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The finalists of the IKF World Korfball Championship 2019 are known. Tomorrow the final podium of this #WKC2019 will be revealed. Today’s games will decide the final ranking for places 9 to 16 and RSA and MAc playing for 19-20. Don’t miss any game and follow all them through our web streaming live from Durban’s KwaZulu Natal University’s Westville Campus.

These are the games scheduled to be played today Friday, 9 August 2019 (Day 9):

Time	Hall 1	Teams
12:00	Ranking 19/20	RSA – MAC
13:45	Ranking 15/16	JPN – IRL
15:30	Ranking 13/14	AUS – SVK
17:15	Ranking 11/12	POL – HUN
19:00	Ranking 9/10	ENG – CAT

On Saturday, 10 August 2019 (Day 10) will be played the following final games:

Time	Hall 1	Teams
09:00	Ranking 17/18	HKG – NZL
10:45	Ranking 7/8	POR – CZE
12:30	Ranking 5/6	GER – SUR
14:15	Ranking 3/4	TPE – CHN
16:00	Ranking 1/2	BEL – NED
17:30		Closing Ceremony

*Venue – Hall 1: UKZN Westville Campus Indoor Sports Centre

From 1 to 10 August 2019 the IKF World Korfball Championship 2019 is taking place in the city of Durban, South Africa. Twenty national squads are competing to be the new World Champion in this 11th edition of the most important international korfball tournament.

All the games are live streamed through IKF YouTube channel and on IKF data website www.worldkorfball.sport together with all the results, statistics, top scorers and updated ranking pools.

In this post you will find a daily updated recap with all IKF press reviews, results, best images and videos from all games played during this day.

– Day 1 press reviews ► www.korfball.sport/ikfwkc2019-day1-review
– Day 2 press reviews ► www.korfball.sport/ikfwkc2019-day2-review
– Day 3 press reviews ► www.korfball.sport/ikfwkc2019-day3-review
– Day 4 Rest day
– Day 5 press reviews ► www.korfball.sport/ikfwkc2019-day5-review
– Day 6 press reviews ► www.korfball.sport/ikfwkc2019-day6-review
– Day 7 press reviews ► www.korfball.sport/ikfwkc2019-day7-review
– Day 8 press reviews ► www.korfball.sport/ikfwkc2019-day8-review

Day 9 reviews, results, rankings & videos:

Time	For places	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
12:00	19/20	RSA-MAC	23-9	📺 / 📊

Today’s games will decide the final rankings for half the teams at the IKF WKC. South Africa and Macau met in the first of the day, to determine positions 19 and 20. After the same two teams could not be separated yesterday, and declined to play a golden goal period, this game was far more decisive, with South Africa comfortably dominating. Quicker in their passing, more committed in defence and clinical in their shooting, at half time the host was in the lead by 14–7, though Macau took encouragement from a spectacular long shot with half a second remaining in the period by veteran Michael Io Kei Chek. For those countries that have little high level competition between tournaments, adjusting to the pace of elite korfball is always a huge challenge. In this their final game, South Africa was finally able to lift and show what they are capable of. Liandri Theyse and RF van Niekerk led an excellent team effort and by the end South Africa had secured the 19th ranking. Final score: 23-9.

Time	For places	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
13:45	15/16	JPN-IRL	19-18	📺 / 📊

Meeting to decide the 15th ranking, Japan versus Ireland was a clash of cultures and of playing styles. Ireland started strongly, dominating the rebound in the early stages, and at half time they held the advantage by 10–11. Japan put their superior fitness to good use, raising the tempo after half time, scoring six in a row, and Ireland was not able to keep pace. Frustration at her team’s loss of momentum wore Abby Golding down, which she expressed with a choice phrase to referee Lucas Pazourek, who rewarded her with a yellow card. To the final quarter and Ireland started to rediscover their rhythm, continuing their strategy through the tournament of rotating sharp shooter Shay Conroy into attack as often as possible. With 2.26 left, Mayo Oya scored to bring the margin back to three in favour of Japan, which, even though Ireland scored another two, was able to use the clock more effectively, exploiting the same weakness that Ireland has suffered late in other games. Top scorer for Japan was Hirotaka Kimura with six, while Shay Conroy scored nine for Ireland. Japan celebrated the 15th ranking that their win earned them, while at their first IKF WKC, Ireland finished the tournament without a win. Final score: 19–18.

Time	For places	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
15:30	13/14	AUS-SVK	19-20	📺 / 📊

Australia was ranked tenth coming into this tournament, seven places above Slovakia. However, the first quarter overturned that as Slovakia’s better accuracy near the post, and some inattentive defending by their opponents, took them into a lead, which after 10 minutes was 2–5. Through the second quarter the advance of Slovakia continued, and by half time the score was 6–12. Australia kept pace during the third quarter, though the margin remained the same. In the final quarter however, with coach Tim Miller making good use of his bench, Australia managed to gain ground, bringing the difference back to a single goal a couple of times, the second with 34 seconds remaining. Slovakia worked hard to kill the game, and when Australia had their final attack, they only had ten seconds to make a shot, which was not enough, and Slovakia claimed the 13th ranking, celebrating with a vigorous folk dance. Final score: 19-20.

Time	For places	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
17:15	11/12	POL-HUN	21-13	📺 / 📊

Two evenly matched eastern European teams went into battle for the honour of 11th place at this tournament Poland with the IKF ranking of 13 compared to Hungary’s nine. Neither has quite achieved their objectives, though both have occasionally looked good this week in Durban. Poland had slightly the better of the first period, with their totem Krzysztof Rubinkowski scoring successive goals to take his team two clear for a lead of 7–5 after 10 minutes. That pattern continued in the second quarter with Poland quicker and smarter than their foe, characterised by a clever move by Tamara Siemieniuk, darting in at a free pass to commit her defender to involuntarily infringing into the oval, turning the free pass into a penalty, a move she has made in an earlier game at this tournament and which has also been posted on social media, so should have come as no surprise. By halftime Poland’s superiority was evident, and the score was 15–8. Into the third quarter Poland pressed home their advantage and extended their lead, playing with more zest than Hungary was showing. In the third quarter Hungary’s purpose increased a little, though only managed to reduce the deficit by one. While Poland was sharing the goals across the whole team, Hungary had fewer scoring options, and as the minutes passed, the game slipped further away from Hungary, who were out of ideas, out of energy and had to be content with 12th place, while Poland claimed 11th. Final score: 21-13.

Time	For places	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
19:00	9/10	CAT-ENG	15-19	📺 / 📊

At the IKF WKC 2015 England played in the bronze medal match, while four years previously Catalonia made it to the equivalent point. For these two therefore to meet for ninth place was not in the script for either. Both put their disappointment behind them in a lively start to the game, which England had the best of. Particularly good goals by Blake Palfreyman and Neala Brennan featured in the first period and with a quarter of the game gone, England had the lead 4-7. In the second quarter Catalonia made a mini recovery, though between the 15th and the 20th minutes, defence dominated and neither team scored. Half time: 7-8. Catalonia rediscovered their scoring touch at the start of the second half and took the lead for the first time, which clicked England back into gear as well, and the lead changed hands through the third quarter. Goals for Alba Rosa and Shannon Jones caught the eye, then an excellent goal by Heather Ikwuemesi looked to have established the lead for England with just a few seconds remaining in the quarter, though an equally sharp move by Jessica Godinez drew a penalty and with 10 minutes remaining the score was 14–14. A sizzling running and shot by Jones put England in the lead by one, then Charlie Vogwill doubled the advantage with three minutes remaining. Playing in his final international Davesh Patel then scored an excellent shot from six metres, which sealed the game for England. Patel left the game shortly after to generous applause, then Olga Gandia also took the flowers to retire from international korfball herself, with similar acknowledgement. England took ninth place, which could be important if one of the World Games 2021 Birmingham, USA qualifiers withdraws. Final score: 15-19.

Referees & jurys daily apointments

More information about the tournament

Official websites of the tournament ► www.korfball.sport ► www.ikfwkc2019.com
Live streaming games, results and statistics on ► www.worldkorfball.sport
IKF WKC History event booklet ► Read .pdf document

This tournament is also a qualifying event for The World Games 2021 that will take place in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, from 15 to 25 July 2021. More info ► www.theworldgames2021.com

Discover more from all participants reading #TheTeamFiles Interviews ► korfball.sport/wkc2019

Follow the #WKC2019 on social media!

You can also follow all the tournament on IKF official channels on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram:
► facebook.com/korfball.org
► twitter.com/korfball
► instagram.com/korfball_org

More info and special content can be found on LOC’s tournament profiles:
► facebook.com/ikfwkc2019
► twitter.com/ikfwkc2019
► instagram.com/ikfwkc2019

Day 9 Image gallery

By Marco Spelten: actionphotography.nl – korfbalfoto.nl

IKF WKC 2019 Day 8: Updated reviews, images & videos

August 8, 2019/0 Comments/in Korfball News, Populair /by Dani Ezpeleta

The finalists of the IKF World Korfball Championship 2019 will be revealed today. Don’t miss the games scheduled for today and follow all them throught our web webcasting live from Durban’s KwaZulu Natal University’s Westville Campus.

Pool for 17th-20th place:
Round Robin between HKG -MAC – RSA – NZL

Pool for 5th-8th place:
POR – SUR – CZE – GER

Pool for 1st-4th place:
CHN – TPE – BEL – NED

These are the games scheduled to be played today Thursday, 8 August 2019 (Day 8):

Time	Hall 1	Teams
12:00		RSA-MAC
13:45	A1	GER-POR
15:30	A2	SUR-CZE
17:15	Z	TPE-BEL
19:00	Y	NED-CHN

*Venue – Hall 1: UKZN Westville Campus Indoor Sports Centre

From 1 to 10 August 2019 the IKF World Korfball Championship 2019 is taking place in the city of Durban, South Africa. Twenty national squads are competing to be the new World Champion in this 11th edition of the most important international korfball tournament.

All the games are live streamed through IKF YouTube channel and on IKF data website www.worldkorfball.sport together with all the results, statistics, top scorers and updated ranking pools.

In this post you will find a daily updated recap with all IKF press reviews, results, best images and videos from all games played during this day.

– Day 1 press reviews ► www.korfball.sport/ikfwkc2019-day1-review
– Day 2 press reviews ► www.korfball.sport/ikfwkc2019-day2-review
– Day 3 press reviews ► www.korfball.sport/ikfwkc2019-day3-review
– Day 4 Rest day
– Day 5 press reviews ► www.korfball.sport/ikfwkc2019-day5-review
– Day 6 press reviews ► www.korfball.sport/ikfwkc2019-day6-review
– Day 7 press reviews ► www.korfball.sport/ikfwkc2019-day7-review

Day 8 reviews, results, rankings & videos:

Time	Hall	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
12:00	1	RSA-MAC	16-16	📺 / 📊

Two teams both seeking their first win at the tournament met in the first game today. This game was a preview of tomorrow’s ranking game for 19th position in the tournament. It was even throughout. South Africa had the lead several times, sometimes by two, however Macau fought back and held the score within reach. At times it was scrappy with, plenty of free passes, and generally Macau played slightly superior korfball to the hosts, without ever being able to assert their game. Top scorer for Macau was Chi On Ho with four, while South Africa’s Aneka Fick scored three. At the final whistle the scores were even and when referee Ivan Lee invited the teams to play a golden goal period, they mutually declined, opting instead to save themselves for the return game tomorrow. Final score: 16-16.

