The powerful Dutch team wins the IKF U19 World Korfball Championship 2023
Twelve teams have been competing in the Belgian city of Ghent from 7 to 9 April for the IKF U19 World Korfball Championship 2023 trophy. Portugal, Morocco, Netherlands, England, France, Chinese Taipei, Czech Republic, Hong Kong China, Germany, Catalonia, Slovakia and Belgium were the participants, and one team has been playing at another level during all its matches: the Netherlands.
In today’s final against the unbeaten Belgium, the Dutch players were able to perform a very good game again, and the few goals scored by the opponent facilitated an easy win (5-21) for the Netherlands in this final match.
The Champions: The Netherlands
England and Chinese Taipei played for Bronze in the previous game, and the Asian team leaded the match from the very begining with a spectacular and dynamic korfbal, that allowed them to win by 13-26.
In the game for 5th place, Czech Republic beated Catalonia 19-12 and Germany won an exciting match versus Portugal by one single goal (14-13).
OFFICIAL FINAL RANKING
| Team | Rank | Games | Pts | Goals + | Goals – | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1 | 6 | 18 | 160 | 27 | 133 |
| Belgium | 2 | 6 | 12 | 127 | 62 | 65 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 5 | 12 | 100 | 56 | 44 |
| England | 4 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 101 | -56 |
| Czech Republic | 5 | 5 | 9 | 100 | 65 | 35 |
| Catalonia | 6 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 78 | -33 |
| Germany | 7 | 5 | 9 | 69 | 55 | 14 |
| Portugal | 8 | 5 | 3 | 58 | 80 | -22 |
| Slovakia | 9 | 5 | 6 | 44 | 53 | -9 |
| France | 10 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 87 | -45 |
| Hong Kong China | 11 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 88 | -52 |
| Morocco | 12 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 114 | -74 |
Thanks to the Royal Belgian Korfball Association for organising such a wonderful tournament, and to all teams, players, coaches, managers, officials and most importantly, the volunteers, for all their hard and good work and friendship. This is korfball!
DAY 3 IMAGE GALLERY (by Marco Spelten)
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All fans around the world were be able to follow this tournament live on youtube.com/ikfchannel and on www.worldkorfball.sport (with live results and streams, statistics, scorers, play-by-play …). For more local information and tickets there was the LOC official website: www.u19wkc2023.com
On social media you can find the best images, clips and highlights, visiting the official IKF profiles (see below) and via the hashtags #U19WKC and #korfball:
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DAY 2 IMAGE GALLERY (by Marco Spelten)
DAY 1 IMAGE GALLERY (by Marco Spelten)
PREVIOUS EVENT INFORMATION
Event info: https://korfball.sport/?p=27486
