International Korfball Federation

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International Korfball Federation
AbbreviationIKF
Formation11 June 1933;90 years ago (1933-06-11)
Type Federation of national associations
Headquarters Utrecht, Netherlands
Region served
Worldwide
Membership
69 national associations (March 2022)
Official languages
English
President
Jan Fransoo
Vice-President
Danielle Ruts
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]

Structure

The IKF has 69 members at the moment. They are divided over five continental confederations for Europe, Asia, Americas, Africa and Oceanian. In 2018 the latest member to join was Thailand. [7]

Members by Regions

As of 30 March 2022

69 Members: [8]

NumberRegionCountries
1 Africa 10
2 Asia 15
3 Oceania 2
4 Europe 31
5 Americas 11
TotalWorld69

Presidents

The IKF has had seven presidents until now. All seven have been from the Netherlands. [9]

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
2003 Jan Fransoo 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.svg Portugal
Jorge AlvesExecutive Committee Member Flag of Portugal.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 Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.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

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References

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  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. ↑ "Yhailand Korfball Association joins IKF". ikf.org. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  8. ↑ "IKF Members".
  9. ↑ "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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