olympic Games in Rio in 2016 and Karate, Sport Climbing, Surfing and Baseball/Soft­ball will be present in Tokyo 2020. Earlier, The World Games sports Badminton, Triathlon and Taekwondo became Olympic sports in 2000 and Beach Volleyball in 1996. Dance Sport will be on the programme of the Youth Olympics 2018 as well as Karate and Sport Climbing. IWGA President José Perurena states it clear: “The World Games are a stepping stone to the Olympics.”

IOC Sports Director Kit McConnell says: “As we look for getting more flex­ibility into the programme of the Olympic Games in the future, certainly The World Games is one of the areas we are looking to observe, see the sports, see them per­formed at a very high level and with the best athletes in those sports. Obviously we are looking for sports that bring a real value to the programme.”

Dr. Thomas Bach, President of the IOC, has confirmed that he will be present at The World Games Opening Ceremony in Wroclaw on 20th July 2017. In his letter to IWGA President José Perurena, the IOC President states that he will also attend several sports events during his stay. It will not be the first time that Dr. Bach attends an Opening Ceremony of The World Games. He was also present at the opening of The World Games 2013 in Cali/ Colombia, together with Jacques Rogge, his predecessor in office. Thomas Bach was Vice President of the IOC at that time.

Continental Championships 2018: Africa and the Americas

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The year 2018 is the year of the IKF Continental Korfball Championships. Spread over the year all continents will celebrate their championship. An important year for all countries, because apart from ‘just’ competing for the continental title, the continental events are being used as qualification events for the IKF World Korfball Championship (IKF WKC) July/August 2019 in Durban, South Africa.

The first Continental Championship of the year is the IKF Pan-American Korfball Championship (IKF PAKC). This championship will be celebrated in Cali, Colombia. From Friday 2 March until Sunday 4 March the Colombian Korfball Federation is in charge of the organisation of the second edition of the IKF PAKC. With at least five countries participating, the first two teams of the event will automatically qualify for the IKF WKC.

The second Continental Championship of the year is the All Africa Korfball Championship (IKF AAKC). This championship will be celebrated in the city of Chitungwiza – Harare, Zimbabwe. From Friday 27 April until Sunday 29 April the Zimbabwe Korfball Federation is in charge of the organisation of the fourth edition of the IKF AAKC. With two secured places for Africa on the IKF WKC and South Africa being the host of the IKF WKC, only the best African team qualifies for the IKF WKC. In the case of South Africa winning the championship, also the number two of the African Continent will qualify.

The announcement of the other two IKF Continental Championships in 2018; IKF Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship and the IKF European Korfball Championship will follow in a later stadium. Both events will be organised later in the year.

IKF European Korfball Championship Round 1: Participating countries

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During the weekend of 28 and 29 of October 2017, the IKF EKC 2018 Round 1 will be played in Budapest, Hungary. This event will count as a qualifying event for the IKF European Korfball Championship 2018 Final Round in the Netherlands.  In the days before the event participating countries will be offered the opportunity to participate in multiple IKF Education courses to support their development.

Already 14 countries are qualified for the IKF EKC in October 2018. With a total of 16 places available, this leaves two starting tickets for the participants in the IKF EKC First Round. The numbers one and two in the IKF 2018 EKC Round 1 will qualify.

The line-up of the tournament consists of 8 countries. Including two countries that will participate for the first time ever in an IKF event: Switzerland and Ukraine. The other participants are the host of the event Hungary, Armenia, Greece, Ireland, Serbia and Sweden.

Also the draw of the pools of the event already took place, as can be seen underneath:

Pool A Pool B
HUNGARY IRELAND
SWEDEN SERBIA
GREECE ARMENIA
UKRAINE SUISSE

IKF launches beach korfball website

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The IKF is happy to announce the launch of a specially designed website for beach korfball: www.beachkorfball.com

With the continuously growth of beach korfball all over the world and the first ever IKF Beach Korfball Championship on it’s way, the need is there to give beach korfball it’s own communication platform.

On the www.beachkorfball.com you can find all relevant information about beach korfball in general and the Open IKF European Beach Korfball Championships 2017 that will be held in The Hague from 19-20 August. In the coming months more detailed information about beach korfball and the coming event will be posted. If you feel that important or interesting information is missing, please let us know through beachkorfball@ikf.org so that we can make the website even better!

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Death of Ate van Heusden

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It is with great sadness that the International Korfball Federation has learnt of the passing of Mr Ate van Heusden, developer of korfball, with latest initiatives in Morocco.

Ate van Heusden had been involved with the international development of korfball over many years, mostly in an informal role. Initially, in the 1980s, he got involved as the husband of Tineke van Heusden, who supported the development of korfball outside of Europe (the “A-continents” as it was called at that time. Ate was very active in his club PSV Eindhoven and within the club he supported many international initiatives, for many years linked with a close relationship with Chinese Taipei. Later, Ate participated as a creative thinker in multiple IKF initiatives, including participation at the IKF Congress. Most recent, again as part of his activities at PSV, he was a co-founder of the “Korfball Foundation Netherlands – Morocco” and has been one of the driving forces behind the establishment of the Moroccon Korfball Federation.

IKF President Jan Fransoo: “We will remember Ate for his endless creativity and energy, and his positive attitude, always seeing opportunities on the bright side of life. We wish his wife Tineke and his children Bart and Nienke lots of strength with carrying this loss.”

Photo credit: PSV Korfbal website

IKF Competitions Overview 2017–2022

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The IKF announces its Global & Continental Competitions Overview for 2017 – 2022. The overview provides a Global competition program as well as a Continental competition program per continent.

Some European youth tournaments have an ‘open’ status, which allows (limited) access for countries from other continents to stimulate youth korfball development.

Click here for the overview.