2023 IKF World Korfball Championship

Host countryTaiwan

Dates20–29 October 2023

Teams24

2023 IKF World Korfball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Taiwan
Dates	20–29 October 2023
Teams	24
Venue(s)	Taipei Gymnasium^[1]
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (11th title)
Runners-up	Chinese Taipei
Third place	Belgium
Fourth place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	82
Goals scored	2,780 (33.9 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Fleur Hoek (33 goals)^[2]
← 2019 2027 →

The 12th IKF World Korfball Championship was held in Taipei, Taiwan.^[3] It was the first time in the history of the IKF World Korfball Championship, the final wasn't played between Belgium and the Netherlands. The International Korfball Federation awarded the hosting rights for the tournament to Taiwan on 9 August 2019, ahead of the bids of Czech Republic and the Netherlands. The Netherlands was awarded the hosting rights for the 2027 IKF World Korfball Championship instead.^[4]

In November 2022, the number of teams participating was increased from 20 to 24. The Americas are now allotted 2 spots, Africa 2 spots, Europe 12 spots, and Asia and Oceania 7 spots (in addition to the host country), among which at least one Oceanian country. (with a minimum of 1 for Oceania).^[5] Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Turkey are making their debut in the tournament.

The tournament also serves as the only qualification event for the 2025 World Games, with eight qualification places available. The IKF framework aims at having 4 continents representing Korfball at the TWG 2025 out of the five continents represented in the 2023 IKF World Korfball Championship – Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania. To make this happen, participants from 4 continents should finish in the top-11 at the 2023 IKF World Korfball Championship. To determine the teams qualifying, IKF set out a series of rules:

All qualified teams for the 2025 World Games must participate in the 2023 IKF World Korfball Championship
As host of the 2025 World Games, China must be ranked in top 13 at the 2023 IKF World Korfball Championship to guarantee the qualification as host of the 2025 World Games. If China does not finish in top 13 of the 2023 IKF World Korfball Championship, a wildcard will be given to be decided by IKF Council vote, taking the interest of quality of the competition, global representation, and marketing impact into account.
If the top 8 ranking, including China, consists of participants of at least 4 continents the top 8 will qualify directly.
If four continents are represented in the Top 11 then:
1. China qualifies (if in top 13) but does not count on behalf of Asia
2. If China does not finish in top 13 of the 2023 IKF World Korfball Championship, a wildcard will be given to be decided by IKF Council vote
3. Considering only Top 11 teams, the highest ranked team from each continent qualify
4. Starting with the highest ranked team and descending, teams who have not qualified via the steps above are then added until eight places are filled
If three or two continents are represented in the Top 11 then:
1. China qualifies (if in top 13) but does not count on behalf of Asia
2. If China does not finish in top 13 of the 2023 IKF World Korfball Championship, a wildcard will be given to be decided by IKF Council vote
3. Considering only Top 11 teams, the highest ranked team from each of those continents qualifies
4. Starting with the highest ranked team and descending, teams who have not qualified via the steps above are then added until eight places are filled
If only one continent is represented in the Top 11 then:
1. China qualifies (if in top 13) but does not count on behalf of Asia
2. If China does not finish in top 13 of the 2023 IKF World Korfball Championship, a wildcard will be given to be decided by IKF Council vote
3. Starting with the highest ranked team and descending, teams who have not qualified via the step above are then added until eight places are filled

Qualification

Originally, the 2023 IKF World Korfball Championship was intended to involve 20 teams, but on 27 November 2022 the IKF decided to expand the tournament to 24 teams. As the European qualifiers had already been completed at that time and the IKF had awarded three extra places to European teams, third-place finishers Hungary and Slovakia qualified instantly, while the IKF decided that the fourth-place finisher ranked which was ranked highest on the IKF rankings per 1 January 2023 would qualify as well. Ireland as such qualified as well, with Switzerland becoming first reserve.

The draw for the tournament was made on 10 July 2023, at which point it became clear that both Morocco and Zimbabwe had withdrawn from the tournament and the IKF had instead invited reserves Malaysia and South Africa.

Finally, on 2 October 2023, the IKF confirmed that Philippines would replace China.

