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| 2009 World Games - Korfball | |
| Host |  Kaohsiung |
| Dates | July 17–21, 2009 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Podium | |
 Champions |  Netherlands |
 Runners-up |  Belgium |
 Third place |  Chinese Taipei |
| Fourth place |  Russia |
The Korfball events at the World Games 2009 took place at the NKNU Gymnasium, a sport arena in Kaohsiung, from Friday, July 17 to Tuesday, July 21, 2009.
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Legend
| Pts = Points P = Played games W = Win L = Lost | F = Korfs favour A = Korfs against D = Difference korfs (KF-KA) GG = Match won by golden goal |
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5th-8th places
| July 20, 2009 - 13:45 | |||
Portugal  | 22-10 |  Australia | Details |
| July 20, 2009 - 15:35 | |||
Great Britain  | 12-13 |  Czech Republic | Details |
Semifinals
| July 20, 2009 - 17:25 | |||
| Belgium | 24-8 | Russia | Details |
| July 20, 2009 - 19:15 | |||
| Chinese Taipei | 13-29 | Netherlands | Details |
| July 21, 2009 - 12:30 | |||
| Australia | 18-31 | Great Britain | Details |
| July 21, 2009 - 14:30 | |||
| Portugal | 18-19 | Czech Republic | Details |
| July 21, 2009 - 16:30 | |||
| Russia | 18-25 | Chinese Taipei | Details |
| July 21, 2009 - 18:30 | |||
| Belgium | 20-25 | Netherlands | Details |
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| Belgium | 24 | |||||
| Russia | 8 | |||||
| Belgium | 20 | |||||
| Netherlands | 25 | |||||
| Chinese Taipei | 13 | |||||
| Netherlands | 29 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| Russia | 18 | |||||
| Chinese Taipei | 25 | |||||
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| Champions Netherlands |
| Rank | Team |
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 | Netherlands [1] |
 | Belgium |
 | Chinese Taipei |
| 4. | Russia |
| 5. | Czech Republic |
| 6. | Portugal |
| 7. | Great Britain |
| 8. | Australia |
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