Korfball at the 2017 World Games

The korfball event at the World Games 2017 took place in Wrocław, Poland.

Korfball
at the 2017 World Games
VenueWKK Sport Center
LocationWrocław
Dates21–25 July 2017
Teams8
Medalists
  Netherlands
  Chinese Taipei
  Belgium

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 ChinaWrocław
15:15 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center
July 21, 2017 Belgium 26–8 AustraliaWrocław
20:45 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center
July 22, 2017 China 23–25 AustraliaWrocław
13:30 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center
July 22, 2017 Netherlands 24–16 BelgiumWrocław
19:00 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center
July 23, 2017 Australia 10–30 NetherlandsWrocław
13:30 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center
July 23, 2017 Belgium 36–13 ChinaWrocław
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 GermanyWrocław
13:30 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center
July 21, 2017 Poland 11–23 Great BritainWrocław
19:00 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center
July 22, 2017 Chinese Taipei 23–16 Great BritainWrocław
15:15 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center
July 22, 2017 Poland 15–25 GermanyWrocław
20:45 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center
July 23, 2017 Great Britain 12–13 GermanyWrocław
19:00 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center
July 23, 2017 Poland 16–29 Chinese TaipeiWrocław
20:45 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center

Knockout stage

5–8th place semifinals
July 24, 2017 China 27–24 Great BritainWrocław
13:30 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center
July 24, 2017 Poland 18–20 AustraliaWrocław
15:15 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center

Semifinals
July 24, 2017 Belgium 18–22 Chinese TaipeiWrocław
19:00 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center
July 24, 2017 Germany 13–25 NetherlandsWrocław
20:45 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center

Seventh place game
July 25, 2017 Great Britain 25–18 PolandWrocław
11:00 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center

Fifth place game
July 25, 2017 China 19–17 AustraliaWrocław
13:00 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center

Third place game
July 25, 2017 Belgium 24–9 GermanyWrocław
17:00 Report Stadium: WKK Sport Center

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

Final ranking
RankTeam
 Netherlands
 Chinese Taipei
 Belgium
4  Germany
5  China
6  Australia
7  Great Britain
8  Poland

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