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New Zealand ready for IKF AOKC

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New Zealand’s team for the 2014 IKF Asia Oceania Korfball Championship (IKF AOKC) is ready for competition and will attempt to be the first from their country to qualify for a korfball World Championship.

NZ team in training game

Unofficially calling themselves The Korus, which refers to the shape of the native fern frond that is on the Korfball New Zealand logo, the team has the furthest journey of all teams to reach Hong Kong, even further than their neighbour Australia.

Most of the players in The Korus have at least four years korfball experience, which is more than previous times that New Zealand has played at international level. Ten of the members of the squad have attended international korfball tournaments before.

New Zealand’s chances have been boosted by the return of senior players Bevan Lawson and Rosa Cooper, who both spent extended periods in the Netherlands over the past 12 months, where they trained and developed their game with leading club DOS ’46. Their ranks are also boosted by ‘secret agent’ Carl Chung, who was born in Auckland but moved to Hong Kong when he was young, starting his korfball career there aged 15, before moving back to New Zealand at age 18.

New Zealand is coached by Mark Garrett, who was assistant coach of the Australian team that reached that country’s highest korfball peak with fourth place in the 1995 World Championships. Mark is still based in South Australia and has commuted monthly to run weekend-long training camps in New Zealand since September 2013.

Eight of The Korus live in Christchurch, which is still recovering from a series of major earthquakes that devastated the city four years ago. Although many sports facilities were damaged or destroyed, korfball activity has continued in Christchurch, and with new sports facilities promised as the city is rebuilt, is set to enjoy further growth.

The Korus’ team blog is here: http://korfballnzteamblog.weebly.com

Zimbabwe announces team for Africa Championships

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The Zimbabwe Korfball Federation has announced the composition of their national team that will compete in the IKF All-Africa Championship, starting on August 6 in Lusaka, Zambia.

The team consists of the following players:

1 Marciline Chibaya
3 Shamiso Dhliwayo
4 Tafadzwa Moreblessing Jjumo
5 Roseline T Kumvekera
7 Tafara Muzvidziwa
8 Farai W Muparutsa
8 Nyasha Chikuya
10 Stabile Rutendo Ngandini
11 Trevor J Sanyatwa
12 Tamakiwa Dalton Nesbert Matyukira
14 Wisdom T Shinya
15 Lenon P Makureya

Godfrey Kwangari will be the coach that will try to beat favorites South Africa to win the African title for the first time, although also newcomers Zambia and Malawi should be beaten to reach this objective. The African champion will gain automatic entry into next year’s World Championship in Belgium.

The team and coach are advised by technical director Riko Kruit from the Netherlands. Kruit is an experienced coach in the Netherlands Korfball League and has been involved before with development work in Africa.

The team has been equipped with a totally new kit thanks to korfball club KVS from the Netherlands.

IKF AOKC match schedule

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The IKF Asia Oceania Korfball Championship match schedule is changed. This refers to match times only. The major changes are on finals day; earlier on 23 August.

Under ‘Events’ you find the actual match schedule.

The IKF AOKC in HongKong will have 10 national teams competing seven days to become the next IKF Asia Oceania champion.

The first match day is 17 August. The first match day starts with the opening ceremony; 1430 PM HongKong Time. The first match HongKong – Korea starts 1530 PM.

Chinese Taipei is the reigning champion and the team to beat.

African Korfball Championship to be contested at Olympic Center in Zambia

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With only a few days to go, teams are finalizing the preparation for the IKF All-Africa Korfball Championship in Zambia. South Africa and Zambia will contest the first match of the event on August 6, which will conclude with the finals played on August 8. The full match schedule is available in our event listing.

For the first time ever, four teams will participate in the IKF All-African Korfball Championship. Clear favorite for the title is the reigning champion South-Africa, having won all previous events on the continent. Vice-champion Zimbabwe will however be a firm rival, having just finished an extended training camp lead by their technical director Riko Kruit. Host country Zambia and newcomer Malawi complete the pack. The four countries will contest the African title to secure a single spot in next year’s World Championship in Belgium.

This is the third edition of the event. The first edition was held in South Africa in 2006, while the 2010 edition was hosted in Zimbabwe. On both occasions, only two teams took part with South Africa crowned as champion on both occasions.

The venue for the event is the Olympic Youth Development Center in Lusaka, Zambia. The IKF is pleased for the event to take place in this venue that was funded by the International Olympic Committee.

Belgium wins the IKF U21 EKC

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The final between rivals The Netherlands and Belgium was very close, with half time reached at 12-11 for the Dutch. However, five minutes into the second half, with the score 14-14, the started Dutch an eight minute “blackout” ending with Belgium leading 19-14. Nobody would put their money on the Dutch at this stage but they didn’t give up and equalized just before normal playing time ended, the scoreboard stopping at just 0.1 second as their equalising goal was given, leaving the score at 23-23. The Golden Goal period started with the Dutch shooting precisely to score in their first attack. But Belgians equalised in their attack to make it 24-24. The next attack finished with a wrong Dutch shot and the Belgians used their chance to win 25-24. The last time Belgium had defeated their Dutch rival in an IKF Youth level Championship was 28 years ago in Marbella and it was 23 years ago since the Belgians had defeated their neighbours in any IKF major final.