Time	Hall	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
13:45	1	GER-POR	18-15	📺 / 📊

Portugal prevailed over Germany in a Pool E game earlier in the tournament, using their intense smothering defensive capability to shut the EKC silver medallist out of the and condemn them to a meeting with the Netherlands, which they lost and which resulted in them playing this game in the bracket for rankings five to eight at the IKF WKC 2019. Germany had by far the best start, scoring four without reply to accrue a 5-2 lead after the first 10 minutes. While Portugal recovered, a well crafted long shot from Germany captain Dominic During finished a patient attack for his team with the end of the first half approaching to re-establish a three goal lead, and at half time the score was 9-6. After another ten minutes, despite increased energy from Portugal, the difference was still two: 13–11. Isabel Almeida and Anna Orth traded goals at the start of the final quarter, then a smart run in by Pascal Demuth to capitalise on defensive confusion by Portugal took the German lead to five. With six minutes remaining that looked to be decisive. A shot from the back court by Tiago Luz may have been encouraging for the European bronze medallist, though time for them to mount a serious fight back had essentially run out. Effective game control through the last two minutes by Germany meant they were able to avenge their earlier defeat and progress to the match for fifth place, while Portugal had to be content with the fight on the final day for seventh. Final score: 18-15.

Time	Hall	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
15:30	1	SUR-CZE	18-5	📺 / 📊

Tension was to the fore at the start of this match and almost seven minutes had elapsed before the Czech Republic scored the first goal through Lenka Faltynkova. Gerald Van Dijk hit straight back from the penalty spot then Wayne Steenstra, on his birthday, scored from the back of the court to give Suriname a 2-1 lead at the end of the first ten minutes. Suriname controlled the post well and for Czech most attacks were over after one shot. Scoring in the second quarter did not accelerate, the Czech Republic was struggling against the speed and great positioning of Suriname under the korf. Meanwhile Van Dijk scored a free pass and a penalty to take Suriname further ahead. That they had only scored six at half time was remarkable in itself, though virtually unprecedented was that Czech still only had one. Goals came slightly more frequently after half time, though still never at a rapid rate as Czech could not counter their opponents’ total hold on the rebound. Suriname pressed home the advantage, the goals mainly scored by their male players. At the start of the final quarter, with his team comfortably ahead, coach Dico Dik brought on several substitutes and the scoring rate increased slightly, though by then the outcome was decided and Suriname will play Germany for ranking place number five, while the Czech Republic meets Portugal to decide seventh. Final score: 18-5.

Time	Hall	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
17:15	1	TPE-BEL	19-20 GG	📺 / 📊

In one of the most eagerly awaited games of international korfball for many years, second ranked Chinese Taipei came up against Belgium, who they deprived of the silver medal in the World Games 2017. From the start Belgium settled better, while Chinese Taipei was tending to force the game. At the end of the first quarter the score was 4-5. Jari Hardies, in particular, was leading his team by example, dominating the rebound, while Brent Struyf had found his scoring range at the other end. Two quick goals at the start of the second quarter increased Belgium’s advantage, though after 16 minutes Shuby Chu brought the margin back to one goal, which threatened to take away Belgium’s composure. When Struyf scored a running in shot, that particular mini crisis was over and Belgium was four up two minutes before half time. At the break the score was 9-13. Early in the second half, Belgium continued to accumulate goals and a sharp running in shot from Saar Seys took Belgium’s lead to six to heap the pressure on the Asian champion. However, they refused to lose focus and in the third quarter Belgium’s lead fluctuated between two and six goals. With ten minutes to go it was 15-18. As the game raced towards its conclusion, Chinese Taipei’s energy increased, and when Chen-Yu Kao scored two in succession, the second an athletic jump shot, the margin in Belgium’s favour had eroded completely. Another top effort from Struyf from distance, and Chinese Taipei had around 40 seconds to bring the game level again. They had four shots in one attack, retaining the ball better than at any point during the previous 39 minutes, before Chun-Ta Chen scored to make it 19-19, and we were into the glorious torture of golden goal. Chinese Taipei started the decisive sudden death period, making a hurried shot after only a few seconds, which was safely claimed by Belgium, and when the ball went up the other end, Lars Courtens shaped for a shot that he fired home, putting Belgium into the final. Final score: 19-20 (after golden goal).

Time	Hall	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
19:00	1	NED-CHN	27-12	📺 / 📊

China, reaching this level of the tournament for the first time ever, took on the world champion in the second semi-final. While the Netherlands moved the ball with customary speed and precision, China worked hard to keep the game tight in the first quarter, and after 10 minutes the score was 5–2. In the second quarter, TeamNL relaxed a little and their game began to flow more freely, with their razor sharp tempo and instinctive sense of each other’s positioning, there was little China could do, and the attacks came without respite. By half time the lead had increased to 14-4. Barbara Brouwer and Celeste Split combined to pose a particular threat, though any weaknesses in the Dutch team are difficult to identify, and generally impossible to exploit. After 27 minutes, with the game well and truly decided, Dutch coach Wim Scholtmeyer made a series of substitutions, and the game loosened up, making it easier for China to earn a few consolation goals. While we are set for yet another repeat of the continual history of every previous IKF WKC final on Saturday, for the first time ever we can look forward to an all Asian clash to decide the bronze medal. Final score: 27-12.

These are the games scheduled to be played on Friday, 9 August 2019 (Day 9):

Time	Hall 1	Teams
12:00	Ranking 19/20	RSA – MAC
13:45	Ranking 15/16	JPN – IRL
15:30	Ranking 13/14	AUS – SVK
17:15	Ranking 11/12	POL – HUN
19:00	Ranking 9/10	ENG – CAT

These are the games scheduled to be played on Saturday, 10 August 2019 (Day 10):

Time	Hall 1	Teams
09:00	Ranking 17/18	HKG – NZL
10:45	Ranking 7/8	POR – CZE
12:30	Ranking 5/6	GER – SUR
14:15	Ranking 3/4	TPE – CHN
16:00	Ranking 1/2	BEL – NED
17:30		Closing Ceremony

Referees & jurys daily apointments

More information about the tournament

Official websites of the tournament ► www.korfball.sport ► www.ikfwkc2019.com
Live streaming games, results and statistics on ► www.worldkorfball.sport
IKF WKC History event booklet ► Read .pdf document

This tournament is also a qualifying event for The World Games 2021 that will take place in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, from 15 to 25 July 2021. More info ► www.theworldgames2021.com

Discover more from all participants reading #TheTeamFiles Interviews ► korfball.sport/wkc2019

Follow the #WKC2019 on social media!

You can also follow all the tournament on IKF official channels on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram:
► facebook.com/korfball.org
► twitter.com/korfball
► instagram.com/korfball_org

More info and special content can be found on LOC’s tournament profiles:
► facebook.com/ikfwkc2019
► twitter.com/ikfwkc2019
► instagram.com/ikfwkc2019

Day 8 Image gallery

By Marco Spelten: actionphotography.nl – korfbalfoto.nl

IKF WKC 2019 Day 7: Updated reviews, images & videos

August 7, 2019/0 Comments/in Korfball News, Populair /by Dani Ezpeleta

After the intensity of yesterday’s quarter finals, today we have a series of matches as the penultimate step towards determining the rankings between nine and 16. In the first match of this series, Poland meets Catalonia, then England will play Hungary, followed by Ireland versus Slovakia, then Japan takes on Australia.

Winners of the first two will play off for ninth place, losers for 11th, while the winners of the other two will contest 13th place. First however New Zealand and Hong Kong face off in their round robin game of the pool for places 17 to 20. Each has had two wins already in this pool and will therefore meet again on Saturday morning for the honour of finishing in 17th place at this tournament, regardless of the outcome of today’s game.

From today on all remaining games at the IKF WKC 2019 are at KwaZulu Natal University’s Westville Campus.

Pool for 17th-20th place:
Round Robin between HKG -MAC – RSA – NZL

Pool for 13th-16th place:
IRL – SVK – JPN – AUS

Pool for 9th-12th place:
POL – CAT – ENG – HUN

Pool for 5th-8th place (to be played tomorrow):
POR – SUR – CZE – GER

Pool for 1st-4th place (to be played tomorrow):
CHN – TPE – BEL – NED

These are the games scheduled to be played on Wednesday, 7 August 2019 (Day 7):

Time	Hall 1
12:00		NZL-HKG
13:45	U	POL-CAT
15:30	V	ENG-HUN
17:15	W	IRL-SVK
19:00	X	JPN-AUS

These are the games scheduled to be played on Thursday, 8 August 2019 (Day 8):

Time	Hall 1
12:00		RSA-MAC
13:45	A1	GER-POR
15:30	A2	SUR-CZE
17:15	Z	TPE-BEL
19:00	Y	NED-CHN

*(Venues) Hall 1: ‘University’ – Hall 2: ‘The Globe’
Hall 1: UKZN Westville Campus Indoor Sports Centre – Hall 2: ‘The Globe’ at Suncoast Boulevard Marine Parade

Besides the competition, the IKF Korfball World Congress 2019 has also started with delegates from many countries participating and attending to different panels and speeches.

From 1 to 10 August 2019 the IKF World Korfball Championship 2019 is taking place in the city of Durban, South Africa. Twenty national squads are competing to be the new World Champion in this 11th edition of the most important international korfball tournament.

All the games are live streamed through IKF YouTube channel and on IKF data website www.worldkorfball.sport together with all the results, statistics, top scorers and updated ranking pools.

In this post you will find a daily updated recap with all IKF press reviews, results, best images and videos from all games played during this day.

– Day 1 press reviews ► www.korfball.sport/ikfwkc2019-day1-review
– Day 2 press reviews ► www.korfball.sport/ikfwkc2019-day2-review
– Day 3 press reviews ► www.korfball.sport/ikfwkc2019-day3-review
– Day 4 Rest day
– Day 5 press reviews ► www.korfball.sport/ikfwkc2019-day5-review
– Day 6 press reviews ► www.korfball.sport/ikfwkc2019-day6-review

Day 7 reviews, results, rankings & videos:

Time	Hall	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
12:00	1	NZL-HKG	19-22	📺 / 📊

This was a round robin game in the pool for places 17 to 20. New Zealand and Hong Kong have each had two wins already in this pool, and will therefore meet again on Saturday morning for the honour of finishing in 17th place at this tournament. These two teams know each other well from frequent Asia Oceania meetings, where Hong Kong has usually held the advantage, as reflected by its 11th place in the IKF rankings, compared to New Zealand’s number 16. New Zealand came to support Suriname in their quarter final yesterday and the Pan American champions returned the favour in the stadium today, creating a great atmosphere. After the first quarter Hong Kong had the lead by 5-8. New Zealand had the better of the second quarter, though for Hong Kong, two smart goals by the speedy Ching Yu Chan kept her team ahead at half time, just, by 10–11. New Zealand powered away at the start of the second half to take the lead for the first time, though an effective time out by Hong Kong coach Warman Cheng stopped the rot, and after the end of the third quarter it was all locked up at 16–16. Three goals early in the final quarter built an advantage for Hong Kong that New Zealand was unable to overcome, though both sides may have been holding something back ahead of their next meeting. While Hong Kong will take a psychological advantage, both teams can be reasonably satisfied with their performances here, and will be looking forward to their next encounter on Saturday, which will have greater meaning attached. Final score: 19–22.

Time	Hall	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
13:45	1	POL-CAT	14-15 GG	📺 / 📊

At this point of the tournament we have a higher chance of closer games, and from the start these two teams were well matched, as would be expected from their IKF rankings of 12 and 13 respectively. Poland gradually gained control, using their greater physical presence and the hot hands of Tamara Siemieniuk to assert themselves over Catalonia, who tended to become flustered and struggled to recycle the ball in attack, Krzysztof Rubinkowski and Kamil Musialinski controlling the post at each end. Poland had the advantage at half time by 8-6. After Poland extended the lead still further early in the second half, Marc Castillo Garagol scored two consecutive goals to keep his team in touch, then a Javier Navarro buzzer beater equalised The game for Catalonia at the end of the third quarter. Goals were scarce in the final quarter, though Poland was just ahead. Castillo appeared to have won it for Catalonia with 38 seconds remaining, only for Izabela Kolodziejczyk to hit back almost immediately. Both teams had an opportunity to attack in the remaining 30 seconds, though neither could convert, so we went to golden goal for the second time in the tournament. Tension almost overcame both teams, as first Catalonia missed a penalty, then Poland unbelievably allowed the shot clock to run down during their attempt to score. In the end, Alba Rosa found space at the back of the court and fired home to end the contest and take Catalonia through to face the winner of the next game, between England and Hungary for the ninth ranking at the IKF WKC 2019. Final score: 14-15 (golden goal).

