China national korfball team

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China
AssociationKorfball Promotion Committee of China
IKF membership2006
IKF codeCHN Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
IKF rank 6 (Jan.2017)
World Championships
Appearances4
First appearance2007
Best result4th place, 2019
World Games
Appearances1
First appearance2017
Best result5th
Asia-Oceania Championship
Appearances4
First appearance2006
Best resultRunners-up, 2010, 2018
Asia Championship
Appearances1
First appearance2008
Best result4th place, 2008

The China national korfball team is managed by the Korfball Promotion Committee of China (KCCP), representing China in korfball international competitions.

Korfball Mixed gender team sport

Korfball is a ball sport, with similarities to netball and basketball. It is played by two teams of eight (8) players with four (4) female players and four (4) 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.

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Tournament history

World Championships [1]
YearChampionshipHostClassification
2007 8th World Championship Brno (Czech Republic)16th place
2011 9th World Championship Shaoxing (China)11th place
2015 10th World Championship Antwerp (Belgium)7th place
2019 11th World Championship Durban (South Africa)4th place
World Games
YearChampionshipHostClassification
2017 10th World Games Wrocław (Poland)5th place
Asia-Oceania Championships
YearChampionshipHostClassification
2006 7th Asia-Oceania Championship Hong Kong5th place
2010 8th Asia-Oceania Championship China Med 2.png 2nd place
2014 9th Asia-Oceania Championship China Med 3.png 3rd place
2018 10th Asia-Oceania Championship Japan Med 2.png 2nd place
Asia Championships
YearChampionshipHostClassification
20082nd Asian Championship [2] Jaipur (India) [3] 4th place

Current squad

National team in the 2011 World Championship

  • Muzi Li
  • Shuofei Shang
  • Xi Wang
  • Xiaowen Xu
  • Xin Zhang
  • Yan Zhang
  • Jing Zhao
  • Manli Zhu
 
  • Feng Jing
  • Yi Li
  • Shuaishuai Liang
  • Xiaoyang Liu
  • Yichun Shao
  • Jianqing Ou
  • Haoran Wang
  • Yongbin Yang

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References

  1. "The history of the IKF and the IKF World Championship" (PDF). IKF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2013.
  2. "Asian Championship: 1 Chinese Taipei – 2 India – 3 Hong Kong China". IKF. 8 June 2008. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
  3. "Jaipur to host Asian Korfball Championship". The Economic Times. 18 May 2008.