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.
Approximately 5 million of the 17 million people in the Netherlands are registered to one of the 35,000 sports clubs in the country. About two thirds of the population older than 15 years participates in sports weekly.
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.
The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while previously it was known as Jupiler League for the same reason.
The Dutch football league system consists of two fully professional leagues and eight levels of amateur football leagues. The three highest amateur leagues, the Tweede, Derde and Vierde Divisie play in nationwide leagues and the five levels below are regional leagues.
KV TOP is a Dutch korfball club located in Sassenheim, Netherlands. The club was founded on 12 July 1928 and they play their home games in sports accommodation De Korf. The team plays in white/red vertically striped shirts and black shorts / skirts.
The Royal Dutch Korfball Association is the governing body of korfball in the Netherlands. It organises the main Dutch korfball leagues ,the more recreative leagues, and the Dutch national team.
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.
AKC Blauw-Wit is a Dutch korfball club located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The club was founded on 6 December 1916 under the name of GOKC and they play their home games in the Blauw-Wit Hal. The team plays in white/blue horizontally striped shirts and black shorts / skirts.
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.
LDODK is a Dutch korfball club located in Gorredijk, Netherlands. The club is a fusion between club from the towns of Gorredijk and Ter Wispel. club is The team plays in green shirts and black shorts / skirts.
CKV DVO/Accountor is a Dutch korfball club located in Bennekom, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1946 and they play their home games in the DVO/Accountor-hal. The team plays in green shirts and white shorts / skirts.
AW.DTV is a Dutch korfball club located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is a fusion club between AW and DTV. The founding date of 1 November 1902 of the oldest of the two clubs (DTV) is used as official founding date. The club plays their home games in sports accommodation Gaasperdam. The team plays in red shirts and black shorts / skirts.
Dalto is a Dutch korfball club located in Driebergen, Netherlands. The club was founded on 1 April 1953 and they play their home games in sport accommodation Hoenderdaal. The team plays yellow shirts and black shorts / skirts.
The Hoofdklasse is the third highest echelon of indoor korfball in the Netherlands. The division is split up in two parallel groups called Hoofdklasse A and Hoofdklasse B.
The Derde Divisie, formerly known as Topklasse, is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season as a third tier in 2010–11 and as a fourth tier in 2016–17. The league is placed between the Tweede Divisie and the Vierde Divisie, the third and fifth tiers of Dutch football, respectively. The introduction of the then Topklasse resulted from discussions between the Royal Dutch Football Association, the Coöperatie Eerste Divisie and the Centraal Overleg Hoofdklassers.
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 Korfbal League 2 is the second highest echelon of indoor korfball in the Netherlands for indoor korfball.
CKV Unitas is a Dutch korfball club located in Harderwijk, Netherlands. De club name Unitas stands for unity. The team plays in orange and black tenue.
HKC is a Dutch korfball club located in Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Netherlands.
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