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Wales national korfball team

{{Short description|National sport team}}

{{EngvarB|date=June 2014}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}}

{{more citations needed|date=May 2015}}

{{Infobox national korfball team

| Name =Wales

| Logo=

| Association=Welsh Korfball Association/Cymdeithas Pêl-Côrff Cymru

| IKF membership={{Start date and age|df=yes|2007}}

| IKF code=WAL {{flagicon|WAL}}

| IKF rank= 30 (Jan. 2023)

| World championships apps=1

| World championships first=2011

| World championships best=15th

| World games apps=

| World games first=

| World games best=

| European championships apps=4

| European championships first=2010

| European championships best=11th place

| Continental name=Celtic Tri-Nations

| Continental championships apps=3

| Continental championships first=2021

| Continental championships best=1st

|website=http://www.welshkorfball.org/

}}

The Wales National Korfball Team often referred to as the Welsh Korfball Squad (WKS) is managed by the Welsh Korfball Association/Cymdeithas Pêl-Côrff Cymru, and represents Wales in international korfball competition.

The Welsh Korfball Squad entered its first IKF ranking competition in 2007, after the Great Britain national korfball team was disbanded to produce three teams: England, Wales and Scotland. Wales is a fully recognised member of the International Korfball Federation and is currently ranked 18th in the world.

They played the World Championships for the first and only time in 2011, after the withdrawal of Hungary.{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-15466377| title=Wales Make Korfball World Championship Debut in China| publisher=BBC| date=27 October 2011}} In 2006 they reached the 3rd place in the Korfball Commonwealth Games.{{cite news |date=24 August 2006 |title=Korfball Commonwealth Games |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southeast/sites/sport/pages/korfball_commonwealth2006.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421085246/https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southeast/sites/sport/pages/korfball_commonwealth2006.shtml |archive-date=2009-04-21 |publisher=BBC}}

Tournament results

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|colspan=4 |World Championships{{cite web| url=http://www.ikf.org/ikf/images/stories/IKFdocuments/world%20championship%20february%202011.pdf| title=The history of the IKF and the IKF World Championship| publisher=IKF}}

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|width=50|Year

|width=200|Championship

|width=180|Host

|width=100|Classification

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|2011

|9th World Championship

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Shaoxing, China

|align="center" |15th place

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|colspan=4 |World Games

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|width=50|Year

|width=200|Championship

|width=180|Host

|width=100|Classification

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|colspan=4 |European Championships{{cite web| url=http://www.ikf.org/ikf/images/stories/IKFdocuments/european%20championship%20history%20february%202011.pdf| title=The history of the IKF European Championship| publisher=IKF}}

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|width=50|Year

|width=200|Championship

|width=180|Host

|width=100|Classification

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|2010

|4th European Championships

|{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands

|align="center" |11th place

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|2014

|5th European Championships

|{{flagicon|POR}} Portugal

|align="center" |16th place

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|2018

|7th European Championships

|{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands

|align="center" |12th place

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|2021

|8th European Championships (B-Division)

|{{flagicon|POL}} Poland

|align="center" |8th place

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|colspan=4 |Celtic Tri-Nations

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|width=50|Year

|width=200|Championship

|width=180|Host

|width=100|Classification

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|2021

|Celtic Tri-Nations

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Gloucester, England

| align="center" bgcolor="#cc9966" |Image:Med 3.png 3rd place

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|2022

|Celtic Tri-Nations

|{{flagicon|SCO}} Edinburgh, Scotland

| align="center" bgcolor="#cc9966" |Image:Med 3.png 3rd place

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|2023

|Celtic Tri-Nations

|{{flagicon|WAL}} Cardiff, Wales

| align="center" bgcolor="gold" |Image:Med 1.png 1st place

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|colspan=4 |European Bowl

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|width=50|Year

|width=200|Championship

|width=180|Host

|width=100|Classification

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|2007

|2nd European Bowl

|{{flagicon|LUX}} Luxembourg

|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |Image:Med 1.png Champions (West)

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|2009

|3rd European Bowl

|{{flagicon|LUX}} Luxembourg

|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | Image:Med 1.png Champions (West)

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|2013

|4th European Bowl

|{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands

|bgcolor="silver" align="center" | Image:Med 2.png 2nd place (East)

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|colspan=4 |Commonwealth Championship

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|width=50|Year

|width=200|Championship

|width=180|Host

|width=100|Classification

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|2006

|1st Korfball Commonwealth Championship

|{{flagicon|ENG}} London, England

| align="center" bgcolor="#cc9966" |Image:Med 3.png 3rd place

Squad

The Welsh Korfball Squad is selected by the coaching staff as appointed by the WKA.

