IKF World Korfball Championship

{{infobox sports league

| logo =

| sport = Korfball

| founded = 1978

| continent = International (IKF)

| teams = 24 (finals)

| champions = {{korf|NED}} (11th title)
(2023)

| most_champs = {{korf|NED}}
(11 titles)

| website = [http://www.korfball.sport/ International Korfball Federation]

| current_season = 2023 IKF World Korfball Championship

}}

The IKF World Korfball 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 the Netherlands, who won the 2023 IKF World Korfball Championship.

The 12 World Championships have been won by two different national teams. The Netherlands have won all but one time, losing only to Belgium in the 1991 Korfball World Championship.

Results

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%"

|+ {{sronly|World Korfball Championship results}}

!width=5%|Year

!width=10%|Host

!width=1% rowspan=20 bgcolor=ffffff|

!width=14%|Winners

!width=10%|Score

!width=14%|Runners-up

!width=1% rowspan=20 bgcolor=ffffff|

!width=14%|Third Place

!width=10%|Score

!width=14%|Fourth Place

!width=1% rowspan=20 bgcolor=ffffff|

!width=4%| Teams

1978
Details

|{{flag|Netherlands}}

|{{korf|NED}}

|14–13
(a.e.t.)

|{{korf|BEL}}

|{{korf|GER|name=West Germany}}

|20–15
(a.e.t.)

|{{korf|GBR}}

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|1984
Details

|{{flag|Belgium}}

|{{korf|NED}}

|11–9

|{{korf|BEL}}

|{{korf|GER|name=West Germany}}

|7–5

|{{korf|GBR}}

1987
Details

|{{flag|Netherlands}}

|{{korf|NED}}

|9–7

|{{korf|BEL}}

|{{korf|GBR}}

|9–5
(a.e.t.)

|{{korf|TPE}}

|12

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|1991
Details

|{{flag|Belgium}}

|{{korf|BEL}}

|11–10

|{{korf|NED}}

|{{korf|TPE}}

|10–8

|{{korf|GER}}

|12

1995
Details

|{{flag|India}}

|{{korf|NED}}

|21–13

|{{korf|BEL}}

|{{korf|POR}}

|13–11

|{{korf|AUS}}

|12

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|1999
Details

|{{flag|Australia}}

|{{korf|NED}}

|23–11

|{{korf|BEL}}

|{{korf|GBR}}

|24–22

|{{korf|GER}}

|12

2003
Details

|{{flag|Netherlands}}

|{{korf|NED}}

|22–9

|{{korf|BEL}}

|{{korf|CZE}}

|21–15

|{{korf|TPE}}

|16

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|2007
Details

|{{flag|Czech Republic}}

|{{korf|NED}}

|23–10

|{{korf|BEL}}

|{{korf|CZE}}

|19–14

|{{korf|POR}}

|16

2011
Details

|{{flag|China}}

|{{korf|NED}}

|32–26

|{{korf|BEL}}

|{{korf|TPE}}

|33–16

|{{korf|CAT}}

|16

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|2015
Details

|{{flag|Belgium}}

|{{korf|NED}}

|27–18

|{{korf|BEL}}

|{{korf|TPE}}

|21–12

|{{korf|ENG}}

|16

2019
Details

|{{flag|South Africa}}

|{{korf|NED}}

|31–18

|{{korf|BEL}}

|{{korf|TPE}}

|25–16

|{{korf|CHN}}

|20

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|2023
Details

|{{flag|Taiwan}}

|{{korf|NED}}

|27–9

|{{korf|TPE}}

|{{korf|BEL}}

|26–11

|{{korf|CZE}}

|24

2027
Details

|{{flag|Netherlands}}

|TBA

a.e.t.: after extra time

=Titles by team=

{{korf|NED}}: 11
{{korf|BEL}}: 1

=Teams reaching the top four=

class="wikitable sortable" style=font-size:100% width=75%

|+ {{sronly|Teams to reach the top four}}

!width=15%| Team

!style="background:#FFD700;" width=20% | Titles

!style="background:#C0C0C0;" width=15% | Runners-up

!style="background:#CC9966;" width=15% | Third place

!width=10%|Fourth place

!width=6%|Total top 4

|11 (1978 *, 1984, 1987 *, 1995, 1999, 2003 *, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023)

