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2023 IKF World Korfball Championship

The 12th IKF World Korfball Championship was held in Taipei, Taiwan.[3] It was the first time in the history of the IKF World Korfball Championship, the final wasn't played between Belgium and the Netherlands. The International Korfball Federation awarded the hosting rights for the tournament to Taiwan on 9 August 2019, ahead of the bids of Czech Republic and the Netherlands. The Netherlands was awarded the hosting rights for the 2027 IKF World Korfball Championship instead.[4]

2023 IKF World Korfball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryTaiwan
Dates20–29 October 2023
Teams24
Venue(s)Taipei Gymnasium[1]
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (11th title)
Runners-up Chinese Taipei
Third place Belgium
Fourth place Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played82
Goals scored2,780 (33.9 per match)
Top scorer(s)Netherlands Fleur Hoek
(33 goals)[2]
← 2019
2027 →

In November 2022, the number of teams participating was increased from 20 to 24. The Americas are now allotted 2 spots, Africa 2 spots, Europe 12 spots, and Asia and Oceania 7 spots (in addition to the host country), among which at least one Oceanian country. (with a minimum of 1 for Oceania).[5] Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Turkey are making their debut in the tournament.

The tournament also serves as the only qualification event for the 2025 World Games, with eight qualification places available. The IKF framework aims at having 4 continents representing Korfball at the TWG 2025 out of the five continents represented in the 2023 IKF World Korfball Championship – Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania. To make this happen, participants from 4 continents should finish in the top-11 at the 2023 IKF World Korfball Championship. To determine the teams qualifying, IKF set out a series of rules:

  1. All qualified teams for the 2025 World Games must participate in the 2023 IKF World Korfball Championship
  2. As host of the 2025 World Games, China must be ranked in top 13 at the 2023 IKF World Korfball Championship to guarantee the qualification as host of the 2025 World Games. If China does not finish in top 13 of the 2023 IKF World Korfball Championship, a wildcard will be given to be decided by IKF Council vote, taking the interest of quality of the competition, global representation, and marketing impact into account.
  3. If the top 8 ranking, including China, consists of participants of at least 4 continents the top 8 will qualify directly.
  4. If four continents are represented in the Top 11 then:
    1. China qualifies (if in top 13) but does not count on behalf of Asia
    2. If China does not finish in top 13 of the 2023 IKF World Korfball Championship, a wildcard will be given to be decided by IKF Council vote
    3. Considering only Top 11 teams, the highest ranked team from each continent qualify
    4. Starting with the highest ranked team and descending, teams who have not qualified via the steps above are then added until eight places are filled
  5. If three or two continents are represented in the Top 11 then:
    1. China qualifies (if in top 13) but does not count on behalf of Asia
    2. If China does not finish in top 13 of the 2023 IKF World Korfball Championship, a wildcard will be given to be decided by IKF Council vote
    3. Considering only Top 11 teams, the highest ranked team from each of those continents qualifies
    4. Starting with the highest ranked team and descending, teams who have not qualified via the steps above are then added until eight places are filled
  6. If only one continent is represented in the Top 11 then:
    1. China qualifies (if in top 13) but does not count on behalf of Asia
    2. If China does not finish in top 13 of the 2023 IKF World Korfball Championship, a wildcard will be given to be decided by IKF Council vote
    3. Starting with the highest ranked team and descending, teams who have not qualified via the step above are then added until eight places are filled

Teams

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Qualification

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Originally, the 2023 IKF World Korfball Championship was intended to involve 20 teams, but on 27 November 2022 the IKF decided to expand the tournament to 24 teams. As the European qualifiers had already been completed at that time and the IKF had awarded three extra places to European teams, third-place finishers   Hungary and   Slovakia qualified instantly, while the IKF decided that the fourth-place finisher ranked which was ranked highest on the IKF rankings per 1 January 2023 would qualify as well.   Ireland as such qualified as well, with    Switzerland becoming first reserve.

The draw for the tournament was made on 10 July 2023, at which point it became clear that both   Morocco and   Zimbabwe had withdrawn from the tournament and the IKF had instead invited reserves   Malaysia and   South Africa.

