United States national korfball team

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USA
Association United States Korfball Federation
IKF membership1978
IKF codeUSA Flag of the United States.svg
IKF rank 40 (Nov.2014)
World Championships
Appearances5
First appearance1978
Best result5th, 1978
World Games
Appearances3
First appearance1985
Best result3rd, 1985
http://www.uskorfball.org/

The United States national korfball team is managed by the United States Korfball Federation (USKF), representing the United States in korfball international competitions.

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In 2006, Canada, along with the USA formed North America to compete in the Commonwealth and Friends Korfball Championship. [1] Finishing 6th out of 7.

Tournament history

World Championships [2]
YearChampionshipHostClassification
1978 1st World Championship Amsterdam (The Netherlands)5th place
1984 2nd World Championship Antwerp (Belgium)6th place
1987 3rd World Championship Makkum (The Netherlands)7th place
1991 4th World Championship Antwerp (Belgium)7th place
2007 8th World Championship Brno (Czech Republic)13th place
World Games [3]
YearChampionshipHostClassification
19852nd World GamesLondon (England) Med 3.png 3rd place
19893rd World Games Karlsruhe (Germany)5th place
19934th World Games The Hague (Netherlands)5th place

Previous squad

National team in the World Championship 2007

  • Amanda Guijarro
  • Effie VanDyke
  • Allison Watchorn
  • Kate Madison
  • Erika Guijarro
 
  • Aaron Kenemer
  • David Warren
  • Antoine Williams
  • Gerado Ruffino
  • Steve Malvitz
  • Chris Olds
  • Julie McGowan
  • Mark Slotman

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References

  1. "'Korf' squad hope to net success". 14 July 2006.
  2. "The history of the IKF and the IKF World Championship" (PDF). IKF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-20. Retrieved 2011-12-07.
  3. IKF (ed.). "The history of the IKF and the World Games" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-20. Retrieved 2013-09-20.