IKF World Korfball Championship

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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.

IKF World Korfball Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 IKF World Korfball Championship
SportKorfball
Founded1978
No. of teams24 (finals)
ContinentInternational (IKF)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Netherlands (11th title)
(2023)
Most titles Netherlands
(11 titles)
Official websiteInternational Korfball Federation

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

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World Korfball Championship results
Year Host Winners Score Runners-up Third Place Score Fourth Place Teams
1978
Details
  Netherlands   Netherlands 14–13
(a.e.t.)
  Belgium   West Germany 20–15
(a.e.t.)
  Great Britain 8
1984
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  Belgium   Netherlands 11–9   Belgium   West Germany 7–5   Great Britain 8
1987
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  Netherlands   Netherlands 9–7   Belgium   Great Britain 9–5
(a.e.t.)
  Chinese Taipei 12
1991
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  Belgium   Belgium 11–10   Netherlands   Chinese Taipei 10–8   Germany 12
1995
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  India   Netherlands 21–13   Belgium   Portugal 13–11   Australia 12
1999
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  Australia   Netherlands 23–11   Belgium   Great Britain 24–22   Germany 12
2003
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  Netherlands   Netherlands 22–9   Belgium   Czech Republic 21–15   Chinese Taipei 16
2007
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  Czech Republic   Netherlands 23–10   Belgium   Czech Republic 19–14   Portugal 16
2011
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  China   Netherlands 32–26   Belgium   Chinese Taipei 33–16   Catalonia 16
2015
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  Belgium   Netherlands 27–18   Belgium   Chinese Taipei 21–12   England 16
2019
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  South Africa   Netherlands 31–18   Belgium   Chinese Taipei 25–16   China 20
2023
Details
  Taiwan   Netherlands 27–9   Chinese Taipei   Belgium 26–11   Czech Republic 24
2027
Details
  Netherlands TBA
  • a.e.t.: after extra time

Titles by team

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Teams reaching the top four

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Teams to reach the top four
Team Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place Total top 4
  Netherlands 11 (1978*, 1984, 1987*, 1995, 1999, 2003*, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023) 1 (1991) 12
  Belgium 1 (1991*) 10 (1978, 1984*, 1987, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015*, 2019) 1 (2023) 12
  Chinese Taipei 1 (2023*) 4 (1991, 2011, 2015, 2019) 2 (1987, 2003) 7
  England# 2 (1987, 1999) 3 (1978, 1984, 2015) 5
  Germany^ 2 (1978, 1984) 2 (1991, 1999) 4
  Czech Republic 2 (2003, 2007*) 1 (2023) 3
  Portugal 1 (1995) 1 (2007) 2
  Australia 1 (1995) 1
  Catalonia 1 (2011) 1
  China 1 (2019) 1
* = hosts
^ = includes results representing West Germany between 1978 and 1987
# = includes results representing Great Britain between 1978 and 2003

Appearances

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Debut of teams

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Each successive World Championship has had at least one team appearing for the first time.

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
3
1995   Czech Republic
  Slovakia
  South Africa
3
1999   Catalonia
  Japan
  Poland
3
2003   Hungary 1
2007   China
  England
  Russia
3
2011   Hong Kong
  Wales
2
2015   Brazil 1
2019   Ireland
  Macau
  New Zealand
  Suriname
4
2023   Malaysia
  Philippines
  Thailand
  Turkey
4
Total 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

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

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

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)
  Argentina × × × × × × × × × × ×
  Armenia × × × 8th 9th × 15th × × × × ×
  Aruba × × 8th 10th × × × × × × × ×
  Australia × 7th 6th 9th 4th 7th 7th 8th 12th 11th 14th 12th
  Belgium 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd
  Brazil × × × × × × × × × 16th 22nd
  Catalonia[a] 6th 5th 11th × × 8th 9th 9th 4th 5th 10th 10th
  China × × × × × × × 16th 11th 7th 4th ×
  Chinese Taipei × × 4th 3rd 5th 6th 4th 5th 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd
  Colombia × × × × × × × × × x
  Costa Rica × × × × × × × × × × x
  Czech Republic × × × × 7th × 3rd 3rd 8th 9th 7th 4th
  Dominican Republic × × x x × × × × × × × ×
  England[b] 4th 4th 3rd 5th 8th 3rd 5th 7th 5th 4th 9th 8th
  France × 8th 12th × × × × × × × ×
  Germany[c] 3rd 3rd 5th 4th 6th 4th 8th 11th 9th 6th 5th 6th
  Hong Kong × × × × × × × × 14th 12th 17th 14th
  Hungary × × × × × × 10th 10th 13th 12th 9th
  India × × × 11th 12th 11th 14th 12th 13th × × 19th
  Indonesia × × 10th 12th × × × × × x
  Ireland × × × × × × × × 16th 17th
  Japan × × × × × 12th 16th × × 15th 20th
  Luxembourg 8th × × × × × × × × × × x
  Macau × × × × × × × × 20th x
  Malaysia × × × × × × × × × × 21st
  Malawi × × × × × × × × × × x
  Mexico × × × × × × × × × × x
  Netherlands 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
  New Zealand × × × × × × × 18th 16th
  Pakistan × × × × × × × × × × x
  Papua New Guinea 7th × × × × × × × × × × ×
  Philippines × × × × × × × × × × 24th
  Poland × × × × × 9th 12th 14th 10th 14th 11th 11th
  Portugal × × 9th 6th 3rd 5th 6th 4th 7th 10th 8th 7th
  Russia × × × × × × × 6th 6th 8th × x
  Scotland × × × × × × × × x
  Serbia × × × × × × × × x
  Slovakia × × × × 10th × 13th × 13th 15th
  South Africa × × × × 11th 10th 11th 15th 16th 15th 19th 23rd
  South Korea × × × × × × × × x
  Suriname × × × × × × × × × × 6th 5th
  Thailand × × × × × × × × × × × 18th
  Turkey × × × × × × × × × 13th
  United States 5th 6th 7th 7th × × × 13th × × × x
  Wales × × × × × × × × 15th x
  Zambia × × × × × × × × × x
  Zimbabwe × × × × × × × × x

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ Catalonia is considered as the successor of Spain and only competed for the first time under the name Catalonia in 1999.
  2. ^ England is considered the successor team of Great Britain, which competed until (and including) 2003 but then split.
  3. ^ Germany competed as West Germany until 1990.