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Netherlands claim revenge, Crowned champions at dramatic IKF Beach Korfball Worlds

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Netherlands win at IKF World Beach Korfball Championship 2024! 

The sand settled on an exciting three days of competition as the IKF World Beach Korfball Championship 2024 concluded in Pattaya, Thailand. After three days of intense matches, the Netherlands emerged victorious, claiming the Jan Fransoo Cup. 

Team Netherlands displayed dominant form in the final to secure the gold medal, winning 7-4 against Chinese Taipei and in doing so secured their revenge following their group stages defeat 5-6 the opening day of the world championships. 

Securing the Silver medal was the impressive athletes from Chinese Taipei, who secured a well-deserved second place finish. Rounding out the podium in third place was Czechia, capping off a successful championship run with a 6-2 win against Poland. 

This year’s IKF World Beach Korfball Championship held even greater significance, as it served as a qualifier event for beach korfball at The World Games 2025 in Chengdu, China.  

Team Netherlands have secured direct qualification for the prestigious multi-sport event, The World Games. 

Congratulations to all the teams who competed in the World Championship in Pattaya on their performances, and best of luck to those vying for the remaining spots through the IKF World Beach Korfball Ranking!  

The next opportunity to climb the world beach ranking will be at the World Cup (Europe) taking place in Temse, Belgium between 24-25 August 2024. 

As the sun set on the sandy beaches of Thailand, the tournament left a lasting impression on players and spectators alike, for certain inspiring a new generation of korfball enthusiasts worldwide. 

Final Standings 

A huge thank you goes out to the Korfball Association of Thailand for their incredible work in organizing this championship. The dedication of the volunteers and the professionalism of the IKF officials were instrumental in making this a truly world-class event. We at the International Korfball Federation are already looking forward to returning to the beautiful beaches of Pattaya for future competitions! 

Gold Medal

Team NED

Silver Medal

Team TPE

Bronze Medal

Team CZE

Top Scorers 

Male: Zsolt Ferenc Majer (Hungary) – 21 Goals 

Female: Jingyi Yin (China) – 19 Goals  

Belgium is the new 2018 IKF senior & U19 Beach Korfball champion

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Belgium won the senior & U19 finals of the 2018 IKF Beach Korfball World Cup (Europe) played 11 and 12 August in Blankenberge, BEL, after beating Portugal (8-4) and The Netherlands U19 (7-5). Hungary and Poland were fighting for seniors bronze medal, ending the game 6-5 in favour of the Polish team. In the U19 category, Belgium also won the bronze after winning 7-8 The Netherlands “2”.

Final rankings Seniors & U19:

FINAL RANKING  Seniors FINAL RANKING  U19
1st BEL 2 1st BEL 2
2nd POR 2nd NED 1
3th POL 3th BEL 1
4th HUN 4th NED 2
5th BEL 1 5th HUN
6th NED 1 6th CZE
7th CZE 7th WAL
8th ENG
9th WAL
10th FRA
11th MAR
12th SUI
13th NED 2

TOP SCORERS:

Female: Paulien Ryckx (Belgium 1): 14 goals
Male: Ben Wouters  (Belgium 2): 23 goals

TOP SCORERS U19:

Female: Kitti Horváth (Hungary) 14 goals
Male: Jop Brouwer (Netherlands 1):  29 goals

OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT PROFILES (#BKWCE2018 #BeachKorfballWorldCup #BeachKorfball):

Event: ikf.org/event/ikf-beach-korfball-world-cup-europe-2018
Website: beachkorfball.eu
Facebook: BKWCE2018
Twitter: twitter.com/BKWCE1

 

This tournament could also be followed on IKF social media profiles (#BKWCE2018 #BeachKorfballWorldCup #BeachKorfball #korfball):

DAY 2 IMAGE GALLERY:

IKF Beach Korfball World Cup 2018: Day 2 – Programme, Results & Ranking

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Day 2 of the IKF Beach Korfball World Cup (Europe) 2018 in Blankenberge, Belgium.

Programme & Results:

Seniors:

