Netherlands national korfball team explained

Netherlands
Association:Koninklijk Nederlands Korfbalverbond
Ikf Membership:IKF Founder
Ikf Code:NED
Ikf Rank:1 (Jan. 2017)[1]
World Championships Apps:12
World Championships First:1978
World Championships Best:Champions, 11 times
World Games Apps:10
World Games First:1985
World Games Best:Champions, 10 times
European Championships Apps:8
European Championships First:1998
European Championships Best:Champions, 8 times
Website:http://www.knkv.nl

The Netherlands national korfball team (Dutch; Flemish: Nederlands korfbalteam) represents the Netherlands in international korfball. It is controlled by the Royal Dutch Korfball Association (KNKV), the governing body of korfball in the Netherlands.

They are the most successful national korfball team in the world; having won ten of the eleven World Championships (only non-win came in 1991 when they lost in the final against Belgium) and all eight editions of the European Championships and all nine editions of the World Games.

Tournament history

World Championships[2]
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19781st World ChampionshipAmsterdam, Netherlands Champions
19842nd World ChampionshipAntwerp, Belgium Champions
19873rd World ChampionshipMakkum, Netherlands Champions
19914th World ChampionshipAntwerp (Belgium) 2nd place
19955th World ChampionshipNew Delhi (India) Champions
19996th World ChampionshipAdelaide (Australia) Champions
20037th World ChampionshipRotterdam (Netherlands) Champions
20078th World ChampionshipBrno (Czech Republic) Champions
20119th World ChampionshipShaoxing (China) Champions
201510th World ChampionshipAntwerp (Belgium) Champions
201911th World ChampionshipDurban (South-Africa) Champions
202312th World ChampionshipTaipei (Taiwan) Champions
World Games[3]
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19852nd World Games London (England) Champions
19893rd World Games Karlsruhe (Germany) Champions
19934th World Games The Hague (Netherlands) Champions
19975th World Games Lahti (Finland) Champions
20016th World Games Akita (Japan) Champions
20057th World Games Duisburg (Germany) Champions
2009Kaohsiung (Taiwan) Champions
2013Cali (Colombia) Champions
2017Wrocław (Poland) Champions
2022Birmingham (United States) Champions
European Championships[4]
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19981st European ChampionshipPortugal Champions
20022nd European ChampionshipTerrassa (Catalonia) Champions
20063rd European ChampionshipBudapest (Hungary) Champions
20104th European ChampionshipNetherlands Champions
20145th European ChampionshipMaia (Portugal) Champions
20166th European ChampionshipDordrecht (Netherlands) Champions
20187th European ChampionshipFriesland (Netherlands) Champions
20218th European ChampionshipAntwerp (Belgium) Champions

Current squad

Female
  • Barbara Brouwer - TOP/SolarCompleet
  • Esther Cordus - KZ/Hiltex
  • Marloes Frieswijk - Blauw-Wit (C)
  • Jet Hendriks - TOP/SolarCompleet
  • Fleur Hoek - DVO/Accountor
  • Jessica Lokhorst - Fortuna/Delta Logistiek
  • Celeste Split - TOP/SolarCompleet
  • Marjolijn Schenk - KZ/Hiltex
  • Coach: Wim Scholtmeijer
 Male
  • Laurens Leeuwenhoek - PKC/SWKGroep
  • Alwin Out - KZ/Hiltex
  • Nick Pikaar- TOP/SolarCompleet
  • Daan Preuninger - Fortuna/Delta Logistiek
  • Mick Snel TOP/SolarCompleet
  • Harjan Visscher - DOS'46
  • Olav van Wijngaarden - PKC/SWKGroep

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IKF Ranking from 1 Januari 2017. IKF. 28 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170329140433/http://ikf.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IKF-Ranking-from-1-January-2017.pdf. 29 March 2017. dead.
  2. Web site: The history of the IKF and the IKF World Championship. IKF. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130920151204/http://www.ikf.org/ikf/images/stories/IKFdocuments/world%20championship%20february%202011.pdf. 20 September 2013. dmy-all.
  3. Web site: The history of the IKF and the World Games. IKF. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130920151207/http://www.ikf.org/ikf/images/stories/IKFdocuments/worldgameshistory%202011.pdf. 20 September 2013. dmy-all.
  4. Web site: The history of the IKF European Championship. IKF. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130920151211/http://www.ikf.org/ikf/images/stories/IKFdocuments/european%20championship%20history%20february%202011.pdf. 20 September 2013. dmy-all.