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Korfball
Korfball ( ) is a ball sport, with similarities to netball, basketball, and ringball. The objective is to throw a ball into a netless basket that is mounted on a pole. Each team is composed of four female players and four male players. The sport was created in the Netherlands in 1902 by schoolteacher Nico Broekhuysen, and has since spread globally. History In 1901, Dutch schoolteacher Nico Broekhuysen travelled to the Swedish town of Nääs to take an educational course on teaching gymnastics to children. While there, he was introduced to ''ringboll''. The objective of this Swedish game was to score points by throwing a ball through a ring attached to a pole that was in height. The field below was divided into three zones, and each player was confined to his or her assigned zone. Men and women played together. Upon Broekhuysen's return to Amsterdam, he began to teach his students a modified version of ''ringboll''. Broekhuysen replaced the ring with a basket to make i ...
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Korfball At The 1985 World Games
Korfball ( ) is a ball sport, with similarities to netball, basketball, and ringball. The objective is to throw a ball into a netless basket that is mounted on a pole. Each team is composed of four female players and four male players. The sport was created in the Netherlands in 1902 by schoolteacher Nico Broekhuysen, and has since spread globally. History In 1901, Dutch schoolteacher Nico Broekhuysen travelled to the Sweden, Swedish town of Nääs to take an educational course on teaching gymnastics to children. While there, he was introduced to ''ringboll''. The objective of this Swedish game was to score points by throwing a ball through a ring attached to a pole that was in height. The field below was divided into three zones, and each player was confined to his or her assigned zone. Men and women played together. Upon Broekhuysen's return to Amsterdam, he began to teach his students a modified version of ''ringboll''. Broekhuysen replaced the ring with a basket to m ...
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Korfball ( ) is a ball sport, with similarities to netball, basketball, and ringball. The objective is to throw a ball into a netless basket that is mounted on a pole. Each team is composed of four female players and four male players. The sport was created in the Netherlands in 1902 by schoolteacher Nico Broekhuysen, and has since spread globally. History In 1901, Dutch schoolteacher Nico Broekhuysen travelled to the Swedish town of Nääs to take an educational course on teaching gymnastics to children. While there, he was introduced to ''ringboll''. The objective of this Swedish game was to score points by throwing a ball through a ring attached to a pole that was in height. The field below was divided into three zones, and each player was confined to his or her assigned zone. Men and women played together. Upon Broekhuysen's return to Amsterdam, he began to teach his students a modified version of ''ringboll''. Broekhuysen replaced the ring with a basket to make i ...
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International Korfball Federation
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. 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 fin ...
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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. Results *''a.e.t.'': after extra time Titles by team * : 11 * : 1 Teams reaching the top four :''* = hosts'' :''^ = includes results representing West Germany between 1978 and 1987'' :''# = includes results representing Great Britain between 1978 and 2003'' Appearances Debut of teams Each successive World Championship has had at least one team appearing for the first time. Note: The IKF considers Germany a ...
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Nico Broekhuysen
Nicolaas Broekhuijsen (; 30 December 1876 – 13 May 1958), better known as Nico Broekhuysen, was a Dutch teacher, who is known as the inventor of korfball. He was a teacher at Oisterwijk and later Nijmegen and then Amsterdam where he taught at the new school association. In 1902, he went to the Swedish village near Nääs Castle for a course. There he saw the game ring boll played. This game was played with mixed gender teams. The ball had to be thrown through a ring on a three-meter high pole. The field was divided into three sections, where players were allowed to come out. At home in Amsterdam, Broekhuysen showed his students a similar game. The rules have been simplified and the ring was replaced by a basket. The first game was played on a vacant lot at the Jan Luykenstraat. When the Amsterdam Association for Physical Education were looking for a game in which both boys and girls could join, he brought his version forward. On June 2, 1903, the Dutch Korfball Association ...
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HKC ALO
HKC ALO is a Dutch korfball team based in The Hague. Founded on February 1, 1906, ALO spent a number of years in the top divisions of the Dutch Korfball Korfball ( ) is a ball sport, with similarities to netball, basketball, and ringball. The objective is to throw a ball into a netless basket that is mounted on a pole. Each team is composed of four female players and four male players. The s ... league. ALO is the world's oldest non-merged Korfball team, with the other teams that were founded prior to February 1906 all having to merge over the years. The ALO team today plays in the Dutch Korfball association's (KNKV) 1st class. External links * *Official website Korfball teams in the Netherlands {{korfball-stub ...
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Ringball
Ringball (formerly (1907-2007) "Korfball") is a traditional South African sport that stems from basketball and has been played since 1907. The sport is now promoted in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, India, and Mauritius to establish ringball as an international sport. The sport is played by both men and women teams. International Ringball Federation (IRF) In 2007 (100th year of create of south african korfball) the name was changed to ringball and in 2010 the International Ringball Federation was formed. Gameplay Ringball is a fair-contact sport played by both men and women teams in separate games. It is similar to the game of netball, korfball and can be played on an all-weather, grass, or in-door court. The court is divided into three sections. A team consists of three goal scorers, three centre players, and three defending players. The objective of the game is to throw the ball from one player to another and finally through the ring or hoop of the goalpost. ...
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Demonstration Sport
A demonstration sport, or exhibition sport, is a sport which is played to promote it, rather than as part of standard medal competition. This occurs commonly during the Olympic Games but may also occur at other sporting events. Demonstration sports were officially introduced in the 1924 Summer Olympics, though some scholars consider unofficial sports prior to 1924 to also be demonstrations. Most organizing committees then decided to include at least one demonstration sport at each edition of the Games, usually some typical or popular sport in the host country, like baseball at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games and taekwondo at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. From 1924 to 1992, only two Summer Olympics Games did not have demonstration sports on their program. Some demonstration sports eventually gained enough popularity to become an official sport in a subsequent edition of the Games. Traditionally, the medals awarded for the demonstration events followed the same design as the Ol ...
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Korfball At The World Games
Korfball was introduced as a World Games sport at the 1985 World Games in London. Medalists Mixed External links World Games at Sports123 by Internet ArchiveWorld Games 2013 1985 introductions Sports at the World Games World Games The World Games are an international multi-sport event comprising sports and sporting disciplines that are not contested in the Olympic Games. They are usually held every four years, one year after a Summer Olympic Games, over the course of 11 d ...
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Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the China, People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. It has an area of , with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its Urbanization by country, highly urbanized population is concentrated. The combined Free area of the Republic of China, territories under ROC control consist of list of islands of Taiwan, 168 islands in total covering . The Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, largest metropolitan area is formed by Taipei (the capital), New Taipei City, and Keelung. With around 23.9 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated countries. Tai ...
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