Netherlands national korfball team

Netherlands
AssociationKoninklijk Nederlands Korfbalverbond
IKF membershipIKF Founder
IKF codeNED Netherlands
IKF rank1 (Jan. 2017)[1]
World Championships
Appearances12
First appearance1978
Best resultChampions, 11 times
World Games
Appearances10
First appearance1985
Best resultChampions, 10 times
European Championships
Appearances8
First appearance1998
Best resultChampions, 8 times
http://www.knkv.nl

The Netherlands national korfball team (Dutch: Nederlands korfbalteam) represents the Netherlands in international korfball. It is controlled by the Royal Dutch Korfball Association (KNKV), the governing body of korfball in the Netherlands.

The Dutch team in 1965

They are the most successful national korfball team in the world; having won ten of the eleven World Championships (only non-win came in 1991 when they lost in the final against Belgium) and all eight editions of the European Championships and all nine editions of the World Games.

  1. ^ "IKF Ranking from 1 Januari 2017" (PDF). IKF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.