Team	Date of qualification	Method of qualification	Finals appearance	Previous appearance	IKF Ranking^{[nb 1]}
Australia	4 December 2022	IKF Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship 2022 4th place	11th	2019	14
Belgium	9 August 2019	Automatic qualification	12th	2019	2
Brazil	20 December 2022	IKF Pan-American Korfball Championship 2022 2nd place	2nd	2015	20
Catalonia	5 November 2022	IKF EU World Korfball Championship Qualifier-B 2022 1st place	10th	2019	9
Chinese Taipei	9 August 2019	Host	10th	2019	3
Czech Republic	9 August 2019	Automatic qualification	7th	2019	8
England	22 October 2022	IKF EU World Korfball Championship Qualifier-A 2022 1st place	12th^[A]	2019	10
Germany	9 August 2019	Automatic qualification	12th^[B]	2019	4
Hong Kong	4 December 2022	IKF Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship 2022 7th place	4th	2019	15
Hungary	27 November 2022^[C]	IKF EU World Korfball Championship Qualifier-B 2022 3rd place	5th	2019	11
India	4 December 2022	IKF Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship 2022 5th place	7th	2011	23
Ireland	1 January 2023^[D]	Highest ranked 4th-place finisher of EU qualifiers	2nd	2019	18
Japan	4 December 2022	IKF Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship 2022 6th place	3rd	2019	19
Malaysia	10 July 2023^[E]	Invited after withdrawal of Morocco	1st	–	28
Netherlands	9 August 2019	Automatic qualification	12th	2019	1
New Zealand	4 December 2022	IKF Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship 2022 3rd place	2nd	2019	13
Philippines	2 October 2023^[F]	Invited after withdrawal of China	1st	–	38
Poland	22 October 2022	IKF EU World Korfball Championship Qualifier-A 2022 2nd place	7th	2019	12
Portugal	9 August 2019	Automatic qualification	10th	2019	6
Slovakia	27 November 2022^[G]	IKF EU World Korfball Championship Qualifier-A 2022 3rd place	4th	2019	16
South Africa	10 July 2023^[E]	Invited after withdrawal of Zimbabwe	8th	2019	24
Suriname	20 December 2022	IKF Pan-American Korfball Championship 2022 1st place	2nd	2019	7
Thailand	4 December 2022	IKF Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship 2022 8th place	1st	–	27
Turkey	5 November 2022	IKF EU World Korfball Championship Qualifier-B 2022 2nd place	1st	–	22

↑ Includes participations of Great Britain until 2003.
↑ Includes participations of Germany from 1978 to 1987.
↑ Already finished 3rd at the IKF EU World Korfball Championship Qualifier-B 2022 on 5 November 2022. IKF decided on 27 November 2022 to expand the tournament, meaning the 3rd placed finishers also qualified.
↑ Already finished 4th at the IKF EU World Korfball Championship Qualifier-A 2022 on 22 October 2022. IKF decided on 27 November 2022 that the highest ranked 4th place finisher on 1st January 2023 would also qualify.
1 2 Appeared in the draw after being invited due to the withdrawals of Morocco and Zimbabwe.
↑ Appeared after the draw after being invited due to the withdrawal of China.
↑ Already finished 3rd at the IKF EU World Korfball Championship Qualifier-A 2022 on 5 November 2022. IKF decided on 27 November 2022 to expand the tournament, meaning the 3rd placed finishers also qualified.

Format and draw

As the tournament was expanded from 20 to 24 teams, the IKF implemented a new format. Instead of five groups of four, the first stage of the tournament will now feature eight groups of three teams (Groups A through H). The top two teams from each group will progress to the second group stage which features four groups of four teams (Groups I through L). Results obtained against teams also progressing from the same group are retained in the second group stage. The top two teams of the second group stage will then move into the knockout stages, which will determine places 1 through 8.

Teams finishing third in the first round will be paired in four matches, with the four losing teams playing in a round robin phase for places 21 through 24. The four winning teams will progress and be placed in a knockout tournament with the teams finishing fourth in the second group stage of the main tournament, to determine places 13 through 20. Finally, the four teams finishing third in the second group stage will be put in a round robin group to determine places 9 through 12.

