IKF World Korfball Championship

The 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 2023 IKF World Korfball Championship.

The 12 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.

World Korfball Championship results

#	Year	Host		Winners	Score	Runners-up		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place		Teams
1	1978	Netherlands		Netherlands	14–13(a.e.t.)	Belgium		West Germany	20–15(a.e.t.)	Great Britain		8
2	1984	Belgium		Netherlands	11–9	Belgium		West Germany	7–5	Great Britain		8
3	1987	Netherlands		Netherlands	9–7	Belgium		Great Britain	9–5(a.e.t.)	Chinese Taipei		12
4	1991	Belgium		Belgium	11–10	Netherlands		Chinese Taipei	10–8	Germany		12
5	1995	India		Netherlands	21–13	Belgium		Portugal	13–11	Australia		12
6	1999	Australia		Netherlands	23–11	Belgium		Great Britain	24–22	Germany		12
7	2003	Netherlands		Netherlands	22–9	Belgium		Czech Republic	21–15	Chinese Taipei		16
8	2007	Czech Republic		Netherlands	23–10	Belgium		Czech Republic	19–14	Portugal		16
9	2011	China		Netherlands	32–26	Belgium		Chinese Taipei	33–16	Catalonia		16
10	2015	Belgium		Netherlands	27–18	Belgium		Chinese Taipei	21–12	England		16
11	2019	South Africa		Netherlands	31–18	Belgium		Chinese Taipei	25–16	China		20
12	2023	Taiwan		Netherlands	27–9	Chinese Taipei		Belgium	26–11	Czech Republic		24
13	2027	Netherlands										TBA

• a.e.t.: after extra time

Teams to reach the top four

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total top 4
Netherlands	11 (1978*, 1984, 1987*, 1995, 1999, 2003*, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023)	1 (1991)	—	—	12
Belgium	1 (1991*)	10 (1978, 1984*, 1987, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015*, 2019)	1 (2023)	—	12
Chinese Taipei	—	1 (2023*)	4 (1991, 2011, 2015, 2019)	2 (1987, 2003)	7
England#	—	—	2 (1987, 1999)	3 (1978, 1984, 2015)	5
Germany^	—	—	2 ( 1978 ، 1984 )	2 ( 1991 ، 1999 )	4
الجمهورية التشيكية	—	—	2 ( 2003 ، 2007 * )	1 ( 2023 )	3
البرتغال	—	—	1 ( 1995 )	1 ( 2007 )	2
أستراليا	—	—	—	1 ( 1995 )	1
كاتالونيا	—	—	—	1 ( 2011 )	1
الصين	—	—	—	1 ( 2019 )	1

* = المضيفون

^ = يشمل النتائج التي تمثل ألمانيا الغربية بين عامي 1978 و 1987

# = يشمل النتائج التي تمثل بريطانيا العظمى بين عامي 1978 و 2003

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