Finally, on 2 October 2023, the IKF confirmed that   Philippines would replace   China.

Team Date of
qualification 		Method of
qualification 		Finals
appearance 		Previous
appearance 		IKF
Ranking[nb 1]
  Australia 4 December 2022 IKF Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship 2022 4th place 11th 2019 14
  Belgium 9 August 2019 Automatic qualification 12th 2019 02
  Brazil 20 December 2022 IKF Pan-American Korfball Championship 2022 2nd place 02nd 2015 20
  Catalonia 5 November 2022 IKF EU World Korfball Championship Qualifier-B 2022 1st place 10th 2019 09
  Chinese Taipei 9 August 2019 Host 10th 2019 03
  Czech Republic 9 August 2019 Automatic qualification 07th 2019 08
  England 22 October 2022 IKF EU World Korfball Championship Qualifier-A 2022 1st place 12th[A] 2019 10
  Germany 9 August 2019 Automatic qualification 12th[B] 2019 04
  Hong Kong 4 December 2022 IKF Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship 2022 7th place 04th 2019 15
  Hungary 27 November 2022[C] IKF EU World Korfball Championship Qualifier-B 2022 3rd place 05th 2019 11
  India 4 December 2022 IKF Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship 2022 5th place 07th 2011 23
  Ireland 1 January 2023[D] Highest ranked 4th place finisher of EU qualifiers 02nd 2019 18
  Japan 4 December 2022 IKF Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship 2022 6th place 03rd 2019 19
  Malaysia 10 July 2023[E] Invited after withdrawal of   Morocco 01st – 28
  Netherlands 9 August 2019 Automatic qualification 12th 2019 01
  New Zealand 4 December 2022 IKF Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship 2022 3rd place 02nd 2019 13
  Philippines 2 October 2023[F] Invited after withdrawal of   China 01st – 38
  Poland 22 October 2022 IKF EU World Korfball Championship Qualifier-A 2022 2nd place 07th 2019 12
  Portugal 9 August 2019 Automatic qualification 10th 2019 06
  Slovakia 27 November 2022[G] IKF EU World Korfball Championship Qualifier-A 2022 3rd place 04th 2019 16
  South Africa 10 July 2023[E] Invited after withdrawal of   Zimbabwe 08th 2019 24
  Suriname 20 December 2022 IKF Pan-American Korfball Championship 2022 1st place 02nd 2019 07
  Thailand 4 December 2022 IKF Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship 2022 8th place 01st – 27
  Turkey 5 November 2022 IKF EU World Korfball Championship Qualifier-B 2022 2nd place 01st – 22
  1. ^ Includes participations of   Great Britain until 2003.
  2. ^ Includes participations of   Germany from 1978 to 1987.
  3. ^ Already finished 3rd at the IKF EU World Korfball Championship Qualifier-B 2022 on 5 November 2022. IKF decided on 27 November 2022 to expand the tournament, meaning the 3rd placed finishers also qualified.
  4. ^ Already finished 4th at the IKF EU World Korfball Championship Qualifier-A 2022 on 22 October 2022. IKF decided on 27 November 2022 that the highest ranked 4th place finisher on 1st January 2023 would also qualify.
  5. ^ a b Appeared in the draw after being invited due to the withdrawals of Morocco and Zimbabwe.
  6. ^ Appeared after the draw after being invited due to the withdrawal of China.
  7. ^ Already finished 3rd at the IKF EU World Korfball Championship Qualifier-A 2022 on 5 November 2022. IKF decided on 27 November 2022 to expand the tournament, meaning the 3rd placed finishers also qualified.

Format and draw

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As the tournament was expanded from 20 to 24 teams, the IKF implemented a new format. Instead of five groups of four, the first stage of the tournament will now feature eight groups of three teams (Groups A through H). The top two teams from each group will progress to the second group stage which features four groups of four teams (Groups I through L). Results obtained against teams also progressing from the same group are retained in the second group stage. The top two teams of the second group stage will then move into the knockout stages, which will determine places 1 through 8.