On 10 July 2023, the official IKF World Korfball Championships 2023 group draw took place.^[6] The top eight teams of the IKF Ranking were awarded spots in groups A-H respectively. According to their ranking, the remaining 16 teams were put into 4 pots. The teams in pot 1 were awarded spots in groups H-E, teams in pot 2 spots in groups D-A, teams in pot 3 spots in groups A-D and teams in pot 4 spots in groups E-H. If a group would consist of 3 teams from the same continent, the country drawn would be pushed to the next group. For example, Turkey was drawn in group A but was moved to group B as it already contained Netherlands and Slovakia from Europe. The pots for the draw are shown below.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Catalonia (9) England (10) Hungary (11) Poland (12)	New Zealand (13) Australia (14) Hong Kong (15) Slovakia (16)	Ireland (18) Japan (19) Brazil (20) Turkey (22)	India (23) South Africa (24) Thailand (27) Malaysia (28)

Just a few weeks before the tournament, 5th seed China withdrew from the tournament, with Philippines (38) invited in to take its place.

First group stage

Competing countries were divided into eight groups of three teams (groups A through H). Teams in each group played one another on a round-robin basis, with the top two teams of each group advancing to the Second Group Stage.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SVK	BRA
1	Netherlands	2	2	0	79	16	+63	6	Second Group Stage: Group I	39–9	40–7
2	Slovakia	2	1	1	30	44	−14	3	Second Group Stage: Group I		21–5
3	Brazil	2	0	2	12	61	−49	0	3rd-place Playoffs

Source: ^[7]

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	HKG	TUR
1	Belgium	2	2	0	0	0	75	18	+57	6	Second Group Stage: Group J	43–9	32–9
2	Hong Kong	2	0	1	0	1	27	60	−33	2	Second Group Stage: Group J		18–17 GG
3	Turkey	2	0	0	1	1	26	50	−24	1	3rd-place Playoffs

Source: ^[7]

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NZL	IRL
1	Chinese Taipei	2	2	0	68	21	+47	6	Second Group Stage: Group K	30–13	38–8
2	New Zealand	2	1	1	31	41	−10	3	Second Group Stage: Group K		18–11
3	Ireland	2	0	2	19	56	−37	0	3rd-place Playoffs

Source: ^[7]

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AUS	JPN
1	Germany	2	2	0	43	16	+27	6	Second Group Stage: Group L	14–13	29–3
2	Australia	2	1	1	38	17	+21	3	Second Group Stage: Group L		25–3
3	Japan	2	0	2	6	54	−48	0	3rd-place Playoffs

Source: ^[7]

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ENG	IND
1	England	2	2	0	56	12	+44	6	Second Group Stage: Group L		26–10
2	India	2	1	1	34	37	−3	3	Second Group Stage: Group L
3	Philippines	2	0	2	13	54	−41	0	3rd-place Playoffs	2–30	11–24

Source: ^[7]

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	POL	RSA
1	Portugal	2	2	0	50	12	+38	6	Second Group Stage: Group K	16–9	34–3
2	Poland	2	1	1	32	20	+12	3	Second Group Stage: Group K		23–4
3	South Africa	2	0	2	7	57	−50	0	3rd-place Playoffs

Source: ^[7]

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	HUN	MAS
1	Suriname	2	2	0	49	13	+36	6	Second Group Stage: Group J	22–8	27–5
2	Hungary	2	1	1	33	27	+6	3	Second Group Stage: Group J		25–5
3	Malaysia	2	0	2	10	52	−42	0	3rd-place Playoffs

Source: ^[7]

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CAT	THA
1	Czech Republic	2	2	0	49	20	+29	6	Second Group Stage: Group I	25–15	24–5
2	Catalonia	2	1	1	39	32	+7	3	Second Group Stage: Group I		24–7
3	Thailand	2	0	2	12	48	−36	0	3rd-place Playoffs

Source: ^[7]

Second round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CZE	CAT	SVK
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	118	32	+86	9	Knockout stage	37–9	40–14	39–9^[a]
2	Czech Republic	3	2	1	55	67	−12	6		25–15^[a]
3	Catalonia	3	1	2	48	75	−27	3	Finals for 9th–12th place
4	Slovakia	3	0	3	32	79	−47	0	Finals for 13th–20th place	13–21	10–19

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SUR	HUN	HKG
1	Belgium	3	3	0	92	30	+62	9	Knockout stage	15–8	34–13	43–9^[a]
2	Suriname	3	2	1	52	31	+21	6		22–8^[a]
3	Hungary	3	1	2	45	76	−31	3	Finals for 9th–12th place
4	Hong Kong	3	0	3	37	89	−52	0	Finals for 13th–20th place	8–22	20–24