Time	Hall	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
15:30	1	ENG-HUN	20-18	📺 / 📊

England started best, with three unanswered goals, then Hungary worked their way into the contest with Zsolt Majer particularly productive. At the end of the quarter however, Hungary‘s lead was cut to just one with an excellent long shot to beat the buzzer from Kieron Hicks. With 14 minutes gone, Lexi Falcsik scored from a smart running in shot to put Hungary up by three for the first time, shortly after which she earned a penalty, converted by Kristof Bellusz, to further consolidate the lead. An even more spectacular buzzer beater, this one by Shannon Jones, with one hand, from eight metres, kept England in touch and set up the second half with 8–11 showing on the scoreboard. Taking that goal as inspiration, and with a few astute substitutions, England stepped up in the third quarter with several good goals, and greater defensive pressure, to turn the score around to 14-12 with ten minutes remaining. Despite some excellent goals by Hungary, England was able to use the clock efficiently, and a goal by Neala Brennan with three minutes remaining re-established the three goal barrier that was enough to keep England safe, particularly after Hungary missed a penalty in the next minute. England will play Catalonia for the tournament’s ninth ranking. Final score: 20-18.

Time	Hall	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
17:15	1	IRL-SVK	14-18	📺 / 📊

These teams have history, most recently when Ireland won a tight and crucial game at last year’s EKC over Slovakia to qualify for this tournament at the expense of their opponent, who subsequently received an invitation to South Africa after two of the original qualifiers withdrew. Yet to record a win at their first IKF WKC, Ireland was determined to put that right today. An even first quarter saw Slovakia slightly ahead after 10 minutes, both teams scoring within the final seven seconds of the quarter for 5–6. With 14 minutes gone, Petr Busik scored a penalty to take Slovakia to a three goal lead for the first time, and at half time his team had a useful, though not decisive lead, by 6-11. Ireland struggled through an 11 minute period without scoring and while Slovakia was not particularly prolific, Zuzana Busikova managed a couple and by the end of the third quarter they had extended their lead to 9-15. From that point, Slovakia was able to control the tempo and despite Shay Conroy’s scoring efforts, he scored seven today, Ireland’s first tournament win was going to have to wait until another day. Final score: 14-18.

Time	Hall	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
19:00	1	JPN-AUS	13-21	📺 / 📊

Although these two countries come through Asia Oceania qualification tournaments to reach the IKF WKC, this is the first time they have ever met in international korfball. While Australia is ranked higher and has more korfball history, Japan has shown this week that they fear nothing. Both teams scored regularly during the first quarter with Nicholas Bungey and Ren Nagai both taking advantage of tentative defending. Both teams tightened up in the second quarter, though Bungey was still able to find space, firing his team clear by three at half time, 7–10. Australia raised the tempo another notch in the third quarter, increasing the pressure on Japan with some confident, accurate shooting and careful use of the substitutes bench by coach Tim Miller. At 9–16 going into the final 10 minutes, the game was slipping away from Japan, and at the end Australia had done enough to advance to meet Slovakia in the play off for place 13, while Japan will meet Ireland for the tournament’s 15th ranking. Top scorer for Japan was Yuko Anzai with five, while for Australia Nicholas Bungey scored seven. Final score: 13-21.

Referees & jurys daily apointments

More information about the tournament

Official websites of the tournament ► www.korfball.sport ► www.ikfwkc2019.com
Live streaming games, results and statistics on ► www.worldkorfball.sport
IKF WKC History event booklet ► Read .pdf document

This tournament is also a qualifying event for The World Games 2021 that will take place in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, from 15 to 25 July 2021. More info ► www.theworldgames2021.com

Discover more from all participants reading #TheTeamFiles Interviews ► korfball.sport/wkc2019

Follow the #WKC2019 on social media!

You can also follow all the tournament on IKF official channels on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram:
► facebook.com/korfball.org
► twitter.com/korfball
► instagram.com/korfball_org

More info and special content can be found on LOC’s tournament profiles:
► facebook.com/ikfwkc2019
► twitter.com/ikfwkc2019
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Day 7 Image gallery

By Marco Spelten: actionphotography.nl – korfbalfoto.nl

IKF WKC 2019 Day 6: Updated reviews, images & videos

August 6, 2019/0 Comments/in Korfball News, Populair /by Dani Ezpeleta

After we found out who will contest the top eight yesterday today’s quarter final games at KwaZulu Natal University’s Westville Campus should see some intriguing korfball. China against Portugal starts the quarter final programme. Both are in good form, neither has yet been beaten at this tournament and the prevailing question is well China’s sharp shooting game meet its match in the stifling defence that Portugal used to such excellent effect against Germany or will China find the time and space they need? Chinese Taipei meets Suriname in the second quarter final. Asia versus America. Chinese Taipei has not yet been seriously tested, whereas Suriname has already played some tough games. Is this one step too far for them, or can they use their momentum to upset the world number two?

Two all-European contests round out the top eight quarter-finals. Belgium versus the Czech Republic and the Netherlands versus Germany. Although the Czechs have had a solid tournament so far, and will probably provide the Diamonds with their sternest test yet, history would have to favour Belgium, who, nonetheless will need to win this to reclaim some of the air of invincibility they had until 2017. The Netherlands versus Germany is a repeat of last years EKC final. Germany has not had great form so far at this tournament so they do know how to play TeamNL, and with a rest day tomorrow will give it everything.

Hall Two, in the Globe on the beach, sees the battle for places nine to 16. One obvious stand out will be Ireland versus Poland: a rematch of the nail biting game with the spectacular final second winner from Saturday.

At the start of the day in the contest for the minor places, New Zealand and Hong Kong will be looking to maintain the winning form they found yesterday, well South Africa and Macau are still both in search of their first victory.

Pool for 17th-20th place:
Round Robin between HKG -MAC – RSA – NZL

Pool for 9th-16th place:
IRL – POL – SVK – CAT – JPN – ENG – HUN – AUS

Pool for 1st-8th place:
CHN – POR – TPE – SUR – BEL – CZE – NED – GER

These are the games scheduled to be played on Tuesday, 6 August 2019 (Day 6):

Time	#	Hall 1	#	Hall 2
12:00		HKG-MAC		RSA-NZL
13:45	N	CHN-POR	Q	IRL-POL
15:30	O	TPE-SUR	R	SVK-CAT
17:15	P	BEL-CZE	S	JPN-ENG
19:00	M	NED-GER	T	HUN-AUS

*(Venues) Hall 1: ‘University’ – Hall 2: ‘The Globe’
Hall 1: KZN Westville Campus Indoor Sports Centre – Hall 2: ‘The Globe’ at Suncoast Boulevard Marine Parade

From 1 to 10 August 2019 the IKF World Korfball Championship 2019 is taking place in the city of Durban, South Africa. Twenty national squads are competing to be the new World Champion in this 11th edition of the most important international korfball tournament.

All the games are live streamed through IKF YouTube channel and on IKF data website www.worldkorfball.sport together with all the results, statistics, top scorers and updated ranking pools.

In this post you will find a daily updated recap with all IKF press reviews, results, best images and videos from all games played during this day.

– Day 1 press reviews ► www.korfball.sport/ikfwkc2019-day1-review
– Day 2 press reviews ► www.korfball.sport/ikfwkc2019-day2-review
– Day 3 press reviews ► www.korfball.sport/ikfwkc2019-day3-review
– Day 4 Rest day
– Day 5 press reviews ► www.korfball.sport/ikfwkc2019-day5-review

Day 6 reviews, results, rankings & videos:

Time	Hall	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
12:00	1	HKG-MAC	19-7	📺 / 📊
12:00	2	RSA-NZL	13-21	📺 / 📊

After winning their game yesterday, Hong Kong faced neighbour Macau today in the pool to determine the minor places. Sitting at number 11 in the 2018 IKF rankings, Hong Kong is likely to drop from that position after this tournament, and will be strongly motivated to finish 17th, so a win today was important to them. Macau made a confident start, initially taking the lead, though by the end of the first quarter their Asian rival had reversed that by 4–3. Hong Kong’s greater experience and technical understanding gave them the impetus in the second quarter and enabled them to effectively subdue the Macau attack. By half time the Hong Kong lead was 9–4. This was less of a spectacle than yesterday’s Asian duel, when Chinese Taipei and Japan shared 64 goals with no penalties and no free passes. In this game, for Hong Kong Ka Chun Ma top scored with six, and for Macau Ka U Chao scored four. By the end Hong Kong were satisfied with a job well done while Macau are still in search of their first victory. Final score: 19–7.

South Africa sits one place ahead of New Zealand in the 2018 IKF rankings, in 15th and 16th respectively. This was the first meeting of the two Commonwealth countries in korfball, though the two have some long rivalries and deep connections in several other sports. From the beginning, New Zealand looked comfortable with Simon Cooper and Sam Bennetts combining well and drawing penalties from the South African defenders, which gave New Zealand a lead at the end of the first quarter by 1–4. That momentum continued in the second quarter with New Zealand extending the lead to 5–11. In the third quarter South Africa staged a recovery, ending the period with three unanswered goals as New Zealand coach Manon Wiegerink tested some combinations, which took some time to settle. New Zealand Captain Bevan Lawson was well rewarded for his efforts with an eight goal personal tally, while for South Africa Aneka Fick was top scorer with four. Final score: 13–21.

Time	Hall	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
13:45	1	CHN-POR	25-21	📺 / 📊
13:45	2	IRL-POL	12-16	📺 / 📊

Two teams as yet unbeaten at this tournament met in the first quarter-final, as Portugal’s smothering defence set up against China’s dynamic sharp shooting game. Portugal took an early lead before China found their range with two smart goals by Xi Wang, who was intent on imposing his style on the contest. Portugal, however kept in touch and at the end of the first quarter the scores were level 7–7, Isabel Almeida keeping her team in the contest with some well taken goals. As the second quarter progressed, China threatened to ease clear, achieving a two goal advantage for the first time with 50 seconds left in the half, before Xin Li cooly converted a free pass with six seconds remaining to increase the lead to 15–12. Into the second half and an excellent duel between Pedro Correia and Dongjie Zhang continued with the former looking to have a slight edge. However, on 31 minutes Zhang scored an excellent and potentially crucial goal from the back of the court to take the Chinese lead back to three, followed shortly afterwards by a successful penalty. Although Portugal was not out of this absorbing game, China had the advantage and did what was necessary to make time their friend, ultimately winning the game and making history by achieving a place in an IKF WKC semi final for the first time ever. On the other hand, after their historic bronze medal over Belgium 10 months ago at the EKC, Portugal’s campaign will now focus on achieving fifth place in this tournament. Final score: 25-21

Ireland versus Poland in a nine to 16 quarter final, repeating the encounter between the two teams that ended so dramatically in Pool B on Saturday, when Poland overhauled Ireland to score in the final second, after trailing for the whole of the match. Ireland has a reputation for losing games from a winning position and was desperately keen to correct that record. Poland began well, taking and holding a lead that they never achieved until the final second in the match on Saturday. Tamara Siemieniuk and James Norman kept the score ticking over for their respective teams in a very even half, Poland holding held the slightest advantage at half time 7–8. Scoring was even through the third quarter, until a tidy Kamil Musialinski free pass late in the period brought the advantage for Poland to three: 9–12. Poland remained in control and retained the lead through the final quarter, although it was never comfortable. At the end Ireland remained without a win in this tournament, benefiting from the relative weakness of Pool B, where all four teams made the top sixteen, though three lost yesterday. Poland will now fight for place nine, while Ireland will be in the battle for place 13. Final score: 12 – 16.

