IKF Korfball World Championship

IKF Korfball World Championship

Founded	1978
Region	International (IKF)
Number of teams	16 (finals)
Current champions	Netherlands (8th title)
Most successful team(s)	Netherlands (8 titles)
Website	International Korfball Federation
2011 Korfball World Championship

The IKF Korfball World Championship, often simply the Korfball World Championship, is an international korfball competition contested by the national teams of the members of International Korfball Federation (IKF), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded roughly every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1978. The current champions are Netherlands, who won the 2011 Korfball World Championship.

The current format of the tournament involves 16 teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation over a period of about a week. The 9 World Championships have been won by two different national teams. Netherlands have won all but one time, losing only to Belgium in the 1991 Korfball World Championship.

Results

Year	Host		Winners	Score	Runners-up		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place		Number of teams
1978 Details	Netherlands		Netherlands	14–13 (a.e.t.)	Belgium		West Germany	20–15 (a.e.t.)	Great Britain		8
1984 Details	Belgium		Netherlands	11–9	Belgium		West Germany	7–5	Great Britain		8
1987 Details	Netherlands		Netherlands	9–7	Belgium		Great Britain	9–5 (a.e.t.)	Chinese Taipei		12
1991 Details	Belgium		Belgium	11–10	Netherlands		Chinese Taipei	10–8	Germany		12
1995 Details	India		Netherlands	21–13	Belgium		Portugal	13–11	Australia		12
1999 Details	Australia		Netherlands	23–11	Belgium		Great Britain	24–22	Germany		12
2003 Details	Netherlands		Netherlands	22–9	Belgium		Czech Republic	21–15	Chinese Taipei		16
2007 Details	Czech Republic		Netherlands	23–10	Belgium		Czech Republic	19–14	Portugal		16
2011 Details	China		Netherlands	32–26	Belgium		Chinese Taipei	33-16	Catalonia		16
2015 Details	Belgium										TBA

• a.e.t.: after extra time

Titles by team

• Netherlands: 8
• Belgium: 1

Teams reaching the top four

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total finishes in top four
Netherlands	8 (1978*, 1984, 1987*, 1995, 1999, 2003*, 2007, 2011)	1 (1991)	—	—	9
Belgium	1 (1991*)	8 (1978, 1984*, 1987, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011)	—	—	9
Germany^	—	—	2 (1978, 1984)	2 (1991, 1999)	4
England#	—	—	2 (1987, 1999)	2 (1978, 1984)	4
Chinese Taipei	—	—	2 (1991, 2011)	2 (1987, 2003)	4
Czech Republic	—	—	2 (2003, 2007*)	—	2
Portugal	—	—	1 (1995)	1 (2007)	2
Australia	—	—	—	1 (1995)	1
Catalonia	—	—	—	1 (2011)	1

* = hosts

^ = includes results representing West Germany between 1978 and 1987

# = includes results representing Great Britain between 1978 and 2003

Appearances

Debut of teams

Each successive World Championship has had at least one team appearing for the first time. Teams in parentheses are considered successor teams by IKF.

Year	Debutants	Total
1978	Belgium Great Britain Luxembourg Netherlands Papua New Guinea Spain United States West Germany	8
1984	Australia France	2
1987	Aruba Chinese Taipei Indonesia Portugal	4
1991	Armenia (Germany) India	2
1995	Czech Republic Slovakia South Africa	3
1999	(Catalonia) Japan Poland	2
2003	Hungary	1
2007	China (England) Russia	2
2011	Hong Kong Wales	2
Total		24

Note: The IKF considers Germany a successor to West Germany. Likewise, Catalonia is seen as a successor to Spain.

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend

• 1st — Champions
• 2nd — Runners-up
• 3rd — Third place
• 4th — Fourth place
•  ×  — Did not enter / Withdrew
•    — Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team	1978 (8)	1984 (8)	1987 (12)	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (12)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (TBD)
Armenia	×	×	×	8th	9th	×	15th	×	×
Aruba	×	×	8th	10th	×	×	×	×	×
Australia	×	7th	6th	9th	4th	7th	7th	8th	12th
Belgium	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd
Catalonia	6th	5th	11th	×	×	8th	9th	9th	4th
China	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	16th	11th
Chinese Taipei	×	×	4th	3rd	5th	6th	4th	5th	3rd
Czech Republic	×	×	×	×	7th	×	3rd	3rd	8th
Germany	3rd	3rd	5th	4th	6th	4th	8th	11th	9th
England	4th	4th	3rd	5th	8th	3rd	5th	7th	5th
France	×	8th	12th	×	×	×	×	×	×
Hong Kong	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	14th
Hungary	×	×	×	×	×	×	10th	10th	×
India	×	×	×	11th	12th	11th	14th	12th	13th
Indonesia	×	×	10th	12th	×	×	×	×	×
Japan	×	×	×	×	×	12th	16th	×	×
Luxembourg	8th	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Netherlands	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
Papua New Guinea	7th	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Poland	×	×	×	×	×	9th	12th	14th	10th
Portugal	×	×	9th	6th	3rd	5th	6th	4th	7th
Russia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	6th	6th
Slovakia	×	×	×	×	10th	×	13th	×	×
South Africa	×	×	×	×	11th	10th	11th	15th	16th
United States	5th	6th	7th	7th	×	×	×	13th	×
Wales	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	15th

See also

• Korfball

External links

• IKF official site
• History of the IKF and the IKF World Championship