Korfball at the 2025 World Games

Korfball
at the 2025 World Games
VenueLongquan High School Gymnasium (indoor)
Xinglong Lake Arena (beach)
Dates7-17 August 2025
No. of events2
Competitors146 from 11 nations

The korfball competition at the 2025 World Games will take place from 7-17 August 2025,[1][2] in Chengdu in China. Beach korfball will make its debut as official discipline in World Games sports program.[3]

Qualification

A total of 11 teams will compete in the korfball and beach korfball events at the 2025 World Games.[4][5]

The 2023 IKF World Korfball Championship (IKF WKC) acted as the qualification tournament for the indoor tournament. The seven best teams, and China as host qualified for the World Games.

The 2024 World Beach Korfball Championship acted as the qualification tournament for the beach tournament. The champions and runners-up qualified directly, while the other 6 teams qualified based on the world rankings.

Qualified teams

Indoor event
Team Date of
qualification 		Method of
qualification 		Finals
appearance 		Previous
appearance
 China 29 October 2023 Host 2nd 2017
 Netherlands 29 October 2023 Champions at the 2023 IKF WKC 11th 2022
 Chinese Taipei 29 October 2023 Runners-up at the 2023 IKF WKC 10th 2022
 Belgium 29 October 2023 3rd at the 2023 IKF WKC 11th 2022
 Czech Republic 29 October 2023 4th at the 2023 IKF WKC 5th 2022
 Suriname 29 October 2023 5th at the 2023 IKF WKC 2nd 2022
 Germany 29 October 2023 6th at the 2023 IKF WKC 10th 2022
 Portugal 29 October 2023 7th at the 2023 IKF WKC 6th 2022
Beach event[6]
Team Date of
qualification 		Method of
qualification 		Finals
appearance
 Netherlands 28 April 2024 Finished first at the 2024 WBKC. 1st
 China 28 April 2024 Finished second at the 2024 WBKC. 1st
 Poland 16 January 2025 Ranked 1st in IKF beach Korfball Rankings 1st
 Chinese Taipei 16 January 2025 Ranked 2nd in IKF beach Korfball Rankings 1st
 Hungary 16 January 2025 Ranked 4th in IKF beach Korfball Rankings 1st
 Belgium 16 January 2025 Ranked 5th in IKF beach Korfball Rankings 1st
 United States 16 January 2025 Ranked 6th in IKF beach Korfball Rankings 1st
 Australia 16 January 2025 Ranked 10th in IKF beach Korfball Rankings 1st

Indoor tournament

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 3 3 0 0 0 97 37 +60 9 Semifinals
2  Chinese Taipei 3 2 0 0 1 67 65 +2 6
3  Portugal 3 1 0 0 2 51 61 −10 3 5–8th place semifinals
4  China 3 0 0 0 3 32 84 −52 0
Source: 2025 World Games
8 August 2025 Netherlands  29–12  Portugal Chengdu
15:45 Report Stadium: Longquan High School Gymnasium
8 August 2025 China  14–28  Chinese Taipei Chengdu
19:45 Report Stadium: Longquan High School Gymnasium
9 August 2025 China  9–21  Portugal Chengdu
15:45 Report Stadium: Longquan High School Gymnasium
9 August 2025 Netherlands  33–18  Chinese Taipei Chengdu
19:45 Report Stadium: Longquan High School Gymnasium
10 August 2025 China  9–35  Netherlands Chengdu
15:45 Stadium: Longquan High School Gymnasium
10 August 2025 Portugal  18–23  Chinese Taipei Chengdu
19:45 Stadium: Longquan High School Gymnasium

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium 3 3 0 0 0 68 35 +33 9 Semifinals
2  Czech Republic 3 1 1 0 1 49 61 −12 5
3  Suriname 3 1 0 0 2 42 48 −6 3 5–8th place semifinals
4  Germany 3 0 0 1 2 47 62 −15 1
Source: 2025 World Games
8 August 2025 Belgium  26–10  Czech Republic Chengdu
14:00 Report Stadium: Longquan High School Gymnasium
8 August 2025 Germany  14–15  Suriname Chengdu
18:00 Report Stadium: Longquan High School Gymnasium
9 August 2025 Czech Republic  19–16  Suriname Chengdu
14:00 Stadium: Longquan High School Gymnasium
9 August 2025 Belgium  27–14  Germany Chengdu
18:00 Report Stadium: Longquan High School Gymnasium
10 August 2025 Suriname  11–15  Belgium Chengdu
14:00 Stadium: Longquan High School Gymnasium
10 August 2025 Czech Republic  20–19  Germany Chengdu
18:00 Stadium: Longquan High School Gymnasium

Knockout stage

5–8th place semifinals

August 11, 2025 Portugal  20–23  Germany Chengdu
14:00 Report Stadium: Longquan High School Gymnasium
August 11, 2025 China  12–19  Suriname Chengdu
15:45 Report Stadium: Longquan High School Gymnasium

Semifinals

August 11, 2025 Netherlands  39–13  Czech Republic Chengdu
18:00 Report Stadium: Longquan High School Gymnasium
August 11, 2025 Belgium  19–13  Chinese Taipei Chengdu
18:45 Report Stadium: Longquan High School Gymnasium

Seventh place game

August 12, 2025 China  16–18  Portugal Chengdu
14:00 Report Stadium: Longquan High School Gymnasium

Fifth place game

August 12, 2025 Germany  14–16  Suriname Chengdu
15:45 Report Stadium: Longquan High School Gymnasium

Third place game

August 12, 2025 Czech Republic  15–19  Chinese Taipei Chengdu
18:00 Report Stadium: Longquan High School Gymnasium

Final

August 12, 2025 Netherlands  23–16  Belgium Chengdu
19:45 Report Stadium: Longquan High School Gymnasium

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Indoor
  Netherlands  Belgium  Chinese Taipei
Beach
  Chinese Taipei  Netherlands  Belgium

References

  1. ^ "Korfball". Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  2. ^ "The World Games 2025". Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  3. ^ "Beachkorfbal toegevoegd aan World Games 2025". Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  4. ^ "Qualifications for TWG 2025, Chengdu (CHN)". theworldgames. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  5. ^ "TWG2025: Beach Korfball teams confirmed". Beachkorfball.sport. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  6. ^ "TWG2025: Beach Korfball teams confirmed". Beachkorfball.sport. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
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