International Korfball Federation

The International Korfball Federation (IKF) was founded in Antwerp (Belgium) on the June 11, 1933 as a continuation of the International Korfball Bureau established in 1924 by the Dutch and Belgian Associations. The headquarters is in Zeist (NED).

The IKF was officially recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1993 and is affiliated to the General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF); renamed to Sportaccord, the Association of the IOC Recognized International Sports Federations (ARISF) and the International World Games Association (IWGA).

The IKF aims to spread korfball around the globe and increase the level of play in the affiliated countries.The IKF has currently 60 member countries. It provides the affiliated countries with financial, material, and structural support to achieve the goals. It has established a network of contacts in many countries and IKF actively promotes the game by transferring knowledge internationally by exchange programs and inviting selected korfball players, coaches, and administrators to its training courses in order to assist in the creation of a stable local organization and structure in all the affiliated countries on which a flourishing korfball organization can be built.

Members[edit]

There are currently 59 members of the International Korfball Federation

Country	Member	Year^[1]	National team	Web site
Argentina	Comité Argentino de Korfball	2007	Argentina	website
Armenia	Korfball Federation of Armenia (KFA)	1990	Armenia	website
Aruba	Korfball Bond Aruba (KBA)	1982	Aruba
Australia	Korfball Australia (KA)	1978	Australia	website
Belarus	Belarus Korfball Federation (BKF)		Belarus
Belgium	Koninklijke Belgische Korfbalbond (KBKB)	1933	Belgium	website
Bosnia-Herzegovina	Korfball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (KFBH)	2001	Bosnia-Herzegovina
Botswana	Korfball Association Botswana		Botswana
Brazil	Korfball Federation of Brazil (KFB)	2003	Brazil	website
Bulgaria	Bulgarian Federation Korfball and Intercrosse	2005	Bulgaria
Canada	Manitoba Korfball Association (MKA)		Canada
Catalonia	Federació Catalana de Korfbal (FCK)	1997	Catalonia	website
China	Korfball Promotion Committee of China (KCCP)	2006	China
Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei Korfball Association (CTKA)	1985	Chinese Taipei	website
Croatia	Croatian Korfball Federation		Croatia
Curaçao	Curaçaose Korfbalbond (CKB)	1986	Curaçao
Cyprus	Cyprus Korfball Federation (CKF)	1995	Cyprus
Czech Republic	Czech Korfball Association (CKA)	1989	Czech Republic	website
Denmark	Danish Korfball Committee		Denmark	website
Dominican Republic	Dominican Korfball Federation (MKA)	2007	Dominican Republic
England	English Korfball Association (EKA)	1946	England	website
Finland	Finnish Korfball Committee (FKC)	1992	Finland
France	UFOLEP National Korfball Committee		France	website
Georgia	Georgian Korfball Federation	2003	Georgia
Germany	Deutscher Turner Bund e.V (DTB)	1964	Germany	website
Greece	Hellenic Korfball & Ball-Sports Federation (HKBSF)	2003	Greece	website
Hong Kong, China	Hong Kong China Korfball Association (HKCKA)	1988	Hong Kong China	website
Hungary	Hungarian Korfball Association (HKA)	1991	Hungary	website
India	Korfball Federation of India (KFI)	1980	India	website
Indonesia	Persatuan Korfball Seluruh Indonesia (PKSI)	1984	Indonesia
Ireland	Irish Korfball Association	2007	Ireland
Italy	Federazione Italiana Korfball (FIK)	2003	Italy	website
Japan	Japan Korfball Association (JKA)	1990	Japan
Korea	Korea Korfball Federation (KKA)	2006	Korea
Luxembourg	Federation Luxembourgeoise du Korfball (FLKB)	1976	Luxembourg	website
Macau, China	Macau Korfball Association (MKA)	2000	Macau China
Malawi	1964 Korfball Association (MKA)	2006	Malawi\|1964
Malaysia	Malaysian Korfball Association (MKA)	2007	Malaysia
Mongolia	Mongolian Korfball Federation		Mongolia
Nepal	Korfball Federation of Nepal(KFN)	2009	Nepal	website
Netherlands	Koninklijk Nederlands Korfbalverbond (KNKV)	1933	Netherlands	website
New Zealand	Korfball New Zealand (KNZI)	1998	New Zealand	website
Pakistan	Korfball Pakistan	2008	Pakistan
Poland	Polska Federacja Korfballu (PFK)	1988	Poland	website
Portugal	Federacao Portuguesa de Corfebol (FPC)	1987	Portugal	website
Romania	Romanian Korfball Association (RKA)	2003	Romania
Russia	Russian Korfball Federation (RKF)	1997	Russia	website
Scotland	Scottish Korfball Federation (SKF)	2006	Scotland	website
Serbia	Korfball Federation of Serbia	2005	Serbia
Singapore	Republic of Singapore Korfball Association (ROSKA)	1989	Singapore
Slovakia	Slovak Korfball Association (SAK)	1994	Slovakia
South Africa	South African Korfball Federation (SAKF)	1993	South Africa	website
Suriname	Surinaamse Korfbalbond (SKB)	1971	Suriname
Sweden	Svenska Korfballförbundet (SKF)	2002	Sweden	website
Turkey	Turkish Korfball Committee (TKC)	1997	Turkey	website
United States	United States Korfball Federation (USKF)	1978	United States	website
Wales	Welsh Korfball Association (WKA)	2006	Wales	website
Zambia	Korfball Federation of Zambia (KFZ)		Zambia
Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe Korfball Federation (ZKF)	2005	Zimbabwe