IKF World Korfball Championship

IKF World Korfball Championship
Founded	1978
Region	International (IKF)
Number of teams	16 (finals)
Current champions	Netherlands ; (10th title)
Most successful team(s)	Netherlands ; (10 titles)
Website	International Korfball Federation
	2019 IKF World Korfball Championship

The IKF World Korfball Championship is an international korfball competition contested by the national teams of the members of International Korfball Federation (IKF), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded roughly every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1978. The current champions are the Netherlands, who won the 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship.

The current format of the tournament involves 20 teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation over a period of about a week. The 11 World Championships have been won by two different national teams. The Netherlands have won all but one time, losing only to Belgium in the 1991 Korfball World Championship.

Results[]

Year	Host	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place	Teams
1978 Details	Netherlands	Netherlands	14–13 (a.e.t.)	Belgium	West Germany	20–15 (a.e.t.)	Great Britain	8
1984 Details	Belgium	Netherlands	11–9	Belgium	West Germany	7–5	Great Britain	8
1987 Details	Netherlands	Netherlands	9–7	Belgium	Great Britain	9–5 (a.e.t.)	Chinese Taipei	12
1991 Details	Belgium	Belgium	11–10	Netherlands	Chinese Taipei	10–8	Germany	12
1995 Details	India	Netherlands	21–13	Belgium	Portugal	13–11	Australia	12
1999 Details	Australia	Netherlands	23–11	Belgium	Great Britain	24–22	Germany	12
2003 Details	Netherlands	Netherlands	22–9	Belgium	Czech Republic	21–15	Chinese Taipei	16
2007 Details	Czech Republic	Netherlands	23–10	Belgium	Czech Republic	19–14	Portugal	16
2011 Details	China	Netherlands	32–26	Belgium	Chinese Taipei	33–16	Catalonia	16
2015 Details	Belgium	Netherlands	27–18	Belgium	Chinese Taipei	21–12	England	16
2019 Details	South Africa	Netherlands	31–18	Belgium	Chinese Taipei	25–16	China	20
2023 Details	Chinese Taipei							TBA
2027	Netherlands							TBA

a.e.t.: after extra time

Titles by team[]

Netherlands: 10
Belgium: 1

Teams reaching the top four[]

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total finishes in top four
Netherlands	10 (1978 , 1984, 1987 , 1995, 1999, 2003 *, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019)	1 (1991)	—	—	11
Belgium	1 (1991 *)	10 (1978, 1984 , 1987, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 , 2019)	—	—	11
Chinese Taipei	—	—	4 (1991, 2011, 2015, 2019)	2 (1987, 2003)	6
England#	—	—	2 (1987, 1999)	3 (1978, 1984, 2015)	5
Germany ^	—	—	2 (1978, 1984)	2 (1991, 1999)	4
Czech Republic	—	—	2 (2003, 2007 *)	—	2
Portugal	—	—	1 (1995)	1 (2007)	2
Australia	—	—	—	1 (1995)	1
Catalonia	—	—	—	1 (2011)	1
China	—	—	—	1 (2019)	1

* = hosts

^ = includes results representing West Germany between 1978 and 1987

# = includes results representing Great Britain between 1978 and 2003

Appearances[]

Debut of teams[]

Each successive World Championship has had at least one team appearing for the first time.

Year	Debutants	Total
1978	Belgium Great Britain Luxembourg Netherlands United States West Germany	8
1984	Australia France	2
1987	Aruba Chinese Taipei Indonesia Portugal	4
1991	Armenia Germany India	3
1995	Czech Republic Slovakia South Africa	3
1999	Catalonia Japan Poland	3
2003	Hungary	1
2007	China England Russia	3
2011	Hong Kong Wales	2
2015	Brazil	1
2019	Ireland Macau New Zealand Suriname	4
Total		34

Note: The IKF considers Germany a successor to West Germany. Likewise, Catalonia is seen as a successor to Spain.

Comprehensive team results by tournament[]

Legend

1st — Champions
2nd — Runners-up
3rd — Third place
4th — Fourth place
• — Did not qualify
× — Did not enter / Withdrew
— Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team	1978 (8)	1984 (8)	1987 (12)	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (12)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (16)	2019 (20)
Argentina	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•
Armenia	×	×	×	8th	9th	×	15th	×	×	×	×
Aruba	×	×	8th	10th	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Australia	×	7th	6th	9th	4th	7th	7th	8th	12th	11th	14th
Belgium	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd
Brazil	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	16th	•
Catalonia	6th	5th	11th	×	×	8th	9th	9th	4th	5th	10th
China	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	16th	11th	7th	4th
Chinese Taipei	×	×	4th	3rd	5th	6th	4th	5th	3rd	3rd	3rd
Colombia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•
	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•
Czech Republic	×	×	×	×	7th	×	3rd	3rd	8th	9th	7th
	×	×	x	x	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Germany	3rd	3rd	5th	4th	6th	4th	8th	11th	9th	6th	5th
England	4th	4th	3rd	5th	8th	3rd	5th	7th	5th	4th	9th
France	×	8th	12th	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•
Hong Kong	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	14th	12th	17th
Hungary	×	×	×	×	×	×	10th	10th	•	13th	12th
India	×	×	×	11th	12th	11th	14th	12th	13th	×	×
Indonesia	×	×	10th	12th	×	×	×	×	×	•	•
Ireland	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	16th
Japan	×	×	×	×	×	12th	16th	×	×	•	15th
Luxembourg	8th	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Macau	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	20th
	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×
Malawi	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×
Mexico	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×
Netherlands	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
New Zealand	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	18th
Pakistan	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×
	7th	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Philippines	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•
Poland	×	×	×	×	×	9th	12th	14th	10th	14th	11th
Portugal	×	×	9th	6th	3rd	5th	6th	4th	7th	10th	8th
Russia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	6th	6th	8th	×
Scotland	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•
Serbia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•
Slovakia	×	×	×	×	10th	×	13th	×	•	•	13th
South Africa	×	×	×	×	11th	10th	11th	15th	16th	15th	19th
South Korea	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•
Suriname	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	6th
Turkey	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×
United States	5th	6th	7th	7th	×	×	×	13th	×	×	×
Wales	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	15th	•	•
Zambia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•
Zimbabwe	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	×