The bronze medal match was between Portugal and England. This game was not about good quality shooting and was very close until the 33rd  minute when Portugal stepped forward with two goals to open a lead that England could not close. They finally won 14-11 (h/t  5-5) placing Portugal 3rd and England 4th.

In the other matches, the game between Czechs and Catalans was expected to be a close fight, but the spectators saw a parallel with the Brazil world cup semi-final as in only the sixth minute it was already 7-1 for Czechs and the Catalans looked really down. But the Czechs  thought that game was decided and let Catalans to come back to a more acceptable half time score of 13-10 for Czech Republic. In the second half, however, the Czechs didn’t  allowed any more questions to be asked, raising the difference to 10 goals ending game 26-18, confirming the Czechs Republic 5th and Catalonia 6th.

The match for 7th and 8th place was Germany vs. Russia. The Russians started better, but Germany hit  back to lead 8-7 at half time. It remained balanced until midway through the second half when Germany began to  prevail, finally winning 18-13 placing Germany 7th and Russia 8th.

Hungary played Poland for 9th place. The game was equal until half time (7-7) but second half started with a Hungarian offensive and the Poles couldn’t pull back, resulting in a 17-13 win for Hungary placing them 9th and  Poland 10th.

Turkey did not play on the final day and were placed 11th.

The IKF photographer Mr Cor Mantel was around in Olomouc (CZE) to make pictures. We give you an impression.

IKF U21 EKC total ranking

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The IKF U21 European Korfball Championship does have a new winner. Belgium U21 beat their eternal rivals The Netherlands U21 after an exciting match with a Golden Goal extension. After 23 – 23 after normal playing time Belgium U21 wins 25 – 24 under guidance of referee Dean Woods (ENG).

Portugal U21 earns the bronze medal after beating England U21 (14 – 11).

Final ranking IKF U21 EKC 2014
1 BELGIUM
2 NETHERLANDS
3 PORTUGAL
4 ENGLAND
5 CZECH REPUBLIC
6 CATALONIA
7 GERMANY
8 RUSSIA
9 HUNGARY
10 POLAND
11 TURKEY

Belgium IKF U21 EKC winner

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Belgium did beat the Netherlands 25 – 24 in an exciting Golden Goal final in the IKF U21 European Korfball Championship. After normal playing time it was 23 – 23. The Dutch scored the equalizer 1 second before the end!

More to follow later tonight!

 

IKF U21 EKC day 6

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The sixth day was semi-finals day with cross pool matches.

The semi-finals for the medal places were the last two games of the day. Both games showed a big gap between the top two countries – The Netherlands and Belgium – and the rest. Belgium beat Portugal 31-11 (h/t 15-6) and The Netherlands beat England 29-10 (h/t 17-5).

In the other matches, Poland against Turkey should be easy for Poles on paper. Poland started better concentrated, keeping Turks on distance and was ahead at half time 9-5. The second half, however, was not as easy as expected, The Poles went down and the Turks felt the chance, but Poland held on winning by just one goal 13-12.

Catalonia vs. Germany was better started by the Germans, but they didn’t continue in that way and at the end of the first half were losing 7-10. In the beginning of the second half Germany was in a better mood and they came back to 11-12 in the 28th minute, but it was end of Germany’s revival as the Catalans recovered and held on for a 17-15 victory, a big disappointment for the Germans.

The other game, between the Czechs and Russia was expected to be fight between the best scorers of tournament – male (Petrukhin) on Russian side and female (Kolářová) on Czech side. The Czechs started well, but Russia was able to equalize at 2-2. Nobody expected, however, that this was all from the Russians. The Czech captain Denisa Kolářová started her shooting performance followed by the whole Czech team. Half time 11-5 and an end of game score of 21-9 clearly confirmed Czech dominance in this match and made home crowd happy.

IKF U21 EKC finals

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Saturday 12 July 2014 is the finals day in the IKF U21 European Korfball Championship.

The matches are:

10.45  POLAND – HUNGARY  (places 9 – 10)
12.30  RUSSIA – GERMANY  (places 7 – 8)
14.15  CZECH REPUBLIC – CATALONIA  (places 5 – 6)
16.00  ENGLAND – PORTUGAL  (places 3 – 4)
18.00  NETHERLANDS – BELGIUM  (places 1 – 2)
19.15  medal + closing ceremony

IKF U21 matches day 6

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Friday 11 July 2014 the semi-finals will be played in Olomouc (CZE).

The following matches are in the match schedule based on the pool results:

12.45 TURKEY – POLAND
14.30 CATALONIA – GERMANY
16.15 RUSSIA – CZECH REPUBLIC
18.00 PORTUGAL – BELGIUM
19.45 NETHERLANDS – ENGLAND

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