The 10th IKF World Korfball Championship were held in the

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cities of

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Tielen Tielen is a village in the province of Antwerp in Flanders, Belgium. It is part of the municipality of Kasterlee. The nearest city is the neighbouring city of Turnhout. Other neighbouring towns are Vosselaar, Lichtaart, , Lille and Gierle. Th ...

and Antwerp in 2015. Ghent and Tielen hosted the first and second round matches, whilst the placing matches and finals were all held in the

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in Antwerp. This tournament also acts as the qualification tournament for Korfball at the World Games 2017. Seven teams will qualify for the World Games, including first all non-European teams finishing in the top 11. As such, at least one and maximum six non-European teams will qualify. Then, the remaining slots will be filled by the top European teams in this competition, with the exception of Poland which have already qualified as host country of the World Games 2017. The

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chose to award the hosting rights for the tournament to Belgium on 4 November 2011. The other hosting candidate was New Zealand, who planned to host the tournament in

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Qualified teams

First round

''All times listed are

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)'' The draw for the first round was made on 7 February 2015 and the matches will be played in

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Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Pool D

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Second round

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)'' The top two teams of each group in the first round advanced to the pools for the top 8th places (pools E and F), while the other teams move into pools G and H which will determine positions 9 to 16. In each second round pool the top two will advance to a finals playoff for the top positions, with the bottom two teams dropping into the playoffs for the bottom positions. During the second round, all matches will still be played in

and

, but due to the tournament structure, all teams that played in Ghent in round 1 will now play in Tielen and vice versa.

Pools for 1st–8th places

Pool E

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Pool F

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Pools for 9th–16th places

Pool G

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Pool H

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Finals

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)'' The top two teams of pools E and F play the championship finals, while the other teams play for placing positions and possible qualification for the Korfball at the World Games 2017 tournament. Note that from this round on, all matches are played in the

in Antwerp.

13th–16th places

Bracket

13th–16th position placing matches

15th–16th place match

13th–14th place match

9th–12th places

Bracket

9th–12th position placing matches

11th–12th place match

9th–10th place match

5th–8th places

Bracket

5th–8th position placing matches

7th–8th place match

5th–6th place match

Championship semifinals

Bracket

Semifinals

3rd–4th place match

Final

Statistics

New record

* Jesse de Bremaeker of

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scored 14 goals against

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on 31 October 2015, tying the record for most goals by a single player in a match during the IKF World Korfball Championship, early set by Barry Schep. *

won against

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by 62–15 on 1 November 2015, which is the new world record for most total goals in one match and most goals by a single team in one match in IKF World Korfball Championship. The previous record was set during the 2011 IKF World Korfball Championship, when

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

beat

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by 61–11.

Final standings

Notes

References

External links

International Korfball Federation
{{World championships in 2015

IKF World Korfball Championship International sports competitions hosted by Belgium Korfball in Belgium

Qualified teams

First round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Second round

Pools for 1st–8th places

Pool E

Pool F

Pools for 9th–16th places

Pool G

Pool H

Finals

13th–16th places

Bracket

13th–16th position placing matches

15th–16th place match

13th–14th place match

9th–12th places

Bracket

9th–12th position placing matches

11th–12th place match

9th–10th place match

5th–8th places

Bracket

5th–8th position placing matches

7th–8th place match

5th–6th place match

Championship semifinals

Bracket

Semifinals

3rd–4th place match

Final

Statistics

New record

Final standings

See also

Notes

References

External links