SENIORS
Games places 9-13
* NED 2 is playing out of commmpetition
Starting time Field Game Home Guests Score
10:00 2 FR1 FRA NED 2 5-0
10:20 2 FR2 WAL MAR 14-1
11:00 2 FR3 MAR FRA 3-4 gg
11:20 2 FR4 NED 2 SUI 0-5
12:00 2 FR5 SUI MAR 3-5
12:20 2 FR6 WAL FRA 5-0
13:00 2 FR7 NED 2 WAL 0-5
13:00 3 (!!) FR8 FRA SUI 3-4
13:40 2 FR9 SUI WAL 1-9
14:00 2 FR10 MAR NED 2 5-0
Games places 1-8
Quarter finals
Starting time Field Game Home Guests Score
10:00 1 QF1 BEL 2 CZE 5-3
10:20 1 QF2 POL NED 1 10-5
10:40 1 QF3 POR ENG 5-2
11:00 1 QF4 BEL 1 HUN 7-8
Semi-finals
Starting time Field Game Home Guests Score
11:40 1 SF1 CZE NED 1 3-10
12:00 1 SF2 ENG BEL 1 7-19
12:20 1 SF3 BEL 2 POL 8-4
12:40 1 SF4 POR HUN 5-3
Finals
Starting time Field Game Home Guests Score
13:20 1 Place 7-8 CZE ENG 10-6
13:40 1 Place 5-6 NED 1 BEL 1 7-9
14:00 1 Place 3-4 POL HUN 4-1
14:30 1 final u19
15:00 1 final seniors BEL 2 POR 8-4

Under 19:

U19
Sunday: Final rounds
Quarter finals
Starting time Field game Home Guests Score
10:00 3 QF1 NED 1 8th place PR
10:20 3 QF2 BEL 2 WAL 9-2
10:40 3 QF3 NED 2 HUN 8-0
11:00 3 QF4 BEL 1 CZE 11-4
Semi finals
Starting time Field game Home Guests
11:40 3 SF1 WAL HUN 4-13
12:00 3 SF2 Loser QF1 CZE
12:20 3 SF3 BEL 2 NED 2 9-8
12:40 3 SF4 NED 1 BEL 1 7-3
Finals
Starting time Field game Home Guests
13:20 3 7-8 WAL Loser SF2
13:40 3 5-6 HUN CZE 4-2
14:00 3 3-4 NED 2 BEL 1 7-8
14:30 1 1-2 BEL 2 NED 1 7-5

Final rankings Seniors & U19:

FINAL RANKING FINAL RANKING
1st BEL 2 1st BEL 2
2nd POR 2nd NED 1
3th POL 3th BEL 1
4th HUN 4th NED 2
5th BEL 1 5th HUN
6th NED 1 6th CZE
7th CZE 7th Wales
8th ENG
9th WAL
10th FRA
11th MAR
12th SUI
13th NED 2

MATCH SCHEDULE: ikf.org/event/ikf-beach-korfball-world-cup-europe-2018

Website: beachkorfball.eu

OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT PROFILES (#BKWCE2018 #BeachKorfballWorldCup #BeachKorfball):

Facebook: BKWCE2018
Twitter: twitter.com/BKWCE1

PROMOTIONAL VIDEO:

This tournament will be also followed live 24/7 on IKF social media profiles (#BKWCE2018 #BeachKorfballWorldCup #BeachKorfball #korfball):

DAY 2 IMAGE GALLERY:

CLOSING CEREMONY:

IKF Beach Korfball World Cup 2018 – U19: Day 1 results

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Day 1 of the IKF Beach Korfball World Cup (Europe) 2018 in Blankenberge, Belgium.

Game Starting time Field Home Guests Score
1 11:00 3 Czech Republic Belgium 1 9-8
2 11:15 3 Hungary Netherlands 1 4-9
3 11:30 3 Netherlands 2 Belgium 2 1-4
4 12:00 3 Belgium 1 Hungary 5-1
5 12:15 3 Netherlands 2 Czech Republic 4-2
6 12:30 3 Belgium 2 Netherlands 1 5-7
7 12:45 3 Wales Czech Republic 2-13
8 13:15 3 Netherlands 2 Belgium 1 4-3
9 13:30 3 Belgium 2 Wales 14-4
10 14:00 3 Czech Republic Hungary 3-6
11 14:15 3 Belgium 1 Belgium 2 8-8
12 14:30 3 Wales Netherlands 2 3-12
13 15:00 3 Netherlands 1 Netherlands 2 8-5
14 15:15 3 Belgium 2 Hungary 9-6
15 15:30 3 Wales Belgium 1 3-14
16 15:45 3 Netherlands 1 Czech Republic 8-4
17 16:30 3 Hungary Wales 9-2
18 16:45 3 Netherlands 1 Belgium 1 8-8
19 17:00 3 Czech Republic Belgium 2 8-8
20 17:15 3 Hungary Netherlands 2 7-7
21 17:45 3 Netherlands 1 Wales 17-4

Current Ranking:

U19: Points Goals scored Goals difference Rank
 BEL 1 6 46 13 4th
 BEL 2 8 48 14 2nd
 NED 1 11 57 27 1st
 NED 2 7 33 6 3th
 HUN 5 33 -2 6th
 WAL 0 18 -61 7th
 CZE 5 39 3 5th

MATCH SCHEDULE: ikf.org/event/ikf-beach-korfball-world-cup-europe-2018

Website: beachkorfball.eu

OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT PROFILES (#BKWCE2018 #BeachKorfballWorldCup #BeachKorfball):

