International Korfball Federation

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International Korfball Federation
AbbreviationIKF
Formation11 June 1933;92 years ago (1933-06-11)
Type Federation of national associations
Headquarters Utrecht, The Netherlands
Region served
Worldwide
Membership 72 national associations (June 2024)
Official languages
English
President
Gabi Kool
Senior Vice-President
Jorge Alves
Secretary General
Joana Faria
Main organ
IKF Executive Committee
Affiliations Global Association of International Sports Federations, ARISF, IWGA
Website Korfball.sport

The International Korfball Federation (IKF) is the governing body of korfball. IKF is responsible for the organisation of korfball's major international tournaments, notably the IKF World Korfball Championship.

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The IKF was founded on 11 June 1933 in Antwerp, Belgium as a continuation of the International Korfball Bureau established in 1924 by the Dutch and Belgian Associations. The headquarters is in Utrecht, Netherlands, since December 2020, moving from Zeist. [1]

The IKF is officially recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1993 and is affiliated to SportAccord, the Association of the IOC Recognized International Sports Federations (ARISF) and the International World Games Association (IWGA).

The IKF aims to spread korfball around the globe and increase the level of play in the affiliated countries. The IKF has 69 member countries. It provides the affiliated countries via five Continental Confederations (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania) with financial, material and structural support to achieve the goals. It has established a network of contacts in many countries and is constantly expanding this network. [2] IKF actively promotes the game by transferring knowledge internationally by exchange programs and inviting selected korfball players, coaches and administrators to its training courses in order to assist in the creation of a stable local organization and structure in all the affiliated countries. [3]

In response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, on 1 March 2022, the International Korfball Federation announced that the Russian Korfball Federation would not be invited until further notice to any international korfball competition. [4] This implied effectively that no Russian athletes shall take part in any international korfball event. [5] Furthermore, the Russian Korfball Federation shall not be eligible to bid for the hosting of any IKF event until further notice, and no IKF events were planned in Russia. [6]

History

https://korfball.sport/about-the-ikf-v2/#toggle-id-1

https://korfball.sport/documents/

First international event was held in 1963. [7]

1903-1973

Since 1903 to 1973 not held world championship because of shortage teams. In 70 years korfball nations increase from 1 to 5. [8]

1903 - 1963: Only some friendly matches between BEL and NED.

NED,BEL,GBR - First IKF match series in 1963. In 1974 the 10th (last) Triangular Trophy Tournament was held in London.

First European Cup tournament in 1967.

GER in 1964 and ESP in 1973 was added to korfball nations.

1973-1990

Teams increased from 5 to 12 european nations and 14 other non euro teams added to korfball.

1990-1994

31 nations.

Results History

  1. World Games: [9]
  2. World Championship: [10]
  3. Euro Clubs: [11]
  4. Euro Championship: [12]
  5. Asia - Pacific: [13]
  6. U23,U21,U19 World and Euro Championship: [14]
  7. U17 World Cup: [15] [16]

Source: [17] [18] [19]

Structure

  1. Asian Korfball Federation
  2. African Korfball Federation
  3. Pan American Korfball Federation
  4. European Korfball Federation

The IKF has 72 members at the moment. They are divided over five continental confederations for Europe, Asia, Americas, Africa and Oceanian.

First Members

  1. Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1933
  2. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1933
  3. Flag of England.svg  England 1946
  4. Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1964
  5. Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1976
  6. Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1978
  7. Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1978
  8. Flag of India.svg  India 1980
  9. Flag of France.svg  France 1982
  10. Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba 1982

Members by Regions

As of 24 June 2024

72 Members: [20]

NumberRegionCountries
1 Africa 13
2 Asia 15
3 Oceania 2
4 Europe 30
5 Americas 12
TotalWorld72

Presidents

The IKF has had seven presidents until now. All seven have been from the Netherlands. [21]

StartEndNameNationality
19331946 Nico Broekhuijsen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
19461954 S.A. Wilson Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
19541964 H.J. Venema Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
19641981 Herman Duns Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
19811988 Jo Roosenschoon Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
19882003 Bob de Die Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
20032023 Jan Fransoo Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
2023 Gabi Kool Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands

Council

The Council of the IKF consists of a President, a Secretary General, a Senior Vice-President, three other members of the Executive Committee and up to five Continental Vice-Presidents.

Council MemberPositionCountry
Jan Fransoo President Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Bjorn ElewautExecutive Committee Member Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Danielle RutsSenior Vice-President Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Gert DijkstraSpecial Delegate for Competitions Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Anita DerksExecutive Committee Member Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Joana Faria Secretary General Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal
Jorge AlvesExecutive Committee Member Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal
Gabi KoolExecutive Vice-President (coopted) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
VacancyContinental Vice-President, Africa Flag of the African Union.svg Africa
Ying-Che HuangContinental Vice-President, Asia Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chinese Taipei
Tim MillerContinental Vice-President, Oceania Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
VacantContinental Vice-President, Europe Flag of Europe.svg Europe

IKF structured tournaments

See also

References

  1. ↑ International Korfball Federation moves headquarters to Utrecht
  2. ↑ "Chinezen vergapen zich aan flitsende show 'Hollandbal'". nrc.nl. 7 November 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Organisation". ikf.org. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "No Russian athletes in international korfball events". March 2022.
  5. ↑ "No Russian athletes in international korfball events". March 2022.
  6. ↑ "No Russian athletes in international korfball events". March 2022.
  7. ↑ https://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WorldGamesHistory-2017.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  8. ↑ https://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IKF-youth-events-U19-U21-U23-August-2023.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  9. ↑ https://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WorldGamesHistory-2017.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  10. ↑ https://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IKF-World-Korfball-Championship-September-2022.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  11. ↑ https://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IKF-Europe-Tournament-for-Club-Teams-February-2023.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  12. ↑ https://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IKF-European-Korfball-Championship-history-September-2022-1.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  13. ↑ https://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IKF-Asia-Oceania-Korfball-Championship-December-2022.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  14. ↑ https://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IKF-youth-events-U19-U21-U23-August-2023.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  15. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20250313144521/https://www.u17kwc.com/history [ bare URL ]
  16. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20250313142248/https://www.u17kwc.com/ [ bare URL ]
  17. ↑ https://korfball.sport/documents/ [ bare URL ]
  18. ↑ https://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/IKF-Overall-Competition-Overview-2022-2025-1.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  19. ↑ https://korfball.sport/about-the-ikf-v2/#top [ bare URL ]
  20. ↑ "IKF Members".
  21. ↑ "Beknopt historisch overzicht korfbal in (K)KNB/KNKV" (PDF). knkv.nl. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
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