U19 Korfball World Cup ranking

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First time participant Dominican Republic earned the well deserved fourth place after a loss in the bronze medal match against Chinese Taipei (12 – 15). What  a huge result for this relative new IKF country.

The 2016 U19 KWC final showed a ‘fight’ between the eternal rivals Belgium and The Netherlands. At half time the Netherland had a six goals lead; 13 – 7. The many hundered speactators in the sportvenue and the live webcasting viewers saw an exciting second half. After 15 – 10 the Belgian team scored 5 goals in a row despite a Dutch time out at 15 – 12. In the final minutes the Dutch managed to expand the lead to four goals again. The end result is 22 – 18 and the Dutch win the 21st edition of the U19 Korfball World Cup.

KNKV President, Mr Rob Meijer and the alderman of sport of the city of Leeuwarden Mr Andries Ekhart awarded the prizes in the closing ceremony in front of an enthousiastic crowd.

The full ranking in 2016 is:

1  Netherlands
2  Belgium
3  Chinese Taipei
4  Dominican Republic
5  Portugal
6  Czech Republic
7  Germany
8  England
9  Catalonia
10 Russia
11 Hungary
12 China
13 Morocco
14 Hong Kong China
15 Poland
16 RTC North *

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* RTC North play out of competition

All results from the 2016 edition you may see here: All results U19 KWC 2016; click here

The organisers of the U19 KWC supported by the clubs in the area did a great job again to organise this youth event in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.

Rewatch all U19 KWC games in the following youtube links:
SportsHall 1 – www.youtube.com/channel/UCqYVQCEJD00gW0iNSC0zUeQ
SportsHall 2 – www.youtube.com/channel/UChAkil6v_kR9-qRkIeAvR7w
SportsHall 3 – (streaming not available)

All U19 KWC 2016 tournament (results, reports, images, top scorers and much more in the following links:
www.u19kwc.com – twitter.com/U19KWC
www.facebook.com/U19-Korfball-World-Cup-277101932402419/

U19 KWC 2016 FACEBOOK ALBUMS:

Team photos: https://goo.gl/yeZ44J
Day 1 Photos (Friday): https://goo.gl/mw6tXa
Day 2 Photos (Saturday): https://goo.gl/ek1nFd
Day 3 Photos (Sunday): –

(c) All images available in www.u19kwc.com/images

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U19 Korfball World Cup 21st edition starts: Live streaming links & schedule

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The 21st edition of the U19 Korfball World Cup starts!

Thursday evening 24 March 2016 is the opening ceremony in sportcentre ‘t Kalverdijkje, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. The opening starts 19.30 PM (CET) [live here: http://goo.gl/NScYTI].

From Friday 25 till Sunday 27 March a record 15 countries compete to become the next U19 KWC champion. The Netherlands is the reigning U19 KWC champion. HongKong China and Dominican Republic are first time participants in this youth event.

Watch all U19 KWC games in live streaming in the following links:
SportsHall 1 – www.youtube.com/channel/UCqYVQCEJD00gW0iNSC0zUeQ
SportsHall 2 – www.youtube.com/channel/UChAkil6v_kR9-qRkIeAvR7w
SportsHall 3 – (streaming not available)

You can follow the tournament in the following links:
www.u19kwc.com – twitter.com/U19KWC
www.facebook.com/U19-Korfball-World-Cup-277101932402419/

Also on IKF social media profiles:
facebook.com/korfball.org – twitter.com/korfball

The full match schedule is available: Click here for complete matchschedule, including pools

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The Netherlands: New U17 Korfball World Cup 2016 champion

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The 18th edition of the U17 Korfball World Cup 2016 in Schijndel has a champion: The Netherlands, after beating the Belgium squad in the final 26-12.

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The bronze medal game was played between England and Catalonia, which ended in favour of England 16-17 after a golden goal.

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Final classification:

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Best players:
Shane Buckland (England) & Esmery Dahiana Martinez (Dominican Republic)

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Fair Play Cup:
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Tournament results:

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All the tournament scores, stats and photos in the following links:
www.u17kwc.com – facebook.com/U17KWC – twitter.com/U17KWC

Also on IKF social media profiles:
facebook.com/korfball.org – twitter.com/korfball

Photos by Esther van Heertum and Nathalie Kruidenier (actiefotografie.nl – truefocus.nl – korfbalfoto.nl)

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U17 Korfball World Cup start [updated: Day 1]

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The 18th edition of the U17 Korfball World Cup (U17 KWC) starts tomorrow. From 18 – 20 March 2016 Sportsvenue Dioscuren in Schijndel, the Netherlands is the place to visit to watch high level youth korfball. For all details CLICK HERE

You can follow the tournament in the following links:
www.u17kwc.com – facebook.com/U17KWC – twitter.com/U17KWC

Also on IKF social media profiles:
facebook.com/korfball.org – twitter.com/korfball

Day 1 Results, Day 2 Schedule & Pools

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1st IKF U15 European Korfball Championship (IKF U15 EKC 2016)

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The 1st IKF U15 European Korfball Championship takes place from 10 – 13 August 2016 in Dunakeszi, Hungary.

