Beach korfball
World championships
- April 26–28: 2024 World Beach Korfball Championship in
Pattaya [2]
This article lists the main korfball events and their results for 2024. This includes international championships and league competitions. [1]
Pattaya [2] 
Kuala Lumpur 
Vilanova i la Geltrú 
Eindhoven 
Kemer Kemer Calonge i Sant Antoni Antalya [3] 
Schweriner KC Papendrecht [4] 
KK Brno Papendrecht [5] [6] PKC/Vertom | Nation | League | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Belgium | 2023–24 Topkorfballeague indoor [7] | ||||
| Catalonia | 2023–24 Lliga Nacional de Korfbal de 1a Divisió [8] | ||||
| Netherlands | 2023-24 Kenonz Korfbal League [9] | PKC/Vertom | DVO/Transus |
Korfball is a ball sport, with similarities to netball and basketball. It is played by two teams of eight players with four female players and four male players in each team. The objective is to throw a ball into a netless basket that is mounted on a 3.5 m high pole.
European Korfball Championship or European Korfball A-Championship is a korfball competition for European national teams organized by the International Korfball Federation. It was played every four years from 1998 until 2014 and then moved to a tournament every two years, starting from 2016. The number of participated teams has varied between 8 and 16. The Netherlands national korfball team has won each edition.
The Korfbal Club Barcelona (KCB) is the first korfball club of Barcelona, founded on 5 June 2006.
2007 Korfball European Bowl is the European Championship "B" of korfball played by the countries that have not qualified for the World Championships. It was split into two divisions, Western and Eastern.
Sport has an important incidence in Catalan life since the beginning of the 20th century. The main sports in Catalonia are football, basketball, handball, rink hockey, tennis, and motorsport.
The Korfball European Cup was the main annual korfball competition for clubs in Europe. The first Europa Cup took place in 1967 in London (England), with two teams from the Netherlands, Belgium and the host nation England. Ons Eibernest from The Hague won the first tournament. The tournament was won exclusively by clubs from the Netherlands and Belgium, and Mitcham (England) and Adler Rauxel (Germany) were the only clubs outside Netherlands and Belgium to reach the final. In January 2022, the IKF announced that the IKF Europa Cup and IKF Europa Shield would be replaced by the IKF Europe Korfball Champions League for the 2022-23 Season.
The Europa Shield was an annual korfball club competition run by the International Korfball Federation from 2001 till 2020. Clubs qualified for this competition based on their performance in their national leagues. Included were the second and third classified for the "B" countries and the first classified for "C" countries. It was the second-tier competition of European korfball clubs, ranking below the Europa Cup. In January 2022, the IKF announced that the IKF Europa Cup and IKF Europa Shield would be replaced by the IKF Europe Korfball Champions League for the 2022–23 season.
Club Korfbal Vallparadís is a Catalan korfball team located in Terrassa, playing home matches in the Pavelló Municipal de Sant Llorenç.
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The 2012–13 Korfball Europa Cup was the main korfball competition for clubs in Europe played in the season 2012-2013.
The 2013 Korfball European Bowl was the qualifying competition for the 2014 European Korfball Championship, split into two divisions: Central, in Prievidza (Slovakia), and Eastern, in Papendrecht (Netherlands). 3 best teams of each division will join the 10 qualified-teams-by-ranking for competing in the European Championship.
Korfball in Wales has been played since 1991 and is managed by the Welsh Korfball Association/Cymdeithas Pêl-Côrff Cymru. The association was established in 2002 and the Welsh Korfball Squad was formed in 2005. In 2007, the International Korfball Federation admitted Wales as an associate member.
The 11th IKF World Korfball Championship was held in August 2019 in Durban, South Africa and won by the Netherlands. The International Korfball Federation awarded the hosting rights for the tournament to South Africa on 7 November 2015, ahead of the bid by New Zealand.
The Korfbal League is the highest echelon of korfball in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 2005 as the new highest level in Dutch korfball. Before that the top level was split in two divisions. Since the start of the competition the format has been the same. The winner of the Korfbal League qualifies for the IKF Europa Korfball Cup while the number 10 relegated to the Hoofdklasse (korfball). The number 9 will compete with the loser of the Hoofdklasse final in a play-off for a position in the Korfbal League.
PKC is a Dutch korfball club located in Papendrecht, Netherlands. The club was founded on 2 February 1935 and they play their home games in the PKC-Hal. The team plays in white shirts and green shorts / skirts. The club has around 1000 members, which makes it the biggest korfball club in the world.
Fortuna is a Dutch korfball club located in Delft, Netherlands. The club was founded on 3 February 1957 and they play their home games in the Fortuna-Hal. The team plays in white/red vertically striped shirts and black shorts / skirts.
Wim Scholtmeijer (1982) is a former Dutch Korfball player and former Dutch National Team Coach. Since 2020 has been the headcoach of PKC. As a player Scholtmeijer won four Dutch national championships and two European championships. As the Dutch national team headcoach he won six gold medals.
The 2018 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship is being held in Saitama, Japan with 10 national teams in competition, from July 29 to August 5. It is the tenth edition of the Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship and serves as a qualifier for the 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship, with the top 6 teams qualifying. Chinese Taipei are the defending champions and have all previous editions, except the edition of 2004 which was won by Australia.
The 2023–24 IKF Europe Korfball Champions League is the 2nd edition of IKF's premier competition for Korfball clubs under a new new name. PKC/Vertom are the defending champions.