IKF World Korfball Championship
Founded | 1978 |
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Region | International (IKF) |
Number of teams | 16 (finals) |
Current champions |
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Most successful team(s) |
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Website | International Korfball Federation |
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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 2015 IKF World Korfball Championship.
The current format of the tournament involves 16 teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation over a period of about a week. The 9 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 | Number of teams | |||
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1978 Details |
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14–13 (a.e.t.) |
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20–15 (a.e.t.) |
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8 | |||
1984 Details |
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11–9 | ![]() |
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7–5 | ![]() |
8 | |||
1987 Details |
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9–7 | ![]() |
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9–5 (a.e.t.) |
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12 | |||
1991 Details |
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11–10 | ![]() |
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10–8 | ![]() |
12 | |||
1995 Details |
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21–13 | ![]() |
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13–11 | ![]() |
12 | |||
1999 Details |
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23–11 | ![]() |
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24–22 | ![]() |
12 | |||
2003 Details |
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22–9 | ![]() |
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21–15 | ![]() |
16 | |||
2007 Details |
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23–10 | ![]() |
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19–14 | ![]() |
16 | |||
2011 Details |
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32–26 | ![]() |
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33–16 | ![]() |
16 | |||
2015 Details |
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27–18 | ![]() |
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21–12 | ![]() |
16 | |||
2019 Details |
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20 |
- a.e.t.: after extra time
Titles by team
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Netherlands: 9
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Belgium: 1
Teams reaching the top four
Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Total finishes in top four |
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9 (1978*, 1984, 1987*, 1995, 1999, 2003*, 2007, 2011, 2015) | 1 (1991) | — | — | 10 |
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1 (1991*) | 9 (1978, 1984*, 1987, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015*) | — | — | 10 |
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— | — | 3 (1991, 2011, 2015) | 2 (1987, 2003) | 5 |
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— | — | 2 (1987, 1999) | 3 (1978, 1984, 2015) | 5 |
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— | — | 2 (1978, 1984) | 2 (1991, 1999) | 4 |
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— | — | 2 (2003, 2007*) | — | 2 |
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— | — | 1 (1995) | 1 (2007) | 2 |
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— | — | — | 1 (1995) | 1 |
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— | — | — | 1 (2011) | 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 |
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8 |
1984 | ![]() ![]() |
2 |
1987 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
4 |
1991 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2 |
1995 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
3 |
1999 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2 |
2003 | ![]() |
1 |
2007 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2 |
2011 | ![]() ![]() |
2 |
2015 | ![]() |
1 |
Total | 25 |
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) |
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× | × | × | 8th | 9th | × | 15th | × | × | × |
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× | × | 8th | 10th | × | × | × | × | × | × |
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× | 7th | 6th | 9th | 4th | 7th | 7th | 8th | 12th | 11th |
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2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd |
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 16th |
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6th | 5th | 11th | × | × | 8th | 9th | 9th | 4th | 5th |
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | 16th | 11th | 7th |
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× | × | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 3rd |
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× | × | × | × | 7th | × | 3rd | 3rd | 8th | 9th |
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3rd | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 6th | 4th | 8th | 11th | 9th | 6th |
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4th | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 8th | 3rd | 5th | 7th | 5th | 4th |
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× | 8th | 12th | × | × | × | × | × | × | × |
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 14th | 12th |
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× | × | × | × | × | × | 10th | 10th | × | 13th |
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× | × | × | 11th | 12th | 11th | 14th | 12th | 13th | × |
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× | × | 10th | 12th | × | × | × | × | × | • |
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× | × | × | × | × | 12th | 16th | × | × | • |
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8th | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × |
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1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
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7th | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × |
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× | × | × | × | × | 9th | 12th | 14th | 10th | 14th |
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× | × | 9th | 6th | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 4th | 7th | 10th |
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | 6th | 6th | 8th |
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× | × | × | × | 10th | × | 13th | × | × | • |
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× | × | × | × | 11th | 10th | 11th | 15th | 16th | 15th |
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5th | 6th | 7th | 7th | × | × | × | 13th | × | × |
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 15th | • |