Teams finishing third in the first round will be paired in four matches, with the four losing teams playing in a round robin phase for places 21 through 24. The four winning teams will progress and be placed in a knockout tournament with the teams finishing fourth in the second group stage of the main tournament, to determine places 13 through 20. Finally, the four teams finishing third in the second group stage will be put in a round robin group to determine places 9 through 12.

On 10 July 2023, the official IKF World Korfball Championships 2023 group draw took place.[6] The top eight teams of the IKF Ranking were awarded spots in groups A-H respectively. According to their ranking, the remaining 16 teams were put into 4 pots. The teams in pot 1 were awarded spots in groups H-E, teams in pot 2 spots in groups D-A, teams in pot 3 spots in groups A-D and teams in pot 4 spots in groups E-H. If a group would consist of 3 teams from the same continent, the country drawn would be pushed to the next group. For example, Turkey was drawn in group A but was moved to group B as it already contained Netherlands and Slovakia from Europe. The pots for the draw are shown below.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  Catalonia (9)
  England (10)
  Hungary (11)
  Poland (12) 		  New Zealand (13)
  Australia (14)
  Hong Kong (15)
  Slovakia (16) 		  Ireland (18)
  Japan (19)
  Brazil (20)
  Turkey (22) 		  India (23)
  South Africa (24)
  Thailand (27)
  Malaysia (28)

Just a few weeks before the tournament, 5th seed   China withdrew from the tournament, with   Philippines (38) invited in to take its place.

First group stage

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Competing countries were divided into eight groups of three teams (groups A through H). Teams in each group played one another on a round-robin basis, with the top two teams of each group advancing to the Second Group Stage.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   NED   SVK   BRA
1   Netherlands 2 2 0 0 0 79 16 +63 6 Second Group Stage: Group I 39–9 40–7
2   Slovakia 2 1 0 0 1 30 44 −14 3 21–5
3   Brazil 2 0 0 0 2 12 61 −49 0 3rd-place Playoffs
Source: [7]

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   BEL   HKG   TUR
1   Belgium 2 2 0 0 0 75 18 +57 6 Second Group Stage: Group J 43–9 32–9
2   Hong Kong 2 0 1 0 1 27 60 −33 2 18–17 GG
3   Turkey 2 0 0 1 1 26 50 −24 1 3rd-place Playoffs
Source: [7]

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   TPE   NZL   IRL
1   Chinese Taipei 2 2 0 0 0 68 21 +47 6 Second Group Stage: Group K 30–13 38–8
2   New Zealand 2 1 0 0 1 31 41 −10 3 18–11
3   Ireland 2 0 0 0 2 19 56 −37 0 3rd-place Playoffs
Source: [7]

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   GER   AUS   JPN
1   Germany 2 2 0 0 0 43 16 +27 6 Second Group Stage: Group L 14–13 29–3
2   Australia 2 1 0 0 1 38 17 +21 3 25–3
3   Japan 2 0 0 0 2 6 54 −48 0 3rd-place Playoffs
Source: [7]

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   ENG   IND   PHI
1   England 2 2 0 0 0 56 12 +44 6 Second Group Stage: Group L 26–10
2   India 2 1 0 0 1 34 37 −3 3
3   Philippines 2 0 0 0 2 13 54 −41 0 3rd-place Playoffs 2–30 11–24
Source: [7]

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   POR   POL   RSA
1   Portugal 2 2 0 0 0 50 12 +38 6 Second Group Stage: Group K 16–9 34–3
2   Poland 2 1 0 0 1 32 20 +12 3 23–4
3   South Africa 2 0 0 0 2 7 57 −50 0 3rd-place Playoffs
Source: [7]

Group G

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   SUR   HUN   MAS
1   Suriname 2 2 0 0 0 49 13 +36 6 Second Group Stage: Group J 22–8 27–5
2   Hungary 2 1 0 0 1 33 27 +6 3 25–5
3   Malaysia 2 0 0 0 2 10 52 −42 0 3rd-place Playoffs
Source: [7]

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   CZE   CAT   THA
1   Czech Republic 2 2 0 0 0 49 20 +29 6 Second Group Stage: Group I 25–15 24–5
2   Catalonia 2 1 0 0 1 39 32 +7 3 24–7
3   Thailand 2 0 0 0 2 12 48 −36 0 3rd-place Playoffs
Source: [7]

Second round

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Second group stage

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Four groups of four are formed, with teams keeping the results against teams they already met during the first group stage.