|1 (1991)

| —

|align=center|12

|1 (1991 *)

|10 (1978, 1984 *, 1987, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 *, 2019)

|1 (2023)

| —

|align=center|12

| —

|1 (2023 *)

|4 (1991, 2011, 2015, 2019)

|2 (1987, 2003)

|align=center|7

{{korf|ENG}}#

| —

|2 (1987, 1999)

|3 (1978, 1984, 2015)

|align=center|5

{{korf|GER}}^

| —

|2 (1978, 1984)

|2 (1991, 1999)

|align=center|4

| —

|2 (2003, 2007 *)

|1 (2023)

|align=center|3

| —

|1 (1995)

|1 (2007)

|align=center|2

| —

|1 (1995)

|align=center|1

| —

|1 (2011)

|align=center|1

| —

|1 (2019)

|align=center|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.

class="wikitable"
Year ! Debutants ! Total
1978 \| {{korf\|BEL}} {{korf\|GBR}} {{korf\|LUX}} {{korf\|NED}} {{korf\|PNG}} {{korf\|ESP}} {{korf\|USA}} {{korf\|GER\|name=West Germany}} \|align=center \| 8
1984 \| {{korf\|AUS}} {{korf\|FRA}} \|align=center \| 2
1987 \| {{korf\|ARU}} {{korf\|TPE}} {{korf\|INA}} {{korf\|POR}} \|align=center \| 4
1991 \| {{korf\|ARM}} {{korf\|GER}} {{korf\|IND}} \|align=center \| 3
1995 \| {{korf\|CZE}} {{korf\|SVK}} {{korf\|RSA}} \|align=center \| 3
1999 \| {{korf\|CAT}} {{korf\|JPN}} {{korf\|POL}} \|align=center \| 3
2003 \| {{korf\|HUN}} \|align=center \| 1
2007 \| {{korf\|CHN}} {{korf\|ENG}} {{korf\|RUS}} \|align=center \| 3
2011 \| {{korf\|HKG}} {{korf\|WAL}} \|align=center \| 2
2015 \| {{korf\|BRA}} \|align=center \| 1
2019 \| {{korf\|IRL}} {{korf\|MAC}} {{korf\|NZL}} {{korf\|SUR}} \|align=center \| 4
2023 \| {{korf\|MAS}} {{korf\|PHI}} {{korf\|THA}} {{korf\|TUR}} \|align=center \| 4
colspan=2 \|Total ! align=center \| 39

class="wikitable"

Year

! Debutants

! Total

1978

| {{korf|BEL}}
{{korf|GBR}}
{{korf|LUX}}
{{korf|NED}}
{{korf|PNG}}
{{korf|ESP}}
{{korf|USA}}
{{korf|GER|name=West Germany}}

|align=center | 8

1984

| {{korf|AUS}}
{{korf|FRA}}

|align=center | 2

1987

| {{korf|ARU}}
{{korf|TPE}}
{{korf|INA}}
{{korf|POR}}

|align=center | 4

1991

| {{korf|ARM}}
{{korf|GER}}
{{korf|IND}}

|align=center | 3

1995

| {{korf|CZE}}
{{korf|SVK}}
{{korf|RSA}}

|align=center | 3

1999

| {{korf|CAT}}
{{korf|JPN}}
{{korf|POL}}

|align=center | 3

2003

| {{korf|HUN}}

|align=center | 1

2007

| {{korf|CHN}}
{{korf|ENG}}
{{korf|RUS}}

|align=center | 3

2011

| {{korf|HKG}}
{{korf|WAL}}

|align=center | 2

2015

| {{korf|BRA}}

|align=center | 1

2019

| {{korf|IRL}}
{{korf|MAC}}
{{korf|NZL}}
{{korf|SUR}}

|align=center | 4

2023

| {{korf|MAS}}
{{korf|PHI}}
{{korf|THA}}
{{korf|TUR}}

|align=center | 4

colspan=2 |Total

! align=center | 39

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

{{bg|gold|1st}} — Champions
{{bg|silver|2nd}} — Runners-up
{{bg|#cc9966|3rd}} — Third place
{{bg|#9acdff|4th}} — Fourth place
{{border|width=1px|color=gray| • }} — Did not qualify
{{border|width=1px|color=gray| × }} — Did not enter / Withdrew
{{border|width=3px|color=red| }} — Hosts