Time	Hall	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
15:30	1	TPE-SUR	20-18	📺 / 📊
15:30	2	SVK-CAT	8-25	📺 / 📊

Chinese Taipei met Suriname in the second quarter final, the respective champions of Asia and America. Suriname seemed likely to pose Chinese Taipei their first serious test at the IKF WKC, and by the end of the first quarter that was evident as the scores were level at 5–5. In the second-quarter a series of excellent goals by stars Ya Wen Lin and Ricky Wu put Chinese Taipei ahead. As the game progressed, two titans of the Korfbal League, Gerald van Dijk and Ricky Wu playing at opposite ends, traded goals, with the latter more successful, accounting for his team’s five goal lead at half time 13–8. Chinese Taipei changed their tempo in the third quarter, slowing down their usual fluid style. It nearly undid their tournament as Suriname was able to reduce the lead to two. When van Dijk missed first a penalty then a free pass, while Wu brought up to goals at the other end to bring his team’s lead back to four, it appeared that the Suriname resistance was finally overcome. Several injury breaks late in the game did not work to break the concentration of the Chinese Taipei team and the chance of Suriname winning a medal had gone. Final score: 20-18.

Catalonia assumed a lead early, which by quarter time was extended to four for a score of 3-7. Having been inconsistent so far this tournament, Catalonia was able to build on their spirited performance yesterday against Portugal to make this an easy victory. Miguel Gil Maeso scored regularly, while the Catalan defence largely bottled up Slovakia’s major scoring threat so far in the tournament, Peter Busik. Catalonia’s second half in particular, where they scored freely, will encourage them and may produce some momentum to take into their next game as they chase the ninth ranking at the tournament, initially with a game against Poland, following the latter’s win earlier this afternoon over Ireland. Final score: 8-25.

Time	Hall	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
17:15	1	BEL-CZE	27-10	📺 / 📊
17:15	2	JPN-ENG	6-25	📺 / 📊

After some erratic performances so far in the tournament, and obvious disappointment to not be contesting the medals after consistently finishing higher in the previous versions of the IKF WKC, England came into this match determined to put a strong case for the ninth ranking, which is now the best they can achieve. After their high scoring encounter with Chinese Taipei yesterday, Japan started well, keeping England in touch at half time by 4–9. As the second half proceeded, however, they ran out of ran out off energy, which coincided with some important substitutions for England of players who coach Rob Williams had rested for the first half. From that point England’s scoring advanced more rapidly and they quickly ran away from Japan. England’s goals were well shared. Final score: 6-25.

Czech Republic scored first and demonstrated plenty of purpose. Belgium absorbed all that was thrown at them, however, establishing a 5-1 lead after eight minutes, when a power failure caused problems with the lighting, which delayed the game. By half time the score was 12-4 and the chances of the Czech Republic staging a fight back were slim. Those slim hopes disappeared to nothing in the third quarter, as Belgium eased through to the final four. For the victors, Julie Caldwell, Jarre de Ley and Jonas Lemmens were prominent on the scoresheet. While Belgium has set up a much anticipated rematch with Chinese Taipei, the Czech Republic will fight for fifth place, initially against Suriname. Final score: 27-10.

Time	Hall	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
19:00	1	NED-GER	25-9	📺 / 📊
19:00	2	HUN-AUS	22-15	📺 / 📊

EKC silver medallist Germany’s Pool E loss to Portugal set them up for this daunting clash with the defending world champion. An 11-1 scoreline after 15 minutes removed any tension from the contest, with Germany unable to match their performance of 10 months ago when they challenged The Netherlands in the final of the EKC. Marjolijn Kroon scored five goals in the first half. Coach Wim Scholtmeyer went to his bench with just under 10 minutes remaining, bringing on five substitutes. Mick Snel scored five and Nick Pikaar four to Kroon’s six. The Netherlands confirmed their place in the semi-final against China while Germany will contest places five to eight, initially with a rematch against Portugal. Final score: 25-9.

These two teams feature several sets of siblings, with the Bellusz and Berenyi families contributing members to Hunagry’s squad and the Hutchesson and Bungey families featuring for Australia. Hungary was aiming for a top eight finish in this tournament, so was disappointed to be playing today for nothing higher than place number nine. After the first quarter Hungary had the advantage 6–4. After the second quarter that lead had increased to 11–5, and by the end of the third, the contest was effectively done, with the score at 18–9. Zsolt Majer and Balazs Berenyi top scored for Hungary with four goals each. They and their teammates go on to meet England in the contest for places nine to 12, while Australia will play Japan in the 13 to 16 bracket. Final score: 22-15.

Referees & jurys daily apointments

More information about the tournament

Official websites of the tournament ► www.korfball.sport ► www.ikfwkc2019.com
Live streaming games, results and statistics on ► www.worldkorfball.sport
IKF WKC History event booklet ► Read .pdf document

This tournament is also a qualifying event for The World Games 2021 that will take place in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, from 15 to 25 July 2021. More info ► www.theworldgames2021.com

Discover more from all participants reading #TheTeamFiles Interviews ► korfball.sport/wkc2019

Follow the #WKC2019 on social media!

You can also follow all the tournament on IKF official channels on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram:
► facebook.com/korfball.org
► twitter.com/korfball
► instagram.com/korfball_org

More info and special content can be found on LOC’s tournament profiles:
► facebook.com/ikfwkc2019
► twitter.com/ikfwkc2019
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Day 6 Image gallery

By Marco Spelten: actionphotography.nl – korfbalfoto.nl

First qualification spots for World Games confirmed

August 6, 2019/0 Comments/in Korfball News, Populair /by Dani Ezpeleta

After yesterday’s results, Suriname, China and Chinese Taipei have all now qualified for World Games 2021, Birmingham, USA. Because qualification spots depend on continental confederations, as well as final IKF WKC rankings, the European countries need to wait until Australia’s final ranking is known. Eight teams will compete at the World Games. If Australia finishes 11th or higher in this tournament, the top four European countries will qualify. If Australia finishes lower than 11th, an additional European team will qualify for Birmingham.

These are the games scheduled to be played on Tuesday, 6 August 2019 (Day 6):

Time	#	Hall 1	#	Hall 2
12:00		HKG-MAC		RSA-NZL
13:45	N	CHN-POR	Q	IRL-POL
15:30	O	TPE-SUR	R	SVK-CAT
17:15	P	BEL-CZE	S	JPN-ENG
19:00	M	NED-GER	T	HUN-AUS

*(Venues) Hall 1: ‘University’ – Hall 2: ‘The Globe’
Hall 1: KZN Westville Campus Indoor Sports Centre – Hall 2: ‘The Globe’ at Suncoast Boulevard Marine Parade

For more information you can review all IKF press reviews, results, best images and videos from all games played during this previous days:

– Day 1 press reviews ► www.korfball.sport/ikfwkc2019-day1-review
– Day 2 press reviews ► www.korfball.sport/ikfwkc2019-day2-review
– Day 3 press reviews ► www.korfball.sport/ikfwkc2019-day3-review
– Day 4 Rest day
– Day 5 press reviews ► www.korfball.sport/ikfwkc2019-day5-review

From 1 to 10 August 2019 the IKF World Korfball Championship 2019 is taking place in the city of Durban, South Africa. Twenty national squads are competing to be the new World Champion in this 11th edition of the most important international korfball tournament.

All the games are live streamed through IKF YouTube channel and on IKF data website www.worldkorfball.sport together with all the results, statistics, top scorers and updated ranking pools.

More information about the tournament

Official websites of the tournament ► www.korfball.sport ► www.ikfwkc2019.com
Live streaming games, results and statistics on ► www.worldkorfball.sport
IKF WKC History event booklet ► Read .pdf document

This tournament is also a qualifying event for The World Games 2021 that will take place in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, from 15 to 25 July 2021. More info ► www.theworldgames2021.com

Discover more from all participants reading #TheTeamFiles Interviews ► korfball.sport/wkc2019

Follow the #WKC2019 on social media!

You can also follow all the tournament on IKF official channels on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram:
► facebook.com/korfball.org
► twitter.com/korfball
► instagram.com/korfball_org

More info and special content can be found on LOC’s tournament profiles:
► facebook.com/ikfwkc2019
► twitter.com/ikfwkc2019
► instagram.com/ikfwkc2019

IKF WKC 2019 Day 5: Updated reviews, images & videos

August 5, 2019/0 Comments/in Korfball News, Populair /by Dani Ezpeleta

Today the tournament progresses from the preliminary pool to the knockout phase, following a rest day where most athletes and officials took the opportunity to enjoy some of the great experiences that Durban has to offer: the beach, the sights, the food, and for some, several or all of the big five, on safari. New Zealand, Macau, South Africa and Hong Kong are all involved in a round robin through the rest of the tournament to determine the minor placings. For everyone else, today’s games will decide whether they finish in the top eight or places nine to16. For several therefore, today is the day that will see if their World Games 2021 Birmingham, USA will be fulfilled.

Based on what we have seen at the tournament so far, the closest games are likely to be England versus Suriname and Portugal versus Catalonia. For most of the others, form suggests a clear outcome and any upsets will be surprising. After their brave performance against China, Hungary taking on Belgium could be interesting, though the form of the Diamonds so far strongly suggests that they will prevail. For the ninth ranked team to overcome the third ranked traditional superpower would be a major occurrence in world korfball.

These are the games scheduled to be played on Monday, 5 August 2019 (Day 5):

Time	#	Hall 1	#	Hall 2
12:00		NZL-MAC		HKG-RSA
13:45	K	BEL-HUN	I	TPE-JPN
15:30	F	POL-GER	E	NED-IRL
17:15	J	ENG-SUR	G	CHN-SVK
19:00	H	POR-CAT	L	CZE-AUS

*(Venues) Hall 1: ‘University’ – Hall 2: ‘The Globe’
Hall 1: KZN Westville Campus Indoor Sports Centre – Hall 2: ‘The Globe’ at Suncoast Boulevard Marine Parade

From 1 to 10 August 2019 the IKF World Korfball Championship 2019 is taking place in the city of Durban, South Africa. Twenty national squads are competing to be the new World Champion in this 11th edition of the most important international korfball tournament.

All the games are live streamed through IKF YouTube channel and on IKF data website www.worldkorfball.sport together with all the results, statistics, top scorers and updated ranking pools.

In this post you will find a daily updated recap with all IKF press reviews, results, best images and videos from all games played during this day.

– Day 1 press reviews ► www.korfball.sport/ikfwkc2019-day1-review
– Day 2 press reviews ► www.korfball.sport/ikfwkc2019-day2-review
– Day 3 press reviews ► www.korfball.sport/ikfwkc2019-day3-review

Day 4 reviews, results, rankings & videos:

Pool for 17th-20th place

Time	Hall	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
12:00	1	NZL-MAC	21-8	📺 / 📊
12:00	2	RSA-HKG	11-16	📺 / 📊

In the first game of Day Five at KwaZulu Natal University’s Westville Campus, New Zealand faced Macau at the start of the series to resolve the minor placings. With both teams at their first ever IKF WKC and neither yet recording a win, today was a chance for each to make history. Macau began the game more fluently, though it was close, with tension evident from both teams. New Zealand adjusted to the pace of the Macau attack in the second quarter, effectively nullifying it, and started to score more frequently with Sam Bennetts stepping up well in his first start of the tournament, particularly under the post. At half time it was 8-3. Macau loosened the shackles of the New Zealand defence a little in the second half, though New Zealand also intensified their attack to score more fluidly and there was really no doubt how this was going to finish. For Macau Chi On Ho top scored with three, while for New Zealand, Kelsey Forward was tidy and productive at both ends of the court. Final score 21-8.

South Africa met Hong Kong in the first game of Day Five at the Globe, on Durban’s stunning beach, and overlooking the famous King’s Park sports complex. Hong Kong started purposefully, making their way to a 1-5 lead after the end of the first quarter, with their go-to player, Kwok Kuen Ham making his presence felt right from the start. South Africa was not prepared to surrender, though, and started a fight back, scoring more frequently in the second quarter than they have at any other point of this tournament so far. Hong Kong regained the momentum in the third quarter to put an end to any thoughts South Africa might have had of overhauling the lead. With seven despite being taken out of the game by coach Warman Cheng with 12 minutes to go. For the South Africans veteran RF van Niekerk managed to find a groove with his shooting towards the end, though even with their bench on, Hong Kong had enough to finish ahead. Final score 11-16.

