AKC Blauw-Wit

AKC Blauw-Wit
Leagues	Korfbal League
Founded	6 December 1916;108 years ago (1916-12-06) (as GOKC)
Arena	Blauw-Wit Hal
Location	Amsterdam, Netherlands
President	Tonny Verwoert [1]
Head coach	Erik van Brenk
Website	akcblauwwit.nl

AKC Blauw-Wit (Amsterdamse Korfbal Club Blauw-Wit) is a Dutch korfball club located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The club was founded on 6 December 1916 under the name of GOKC (Geheel Onthouders Korfbal Club) ^[2] and they play their home games in the Blauw-Wit Hal. The team plays in white/blue horizontally striped shirts and black shorts / skirts.

History

Since the existence of the Korfbal League Blauw-Wit has been represented in the top division. Blauw-Wit reached the play-off stages 5 times in 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017 but only in 2017 they reached to the final. ^{[3] [4]} Blauw-Wit is the only club from the capital to play in the highest korfball division.

Honours

• Dutch national champion outdoor, 14x (1933, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1949, 1953, 1954, 1964, 1968, 1969, 2001, 2010, 2013, 2017)
• Dutch national champion indoor, 3x (1969, 1979, 1980)
• Europacup champion outdoor, 2x (1968, 1969)
• Supercup champion outdoor, 2x (2013, 2017)

References

1. "Bestuur". akcblauw-wit.nl. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
2. "Clubhistorie Amsterdam" (PDF). akcblauw-wit.nl. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
3. "AKC Blauw-Wit is zeker van de Ziggo Dome!". topsport.amsterdam. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
4. "Korfbal League: TOP ten val gebracht, Fortuna houdt kleine kans op play-offs". omroepwest.nl. 20 March 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.

External links

• Blauw-Wit Official website