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" \|+ Team results by tournament ! Team !1978 (8) !1984 (8) !1987 (12) !1991 (12) !1995 (12) !1999 (12) !2003 (16) !2007 (16) !2011 (16) !2015 (16) !2019 (20) !2023 (24)
id="ARG" align=left\| {{korf\|ARG}} \|×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×
id="ARM" align=left\| {{korf\|ARM}} \|×	×	×	8th	9th	×	15th	×	×	×	×	×
id="ARU" align=left\| {{korf\|ARU}} \|×	×	8th	10th	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
id="AUS" align=left\| {{korf\|AUS}} \|×	7th	6th	9th	bgcolor=#9acdff\|4th	style="border:3px solid red"\|7th	7th	8th	12th	11th	14th	12th
id="BEL" align=left\| {{korf\|BEL}} \|bgcolor=silver \|2nd	bgcolor=silver style="border:3px solid red" \|2nd	bgcolor=silver \|2nd	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red" \|1st	bgcolor=silver \|2nd	bgcolor=silver \|2nd	bgcolor=silver \|2nd	bgcolor=silver \|2nd	bgcolor=silver \|2nd	bgcolor=silver style="border:3px solid red" \|2nd	bgcolor=silver \|2nd	bgcolor=#cc9966\|3rd
id="BRA" align=left\| {{korf\|BRA}} \|×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	16th	•	22nd
id="CAT" align=left\| {{korf\|CAT}}{{Efn\|Catalonia is considered as the successor of Spain and only competed for the first time under the name Catalonia in 1999.}} \|6th	5th	11th	×	×	8th	9th	9th	bgcolor=#9acdff\|4th	5th	10th	10th
id="CHN" align=left\| {{korf\|CHN}} \|×	×	×	×	×	×	×	16th	style="border:3px solid red" \|11th	7th	bgcolor=#9acdff\|4th	×
id="TPE" align=left\| {{korf\|TPE}} \|×	×	bgcolor=#9acdff\|4th	bgcolor=#cc9966 \|3rd	5th	6th	bgcolor=#9acdff\|4th	5th	bgcolor=#cc9966\|3rd	bgcolor=#cc9966\|3rd	bgcolor=#cc9966\|3rd	bgcolor=silver style="border:3px solid red" \|2nd
id="COL" align=left\| {{korf\|COL}} \|×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	x
id="CRC" align=left\| {{korf\|CRC}} \|×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	x
id="CZE" align=left\| {{korf\|CZE}} \|×	×	×	×	7th	×	bgcolor=#cc9966 \|3rd	bgcolor=#cc9966 style="border:3px solid red" \|3rd	8th	9th	7th	bgcolor=#9acdff\|4th
id="DOM" align=left\| {{korf\|DOM}} \|×	×	x	x	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
id="ENG" align=left\| {{korf\|ENG}}{{Efn\|England is considered the successor team of Great Britain, which competed until (and including) 2003 but then split.}} \|bgcolor=#9acdff\|4th	bgcolor=#9acdff\|4th	bgcolor=#cc9966 \|3rd	5th	8th	bgcolor=#cc9966 \|3rd	5th	7th	5th	4th	9th	8th
id="FRA" align=left\| {{korf\|FRA}} \|×	8th	12th	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×
id="GER" align=left\| {{korf\|GER}}{{Efn\|Germany competed as West Germany until 1990.}} \|bgcolor=#cc9966 \|3rd	bgcolor=#cc9966 \|3rd	5th	bgcolor=#9acdff\|4th	6th	bgcolor=#9acdff\|4th	8th	11th	9th	6th	5th	6th
id="HKG" align=left\| {{korf\|HKG}} \|×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	14th	12th	17th	14th
id="HUN" align=left\| {{korf\|HUN}} \|×	×	×	×	×	×	10th	10th	•	13th	12th	9th
id="IND" align=left\| {{korf\|IND}} \|×	×	×	11th	style="border:3px solid red" \|12th	11th	14th	12th	13th	×	×	19th
id="INA" align=left\| {{korf\|INA}} \|×	×	10th	12th	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	x
id="IRL" align=left\| {{korf\|IRL}} \|×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	16th	17th