Quarter final games

Time	Hall	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
13:45	1	BEL-HUN	27-6	📺 / 📊
13:45	2	TPE-JPN	42-22	📺 / 📊

Belgium brought their A game to this, and they needed to because Hungary were focused and intent on making a contest of it, despite the reputation and prowess of their opponent. Belgium took and extended the lead, with Brent Struyf featuring in plenty of their most positive moments. In the third quarter Belgium stepped up a gear and further extended their lead, characterised by a smart one handed shot right under the korf from the rebound by Jari Hardies two minutes after his introduction to the game. As the game progressed, Hungary ran out of energy and options, remaining scoreless for the last 18 minutes while Belgium maintained their intensity, despite making some substitutions. For Belgium the scoring was shared reasonably evenly, with each of their starting eight and most substitutes scoring at least one. Final score 27-6.

Chinese Taipei came into this game intent on demonstrating their superiority, and sound a warning to the other teams likely to populate the podium on Saturday. Within the first two minutes they were ahead by five goals, and continued to score more than one per minute through the first half. At the halftime whistle the score was 24–9. Japan captain Ren Nagai relished the opportunity to play an international one on one against Ricky Wu, his teacher and the man who first introduced him to korfball in Taiwan, where Nagai went to school. Although Chinese Taipei brought on their entire bench at half time, the substitutions made little difference to their rate of scoring. Japan will at least take some confidence from their tally against the world number two, albeit most were scored after the outcome was well and truly decided and in terms of the result and what the Asian champion set out to prove, were of little relevance. Final score 42-22.

Time	Hall	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
15:30	1	POL-GER	9-22	📺 / 📊
15:30	2	NED-IRL	34-7	📺 / 📊

Ireland, without a win at the IKF WKC so far, making it to this point due to being the best fourth-placed team in the preliminary pools thanks to a close loss to Australia and the final second capitulation to Poland, faced the daunting prospect of a match against The Netherlands, coming off the rest day and with 48 hours to reflect on their own below par performance against the Czech Republic. As efficient as ever against less experienced opposition, TeamNL rapidly established their regular momentum early in the match. Goals flowed from each player and every point of the court. By half time the lead was 21–3. Appearing to aim to conserve energy rather than press home their advantage as ruthlessly as Chinese Taipei had in the preceding match, TeamNL was cruising in one of their lower gears. Scoring action was apportioned across The Netherlands starting eight, while for Ireland, Stewart McConvery will be able to tell his grandchildren about the day he put two past the almighty Dutch. By the time referee Dan-Lin Huang blew her whistle for the final time, the contest was long since well and truly over. Final score: 34-7

After struggling on Saturday against Portugal, and therefore consigning themselves to a more difficult side of the draw, Germany was focused on stepping up their effort against Poland. With the latter less persistent in defence than Portugal was against Germany, scoring was somewhat easier, with Steffen Heppekausen rediscovering some of the form that made him a star at last year’s EKC. With 4–12 showing on the scoreboard at half time, the outcome was all but decided. By the end, Lea Sander had scored five for Germany, who by winning this earned their place in the top eight, although that poses the daunting prospect of a meeting with the world champion. Final score: 9-22

Time	Hall	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
17:15	1	ENG-SUR	18-22	📺 / 📊
17:15	2	CHN-SVK	31-9	📺 / 📊

Suriname took a blow this morning when Nisha Verwey suffered a knee injury during training, which looks likely to put her out of the tournament. However, a four goal lead after five minutes was the result of a determined start for the Pan American champion, before Charlie Vogwill opened the scoring for England. Missed penalties by England looked likely to prove expensive, particularly as Gerald van Dijk and Vikash Missier were putting them away comfortably at the other end. As the half wore on, England found a little more rhythm and managed to haul three goals back as the half drew to a close, only for Suriname captain Ivan Karsters to score a spectacular running in shot less than one second before half time to make the score 8-12 at the break. With England having the better of the start of the second half and drawing level, a time out called by coach Dico Dik stopped the rot for Suriname and within two minutes they had restored their four goal lead. Vogwill’s hot hands kept his team in touch, though the personal duel between him and Karsters was probably edged by the latter, and Suriname managed to run down the clock, protecting their lead more effectively than they had against China in the showstopper between the two on Friday. For Suriname a win today means qualification for World Games 2021, Birmingham, USA, an outstanding achievement for a federation only formed two years ago, and another important step towards their goal of re-establishing korfball in their own country, with the support of the Surinamese communities in the Netherlands from which the players in this squad are drawn. Final score: 18-22.

After a positive start by Slovakia, China stepped up and took control, finding the space they needed to bring their supremely accurate shooting game into action, particularly through Jammy Zhao and Xin Li. At the end of the first quarter they had asserted an 8–2 lead, extended to 15-5 by half time as China’s power and precision ground down their less athletic opponent. Peter Busik scored five to keep it slightly more respectable for Slovakia, although most of the goal action was happening at the other end, particularly from Zhao whose eight goals put her well ahead in the tournament’s individual scoring chart. China will contest the top eight, while Slovakia will challenge for ninth place. Final score: 31-9

Time	Hall	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
19:00	1	POR-CAT	15-11	📺 / 📊
19:00	2	CZE-AUS	27-15	📺 / 📊

Australia started with purpose as Nik Bungey executed two running in shots before the Czech Republic had settled. From that point however the Czech team started to accumulate goals, with Lenka Faltynkova, a veteran of the team that won a bronze medal in 2003, particularly effective. Although Australia fought gallantly, and made a few good goals of their own, by half time the Czech Republic had a comfortable lead, 15–7. After gaining similar advantages in their pool games against Catalonia and New Zealand, the Czechs have played canny korfball to squeeze the life out of their opponents without over-exerting themselves, while also giving The Netherlands their most testing fixture so far. So it proved again today. Czech progresses to the top eight while Australia will join the battle for place nine. Final score: 27-15.

Both these teams always bring plenty of passion when they meet on the korfball field. Today Portugal also brought presence and greater control than their neighbour, at least in the opening minutes. Catalonia dug in however, and managed to stay in touch, excellent goals from Alba Rosa and Olga Perez keeping them right in the game. Half time 7-6. Four minutes of the second half had elapsed before Catalonia equalised, though Isabel Almeida hit straight back to restore her team’s lead. While Portugal had an advantage by 11–9 after the third quarter, the game was certainly not over and they were far less assured than in their excellent performance to stifle Germany on Saturday. Catalonia, on the other hand had stepped up significantly since their pool games to keep the game alive. Almeida again settled her team with a goal to increase the difference to three with five minutes remaining, which proved enough and Portugal went on to claim the victory and a place in the top eight. Final score: 15-11.

Referees & jurys daily apointments

More information about the tournament

Official websites of the tournament ► www.korfball.sport ► www.ikfwkc2019.com
Live streaming games, results and statistics on ► www.worldkorfball.sport
IKF WKC History event booklet ► Read .pdf document

This tournament is also a qualifying event for The World Games 2021 that will take place in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, from 15 to 25 July 2021. More info ► www.theworldgames2021.com

Discover more from all participants reading #TheTeamFiles Interviews ► korfball.sport/wkc2019

Follow the #WKC2019 on social media!

You can also follow all the tournament on IKF official channels on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram:
► facebook.com/korfball.org
► twitter.com/korfball
► instagram.com/korfball_org

More info and special content can be found on LOC’s tournament profiles:
► facebook.com/ikfwkc2019
► twitter.com/ikfwkc2019
► instagram.com/ikfwkc2019

Day 5 Image gallery

By Marco Spelten: actionphotography.nl – korfbalfoto.nl

Header image: Alexandre Rafael De O. Silva

IKF WKC 2019 Day 3: Official press reviews, images & videos

August 2, 2019/0 Comments/in Korfball News, Populair /by Dani Ezpeleta

Today, Day Three of the IKF WKC 2019 in Durban, all the preliminary pools will be fully decided and each team’s path towards final rankings will be charted. Standing out in the schedule is the Pool E game that will see European silver medallist Germany take on Portugal, who finished just one place lower on the podium at the IKF EKC last year. That game will be in Hall Two, the Globe, at 15.30 local time. Other games worth noting are Catalonia versus New Zealand, Hong Kong versus Slovakia and South Africa versus Japan, to decide third and fourth placings in Pools A, C and E respectively. Due to the close games in Pool B, a team from there is likely to proceed to the top 16 as the best fourth place finisher, unless Poland beats Ireland by a wide margin. Although it is unlikely to match the final outstanding game in Hall One, KwaZulu Natal University’s Westville Campus yesterday, in the equivalent slot on today’s schedule, Belgium’s meeting with England should also be worth following and is likely to give us a strong indication on the prospects for both teams through the rest of the tournament.

In this post you will find a daily updated recap with all IKF press reviews, results, best images and videos from all games played during this Day 3.

These are the games scheduled to be played on Thursday, 3 August 2019 (Day 3):

Time	Hall 1	Hall 2
12:00	CAT-NZL	TPE-AUS
13:45	NED-CZE	POL-IRL
15:30	SUR-MAC	GER-POR
17:15	CHN-HUN	RSA-JPN
19:00	BEL-ENG	HKG-SVK

*(Venues) Hall 1: ‘University’ – Hall 2: ‘The Globe’
Hall 1: KZN Westville Campus Indoor Sports Centre – Hall 2: ‘The Globe’ at Suncoast Boulevard Marine Parade

From 1 to 10 August 2019 the IKF World Korfball Championship 2019 is taking place in the city of Durban, South Africa. Twenty national squads are competing to be the new World Champion in this 11th edition of the most important international korfball tournament.

All the games are live streamed through IKF YouTube channel and on IKF data website www.worldkorfball.sport together with all the results, statistics, top scorers and updated ranking pools.

– Day 1 press reviews ► www.korfball.sport/?p=21829
– Day 2 press reviews ► www.korfball.sport/?p=21897

Day 3 reviews, results, rankings & videos:

Pool A

Time	Hall	Pool	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
12:00	1	A	CAT-NZL	15-13	📺 / 📊
13:45	1	A	NED-CZE	23-7	📺 / 📊

In the first game of Day Three at KwaZulu Natal University’s Westville Campus, with the opportunity to progress from Pool A into the top 16 on the line, both teams started nervously, taking poor shooting options, throwing up air balls and having obvious passes picked off. Goals were difficult to come by as both teams’ defensive ends tended to dominate. Catalonia squeezed out a three goal lead at halftime, making better use of their chances, and a penalty miss just before half time by New Zealand showed just how bad the nerves were. By the end of the third quarter there was still all to play for with the score standing at 11-9. Although two quick goals for Catalonia to start the final 10 minutes ought to have made the difference, New Zealand was not ready to lie down. Coach Manon Wiegerink brought on Simon Cooper and Sam Bennetts, with the latter making an instant impact, scoring within seconds of his introduction, though in the end it was not enough and Catalonia was able to run down the clock. New Zealand is now likely consigned to playing for 17th place, though their body language at the end showed that they believe they could have done better. Such a strong performance against one of the European heavyweights of korfball, however is something they will be able to reflect on positively in due course. Top scorer for New Zealand was Nicole Lloyd with six, while for Catalonia captain Javier Sanchez scored four. Final score 15-13.

In the next game, which was to decide the winner of Pool A, The Netherlands found the Czech Republic more difficult to overcome than the teams they dismissed on the two previous days. However, despite the fact that the world champions did not achieve the same levels of champagne korfball as they have so far in Durban, the game was never really in doubt. At the end of the first quarter Mick Snel fired up a potential buzzer beater, letting fly almost from Namibia and landing it, only to have referee Miguel Wensma disallow it for leaving the Dutch superstar’s hands momentarily too late. Coach Wim Scholtmeyer rotated his entire bench into the game at half time, which may have disrupted the rhythm of the game slightly, though he and his players strive for perfection, and will not be fully satisfied with this, even though the Czech team deserves credit for making their opponent work harder than they have so far this week. Final score 23-7.