=Current squad=

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Wales International Squad

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  • Kiera Wilcox (Cardiff City {{flagicon|WAL}})
  • Bethan Phillips (Birmingham City {{flagicon|ENG}})
  • Niki Morgan (Cardiff City {{flagicon|WAL}})
  • Yasmin Williams (Nomads {{flagicon|ENG}})
  • Keira Washtell (Cardiff City {{flagicon|WAL}})
  • Niamh Sully (Bristol Thunder {{flagicon|ENG}})
  • Lizzie Coster (Highbury {{flagicon|ENG}})

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  • Leo Comerford (Bristol Thunder {{flagicon|ENG}})
  • Jordan Evans (Cardiff Raptors {{flagicon|WAL}})
  • James Wilcox (Cardiff City {{flagicon|WAL}})
  • Kris Banham (Cardiff City {{flagicon|WAL}})
  • Siôn Edwards (Highbury {{flagicon|ENG}})
  • Nick Wilkins (Tornadoes {{flagicon|ENG}})
  • James Newitt (Cardiff City {{flagicon|WAL}})
  • Coach: Ross Carr-Taylor {{flagicon|ENG}}
  • Coach: Ruth Barbir {{flagicon|WAL}}

    • |}

    Most capped players

    Players with an equal number of caps are ranked in chronological order of reaching the milestone.

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    width="50" |#

    ! style="width:150px;"|Name

    ! style="width:100px;"|Career

    ! width="50" |Caps

    ! width="50" |Goals

    ! width="50" |Position

    1

    |align="left"|Nick Wilkins

    |2005-2023

    |81

    |137

    |{{steady}}

    2

    |align="left"|Ruth Barbir

    |2007-2022

    |61

    |81

    |{{steady}}

    3

    |align="left"|John Williams

    |2006-2018

    |57

    |64

    |{{steady}}

    4

    |align="left"|James Wilcox

    |2013-2023

    |56

    |127

    |{{steady}}

    5

    |align="left"|Bethan Phillips

    |2013–2023

    |53

    |51

    |{{steady}}

    6

    |align="left"|Ramzi Barbir

    |2005-2018

    |50

    |93

    |{{steady}}

    7

    |align="left"|Zoe Rose

    |2006-2016

    |49

    |17

    |{{steady}}

    8

    |align="left"|Carla Bennett

    |2010-2021

    |48

    |54

    |{{steady}}

    9

    |align="left"|Kevin Jones

    |2005-2022

    |45

    |62

    |{{steady}}

    10

    |align="left"|Leo Comerford

    |2015-2023

    |37

    |52

    |{{increase}}1

    11

    |align="left"|Dave Buckland

    |2005-2013

    |36

    |66

    |{{decrease}}1

    12

    |align="left"|Susan Jones

    |2005-2010

    |29

    |13

    |{{steady}}

    13

    |align="left"|Rick Scowcroft

    |2011-2017

    |26

    |14

    |{{steady}}

    14

    |align="left"|Jo Knott

    |2011-2018

    |25

    |5

    |{{steady}}

    15

    |align="left"|Hannah Ager

    |2008-2014

    |24

    |9

    |{{steady}}

    Top goalscorers

    Goalscorers with an equal number of goals are ranked with the highest to lowest goals per game ratio.

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    width="50" |#

    ! style="width:150px;"|Name

    ! style="width:100px;"|Career

    ! width="50" |Goals

    ! width="50" |Caps

    ! width="50" |Position

    ! style="width:110px;"|Average

    1

    |style="text-align:left;"|Nick Wilkins

    |2005-2023

    |137

    |81

    |{{steady}}

    |1.69

    2

    |style="text-align:left;"|James Wilcox

    |2013-2023

    |127

    |56

    |{{steady}}

    |2.27

    3

    |style="text-align:left;"|Ramzi Barbir

    |2005-2018

    |93

    |50

    |{{steady}}

    |1.86

    4

    |style="text-align:left;"|Ruth Barbir

    |2007-2022

    |81

    |61

    |{{steady}}

    |1.33

    5

    |style="text-align:left;"|Dave Buckland

    |2005-2013

    |66

    |36

    |{{steady}}

    |1.83

    6

    |style="text-align:left;"|John Williams

    |2006-2018

    |64

    |57

    |{{steady}}

    |1.12

    7

    |style="text-align:left;"|Kevin Jones

    |2005-2022

    |62

    |45

    |{{steady}}

    |1.38

    8

    |style="text-align:left;"|Carla Bennett

    |2010-2021

    |54

    |48

    |{{steady}}

    |1.13

    9

    |style="text-align:left;"|Leo Comerford

    |2015-2023

    |52

    |37

    |{{steady}}

    |1.41

    10

    |style="text-align:left;"|Bethan Phillips

    |2013-2023

    |51

    |53

    |{{steady}}

    |0.96

    11

    |style="text-align:left;"|Kiera Wilcox

    |2019-2023

    |34

    |20

    |{{increase}}1

    |1.70

    12

    |style="text-align:left;"|Steve Jones

    |2005-2007

    |25

    |10

    |{{decrease}}1

    |2.50

    13

    |style="text-align:left;"|Helen Davies

    |2016-2022

    |21

    |20

    |{{steady}}

    |1.05

    14

    |style="text-align:left;"|Ceri Jones

    |2005-2010

    |19

    |20

    |{{steady}}

    |0.95

    15

    |style="text-align:left;"|Zoe Rose

    |2006-2016

    |17

    |49

    |{{steady}}

    |0.35

    See also

    References

    {{reflist}}

    External links

    • [http://www.welshkorfball.org Welsh Korfball Association]
    • [http://www.ikf.org International Korfball Federation]

    {{National korfball teams}}

    {{national sports teams of Wales}}

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    Category:Korfball in Wales