Group I

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   NED   CZE   CAT   SVK
1   Netherlands 3 3 0 0 0 118 32 +86 9 Knockout stage 37–9 40–14 39–9[a]
2   Czech Republic 3 2 0 0 1 55 67 −12 6 25–15[a]
3   Catalonia 3 1 0 0 2 48 75 −27 3 Finals for 9th–12th place
4   Slovakia 3 0 0 0 3 32 79 −47 0 Finals for 13th–20th place 13–21 10–19
Source: [7]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Carried over from first group stage

Group J

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   BEL   SUR   HUN   HKG
1   Belgium 3 3 0 0 0 92 30 +62 9 Knockout stage 15–8 34–13 43–9[a]
2   Suriname 3 2 0 0 1 52 31 +21 6 22–8[a]
3   Hungary 3 1 0 0 2 45 76 −31 3 Finals for 9th–12th place
4   Hong Kong 3 0 0 0 3 37 89 −52 0 Finals for 13th–20th place 8–22 20–24
Updated to match(es) played on 24 October 2023. Source: [7]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Carried over from first group stage

Group K

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   TPE   POR   POL   NZL
1   Chinese Taipei 3 3 0 0 0 85 42 +43 9 Knockout stage 24–22 31–7 30–13[a]
2   Portugal 3 2 0 0 1 60 40 +20 6 16–9[a]
3   Poland 3 1 0 0 2 35 57 −22 3 Finals for 9th–12th place
4   New Zealand 3 0 0 0 3 30 71 −41 0 Finals for 13th–20th place 7–22 10–19
Source: [7]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Carried over from first group stage

Group L

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   GER   ENG   AUS   IND
1   Germany 3 3 0 0 0 64 31 +33 9 Knockout stage 15–8 14–13[a] 35–10
2   England 3 2 0 0 1 53 32 +21 6 26–10[a]
3   Australia 3 1 0 0 2 44 45 −1 3 Finals for 9th–12th place 7–19 24–12
4   India 3 0 0 0 3 32 85 −53 0 Finals for 13th–20th place
Source: [7]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Carried over from first group stage

3rd-place Playoffs

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The teams finishing third during the First Group Stage are paired with each other. In the 3rd-place Playoffs, teams winning their first match play a second round to determine the order amongst winners, but all four will move on to play for places 13 through 20 in a knockout tournament involving losing teams from the Second Group Stage. Teams losing their first match in the 3rd-place Playoffs are grouped together in a group of four playing for places 21 through 24.

23 October 2023
14:00 UTC+08:00
Brazil   6–14   Thailand
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23 October 2023
15:45 UTC+08:00
Turkey   15–7   Malaysia
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23 October 2023
17:30 UTC+08:00
Ireland   24–15   South Africa
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23 October 2023
19:00 UTC+08:00
Japan   16–7   Philippines
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Winners' playoff

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Matches below serve only to determine seeding going into the finals for 13th–20th place, which all four teams will take part in irrespective of the below results.

