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Chinese Taipei takes gold in dramatic Beach Korfball World Cup (Oceania) 2025 final

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Heartbreaking final of the IKF Beach Korfball World Cup (Oceania) 2025 in Adelaide, with the host team Australia coming second by the barest of margins, only going down to the reigning World Games 2025 champion Chinese Taipei in golden goal overtime.

Hong Kong China ended 3rd on the podium after winning against Japan in an intense bronze medal match. Singapore finished in 5th place.

This was an amazing end to the first international Beach Korfball event in Australia. The atmosphere that the local spectators provided was incredible, and all fans watching the games live from home also enjoyed a fantastic tournament.

1st Place: TPE

2nd Place: Australia

2nd Place: Australia

3rd Place: Hong Kong China

3rd Place: Hong Kong China

You can review and enjoy again all matches that were broadcasted live from 8 to 9 November on the IKF YouTube channel, with English commentaries and a great TV production (stats & results). Congratulations to all organizers, participants, volunteers, and officials that made this successful event possible.

Following last August’s BKWC (Europe) in Sweden, this Oceanian championship was the second Beach Korfball World Cup taking place this season, which will be followed by the African in Abidjan, Ivory Coast (2-3 December). All of them add points to the IKF Beach Korfball World Ranking, and they crown the best team in each continent.

Live streams (playlist)

*Click on the right ≣ icon to select the session you want to watch

Final Results & Standings

Final Raking

Team

 Rank Games Points in games Goals + Goals – Diff

Chinese Taipei

1

 9 23 64 32

32

Australia

2

 9 22 70 25

45

Hong Kong China

3

 9 15 38 40

-2

Japan

4

 9 6 33 55

-22
Singapore

5

8

0

22

75

-53

Where to follow

All fans around the world could watch and follow this tournament live on youtube.com/ikfchannel and on www.worldkorfball.sport (with live results and streams, statistics, scorers, play-by-play, …), as well as on social media on @BeachKorfball profiles (see below) and the hashtags #BKWC, #beachkorfball and #korfball, with the best image galleries, clips and highlights.

IKF Beach Korfbal profiles:

► instagram.com/beachkorfball
► facebook.com/beachkorfball
► tiktok.com/@beachkorfball
► x.com/beachkorfball

You can find all this content and much more visiting the following official IKF profiles:

► instagram.com/korfball_org
► facebook.com/korfball.org
► tiktok.com/@korfball.sport
► x.com/korfball

1st Place: TPE

1st Place: TPE

Previous related news

Australia Crowned 2025 IKF Oceania Korfball Champions

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Australia beat New Zealand in the final and decisive third match to win the IKF Oceania Korfball Championship 2025 that took place from 19 to 21 September in Bacchus Marsh (Melbourne, Australia).

This event was hosted by the Australian Korfball Association, with the New Zealand and Australia national teams competing for this continental trophy. Three exciting days, in which the Kiwis started leading the series 0-1 after scoring a winning golden goal in the 1st match (16-17). The host team was confident that this situation could be reversed, and they showed it by winning the 2nd duel (22-15) and making the last encounter the decisive one.

This 3rd and final game was very tight during the 1st half, but in the 3rd quarter, the Australians were able to gain a comfortable advantage, increasing their scoring percentage, which allowed them to play comfortably and give no options of a comeback to its rival (18-10). In the end, 1-2 in favor of Australia that raised this 2025 Oceania trophy.

Katelyn Louise Huata-Chapman from New Zealand was the top scorer of the tournament with 12 goals, followed by her teammate Per Tonascia, with 11 goals, the same as Darian Huddleston and Jessica Phillips from Australia.

IKF AOK 2025 Results & Streams

IKF AOK 2025
19 Sept – AUS 16-17 NZL (GG) | Live Stream | Live statistics
20 Sept – AUS 22-15 NZL | Live Stream | Live statistics
21 Sept – AUS 18-10 NZL |  Live Stream | Live statistics

All fans around the world could watch and follow this tournament live on www.worldkorfball.sport and youtube.com/@ikfoceania (with live results, statistics, scorers, play-by-play …), as well as some highlights and images on social media on the hashtags #okc and #korfball.

AOKC Live streams playlist

AUSTRALIAN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT TOURNAMENT

In parallel to this Oceania championship, the development teams of both countries also played their own youth tournament, which ended 1-2 in favor of NZL. But most importantly, it was a fantastic occasion to keep developing and improving the level of all these young players, who are the future stars that will lead their national squads in the next years.

New Zealand Development Team

19 Sept – AUS Dev. 10-16 NZL Dev. | Stream
20 Sept – AUS Dev. 11-20 NZL Dev. | Stream
21 Sept – AUS Dev. 14-9 NZL Dev. | Stream

Image gallery (OKC Game 3)

Image gallery (OKC Game 2)

Image gallery (OKC Game 1)

On social media

You can find all this content and much more visiting the @IKFoceania profiles or following the official IKF profiles (see below):

► facebook.com/ikfoceania
► instagram.com/ikfoceania
► x.com/ikfoceania

IKF Official profiles

► facebook.com/korfball.org
► instagram.com/korfball_org
► x.com/korfball
► tiktok.com/@korfball.sport

Previous related info

IKF Oceania Korfball Championship 2025 Heats Up from 19 to 21 September!

Australia announces national squad for AOKC

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Korfball Australia has officially announced the composition of their national team for the Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship, due to be held from 17-23 August in Hong Kong. Australia, ranked second in the region, will definitely try winning the title, though regional number 1 Chinese Taipei is the clear favorite.

aus team aokc 2014

At the team photo, we can see (Back left to right) Phil Sibbons (coach), Adam Robertson, Dan Phillips, Craig Miller, Andrew Hutchesson, Josh Berney, Sam Wetherall, Patrick Branford, Jeremy Harris (Assistant Coach); (front row) Kia Rogers, Ashlee Othen, Jess Crispe, Jess Phillips, Theresa Coletti, Emily Hutchesson, Megan Marks, Jess May.

According to korfball Australia, the national team has trained in separate sessions in addition to the club training sessions. There have been training camps every 3-4 weeks on the weekend. Personal fitness, gym sessions and shooting practice of varied intensity appropriate to individual needs have been going for about 5 months.

Korfball Australia’s team have raised approximately AU$6500 through cake stalls, BBQ and a dinner. There is still the personal sacrifice of approximately AU$2600 per player for flights,accommodation and meals in Hong Kong and uniform.

Source: Korfball Australia newsletter 3 August 2014