Pool A ranking after Day 3 results:
1st: NED (9 pts) – 2nd: CZE (6 pts) – 3rd: CAT (3 pts) – 4th: NZL (0 pts)

Pool B

Time	Hall	Pool	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
12:00	2	B	TPE-AUS	30-14	📺 / 📊
13:45	2	B	POL-IRE	14-13	📺 / 📊

In the first Pool B game at the Globe today, Chinese Taipei faced Australia in Pool B, renewing the longest running international korfball rivalry outside Europe. Chinese Taipei showed their style and class from early on with two seemingly effortless goals by Ya-Wen Lin in the first two minutes. While Australia fought hard to try and create challenges, they struggled under the defensive pressure of Chinese Taipei. For the Asian champion, class was evident in every department, delighting the large crowd that had come to support them with some magical movement and passing. Australia however never loses their fighting spirit, and that was not going to occur today either, particularly as they were also buoyed by vocal support from the local South African crowd. When they are in this form and dominating, Chinese Taipei usually makes a raft of substitutions around half time and today’s game was no exception, which means that players end up sharing the goals, rather than anyone dominating the statistics. Although some outrageous shooting by Australia meant that they won the final quarter, the day belonged to Chinese Taipei, who showed why they are serious medal contenders. Final score 30-14.

Ireland, without a win in the tournament so far, needed not to be thrashed in this game to be sure of finishing as the best fourth place team. They fancied going better than that, and led Poland for most of the game, albeit not by a wide margin. At half time the scores were level 7-7. For Ireland Shay Conroy was making most impact. After the break Ireland again started the half better than Poland, re-establishing a three goal lead, which looked to be enough, particularly after Conroy turned his defender to score a sneaky and apparently vital goal with nine minutes remaining. As the minutes ticked by however, Ireland found their lead eroding, and their inability to manage the clock again caught them out. First Poland captain Kyzystof Rubinkowski brought the margin back to a single goal, then, shortly after coming into the game for the first time, substitute Adam Doroszuk evened it up with 28 seconds remaining. When Ireland couldn’t then convert what would effectively be a golden goal, Poland took the ball down the other end for Rafael Diadik to convert the most dramatic of buzzer beaters, from the back of the court, to secure a game that his team had not led for the entire 40 minutes to that point. Still, it was almost certainly enough for Ireland to progress to the top 16 as the best fourth place team. Final score 14-13

Pool B ranking after Day 3 results:
1st: TPE (9 pts) – 2nd: POL (6 pts) – 3rd: AUS (3 pts) – 4th: IRL (0 pts)

Pool C

Time	Hall	Pool	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
19:00	1	C	BEL-ENG	27-13	📺 / 📊
19:00	2	C	HKG-SVK	16-18	📺 / 📊

Hong Kong took on Slovakia in the final game at the Globe, with the winner heading for the top 16 and the loser consigned to the ghetto of places 17 to 20. Slovakia made a positive start and went out to a three goal lead halfway through the first quarter, captain Peter Busik again running the show for his team. Hong Kong came back though, with Kwok Kuen Ham leading the charge. By half time the score was 7-9. Slovakia managed to hold the lead through the second half, though never made it sufficiently comfortable to put Hong Kong out of the game until the final minute. Peter Busik scored five while Peter Fabik and Zuzana Busikova four each. After originally falling short of qualification for this tournament, and having not participated at an IKF WKC since 2003, making the top 16 is an excellent achievement for Slovakia, and marks this tournament as a success for them already, possibly with further accomplishments to come. Hong Kong, meanwhile, coming into this tournament ranked 11, will be disappointed not to have won a game in their pool and will be anxious to make the most of their games for the lower places. Final score 16-18.

After England really struggled for much of the game yesterday against Slovakia, and bearing in mind Belgium’s apparent renaissance at this tournament, this game started more slowly than expected, and was all tied up after eight minutes. However in the final two minutes of the first quarter England flinched and Belgium scored five while conceding only one. Belgium continued that theme in the second quarter, while England generally struggled to match their opponents’ intensity and accuracy. By half time the Diamonds had eased out to a 14–5 lead. England had the better of the third quarter, though Belgium was mostly content to hold them at bay, confident that the advantage was big enough and that England didn’t have the power to eat the lead. In the final quarter, Belgium recalibrated and picked up the pace again to finish comfortably ahead. Jordan de Vogelaere and Brent Struyf top scored with five each, while Davesh Patel’s four made him England’s top scorer. Final score 22-12.

Pool C ranking after Day 3 results:
1st: BEL (9 pts) – 2nd: ENG (6 pts) – 3rd: SVK (3 pts) – 4th: HKG (0 pts)

Pool D

Time	Hall	Pool	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
17:15	1	D	CHN-HUN	29-24	📺 / 📊
18:15	1	D	SUR-MAC	33-4	📺 / 📊

After the fireworks of yesterday’s final game, when they yielded to China by golden goal, in the third game today at the Westville Campus, Suriname played their bench against Macau China. Despite missing several easy chances, they still eased away to a comfortable lead by 20-0 at half time. Men’s Heng Wong earned a big cheer when he scored his team’s first goal after 23 minutes, subsequently adding two more. Goals were shared around by Suriname with recent DOS’46 signing Vladimir Slot top scoring with eight. Final score 33-4

After their amazing victory last evening over Suriname, China was a little flat at the start of this Pool D game against Hungary at the Westville campus. Hungary, on the other hand was well up for a contest, confident and fizzing with energy at the prospect of taking on the world number four. Making the most of controlled aggression in the rebound, they raced to an 8-2 lead after eight minutes, and although China came back strongly in the second quarter, Hungary still had the advantage at half time by 14–15. China’s female players, Jammy Zhao and Xin Li found their shooting groove in the third quarter and managed to tie the game up, clawing back a lead that Hungary had re-established. Dongjie Zhang and Yongbin Yang scored a sharp goal each to take their team three clear with ten minutes left, then more clinical finishing to go five ahead with five remaining and essentially put the game beyond the valiant Hungary, who couldn’t maintain their initial high energy. Remaining undefeated and justifying their superior ranking for the second time in two challenging days, China sealed the top place in the pool, confirming Hungary will take third place. Final score 29-24.

Pool D ranking after Day 3 results:
1st: CHN (8 pts) – 2nd: SUR (7 pts) – 3rd: HUN (3 pts) – 4th: MAC (0 pts)

Pool E

Time	Hall	Pool	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
15:30	2	E	GER-POR	10-14	📺 / 📊
17:15	2	E	RSA-JPN	10-19	📺 / 📊

European Korfball Championship 2018 silver and bronze medalists Germany and Portugal faced off in a battle for the top place in Pool E in the third game at the Globe on the beach in Durban today. Even though the scoring was not rapid for either team, Portugal managed to score three unanswered goals at the end of the first half to assume the lead. Germany exerted strong pressure at the start of the second half, though took four minutes to pull a goal back. Almost continual attack from Germany in the third quarter, with the ball hardly ever in the hands of Portugal, saw no advantage accruing for the Germans who, despite Dominic During and Timon Orth totally dominating the rebound in their end, could not find their shooting accuracy, while Portugal, with far fewer chances, was much more clinical. And so it continued in the final quarter. Portugal established a four goal lead with five minutes remaining through an excellent long range bomb, under shot clock pressure, from Tiago Luz, which essentially locked Germany out of the game. Final score 14-10.

With an enthusiastic crowd in the Globe to support the host, South Africa offered their most positive performance in this tournament so far, matching Japan through the early stages, with RF van Niekerk, in particular, making good use of his experience. As the game proceeded, however the superior fitness of Japan became evident, and South Africa was unable to counter the speed and accuracy of Yu Furuki and Yuko Anzai. In this the third IKF WKC that Japan has attended, today was their historic first ever win, sending them through to the top 16 when the tournament resumes after tomorrow’s rest day, while South Africa will battle for the minor places. Final score 10-19.

Pool E ranking after Day 3 results:
1st: POR (9 pts) – 2nd: GER (6 pts) – 3rd: JPN (3 pts) – 4th: RSA (0 pts)

Referees & jurys daily apointments

More information about the tournament

Official websites of the tournament ► www.korfball.sport ► www.ikfwkc2019.com
Live streaming games, results and statistics on ► www.worldkorfball.sport
IKF WKC History event booklet ► Read .pdf document

This tournament is also a qualifying event for The World Games 2021 that will take place in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, from 15 to 25 July 2021. More info ► www.theworldgames2021.com

Discover more from all participants reading #TheTeamFiles Interviews ► korfball.sport/wkc2019

Follow the #WKC2019 on social media!

You can also follow all the tournament on IKF official channels on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram:
► facebook.com/korfball.org
► twitter.com/korfball
► instagram.com/korfball_org

More info and special content can be found on LOC’s tournament profiles:
► facebook.com/ikfwkc2019
► twitter.com/ikfwkc2019
► instagram.com/ikfwkc2019

Day 3 Image gallery

By Marco Spelten: actionphotography.nl – korfbalfoto.nl

IKF WKC 2019 Day 2: Official press reviews, images & videos

August 1, 2019/0 Comments/in Korfball News, Populair, Uncategorized /by Dani Ezpeleta

Today’s pool games at the IKF WKC 2019 in Durban will take another step towards determining which teams will make the top 16, and how difficult it might be for them to progress from there to the highest rankings.

Looking at the schedule for Day Two, China v Suriname in Pool E is the clear stand out. Both teams have aspirations for a podium finish and both made a positive start yesterday. They meet this evening in the final game of the schedule in Hall One, at KwaZulu Natal University’s Westville Campus.

Ireland and Australia meet in the day’s first Pool B game at Westville, in what should also be an intriguing contest. Both lost yesterday, with Ireland no doubt taking courage from their performance against Chinese Taipei, while Australia will want to rebound from the disappointment of just failing to catch Poland.

Behind Chinese Taipei, Pool B could well be the closest and may be where the best placed fourth place team will emerge to contest the top 16. In what is probably the most challenging pool, Pool A, the Czech Republic controlled their game against Catalonia well and should be able to build on that when they play New Zealand today. Meanwhile the Catalans play the world champions today, so will be setting their own objectives and taking away some korfball lessons from what will clearly be a huge challenge.

In Pool C, Belgium looked impressive and will meet Hong Kong, who struggled against England. Tomorrow’s meeting between the two European teams should be worthwhile, and should show whether Belgium is really on the way back. Most of the other games appear to be clear cut and if the likes of Germany, Chinese Taipei, Portugal and England don’t build on their strong starts of yesterday, it will be a major surprise (Day 1 press reviews ► www.korfball.sport/?p=21829).

In this post you will find updated recap with all Day 2 IKF press reviews, results, best images and videos from all games played during this day.

These are the games scheduled to be played on Friday, 2 August 2019 (Day 2):

Time	Hall 1	Hall 2
12:00	AUS-IRL	CZE-NZL
13:45	TPE-POL	NED-CAT
15:30	POR-JPN	ENG-SVK
17:15	HUN-MAC	BEL-HKG
19:00	CHN-SUR	GER-RSA

*(Venues) Hall 1: ‘University’ – Hall 2: ‘The Globe’
Hall 1: KZN Westville Campus Indoor Sports Centre – Hall 2: ‘The Globe’ at Suncoast Boulevard Marine Parade

From 1 to 10 August 2019 the IKF World Korfball Championship 2019 is taking place in the city of Durban, South Africa. Twenty national squads are competing to be the new World Champion in this 11th edition of the most important international korfball tournament.

All the games are live streamed through IKF YouTube channel and on IKF data website www.worldkorfball.sport together with all the results, statistics, top scorers and updated ranking pools.