24 October 2023
17:30 UTC+08:00
Thailand   11–14   Ireland
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24 October 2023
19:00 UTC+08:00
Turkey   21–13   Japan
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Knockout stage

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Finals

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Fifth placeConsolation semifinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
  Germany19
  Czech Republic20
  Germany20  Czech Republic13
  England14  Netherlands41
  Netherlands36
  England2
  Germany10  Netherlands27
  Suriname26  Chinese Taipei9
  Belgium26
  Portugal18
Seventh place  Portugal14  Belgium19Third place
  Suriname17  Chinese Taipei21
  England13  Chinese Taipei19  Czech Republic11
  Portugal19  Suriname15  Belgium26

Finals for 9th–12th place

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These places will be decided through a round-robin stage only, between the teams finishing third in their respective groups of the Second Group Stage.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Rank   HUN   CAT   POL   AUS
1   Hungary 3 2 0 0 1 46 43 +3 6[a] 9th 15–14 10–11
2   Catalonia 3 2 0 0 1 65 50 +15 6[a] 10th 18–21 21–16 26–13
3   Poland 3 1 0 0 2 41 46 −5 3[b] 11th 11–10
4   Australia 3 1 0 0 2 34 47 −13 3[b] 12th
Updated to match(es) played on 27 October 2023. Source: [7]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b HTH: Catalonia 18 – 21 Hungary
  2. ^ a b HTH: Poland 11 – 10 Australia

Finals for 13th–20th place

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Seventeenth placeConsolation semifinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsThirteenth place
  Thailand14
  Slovakia23
  Thailand17  Slovakia10
  Japan15  Hong Kong21
  Japan10
  Hong Kong22
  Thailand9  Hong Kong13
  Ireland13  Turkey16
  Ireland12
  New Zealand13
Nineteenth place  Ireland24  New Zealand12Fifteenth place
  India18  Turkey19
  Japan14  Turkey19  Slovakia17
  India21  India6  New Zealand11

Finals for 21st–24th place

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These places will be decided through a round-robin stage only, between the four teams losing the 3rd-place Playoffs.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Rank   MAS   BRA   RSA   PHI
1   Malaysia 3 3 0 0 0 69 32 +37 9 21st 16–13 32–10 21–9
2   Brazil 3 2 0 0 1 42 37 +5 6 22nd 14–13 15–8
3   South Africa 3 1 0 0 2 44 60 −16 3 23rd
4   Philippines 3 0 0 0 3 31 57 −26 0 24th 14–21
Updated to match(es) played on 24 October 2023. Source: [7]

Top scorers

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Rank Name Goals[2]
1   Fleur Hoek 33
2   Vladimir Slot 29
3   Ran Faber 28
4   Alwin Out 27
  Ya-wen Lin
6   Steffen Heppekausen 26
7   Elizabeth Tighe 25
8   Chelsie Browne 24
  Tamara Siemieniuk
10   Zsolt Ferenc Majer 23
  Torsten Ball
  Luise Costa Ruivo
  Leonardo Martins Bernardino

Final ranking

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Key
Qualified for the 2025 World Games
† Qualified for the 2024 European A-Championship
‡ Qualified for the 2024 European B-Championship
Rank Team
    Netherlands †
    Chinese Taipei
    Belgium †
4   Czech Republic †
5   Suriname
6   Germany †
7   Portugal †
8   England †
9   Hungary †
10   Catalonia †
11   Poland ‡
12   Australia
13   Turkey ‡
14   Hong Kong
15   Slovakia ‡
16   New Zealand
17   Ireland ‡
18   Thailand
19   India
20   Japan
21   Malaysia
22   Brazil
23   South Africa
24   Philippines

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "合球／世錦賽10月台北開戰 中華隊拚留金盃" (in Chinese (Taiwan)). United Daily News. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Top scorers IKF World Korfball Championship (IKF WKC)". IKF. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  3. ^ 黃, 巧雯. "合球世錦賽10月台北登場 台灣隊力拚留下冠軍". CNA. 中央通訊社. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  4. ^ "IKF WKC 2023 bidding status". International Korfball Federation. 2019-04-22. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  5. ^ "IKF Council decides to host 24 teams next year in Taipei: Hungary and Slovakia join earlier qualified teams from Europe". International Korfball Federation. 27 November 2022.
  6. ^ Woods, Dean (2023-07-10). "IKF World Korfball Championship 2023 – Group Draw". International Korfball Federation. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "IKF World Korfball Championship (IKF WKC) : Worldkorfball". www.worldkorfball.sport. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  1. ^ The rankings are shown as of January 2023. These are the rankings used for the final draw.
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