Facebook: BKWCE2018
Twitter: twitter.com/BKWCE18

PROMOTIONAL VIDEO:

This tournament will be also followed live 24/7 on IKF social media profiles (#BKWCE2018 #BeachKorfballWorldCup #BeachKorfball #korfball):

IKF Beach Korfball World Cup 2018 – Seniors: Day 1 results

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Day 1 of the IKF Beach Korfball World Cup (Europe) 2018 in Blankenberge, Belgium. Latest results:

Pool A
Game Field Home Guests Score
1 1 The Netherlands 2 Belgium 2 0-13
2 2 England Morocco 9-1
3 1 Morocco The Netherlands 2 3-10
4 2 Belgium 2 Hungary 10-7
5 1 Hungary Morocco 7-4
6 2 England The Netherlands 2 11-5
7 1 Belgium 2 England 9-4
8 2 The Netherlands 2 Hungary 6-8
9 1 Hungary England  7-9
10 2 Morocco Belgium 2  4-12
Pool B
Game Field Home Guests
11 1 Portugal Switzerland 10-1
12 2 Poland France 11-0
13 1 Portugal Poland 6-1
14 2 Switzerland France 4-5
15 1 Portugal France 13-2
16 2 Switzerland Poland 5-13
Pool C
Game Field Home Guests
17 1 Belgium 1 Czech Republic 4-6
18 Wales The Netherlands 1 2-7
19 2 Czech Republic Wales 9-7
20 2 The Netherlands 1 Belgium 1 4-8
21 1 Czech Republic The Netherlands 1 4-9
22 2 Belgium 1 Wales 14-3
Qualification game for the quarter finals:
QG 1 3th place poule B 3th place poule C

Current ranking:

SENIORS:
Pool A Points Scored goals Goal difference Rank
NED 2 2 21 -14 4th
BEL 8 44 29 1st
HUN 4 29 -4 3th
ENG 6 33 11 2nd
MAR 0 12 -26 5th
Pool B Points Scored goals Goal difference Rank
POR 6 29 25 1st
POL 4 25 14 2nd
FRA 2 7 -21 3th
SUI 0 14 -18 4th
Pool C Points Scored goals Goal difference Rank
BEL 1 4 26 13 1st
CZE 4 19 -1 3th
WAL 0 12 -18 4th
NED 4 20 6 2nd

Website: beachkorfball.eu

OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT PROFILES (#BKWCE2018 #BeachKorfballWorldCup #BeachKorfball):

Facebook: BKWCE2018
Twitter: twitter.com/BKWCE18

PROMOTIONAL VIDEO: 

This tournament will be also followed live 24/7 on IKF social media profiles (#BKWCE2018 #BeachKorfballWorldCup #BeachKorfball #korfball):

DAY 1 IMAGE GALLERY

Updated: IKF Beach Korfball World Cup 2018: Pools & schedule

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On Saturday the 11th and Sunday the 12th August, the IKF Beach Korfball World Cup (Europe) 2018 will take place in Blankenberge, Belgium. This will be the first IKF Beach Korfball World Cup ever organized, a result of the strong development of beach korfball and corresponding tournaments in multiple countries in recent years.

During this tournament both Under 19 and seniors will participate. There will be 8 U19 teams and 14 senior teams present. The best ranked European team will become European Beach Korfball Champion 2018.

MATCH SCHEDULE: ikf.org/event/ikf-beach-korfball-world-cup-europe-2018

POOLS:

SENIORS:

Pool A   Pool B  
NED 2 The Netherlands 2 POR Portugal
BEL Belgium 2 POL Poland
HUN Hungary FRA France
ENG England SUI Switzerland
MAR Morocco

 

Pool C
BEL 1 Belgium 1
CZE Czech Republic
WAL Wales
NED The Netherlands 1

 

U19:

 BEL 1  Belgium 1
 BEL 2  Belgium 2
 NED 1  The Netherlands 1
 NED 2  The Netherlands 2
 HUN  Hungary
 WAL  Wales
 CZE  Czech Republic


OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT PROFILES (#BKWCE2018 #BeachKorfballWorldCup #BeachKorfball):

Website: beachkorfball.eu
Facebook: BKWCE2018
Twitter: twitter.com/BKWCE18

PROMOTIONAL VIDEO:

This tournament will be also followed live 24/7 on IKF social media profiles (#BKWCE2018 #BeachKorfballWorldCup #BeachKorfball #korfball):

Released the official website, profiles & promo video of the IKF BKWC 2018

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Discover the new official website and social media profiles of the upcoming IKF Beach Korfball World Cup (Europe) 2018 that will be played from 11 to 12 August in Blankenberge, Belgium.

Official website: beachkorfball.eu
Facebook page: facebook.com/BKWCE2018
Twitter page: twitter.com/BKWCE18

Watch and share the new promotional video for this event. It’s going to be a great weekend!!

PARTICIPANT TEAMS:

Seniors: Belgium, Czech Republic, Cameroon, England, France, Hungary, Morocco, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Switzerland, Wales.

Under 19: Belgium, Czech Republic, Hungary, Morocco, The Netherlands, Wales.

IKF Beach Korfball World Cup (Europe)

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The IKF is proud there will be an official second beach korfball tournament in Europe in 2018:  ‘IKF Beach Korfball World Cup (Europe)‘! The event will take place in the weekend of 11 and 12 August 2018 and will be held in Blankenberge, Belgium. The organiser is the Royal Belgian Korfball Association (KBKB).

Beach korfball is fast growing. It is played in multiple countries in all continents around the world. It is sport, fun and excitement. It is very popular with the younger age groups. Therefore the IKF is more than convinced that beach korfball helps to invest in the future of korfball and korfball4. Beach korfball has an important role in development and achieverment of longer term goals of the IKF. Again the 2018 event in Blankenberge will consist both of a Senior and an Under 19 category.

With only four (4) players needed to form a team, instead of eight in regular korfball, IKF is aiming to make it easier for national associations to initiate new korfball activities and reach new players. On the competition level IKF believes to create more equality between the teams and lower costs for national associations by having less athletes involved and using a short tournament format.

The venue of the 2018 tournament will be ‘O Neill Beach Club Blankenberge’. Again this unique accommodation is located sea side: Click here for the Beachcam

Today we disclose the Beach Korfball event logo 2018 as well.

The Belgian Beach Korfball Committee and the IKF are underway to organise a succesful event for teams, players, korfball fans and visitors.

Registration for IKF Beach Korfball World Cup (Europe) 2018 now open!

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All 69 IKF recognised National Korfball Federations are invited to participate in the next IKF Beach Korfball World Cup (Europe) 2018 that will take place in Blankenberge (Belgium) from 11 to 12 August 2018.

This event will contain both a Senior and Under 19 category. IKF A & B countries are entitled to subscribe two teams per category, and C-D-E countries only one. Remember that beach korfball is played in a 4 against 4 format, and the maximum number of players per team is 6. So be aware! Because during the tournament it will not be allowed for a player to play in more than one team.

It is up to each National Federation to decide how to select the National Team. This can be done by a standard selection process, but for example also by picking the best (club) team of a National Beach Korfball Championship.

To be able to participate countries must send a complete filled entry form to the IKF no later than 12 March 2018 to officially subscribe for this tournament.

More detailed info and documents has been sent via e-mail to all National Federations.

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THE BEST RANKED EUROPEAN TEAM WILL BECOME EUROPEAN BEACH KORFBALL CHAMPION 2018

With the introduction of World Cups, the IKF invests in the global development of beach korfball. Every continental organisation has the opportunity to organise a World Cup in 2018 and every country from all over the world is able to participate in each of the events. This can lead to at most 5 World Cups:

IKF Beach Korfball World Cup (Europe)
IKF Beach Korfball World Cup (Asia)
IKF Beach Korfball World Cup (Oceania)
IKF Beach Korfball World Cup (Africa)
IKF Beach Korfball World Cup (Americas)

More general info about IKF Beach Korfball World Cups on: beachkorfball.com/?p=11486

The Netherlands are the 1st IKF European Beach Korfball champions!

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The Hague Beach Korfball Stadium (NED) hosted the 1st IKF Open European Beach Korfball Championship 2017. A great weekend with international senior and U19 teams playing this new spectacular and different korfball discipline. After an intense weekend with two closely contested finals, The Netherlands won both gold medals in the senior and U19 categories.

In the senior category, Portugal won silver while Belgium won the bronze medal game against Czech Republic. The U19 silver medal went to Hungary, and Belgium U19 won bronze.

The event took place under sunny though windy circumstances, in the great Beach Stadium in The Hague (NED). About 1000 spectators attended the final match between the Netherlands and Portugal. During the weekend, also a grass-roots tournament took place on the beach next to the stadium.

You can review all the final results and rankings at www.beachkorfball.com

IKF OEBKC 2017 – Day 1: Updated results -> LINK
IKF OEBKC 2017 – Day 2 (Semi-finals & Finals): Updated results -> LINK

All images, videos and curiosities about this tournament are available on IKF social media profiles (and via hashtags #beachkorfball & #korfball):

Actiefotografie FB galleries (https://www.facebook.com/actiefotografieNL/)

Day 1: goo.gl/o2i6K9

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Day 2: goo.gl/4MWUGw

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Some images of the finals (by Dani E.):

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