Day 2 reviews, results, rankings & videos:

Pool A

Time	Hall	Pool	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
12:45	2	A	CZE-NZL	23-11	📺 / 📊
13:45	2	A	NED-CAT	35-10	📺 / 📊

At the Globe venue, Hall Two of the IKF WKC 2019 in Durban, New Zealand came out against the Czech Republic full of intent. Both teams pressed hard in the opening ten minutes and at 4-2 after the first quarter the contest was well set up. However, as they did yesterday, Czech increased the pressure in the second quarter and took command with 11 unanswered goals before New Zealand won and converted a penalty in the final second of the half. Czech experience in the rebound and their deadly shooting accuracy under anything other than complete defensive pressure made the difference. Lenka Faltynkova and Petr Galicek scored four each to assure the decisive advantage. After half time, with the contest essentially over, Czech coach Ivo Kracík gave several bench players a run, which slowed the momentum somewhat, though not sufficient to give New Zealand a realistic chance. However, New Zealand can take encouragement from holding the world number seven to eight goals each in the second half, with Torsten Ball and Megan Shea both showing their worth to the team. Final score 23-11.

In the second Pool A game at the Globe today, The Netherlands faced Catalonia. TeamNL Korfbal coach Wim Scholtmeyer gave eight of his squad the full 40 minutes yesterday, so it was no surprise to see him start today’s game with yesterday’s bench players, and once again he didn’t trouble the jury by requesting any substitutions. With a totally different team in orange, it was still business as usual, and the Netherlands started with high tempo, great pressure and their usual exceptional shooting accuracy. Catalonia played The Netherlands in Barcelona a few weeks ago, so these players are well known to each other. In some games The Netherlands are able to put the contest beyond doubt in the first few minutes. This was one. In the second half there was plenty of show reel korfball from another planet, though David Puertas of Catalonia drew the biggest cheer, and high fives from his opponents, with a spectacular one handed running in shot delivered from about five metres. Barbara Brouwer bettered even that with a final second bomb scored from around 16 metres. Arguably the ball left her hands momentarily after the buzzer, but referee Pardeep Dahiya had the good grace to award the goal and when he blew his whistle it was 35-10

Pool A ranking after Day 2 results:
1st: NED (6 pts) – 2nd: CZE (6 pts) – 3rd: NZL (0 pts) – 4th: CAT (0 pts)

Pool B

Time	Hall	Pool	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
12:00	1	B	AUS-IRL	22-20	📺 / 📊
13:45	1	B	TPE-POL	35-9	📺 / 📊

Australia featured in a close game yesterday before losing to Poland, so today’s first game in Hall One, at KwaZulu Natal University’s Westville Campus saw them needing to beat Ireland to bring their campaign back on track. Both teams went for it in the first half and after Australia took an early lead, Ireland set some tactical challenges that Australia struggled to handle. At the half time whistle it was 10-11 to Ireland. Hannah Goodridge was taking plenty of responsibility for her team, while for Australia Emily Hutchesson stepped up. By the end of the third quarter, thanks largely to her superb shooting, Australia had eked out a three goal lead and from there it was their game to lose. Each team has a Dutch based player in Jeffrey Vliestra and Shay Conroy, with the latter tending to be the go to guy for Ireland, and coach Kees Veerhoven making canny use of the reversible substitution rules to keep him in attack. Although his shooting took Ireland back to within to one goal and the possibility of a golden goal arose, Australia was able to eat the clock. When Bethan Channing scored a crucial to put them two up with two minutes to play, they held their nerve to achieve the win they needed. Ireland can take some consolation in the likelihood that this will now be the pool that provides the best fourth placed team to make up the top 16. Final score 22-20

After the slow start to their first match, world second ranked Chinese Taipei started today at KwaZulu Natal University’s Westville Campus against Poland with an all-star line-up, featuring the great Ricky Wu as captain. Ya-wen Lin set the tone for the match with two goals for Chinese Taipei within one minute. Despite a goal from Kamil Musialinski, Chinese Taipei finished the quarter well in control through a four goal margin at 9-5. An appreciative crowd relished the exiting style of the Asian superstars flexing their korfball muscles and putting in place some well drilled moves to extend their lead to 18-8 at half time. Despite some Polish substitutions, Chinese Taipei grabbed the game by the throat and scored 10 unanswered goals to continue their dominance for the rest of the second half, and end the game with a comfortable win by 35-9

Pool B ranking after Day 2 results:
1st: TPE (6 pts) – 2nd: POL (3 pts) – 3rd: AUS (3 pts) – 4th: IRL (0 pts)

Pool C

Time	Hall	Pool	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
15:30	2	C	ENG-SVK	24-10	📺 / 📊
17:15	2	C	BEL-HKG	38-7	📺 / 📊

Game three at the Globe today saw battle resume in Pool C. England and Slovakia fought hard from the start, both sacrificing subtlety for physicality in their efforts to gain ascendancy, and putting the powers of referee Luke Rosie fully to the test. Scoring was rare, though England put up two shortly before the end of the first quarter to lead at the whistle by 4-2. In the second quarter the scrappy, low scoring theme continued with Slovakia’s Peter Busik controlling his end effectively, and frustrating England’s endeavours to break open the contest. At half time it was 6-5. Two half time substitutions, with coach Rob Williams introducing Ayishah Chaudry and Shannon Jones, broke open the game and after the restart England finally found some fluency, and the goal, to assert the advantage they had not been able to achieve to that point. Leading, and effectively closing out the contest for a 19-6 three quarter time lead, easing back towards the end to finish at 24-10.

Belgium gave a hint yesterday that reports of their eclipse from global korfball’s top table might be premature, and that their relative decline of the past two tournaments may be giving them motivation to show what they are really capable of at a whole new level. Hong Kong China gave the world number three little chance to test that theory further, leaving several of their stars on the bench, presumably holding back to increase their chances against Slovakia tomorrow. Belgium celebrated at the start of the match with a presentation to Jari Hardies to mark his 50th international appearance for The Diamonds. He celebrated by top scoring, with six. While Belgium should face a sterner test tomorrow against England, by the end of this game they were ahead by 38-7.

Pool C ranking after Day 2 results:
1st: BEL (6 pts) – 2nd: ENG (6 pts) – 3rd: SVK (0 pts) – 4th: HKG (0 pts)

Pool D

Time	Hall	Pool	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
17:15	1	D	HUN-MAC	36-2	📺 / 📊
19:00	1	D	CHN-SUR	21-20 GG	📺 / 📊

Hungary had to bow to Suriname yesterday, so in this, their second match of the IKF WKC 2019, today at Westville Campus, Durban, they were in no mood to back down, showing their less experienced Asian opponents little respite. Hungary dominated through ruthless pressure in defence, stronger rebound execution and accurate shooting. Zsolt Majer top scored for Hungary, with seven, though all members of their squad, bar one, scored. Macau China had no answer. They took 14 minutes to score, through Weng Si Sio, by which time Hungary had accrued 15. When referee Carlos Faria brought the game to its conclusion the score was 36-2.

This game has shaped as one of the most intriguing of the IKF WKC 2019 since the draw was made. Right from the start it lived up to that promise, with a clash of continents, cultures and korfball styles. Suriname began hesitantly, then clicked into gear, employing their craft and experience to excellent effect, while China did not resile, fighting with firm focus, demonstrating the discipline they have learned under Dutch master coach Ben Crum. Randall van der Steen and Yongbin Yang made their presence particularly felt, and referee Miguel Wensma kept a strict hold on proceedings. A three goal lead to Suriname after 16 minutes was pared back to just one at half time: 9-10. In the third quarter the game remained just as close. Two shot clock violations in quick succession by Suriname suggested that they might be running out of ideas. However two goals late in the third quarter re-established their lead and some cool work by Gerald van Dijk brought Suriname’s lead back to three. Both teams missed penalties to ratchet up the tension. China captain Jimmy Zhao brought her team back into it with two sharp goals to even up the score with less than a minute remaining. With 35 seconds left Vikash Missier scored a penalty to put Suriname back into the lead, only to have Jingyi Yin score a heart breaking running in shot to even up the game again at 20-20. A move between Gerald van Dijk and Randall van der Steen when Suriname restarted with three seconds left came to nothing and we were into the tournament’s first agonising, glorious golden goal. China started and captain Jammy uncharacteristically wasted the opportunity without even putting up a shot. Suriname, however also put up a tame effort at the other end, and in their second attempt to finish the gam, China found the ice cool Donngjie Zhang in space at four metres and he made no mistake. Ecstasy for China, grief for Suriname: 21-20.

Pool D ranking after Day 2 results:
1st: CHN (5 pts) – 2nd: SUR (4 pts) – 3rd: HUN (3 pts) – 4th: MAC (0 pts)

Pool E

Time	Hall	Pool	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
15:30	1	E	POR-JPN	33-8	📺 / 📊
19:00	2	E	RSA-GER	6-29	📺 / 📊

Portugal’s impressive start to the tournament yesterday continued in the same vein in the third game at Westville Campus. Pedro Correia and Isabel Almeida provide strong leadership to their team mates at each end and it will take a big effort from a well organised team to knock Portugal off their stride. Japan lacks the experience to be that team and again fell short, despite best endeavours, when faced with the power and accomplishment of one of European korfball’s most efficient and dynamic teams. Energy generator Yuko Anzai provided some consolation for Japan with a pair of goals. Tomorrow’s much anticipated clash with Germany should offer a better indication of Portugal’s ultimate prospects at the IKF WKC 2019. As for today, they can be content with a win by 33-8.

In the final game at the Globe today, Germany started this Pool E game against the host with characteristic intensity, picking up where they left off yesterday against Japan. Superior shooting and absolute control of the South African attack, marking their opponents as tightly as possible, meant the score was rising on one side of the ledger only. A good crowd of cheerful and high spirited supporters turned out to fill the seats in the stadium and made their appreciation for South African korfball known, singing, dancing and making noise, despite the scoreline. For the second consecutive day, however, South Africa’s lack of competitive korfball outside the IKF WKC cycle, counted against them and Germany continued to take advantage. Scoring by Germany was shared throughout the squad, and with seven substitutions at half time, every player is well prepared for a tougher contest tomorrow, against Portugal. Final score today: 6-29

Pool E ranking after Day 2 results:
1st: POR (6 pts) – 2nd: GER (6 pts) – 3rd: JPN (0 pts) – 4th: RSA (0 pts)

Referees & jurys daily apointments

More information about the tournament

Official websites of the tournament ► www.korfball.sport ► www.ikfwkc2019.com
Live streaming games, results and statistics on ► www.worldkorfball.sport
IKF WKC History event booklet ► Read .pdf document

This tournament is also a qualifying event for The World Games 2021 that will take place in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, from 15 to 25 July 2021. More info ► www.theworldgames2021.com

Discover more from all participants reading #TheTeamFiles Interviews ► korfball.sport/wkc2019

Follow the #WKC2019 on social media!

You can also follow all the tournament on IKF official channels on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram:
► facebook.com/korfball.org
► twitter.com/korfball
► instagram.com/korfball_org

More info and special content can be found on LOC’s tournament profiles:
► facebook.com/ikfwkc2019
► twitter.com/ikfwkc2019
► instagram.com/ikfwkc2019

Day 2 Image gallery

By Marco Spelten: actionphotography.nl – korfbalfoto.nl

IKF WKC 2019 Day 1: Official press reviews, images & videos

August 1, 2019/0 Comments/in Korfball News, Populair /by Dani Ezpeleta

As the first day of August dawns over the beaches of Kwa Zulu Natal, all 20 participating teams are now itching to put months and years of training into action on Day One of IKF WKC 2019 in Durban, South Africa. All teams trained yesterday in one of the two tournament venues, along with the referees and jury members. A few even managed to arrange training games, which renewed old rivalries, established new acquaintances and gave the coaches the opportunity to make final adjustments.