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	POR	POL	NZL
1	Chinese Taipei	3	3	0	85	42	+43	9	Knockout stage	24–22	31–7	30–13^[a]
2	Portugal	3	2	1	60	40	+20	6		16–9^[a]
3	Poland	3	1	2	35	57	−22	3	Finals for 9th–12th place
4	New Zealand	3	0	3	30	71	−41	0	Finals for 13th–20th place	7–22	10–19

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ENG	AUS	IND
1	Germany	3	3	0	64	31	+33	9	Knockout stage	15–8	14–13^[a]	35–10
2	England	3	2	1	53	32	+21	6			26–10^[a]
3	Australia	3	1	2	44	45	−1	3	Finals for 9th–12th place	7–19		24–12
4	India	3	0	3	32	85	−53	0	Finals for 13th–20th place

Brazil	6–14	Thailand
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Turkey	15–7	Malaysia
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Ireland	24–15	South Africa
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Japan	16–7	Philippines
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Thailand	11–14	Ireland
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Turkey	21–13	Japan
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Knockout stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Rank	HUN	POL	AUS
1	Hungary	3	2	1	46	43	+3	6^[a]	9th		15–14	10–11
2	Catalonia	3	2	1	65	50	+15	6^[a]	10th	18–21	21–16	26–13
3	Poland	3	1	2	41	46	−5	3^[b]	11th			11–10
4	Australia	3	1	2	34	47	−13	3^[b]	12th

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Rank	BRA	RSA	PHI
1	Malaysia	3	3	0	69	32	+37	9	21st	16–13	32–10	21–9
2	Brazil	3	2	1	42	37	+5	6	22nd		14–13	15–8
3	South Africa	3	1	2	44	60	−16	3	23rd
4	Philippines	3	0	3	31	57	−26	0	24th		14–21

Top scorers

Rank	Name	Goals^[2]
1	Fleur Hoek	33
2	Vladimir Slot	29
3	Ran Faber	28
4	Alwin Out	27
4	Ya-wen Lin	27
6	Steffen Heppekausen	26
7	Elizabeth Tighe	25
8	Chelsie Browne	24
8	Tamara Siemieniuk	24
10	Zsolt Ferenc Majer	23
	Torsten Ball
	Luise Costa Ruivo
	Leonardo Martins Bernardino

Final ranking

Key
	Qualified for the 2025 World Games
†	Qualified for the 2024 European A-Championship
‡	Qualified for the 2024 European B-Championship

Rank	Team
	Netherlands †
	Chinese Taipei
	Belgium †
4	Czech Republic †
5	Suriname
6	Germany †
7	Portugal †
8	England †
9	Hungary †
10	Catalonia †
11	Poland ‡
12	Australia
13	Turkey ‡
14	Hong Kong
15	Slovakia ‡
16	New Zealand
17	Ireland ‡
18	Thailand
19	India
20	Japan
21	Malaysia
22	Brazil
23	South Africa
24	Philippines

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2023 IKF World Korfball Championship

Qualification

Format and draw

First group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Second round

Second group stage

Group I

Group J

Group K

Group L

3rd-place Playoffs

Winners' playoff

Knockout stage

Finals

Finals for 9th–12th place

Finals for 13th–20th place

Finals for 21st–24th place

Top scorers

Final ranking

See also

References

External links

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Fifth place		Consolation semifinals		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final



				Germany	19

				Czech Republic	20

		Germany	20			Czech Republic	13

		England	14			Netherlands	41

				Netherlands	36

				England	2

Germany	10							Netherlands	27

Suriname	26							Chinese Taipei	9

				Belgium	26

				Portugal	18

Seventh place		Portugal	14			Belgium	19	Third place

		Suriname	17			Chinese Taipei	21

England	13			Chinese Taipei	19			Czech Republic	11

Portugal	19			Suriname	15			Belgium	26


Seventeenth place		Consolation semifinals		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Thirteenth place



				Thailand	14

				Slovakia	23

		Thailand	17			Slovakia	10

		Japan	15			Hong Kong	21

				Japan	10

				Hong Kong	22

Thailand	9							Hong Kong	13

Ireland	13							Turkey	16

				Ireland	12

				New Zealand	13

Nineteenth place		Ireland	24			New Zealand	12	Fifteenth place

		India	18			Turkey	19

Japan	14			Turkey	19			Slovakia	17

India	21			India	6			New Zealand	11