International Korfball Federation

International Korfball Federation
AbbreviationIKF
Formation11 June 1933 (1933-06-11)
TypeFederation of national associations
HeadquartersUtrecht, The Netherlands
Region served
Worldwide
Membership72 national associations (June 2024)
Official languages
English
President
Gabi Kool
Senior Vice-President
Jorge Alves
Secretary General
Joana Faria
Main organ
IKF Executive Committee
AffiliationsGlobal Association of International Sports Federations, ARISF, IWGA
WebsiteKorfball.sport

The International Korfball Federation (IKF) is the governing body of korfball. IKF is responsible for the organisation of korfball's major international tournaments, notably the IKF World Korfball Championship.

The IKF was founded on 11 June 1933 in Antwerp, Belgium as a continuation of the International Korfball Bureau established in 1924 by the Dutch and Belgian Associations. The headquarters is in Utrecht, Netherlands, since December 2020, moving from Zeist.[1]

The IKF is officially recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1993 and is affiliated to SportAccord, the Association of the IOC Recognized International Sports Federations (ARISF) and the International World Games Association (IWGA).

The IKF aims to spread korfball around the globe and increase the level of play in the affiliated countries. The IKF has 69 member countries. It provides the affiliated countries via five Continental Confederations (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania) with financial, material and structural support to achieve the goals. It has established a network of contacts in many countries and is constantly expanding this network.[2] IKF actively promotes the game by transferring knowledge internationally by exchange programs and inviting selected korfball players, coaches and administrators to its training courses in order to assist in the creation of a stable local organization and structure in all the affiliated countries.[3]

In response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, on 1 March 2022, the International Korfball Federation announced that the Russian Korfball Federation would not be invited until further notice to any international korfball competition.[4] This implied effectively that no Russian athletes shall take part in any international korfball event.[5] Furthermore, the Russian Korfball Federation shall not be eligible to bid for the hosting of any IKF event until further notice, and no IKF events were planned in Russia.[6]

History

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First international event was held in 1963.[7]

1903-1973

Since 1903 to 1973 not held world championship because of shortage teams. In 70 years korfball nations increase from 1 to 5.[8]

1903 - 1963: Only some friendly matches between BEL and NED.

NED,BEL,GBR - First IKF match series in 1963. In 1974 the 10th (last) Triangular Trophy Tournament was held in London.

First European Cup tournament in 1967.

GER in 1964 and ESP in 1973 was added to korfball nations.

1973-1990

Teams increased from 5 to 12 european nations and 14 other non euro teams added to korfball.

1990-1994

31 nations.

Results History

  1. World Games: [9]
  2. World Championship: [10]
  3. Euro Clubs: [11]
  4. Euro Championship: [12]
  5. Asia - Pacific: [13]
  6. U23,U21,U19 World and Euro Championship: [14]
  7. U17 World Cup: [15][16]

Source:[17][18][19]

Structure

Main article: List of national korfball associations
  1. Asian Korfball Federation
  2. African Korfball Federation
  3. Pan American Korfball Federation
  4. European Korfball Federation

The IKF has 72 members at the moment. They are divided over five continental confederations for Europe, Asia, Americas, Africa and Oceanian.

First Members

  1.  Netherlands 1933
  2.  Belgium 1933
  3.  England 1946
  4.  Germany 1964
  5.  Luxembourg 1976
  6.  United States 1978
  7.  Australia 1978
  8.  India 1980
  9.  France 1982
  10.  Aruba 1982

Members by Regions

As of 24 June 2024

72 Members:[20]

Number Region Countries
1 Africa 13
2 Asia 15
3 Oceania 2
4 Europe 30
5 Americas 12
Total World 72

Presidents

The IKF has had seven presidents until now. All seven have been from the Netherlands.[21]

Start End Name Nationality
1933 1946 Nico Broekhuijsen Netherlands
1946 1954 S.A. Wilson Netherlands
1954 1964 H.J. Venema Netherlands
1964 1981 Herman Duns Netherlands
1981 1988 Jo Roosenschoon Netherlands
1988 2003 Bob de Die Netherlands
2003 2023 Jan Fransoo Netherlands
2023 Gabi Kool Netherlands

Council

The Council of the IKF consists of a President, a Secretary General, a Senior Vice-President, three other members of the Executive Committee and up to five Continental Vice-Presidents.

Council Member Position Country
Jan Fransoo President Netherlands
Bjorn Elewaut Executive Committee Member Belgium
Danielle Ruts Senior Vice-President Belgium
Gert Dijkstra Special Delegate for Competitions Netherlands
Anita Derks Executive Committee Member Netherlands
Joana Faria Secretary General Portugal
Jorge Alves Executive Committee Member Portugal
Gabi Kool Executive Vice-President (coopted) Netherlands
Vacancy Continental Vice-President, Africa Africa
Ying-Che Huang Continental Vice-President, Asia Chinese Taipei
Tim Miller Continental Vice-President, Oceania Australia
Vacant Continental Vice-President, Europe Europe

IKF structured tournaments

See also

References

  1. ^ International Korfball Federation moves headquarters to Utrecht
  2. ^ "Chinezen vergapen zich aan flitsende show 'Hollandbal'". nrc.nl. 7 November 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Organisation". ikf.org. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  4. ^ "No Russian athletes in international korfball events". March 2022.
  5. ^ "No Russian athletes in international korfball events". March 2022.
  6. ^ "No Russian athletes in international korfball events". March 2022.
  7. ^ https://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WorldGamesHistory-2017.pdf
  8. ^ https://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IKF-youth-events-U19-U21-U23-August-2023.pdf
  9. ^ https://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WorldGamesHistory-2017.pdf
  10. ^ https://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IKF-World-Korfball-Championship-September-2022.pdf
  11. ^ https://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IKF-Europe-Tournament-for-Club-Teams-February-2023.pdf
  12. ^ https://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IKF-European-Korfball-Championship-history-September-2022-1.pdf
  13. ^ https://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IKF-Asia-Oceania-Korfball-Championship-December-2022.pdf
  14. ^ https://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IKF-youth-events-U19-U21-U23-August-2023.pdf
  15. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20250313144521/https://www.u17kwc.com/history
  16. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20250313142248/https://www.u17kwc.com/
  17. ^ https://korfball.sport/documents/
  18. ^ https://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/IKF-Overall-Competition-Overview-2022-2025-1.pdf
  19. ^ https://korfball.sport/about-the-ikf-v2/#top
  20. ^ "IKF Members".
  21. ^ "Beknopt historisch overzicht korfbal in (K)KNB/KNKV" (PDF). knkv.nl. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
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