Maximum 12 national U15 teams compete to become the first Under 15 European Korfball Champion. See under “Events” as well.

International korfballers in Dominican Republic

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International korfballers, led by KNKV master coach Jan Sjouke van den Bos, are in the Dominican Republic to help promote the sport in Central America’s newest korfball country.

From 22 to 28 February 2016 the Dominican Korfball Association (ASOKODINA) is hosting the visit of the group.

U23 Dutch internationals Anouk Haars (Ovvo/De Kroon), Timo de Wit (Nic/Alfa-College) and Anita de Ridder (KV TOP Arnemuiden) are joined on the tour by Catalan international Jose Alvarez (Ovvo/De Kroon).

Clinics in nine schools are the focus of the seven-day programme of activities, while in the afternoons and evenings the champion coach and international players will join the Dominican Republic’s national U19 and U23 team training sessions. These teams are currently preparing for upcoming international tournaments – U19 Korfball World Cup (U19 KWC) in Leeuwarden , The Netherlands in March 2016 and the IKF U23 World Korfball Championship (IKF U23 WKC) in Olomouc, Czech Republic – with intensive training during the week.

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IKF EKC 2016 1st round match schedules published

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Today the IKF European Korfball Championship (IKF EKC) first round  matches schedules are published.

From Friday 3 til Sunday 5 June 2016 in 2 locations we have IKF EKC 1st round events.

We play in

  • Saint Etienne, France, the IKF EKC 1st round west with 6 participants. The match schedule: click here
  • Nitra, Slovakia, the IKF EKC 1st round east with 7 participants.  The match schedule: click here

From both events the numbers 1 and 2 qualify for the IKF EKC from 22 – 30 October 2016 in the Netherlands.

IKF International Referees 2016

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The IKF Referees Committee have appointed the international korfball referees 2016. As yet the committee has not decided on the various levels. They will do that in the next few weeks. We publish the list today and add the levels when decided.

The list of men and women for the international korfball events are:

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Marks Megan AUS
Rosie Luke AUS
Meeus Kris BEL
Van Grimberge Tina BEL
Van der Beken Vincent BEL
Vangoidsenhoven Thierry BEL
Wensma Miguel BEL
Navarro Javier CAT
Garcia Adrià CAT
Filip Lukáš CZE
Fridřich Ondrej CZE
Lukas Pazourek CZE
Woods Dean ENG
Sieber Alexander ENG
Schwarze Martin GER
Berkel Georg GER
Anus Sandra GER
LEE Wing-hung (Ivan) HKG
TSANG Chi-Hon (Ben) HKG
Boldizsár Végh HUN
Elekes Tamás HUN
Paspulkar Rajesh IND
Dutta Deepak IND
Kumar P. Santosh IND
Dahiya Pardeep IND
Luttik Marcel NED
van Meerten Henry NED
van der Lucht Marco NED
Buis Ronald NED
Jaszczuk Bartosz POL
Osiński Piotr POL
Alves Jorge POR
Faria Carlos POR
Campilho Joao POR
de Almeida Mario POR
Theÿse Christie RSA
Velimir Čučaković SRB
Busik Peter SVK
Kotlář Ľuboš SVK
HUANG  Dan-Lin (Alice) TPE
CHIU Jon Chiang TPE
CHEN Chih-Wei (Jack) TPE
Akar Murat TUR
Akbulut Uğurtan TUR
Jones Steve WAL
Brian Muringa Fungai ZIM
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U17 Korfball World Cup

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The 18th edition of the U17 Korfball World Cup is played from 18 – 20 March 2016 in Sportsvenue Dioscuren in Schijndel, the Netherlands; see more details under Events

The 10 participants are drawn in 2 pools:

POOL A

  • The Netherlands
  • England
  • Chinese Taipei
  • Dominican Republic
  • Russia

POOL B

  • Belgium
  • Germany
  • Catalonia
  • Portugal
  • Hungary

The team from the Dominican Republic is new in the line up of teams in the U17 KWC.

U19 Korfball World Cup

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A record number of 15 countries have entered the 21st U19 Korfball World Cup 2016 in Leeuwarden (NED). This important international korfball tournament for players under 19 will be held from 24 – 27 March in Kalverdijkje sports centre and the Cammingha sports hall in Leeuwarden and is patronised by International Korfball Federation (IKF). For the very first time Dominican Republic and Hong Kong China are among competing nations.

The official drawing of the pools (according the rules and ranking of IKF) took place on 26 January. The results are as follows:

Pool A: Netherlands, Portugal, Catalonia and RTC North*;

Pool B: Chinese Taipei, Czech Republic, China and Poland;

Pool C: England, Germany, Morocco and Hong Kong China;

Pool D: Belgium, Hungary, Russia and Dominican Republic.

* RTC North play out of competition

Winners of the 2015 edition were the Netherlands, followed by Belgium.

Teaser trailer U19KWC 2016: