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The World Games 2022 pool draw live on Youtube (updated)

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The pool draw for The World Games 2022 Korfball competition will take place next Saturday, February 26th, at 16:00 CET, live from PKC Sports Hall in the Netherlands. The draw will be streamed live via Youtube.com/ikfchannel on the following link: https://youtu.be/wd7G71Yxocw

The eight countries qualified for TWG 2022 after the IKF World Korfball Championship 2019 in order of the current World Ranking are:

1. The Netherlands
2. Belgium
3. Chinese Taipei
4. China
5. Germany
6. Portugal
7. Czech Republic
8. Suriname

UPDATE 26/2/2022 (16:30h): The groups are known

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The dates for Korfball in the official sports program schedule are 13 – 17 July 2022.

More info & tickets: www.twg2022.com – Official website of The World Games 2022

Event info: korfball.sport/event/the-world-games-2022

IKF Team visits Birmingham for on-site preparations for TWG 2022

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An IKF Team with CEO Tilbert La Haye and TWG2022 Korfball Competition Manager Gert Dijkstra this week visited Birmingham (USA) to attend the Competition Managers Meeting. At the meeting, the International World Games Association and the Birmingham Organizing Committee shared many details regarding the preparations, such as what looks to be fabulous opening and closing ceremonies, a sports garden where the local community can enjoy the spirit of the Games, and the progress on international and domestic broadcasting contracts. All delegates made a visit to the University of Alabama’s Birmingham Campus, where korfball athletes and officials will be housed in the university’s dorms, and where all meals will be provided.

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The team conducted an inspection visit of the venue, the BJCC East Exhibition Hall, where an intimate arena will be constructed for the floorball and korfball competitions. Many details were discussed, such as the construction of subfloor and floor, lighting, camera positions, spectator stands, athlete and spectator routings. Ample space and rooms are available for teams and officials to meet and change at the facility, while showers will be available at the university dorms.

Over the next six months, the IKF’s team for The World Games 2022 will gradually be expanded to a full event team including match officials, media officers, and other technical and management positions.

 

Qualification criteria The World Games 2021 known

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The IKF World Korfball Championship (WKC) 2019 in Durban, South Africa, held from 1 – 10 August 2019, will be used as a qualification tournament for The World Games (TWG) 2021 in Birmingham, United States of America.

The framework aims to have four continents present at the IWGA TWG 2021 korfball tournament. To make this happen, participants from four continents should finish in the top 11 at the IKF WKC 2019.

The final ranking at the IKF WKC 2019 decides which teams qualify for the IWGA TWG 2021, taking into consideration the following criteria.

  • If the top 8 consists of participants of at least four different continents, the top 8 qualifies;
  • If the top 8 consists of participants of three continents and the first representative of a fourth continent is ranked in the top 11, this representative qualifies together with the top 7;
  • If the top 8 consists of participants of three continents and there is no representative of a fourth continent in the top 11, the top 8 qualifies;
  • If the top 8 consists of participants of two continents and the first representative(s) of a third and/or fourth continent is/are ranked in the top 11, the representative(s) and the top 7 or top 6 qualify;
  • If the top 8 consists of participants of two continents and there are no representatives of a third and/or fourth continent ranked in the top 11, the top 8 qualifies and only two continents will be present at the TWG 2021;
  • If the top 8 consists of participants of one continent and the first representative(s) of a second, third and/or fourth continent is/are ranked in the top 11, the representative(s) and the top 7, top 6 or top 5 qualify;
  • If the top 8 consists of participants of one continent and there are no representatives of a second, third and/or fourth continent ranked in the top 11, the top 8 qualifies and only one continent will be present at the TWG 2021.

Follow korfball.sport, the WKC event page and the IKF Social Media channels for more information about the IKF World Korfball Championship 2019:

You can also find more interesting info about this WKC in Durban on www.ikfwkc2019.com and

IKF President Fransoo elected in the board of The World Games

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Today, 16 April 2018, IKF President, Dr Jan Fransoo, has been elected in the Executive Committee of the International World Games Federation (IWGA).

The board elections took place during the Annual General Meeting of the IWGA in Bangkok, Thailand. All 37 IWGA Member Federations were present in the General Meeting

Mr José Perurena was re-elected as IWGA President.

The korfball community congratulates Jan Fransoo with this election as IWGA Board member.

The Netherlands repeats as World Games champion!

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The World Games 2017 has another gold medalist: The Netherlands, after winning 26-14 Chinese Taipei in today’s korfball final at Wroclaw’s WKK Sport Center in Poland. The Asian team obtains the silver medal after playing the final for the first time. Belgium won the Bronze medal in the previous game against Germany (24-9).

DAY 5: FULL GAMES & RESULTS

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Great Britain 25 – Poland 18

China 19 – Australia 17

Belgium 24 – Germany 9 (Bronze medal game)
Click here to watch it on The Olympic Channel (available worldwide and with no restrictions)

The Netherlands 26 – Chinese Taipei 14 (Gold medal game)
Click here to watch it on The Olympic Channel (available worldwide and with no restrictions)

TWG 2017 FINAL RANKING:
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Visit www.worldkorfball.org to review all TWG matches with statistics, play-by-play, top scorers and much more.

You can also watch again all The World Games 2017 matches on IKF Youtube channel and here inside the following playlist:

TWG 2017 DAY 5 IMAGES, by Marco Spelten Actiefotografie.nl

TWG 2017 DAY 5 IMAGES VOL. II: Images by WOC – Wroclaw Organizing Committee

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

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

The IWGA World Games Live Channel: LIVE STREAMING

IWGA: THE WORLD GAMES WROCLAW 2017 – HIGHLIGHTS

Highlights day 1
https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/playback/iwga-the-world-games-wroclaw-2017-highlights-day-1-2

Highlights day 3
https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/playback/iwga-the-world-games-wroclaw-2017-highlights-day-3
Korfball -> 14:41-17:55

Highlights day 4
https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/playback/iwga-the-world-games-wroclaw-2017-highlights-day-4
Korfball -> 13:47-15:28

Highlights day 5
https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/playback/iwga-the-world-games-wroclaw-2017-highlights-day-5
Korfball -> 21:17-24:25

Highlights day 6
https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/playback/iwga-the-world-games-wroclaw-2017-highlights-day-6
Korfball -> 18:43-21:06

VIDEO OF THE WORLD GAMES 2017 – WROCLAW: https://www.facebook.com/TWG2017/videos/1418010108268059/

VIDEO OF THE WORLD GAMES 2014 – CALI:

IWGA Vice President Bishop to present korfball medals

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The International Korfball Federation is very proud to announce that tonight’s medals in the korfball competition of The World Games will be presented by Max Bishop, Vice-President of the International World Games Federation.

IKF President Jan Fransoo will accompany Mr Bishop in the Medal Ceremony: “As President of the IKF, and on behalf of the entire korfball delegation here at The World Games, I am extremely happy that Mr Bishop has accepted our invitation to present the medals tonight. Korfball has been continuously on the program of The World Games since 1985.”

The medal ceremony will be conducted at the WKK Sports Center in Wroclaw, immediately following the gold medal match. The gold medal match will start at 19:00, while the medal ceremony is expected to take place around 20:15. Netherlands will play against Chinese Taipei to contest the gold medal – a historic line-up, as it is the first time in the history of The World Games that an Asian country will play in the gold-medal match of the korfball tournament. The match will be broadcasted live in many countries worldwide, while in some other countries it will be a delayed broadcast. In countries without any public braodcasting, the match can be accessed via worldkorfball.org

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TWG 2017: Day 4 (Mon, July 24): Finalists known

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The Netherlands and Chinese Taipei will play The World Games 2017 big final for the first time in TWG history this Tuesday, July 25th, at 19:00. It’s also the first time that an Asian team arrives to The World Games final. The Dutch beated Germany 25-13 and Chinese Taipei defeated Belgium by 18-22 in the other semi-final. This last game was an incredible match, exciting and vibrating, with lots of goals and with no clear winner until the last minutes. For Bronze medal, at 17:00, Belgium and Germany will try to achieve this rewarding position in the final podium.

In today’s first games, China won its MATCH vs Great Britain (27-24), as well as Australia beated host team Poland 18-20, and they will play this Tuesday at 13:00 for 5th place. Both matches were really intense and tight, and the audience at Wroclaw’s WKK Sport Center enjoyed with two great games. Great Britain and Poland will fight for 7th place at 11:00.

DAY 4 RESULTS:
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DAY 5 SCHEDULE:
DAY5_schedule

DAY 4: FULL GAMES

China 27 – Great Britain 24.

Poland 18 – Australia 20

Belgium 18 – Chinese Taipei 22 (1st Semi-final)

The Netherlands 25 – Germany 13 (2nd Semi-final)

>>Click here to know where to watch all these korfball final games to be played on Tuesdat, July 25th<<

You can watch live all Day 4 games on www.worldkorfball.org, with statistics, top scorers and much more.

TWG2017 Youtube playlist (with all the games played and scheduled of TWG 2017).

TWG 2017 DAY 4 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

VIDEO OF THE WORLD GAMES 2017 – WROCLAW: https://www.facebook.com/TWG2017/videos/1418010108268059/

VIDEO OF THE WORLD GAMES 2014 – CALI:

TWG 2017: Day 3 (Sun, July 23): Report, videos and images (Semi-finalists known)

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Third day is over in The World Games 2017 Korfball Competition. The Netherlands and Chinese Taipei have ended first of their groups with 3 wins, and they will play the semi-finals against Germany (20:45) and Belgium (19:00) respectively on Monday. Fighting for 5th place, China – Great Britain at 13:30, and Poland vs. Australia at 15:15.

After Day 3, these are the results and final ranking pools.

DAY 3 RESULTS:
DAY3_RESULTS

FINAL RANKING POOLS:
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Today’s 1st game between Australia and The Netherlands ended with a clear victory in favour of the Dutch by 10-30.

Belgium and China played the 2nd game, which also finished with a smashing 36-13. The 6-0 in the first 4 minutes clearly showed the path for an easy game for the Belgians.

The game of the day was Great Britain vs. Germany. As expected, another great and exciting korfball match, decided in the last 2 minutes. Intense, vibrating and decisive as usual when these two great squads play one against the other.

The last match of the day was Poland vs. Chinese Taipei. The power of the Asian team was decisive and gave no options to the local team, that improved its scoring during the 2nd half, providing good goals to the big crowd that attented the game.

Monday, July 24th, it’s going to be a great day for korfball, with very interesting semi-finals. Enjoy them all!

DAY 4 SCHEDULE:
DAY4_schedule

You can watch live all Day 4 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 Monday, July 24th.

TWG 2017 DAY 4 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

VIDEO OF THE WORLD GAMES 2017 – WROCLAW: https://www.facebook.com/TWG2017/videos/1418010108268059/

VIDEO OF THE WORLD GAMES 2014 – CALI:

TWG 2017: Watching the final day live

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During the first four days of the korfball tournament at The World Games 2017 (July 21-24), live coverage is available via the IKF Channel on Youtube and worldkorfball.org. On the final day (July 25), this will be different depending on your location.

Broadcasting rights have been acquired for The World Games by many countries. In the countries that have acquired the broadcasting rights, the IKF Channel on Youtube and worldkorfball.org will not be visible due to geoblocking. The list of countries and broadcasters is available HERE. Check with your local broadcaster whether the korfball matches will be broadcasted live or whether they will be broadcasted delayed. The Olympic Channel (www.olympicchannel.com) has included the korfball matches in their provisional scheduled as delayed matches. The Olympic Channel can be accessed worldwide without restriction.

For those viewers in countries where the rights have not been acquired, we are happy to confirm that the IKF Channel on YouTube and worldkorfball.org will cast the matches via our livestream.

More info HERE

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:
DAY2_RESULTS

DAY 3 SCHEDULE:
DAY3_schedule

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