Netherlands national korfball team
| Netherlands | |
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| Association | Koninklijk Nederlands Korfbalverbond |
| IKF membership | IKF Founder |
| IKF code | NED  |
| IKF rank | 1 (Jan. 2017)[1] |
| World Championships | |
| Appearances | 12 |
| First appearance | 1978 |
| Best result | Champions, 11 times |
| World Games | |
| Appearances | 10 |
| First appearance | 1985 |
| Best result | Champions, 10 times |
| European Championships | |
| Appearances | 9 |
| First appearance | 1998 |
| Best result | Champions, 9 times |
| http://www.knkv.nl | |
The Netherlands national korfball team (Dutch: 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
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| Year | Championship | Host | Classification |
| 1978 | 1st World Championship | Amsterdam, Netherlands |  Champions
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| 1984 | 2nd World Championship | Antwerp, Belgium | Champions
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| 1987 | 3rd World Championship | Makkum, Netherlands | Champions
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| 1991 | 4th World Championship | Antwerp (Belgium) |  2nd place
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| 1995 | 5th World Championship | New Delhi (India) | Champions
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| 1999 | 6th World Championship | Adelaide (Australia) | Champions
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| 2003 | 7th World Championship | Rotterdam (Netherlands) | Champions
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| 2007 | 8th World Championship | Brno (Czech Republic) | Champions
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| 2011 | 9th World Championship | Shaoxing (China) | Champions
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| 2015 | 10th World Championship | Antwerp (Belgium) | Champions
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| 2019 | 11th World Championship | Durban (South-Africa) | Champions
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| 2023 | 12th World Championship | Taipei (Taiwan) | Champions
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| World Games[3] | |||
| Year | Championship | Host | Classification |
| 1985 | 2nd World Games | London (England) | Champions
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| 1989 | 3rd World Games | Karlsruhe (Germany) | Champions
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| 1993 | 4th World Games | The Hague (Netherlands) | Champions
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| 1997 | 5th World Games | Lahti (Finland) | Champions
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| 2001 | 6th World Games | Akita (Japan) | Champions
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| 2005 | 7th World Games | Duisburg (Germany) | Champions
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| 2009 | 8th World Games | Kaohsiung (Taiwan) | Champions
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| 2013 | 9th World Games | Cali (Colombia) | Champions
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| 2017 | 10th World Games | Wrocław (Poland) | Champions
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| 2022 | 11th World Games | Birmingham (United States) | Champions
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| European Championships[4] | |||
| Year | Championship | Host | Classification |
| 1998 | 1st European Championship | Portugal | Champions
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| 2002 | 2nd European Championship | Terrassa (Catalonia) | Champions
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| 2006 | 3rd European Championship | Budapest (Hungary) | Champions
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| 2010 | 4th European Championship | Netherlands | Champions
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| 2014 | 5th European Championship | Maia (Portugal) | Champions
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| 2016 | 6th European Championship | Dordrecht (Netherlands) | Champions
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| 2018 | 7th European Championship | Friesland (Netherlands) | Champions
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| 2021 | 8th European Championship | Antwerp (Belgium) | Champions
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| 2021 | 9th European Championship | Girona (Catalonia) | Champions
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Current squad
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References
[edit]- ^ "IKF Ranking from 1 Januari 2017" (PDF). IKF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ "The history of the IKF and the IKF World Championship" (PDF). IKF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2013.
- ^ IKF (ed.). "The history of the IKF and the World Games" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2013.
- ^ "The history of the IKF European Championship" (PDF). IKF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2013.
External links
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