Today is important for all 20 teams, of course. However, for Ireland, New Zealand, Macau-China and Suriname it is even more so as they each appear at a their first ever IKF WKC. Ireland, New Zealand and Macau-China each has an almighty mission today, taking on respectively Chinese Taipei, The Netherlands and China, ranked two, one and four. Suriname, in contrast, ranked number 20 by the IKF, take on ninth ranked Hungary. In the case of Suriname, represented by a squad drawn from the ranks of Dutch korfball, that ranking is deceptive and they are aiming for a much higher position. With Hungary also aspiring to qualify for the World Games 2021, Birmingham, USA, their meeting today, at Hall Two, on Durban’s spectacular beach, should be one of the highlights.

Also catching the eye will be the encounter between the Czech Republic, ranked number seven, and Catalonia, which sits five places lower in the rankings. These two European korfball stalwarts have both contested the medal positions within the last three IKF WKC tournaments, and will be desperate to start this event positively.

We are ready for a fascinating day and an intriguing tournament.

These are the games scheduled to be played on Thursday, 1 August 2019 (Day 1):

Time & Pool	Hall 1*	Time & Pool	Hall 2*
11:00 – A	NED-NZL	10:00 – B	TPE-IRL
12:45 – A	CZE-CAT	11:45 – B	AUS-POL
14:30 – C	BEL-SVK	13:30 – D	CHN-MAC
16:00	Opening Ceremony
17:30 – E	POR-RSA	18:15 – D	HUN-SUR
19:15 – E	GER-JPN	20:00 – C	ENG-HKG

*(Venues) Hall 1: ‘University’ – Hall 2: ‘The Globe’
Hall 1: KZN Westville Campus Indoor Sports Centre – Hall 2: ‘The Globe’ at Suncoast Boulevard Marine Parade

Day 2 matches post ► https://korfball.sport/?p=21897

From 1 to 10 August 2019 the IKF World Korfball Championship 2019 is taking place in the city of Durban, South Africa. Twenty national squads are competing to be the new World Champion in this 11th edition of the most important international korfball tournament.

All the games are live streamed through IKF YouTube channel and on IKF data website www.worldkorfball.sport together with all the results, statistics, top scorers and updated ranking pools. In this post you will find a daily updated recap with all IKF press reviews, results, best images and videos from all games played during the day.

Day 1 reviews, results, rankings & videos:

Pool A

Time	Hall	Pool	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
11:00	1	A	NED-NZL	41-5	📺 / 📊
12:45	1	A	CZE-CAT	17-14	📺 / 📊

Since the draw for this tournament was made, New Zealand’s introduction to the IKF WKC 2019 was always going to be a steep challenge, and so it proved as The Netherlands, TeamNL Korfbal, used this first game at Kwa Zulu Natal’s Westville Campus to show their prowess. Their slick passing, superior court awareness and intuitive understanding of each other, based of course on hours of training, made the game appear effortless. A 10-1 lead at the end of the first quarter had increased to 23-3 by half time. New Zealand coach Manon Wiegerink made a series of substitutions just prior to and at half time, giving most of her squad the experience, and privilege, of facing the Dutch onslaught. Wim Scholtmeijer, in contrast stuck with his starting eight right to the end. Esther Cordus and Mick Snel were particularly ruthless for the victors, while for New Zealand, youngsters Boris van Bruchem and Chelsea Ruiz showed their potential. In the end the score was 41-5.

A real scrap in the first half between the Czech Republic, ranked number seven, and Catalonia, which sits five places lower in the rankings. Early on both teams struggled to score with any fluency, though Czech edged ahead by 3-1 at the end of the first quarter. Catalonia started the second quarter in a higher gear to equalise the score in little over a minute, then both matched each other goal for goal and by half time it looked as if this game would meet expectations of turning into a classic. Using their tall boys under the post in the classic style that has brought them success in the past, however, enabled Czech to squeeze their opponent out and edge ahead, leaving Catalonia with no answers to take back the game. Lenka Faltynkova and Alexandr Vyroubal made important contributions, while Alba Rosa caught the eye for Catalonia. By the final whistle the Czech Republic was victorious by 17-14

Pool A ranking after today’s results:
1st: NED (3 pts) – 2nd: CZE (3 pts) – 3rd: CAT (0 pts) – 4th: NZL (0 pts)

Pool B

Time	Hall	Pool	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
10:00	2	B	TPE-IRL	27-14	📺 / 📊
11:45	2	B	AUS-POL	19-21	📺 / 📊

Ireland scored the first goal of the IKF WKC 2019 with a running shot in the second minute at The Globe, Hall Two, on the Durban beach and in sight of the spectacular Moses Mabhida Stadium. Although Chinese Taipei struggled for fluency, they still eclipsed the tournament debutante during the first quarter by 5-2. In the second quarter Ireland’s two substitutions increased their stability. While Chinese Taipei put up plenty of shots and controlled the offensive rebound, their percentages were not at their usual high standard. With the score at 8-4, the Irish went through two minutes where every shot found its mark and four consecutive goals took the score to 8-8. Although Chinese Taipei stepped up, in the last second of the half Ireland scored again to make it 10-10. At the start of the second half Chinese Taipei substituted a whole section and took the match away. Ireland struggled under the increased defensive pressure and Chinese Taipei asserted their dominance, though their shooting percentages will have to improve if they want to protect their ranking at the end of this tournament. Ireland meanwhile will be delighted to have outplayed the Asian champion and world ranked number two for an entire quarter. Final score 27-14.

Poland dominated the first half, proving too strong under the post, better drilled and quicker to every ball, establishing a comfortable half time lead over Australia by 8-14, running contrary to IKF ranking expectations, where Australians sits at number 10, three places above their European opponents. At the start of the second half however, Poland fell apart as the Australians began to assert themselves, being pressured into shot clock violations on several occasions and giving the ball away too easily. Australia took over the momentum and came back from six goals down to bring the score to 18-17 with four minutes remaining. However, Poland then managed to readjust their focus on the game and take back control over the last few minutes to win by two, 19-21, likely setting themselves up for an easier run into the last 16 of the tournament, once the initial pool games are concluded on Saturday.

Pool B ranking after today’s results:
1st: TPE (3 pts) – 2nd: POL (3 pts) – 3rd: AUS (0 pts) – 4th: IRL (0 pts)

Pool C

Time	Hall	Pool	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
14:30	1	C	BEL-SVK	34-12	📺 / 📊
20:00	2	C	ENG-HKG	30-17	📺 / 📊

Belgium started this game with the level of fierce intensity they will need if they are to reclaim what they have always considered their rightful place in world korfball’s highest echelons. However, when Slovakia found the pace of the game, they were able to rein in Belgium to finish the first quarter at 6-3. Given space, Belgium were scoring with almost every attempt, to take the game to 15-7 at half time. Prior to this tournament, after two miserable years for Belgium, where by their own high standards they have slipped, this was an impressive and efficient performance, showing precision and control. Slovakia was competitive for some periods, though as the score indicates, they were really no match for their more accomplished opponent. For Belgium all players made an approximately even contribution to the scoring, which reflected the strong team ethos they have brought to Durban. Having previously made his mark at the IKF WKC as a referee, making his playing debut at this level for Slovakia, Peter Busik top scored for his team with five goals. At the final whistle Belgium was ahead by 34 -12.

England set up their tactics absolutely right, focusing their attack at one end of the field on making chances for Neala Brennan, who duly stepped up to score six goals in the first half. At the other end Hong Kong China struggled to build any momentum as England took complete control of the rebound. At half time the score was 17-9. Sixth ranked England managed to hold the world number 11 at arm’s length in the early stages of the second half, though with both teams making substitutions! Some ode the pace and consistency ebbed away. At the end the score was 30-17, leaving both teams to look forward to their remaining pool games against Belgium and Slovakia.

Pool C ranking after today’s results:
1st: ENG (3 pts) – 2nd: BEL (3 pts) – 3rd: SVK (0 pts) – 4th: HKG (0 pts)

Pool D

Time	Hall	Pool	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
13:30	2	D	CHN-MAC	42-8	📺 / 📊
18:15	2	D	HUN-SUR	12-24	📺 / 📊

Coming up against China in their first ever IKF WKC game was always going to be a daunting prospect for the lowest ranked team at this tournament, Macau China. China proved to be absolutely dominant, playing some attractive dynamic korfball. While the score did not necessarily reflect this, Macau did show some promise, and will cause problems for some of the other teams this week, particularly as they gain experience. Several of China’s goals were worthy of any Dutch showreel. They pass the ball so quickly and recycle efficiently, always finding a spare player for the second shot. While they may need a little more consistency in their shooting against the teams they are likely to meet towards the end of the tournament, this performance suggests they will be a threat to anyone. For the victors, Dongjie Zhang ran the show, controlling his section and scoring six, while Qing Wang and Jammy Zhao each scored eight. Macau has athletic skills and speed, though needs to be less predictable. Final score 42-8.

Featuring at the Globe, Hall Two of the IKF WKC 2019 in Durban, Suriname made their first appearance at a world championship in any sport, showing that the excitement about their arrival in international korfball is not misplaced. Playing well controlled korfball, with the experience of their players on display, they worked and waited to successfully execute the right opportunities. At the other end, it took most of the first quarter for Hungary to adapt to the smothering defensive pressure applied by Suriname. They had to work for positions around the post, and had difficulty moving the ball quickly enough, which put them under shot clock pressure. At half time the score was 4-14, with Ivan Karsters and Gerald van Dijk dominating the scoring for Suriname, the latter combining particularly well with Blauw-Wit Korfbal League club mate Randell van der Steen to make life hard for their Hungarian opponents. With the result effectively decided, the second half became scrappy. Both teams fought hard for rebound and assist positions, which resulted in multiple fouls around the post. Unlike the other three debutants today, Suriname recorded a rare feat, with a win in their first ever IKF WKC game and a final score of 12-24.

Pool D ranking after today’s results:
1st: CHN (3 pts) – 2nd: SUR (3 pts) – 3rd: HUN (0 pts) – 4th: MAC (0 pts)

Pool E

Time	Hall	Pool	Teams	Result	Video/Stats
17:30	1	E	RSA-POR	4-36	📺 / 📊
19:15	1	E	GER-JPN	37-12	📺 / 📊

In the fourth game of the first day at KwaZulu Natal University’s Westville Campus, Portugal took on the host, showing their serious intent by starting with the same eight in the same formation that ambushed Belgium to secure that historic bronze medal at the European Korfball Championship, 2018. Portugal showed their strength in the first quarter, stifling South Africa in defence and attacking with cool precision to lead by 1-8 at the first break. By half time the theme had continued with great ball movement in attack and aggressive interceptions in defence to increase the lead to 2-14. Portugal’s Pedro Correia making his usual telling contribution, combining height and mobility, while Luise Costa’s speed caused continual problems for South Africa. Coach Isabel Texiera made several changes at half time, while Elsie Theyse-Hulsbos introduced veteran Werner Basson for the first appearance at his fifth IKF WKC. With both coaches using every member of their squad, and the result already firmly concluded, structure and fluency dropped away in the final quarter. By the time referee Dan-Lin Huang blew her final whistle, Portugal had extended their lead to 4-36.

A gallant Japan took the fight to Germany, making life more difficult than the European silver medalist might have expected. However, the score mounted steadily and Germany had secured a 15-6 lead at half time, albeit the six scored by Japan in 20 minutes matched their total number of goals in all the games they have previously played at two IKF WKC tournaments. Coach of Germany Wilco van den Bos made seven substitutions at half time, which initially disrupted the flow that his team had built, though not to a degree that would give Japan any real hope of changing the result. Keisuke Mashiba scored an excellent shot from extreme distance, then Dominic During made a sensational rejection, from behind, of a Sho Furuki shot right under the korf, to keep the game interesting in the third quarter. Although Japan was comfortably beaten by the world number five, with a final score of 37-12, they showed enough to indicate that they will very likely achieve their stated objective of a first ever IKF WKC victory some time in the next few days.

Pool E ranking after today’s results:
1st: POR (3 pts) – 2nd: GER (3 pts) – 3rd: RSA (0 pts) – 4th: JPN (0 pts)

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