Korfball
at the 2017 World Games
VenueWKK Sport Center
LocationWrocław
Dates21–25 July 2017
Teams8
Medalists
gold medal  Netherlands
silver medal  Chinese Taipei
bronze medal  Belgium
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The korfball event at the World Games 2017 took place in Wrocław, Poland.

Qualification

A total of 8 teams competed in the korfball event at the World Games 2017.[1]

The 2015 IKF World Korfball Championship (IKF WKC) acted as the qualification tournament. Seven teams qualified for the World Games, including all non-European teams finishing in the top 11. The remaining slots were filled by the top European teams in the competition, except for Poland which is the host country of the World Games 2017.[1]

Qualified teams

Team Date of
qualification 		Method of
qualification 		Finals
appearance 		Previous
appearance
 Poland – Host country 1st –
 Belgium 3 November 2015 Finished second at the 2015 IKF WKC. 9th 2013
 Great Britain[A] 3 November 2015 Finished fourth at the 2015 IKF WKC. 8th 2013
 Netherlands 3 November 2015 Finished first at the 2015 IKF WKC. 9th 2013
 Germany 6 November 2015 Finished sixth at the 2015 IKF WKC. 8th 2013
 Chinese Taipei 31 October 2015 Finished 3rd at the 2015 IKF WKC as a non-European team. 8th 2013
 China 31 October 2015 Finished 7th at the 2015 IKF WKC as a non-European team. 1st –
 Australia 7 November 2015 Finished 11th at the 2015 IKF WKC, qualifying as a non-European team. 4th 2009
  1. ^
    Great Britain is awarded a spot at the tournament due to the qualification of England.
  2. ^
    Germany still needed to play Catalonia to determine 5th and 6th place, however as the World Games are contested by countries instead of regions, Catalonia were ineligible for qualification. Therefore, Germany was sure of the remaining ticket.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 3 3 0 0 0 87 36 +51 9 Semifinals
2  Belgium 3 2 0 0 1 78 45 +33 6
3  Australia 3 1 0 0 2 43 79 −36 3 5–8th place semifinals
4  China 3 0 0 0 3 46 94 −48 0
Source: 2017 World Games
July 21, 2017 Netherlands  33–10  China Wrocław
15:15 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center
July 21, 2017 Belgium  26–8  Australia Wrocław
20:45 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center
July 22, 2017 China  23–25  Australia Wrocław
13:30 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center
July 22, 2017 Netherlands  24–16  Belgium Wrocław
19:00 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center
July 23, 2017 Australia  10–30  Netherlands Wrocław
13:30 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center
July 23, 2017 Belgium  36–13  China Wrocław
15:15 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Chinese Taipei 3 3 0 0 0 74 46 +28 9 Semifinals
2  Germany 3 2 0 0 1 52 49 +3 6
3  Great Britain 3 1 0 0 2 51 47 +4 3 5–8th place semifinals
4  Poland (H) 3 0 0 0 3 42 77 −35 0
Source: 2017 World Games
(H) Host
July 21, 2017 Chinese Taipei  22–14  Germany Wrocław
13:30 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center
July 21, 2017 Poland  11–23  Great Britain Wrocław
19:00 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center
July 22, 2017 Chinese Taipei  23–16  Great Britain Wrocław
15:15 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center
July 22, 2017 Poland  15–25  Germany Wrocław
20:45 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center
July 23, 2017 Great Britain  12–13  Germany Wrocław
19:00 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center
July 23, 2017 Poland  16–29  Chinese Taipei Wrocław
20:45 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center

Knockout stage

5–8th place semifinals

July 24, 2017 China  27–24  Great Britain Wrocław
13:30 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center
July 24, 2017 Poland  18–20  Australia Wrocław
15:15 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center

Semifinals

July 24, 2017 Belgium  18–22  Chinese Taipei Wrocław
19:00 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center
July 24, 2017 Germany  13–25  Netherlands Wrocław
20:45 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center

Seventh place game

July 25, 2017 Great Britain  25–18  Poland Wrocław
11:00 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center

Fifth place game

July 25, 2017 China  19–17  Australia Wrocław
13:00 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center

Third place game

July 25, 2017 Belgium  24–9  Germany Wrocław
17:00 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center

Final

July 25, 2017 Netherlands  26–14  Chinese Taipei Wrocław
19:00 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center

Final ranking

Rank Team
 Netherlands
 Chinese Taipei
 Belgium
4  Germany
5  China
6  Australia
7  Great Britain
8  Poland

References

  1. ^ a b "World Games 2017 qualification criteria". International Korfball Federation. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

External links

Events at the 2017 World Games
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