2019 IKF World Korfball Championship

Host countrySouth Africa

Dates1–10 August

Teams20

Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)

2019 IKF World Korfball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Dates	1–10 August
Teams	20
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (10th title)
Runners-up	Belgium
Third place	Chinese Taipei
Fourth place	China
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Jing Zhao (39 goals)[1]
← 2015 2023 → All statistics correct as of 8 September 2018.

The 11th IKF World Korfball Championship was held in August 2019 in Durban, South Africa and won by the Netherlands. The International Korfball Federation awarded the hosting rights for the tournament to South Africa on 7 November 2015, ahead of the bid by New Zealand.^[2]

In October 2016, the number of teams participating was increased from 16 to 20. The four extra places were awarded to the Americas (1), Africa (1) and Asia & Oceania (2). The Americas are now allotted 2 spots, Africa 2 spots, Europe 10 spots, and Asia and Oceania 6 spots (with a minimum of 1 for Oceania).^[3] Due to withdrawals, in the end there will only be 1 team participating from the Americas and Africa (each), leading to 11 for Europe and 7 for Asia & Oceania.

This tournament also acted as the qualification tournament for the World Games 2022, with eight teams qualifying for the World Games. The IKF aimed to have teams from up to four continents present at the World Games, therefore the top eight finishing nations qualified, with the exception that when a team finished in the top eleven as the highest finishing team from a top four continent not already having a qualifier, then this team would have qualified instead of the last placed team from an already qualified continent. This de facto meant that the top five finishers were always certain of qualification, while the outcome for the teams in places six through eight depended on the continent of origin of teams up to place eleven. Additionally, Catalonia was ineligible for qualification as the World Games are contested by national instead of regional teams.^[4]