| 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. | |
The11thIKF World Korfball Championship was held in August 2019 inDurban,South Africa and won by the Netherlands. TheInternational 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 theWorld 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]
In February 2019, the IKF announced that both
Dominican Republic and
Zimbabwe withdrew from the tournament despite both having qualified for the first time ever. First reserve of the Americas (
Brazil) was unable to step in and ultimately the first reserves of Europe (
Slovakia) and Asia (
Macau) were invited and accepted the invitation.[5]
Great Britain until 2003.
Germany from 1978 to 1987.For the draw, the teams were allocated to four pots based on theIKF World Korfball Ranking of December 2018. Pot 1 contained the best five teams (which were automatically assigned to pools A through E), pot 2 contained the next best five teams, and so on for pots 3 and 4, with the exception of Suriname which was placed into pot 3 instead of 4 as the IKF specified that each continental champion would at least be positioned in pot 3.[6] Finally, it is not allowed to have four European, three Asian or two Oceanian countries in the same pool. In case this happens during the draw, the relevant country will change position with the country drawn after. In case this is not possible, the change will be made with the country that has been drawn before.
The draw took place on 20 April 2019.[7]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Competing countries will be divided into five groups of four teams (groups A to E). Teams in each group played one another in around-robin basis, with the top three teams of each group and the best fourth-placed team advancing to theknockout stage.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 22 | +77 | 9 | Round of 16 |
| 2 |  Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Catalonia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 65 | −26 | 3 | |
| 4 |  New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 79 | −50 | 0 | Finals for 17th–20th places |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 37 | +55 | 9 | Round of 16 |
| 2 |  Poland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 67 | −23 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 71 | −16 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Ireland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 63 | −16 | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 32 | +67 | 9 | Round of 16 |
| 2 |  England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 54 | +13 | 6 | |
| 3 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 74 | −34 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 86 | −46 | 0 | Finals for 17th–20th places |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 52 | +40 | 8 | Round of 16 |
| 2 |  Suriname | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 37 | +40 | 7 | |
| 3 |  Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 72 | 55 | +17 | 3 | |
| 4 | Macau | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 111 | −97 | 0 | Finals for 17th–20th places |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Portugal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 22 | +61 | 9 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 32 | +44 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 80 | −41 | 3 | |
| 4 |  South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 84 | −64 | 0 | Finals for 17th–20th places |
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | Ireland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 63 | −16 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | C | Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 86 | −46 | 0 | Finals for 17th–20th places |
| 3 | A | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 78 | −53 | 0 | |
| 4 | E | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 84 | −64 | 0 | |
| 5 | D | Macau | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 111 | −97 | 0 |
5 August 2019 15:30 |
| Netherlands | 34 - 7 | Ireland |
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| Report |
Westville Campus Hall 2,Durban Referee: Dan Lin Huang |
5 August 2019 17:15 |
| China | 31 - 9 | Slovakia |
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| Report |
Westville Campus Hall 2,Durban Referee: Tina Van Grimberge |
5 August 2019 13:45 |
| Chinese Taipei | 42 - 22 | Japan |
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| Report |
Westville Campus Hall 2,Durban Referee: Ugurtan Akbulut |
5 August 2019 19:00 |
| Czech Republic | 27 - 15 | Australia |
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| Report |
Westville Campus Hall 2,Durban Referee: Steve Jones |
| Fifth place | Consolation semifinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 18 | Netherlands | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | 15 | China | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| China | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 16 | Netherlands | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Suriname | 8 | Belgium | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Suriname | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seventh place | Suriname | 18 | Chinese Taipei | 19 | Third place | ||||||||||||||||||
| Czech Republic | 5 | Belgium | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | 16 | Belgium | 27 | China | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Czech Republic | 17 | Czech Republic | 10 | Chinese Taipei | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13th place match | 13th – 16th place play-offs | 9th – 16th place play-offs | 9th – 12th place play-offs | 9th place match | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Poland | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | 14 | Poland | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Slovakia | 18 | Catalonia | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Slovakia | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catalonia | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Slovakia | 20 | Catalonia | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia | 19 | England | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| England | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15th place match | Japan | 13 | England | 20 | 11th place match | ||||||||||||||||||
| Australia | 21 | Hungary | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | 18 | Hungary | 22 | Poland | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 19 | Australia | 15 | Hungary | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 9 | Ranking match 17th-18th |
| 2 | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 43 | +18 | 6 | |
| 3 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 1 | Ranking match 19th-20th |
| 4 | Macau | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 56 | −25 | 1 |
Two venues are used to host all games this championship. Both are located on the Westville campus of theUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal.
| Qualified for the2022 World Games |
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
 | Netherlands |
 | Belgium |
 | Chinese Taipei |
| 4 | China |
| 5 | Germany |
| 6 | Suriname |
| 7 | Czech Republic |
| 8 | Portugal |
| 9 | England |
| 10 | Catalonia |
| 11 | Poland |
| 12 | Hungary |
| 13 | Slovakia |
| 14 | Australia |
| 15 | Japan |
| 16 | Ireland |
| 17 | Hong Kong |
| 18 | New Zealand |
| 19 | South Africa |
| 20 | Macau |