id="JPN" align=left\| {{korf\|JPN}} \|×	×	×	×	×	12th	16th	×	×	•	15th	20th
id="LUX" align=left\| {{korf\|LUX}} \|8th	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	x
id="MAC" align=left\| {{korf\|MAC}} \|×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	20th	x
id="MAS" align=left\| {{korf\|MAS}} \|×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	21st
id="MWI" align=left\| {{korf\|MWI}} \|×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	x
id="MEX" align=left\| {{korf\|MEX}} \|×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	x
id="NED" align=left\| {{korf\|NED}} \|bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red" \|1st	bgcolor=gold \|1st	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red" \|1st	bgcolor=silver \|2nd	bgcolor=gold \|1st	bgcolor=gold \|1st	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red" \|1st	bgcolor=gold \|1st	bgcolor=gold \|1st	bgcolor=gold \|1st	bgcolor=gold \|1st	bgcolor=gold \|1st
id="NZL" align=left\| {{korf\|NZL}} \|×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	18th	16th
id="PAK" align=left\| {{korf\|PAK}} \|×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	x
id="PNG" align=left\| {{korf\|PNG}} \|7th	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
id="PHI" align=left\| {{korf\|PHI}} \|×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	24th
id="POL" align=left\| {{korf\|POL}} \|×	×	×	×	×	9th	12th	14th	10th	14th	11th	11th
id="POR" align=left\| {{korf\|POR}} \|×	×	9th	6th	bgcolor=#cc9966 \|3rd	5th	6th	bgcolor=#9acdff\|4th	7th	10th	8th	7th
id="RUS" align=left\| {{korf\|RUS}} \|×	×	×	×	×	×	×	6th	6th	8th	×	x
id="SCO" align=left\| {{korf\|SCO}} \|×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	x
id="SER" align=left\| {{korf\|SER}} \|×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	x
id="SVK" align=left\| {{korf\|SVK}} \|×	×	×	×	10th	×	13th	×	•	•	13th	15th
id="RSA" align=left\| {{korf\|RSA}} \|×	×	×	×	11th	10th	11th	15th	16th	15th	style="border:3px solid red"\|19th	23rd
id="KOR" align=left\| {{korf\|KOR}} \|×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	x
id="SUR" align=left\| {{korf\|SUR}} \|×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	6th	5th
id="TUR" align=left\| {{korf\|THA}} \|×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	18th
id="TUR" align=left\| {{korf\|TUR}} \|×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	13th
id="USA" align=left\| {{korf\|USA}} \|5th	6th	7th	7th	×	×	×	13th	×	×	×	x
id="WAL" align=left\| {{korf\|WAL}} \|×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	15th	•	•	x
id="ZAM" align=left\| {{korf\|ZAM}} \|×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	x
id="ZIM" align=left\| {{korf\|ZIM}} \|×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	×	x

External links

[http://www.korfball.org/ IKF official site]
[http://www.korfball.org/ikf/images/stories/IKFdocuments/world%20championship%20february%202011.pdf History of the IKF and the IKF World Championship]

Footnotes

Category:Korfball competitions

Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1978

IKF World Korfball Championship

Results

=Titles by team=

=Teams reaching the top four=

Appearances

=Debut of teams=

=Comprehensive team results by tournament=

See also

External links

Footnotes