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Belgium national korfball team

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Belgium
AssociationKoninklijke Belgische Korfbalbond
IKF membershipIKF Foundator
IKF codeBEL Belgium
IKF rank3 (Jan. 2017)[1]
World Championships
Appearances11
First appearance1978
Best resultChampions, 1991
World Games
Appearances10
First appearance1985
Best resultRunners-up, 9 times
European Championships
Appearances8
First appearance1998
Best resultRunners-up, 6 times
http://www.korfbal.be/

The Belgium national korfball team, nicknamed the Belgian Diamonds, is managed by the Koninklijke Belgische Korfbalbond (KBKB), representing Belgium in korfball international competitions.

The Belgian team in 1949

The Koninklijke Belgische Korfbalbond was one of the founders of the International Korfball Federation, with the Dutch Federation, on 11 June 1933.

Tournament history

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Overview
Competition 1st place 2nd place 3rd place 4th place
World Championship 1 10 1 0
World Games 0 9 1 0
European Championship 0 6 1 1


World Championships[2]
Year Championship Host Classification
1978 1st World Championship Amsterdam (Netherlands) 2nd place
1984 2nd World Championship Antwerp (Belgium) 2nd place
1987 3rd World Championship Makkum (Netherlands) 2nd place
1991 4th World Championship Antwerp (Belgium) Champions
1995 5th World Championship New Delhi (India) 2nd place
1999 6th World Championship Adelaide (Australia) 2nd place
2003 7th World Championship Rotterdam (Netherlands) 2nd place
2007 8th World Championship Brno (Czech Republic) 2nd place
2011 9th World Championship Shaoxing (China) 2nd place
2015 10th World Championship Antwerp (Belgium) 2nd place
2019 11th World Championship Durban (South Africa) 2nd place
2023 12th World Championship Taiwan 3rd place
World Games[3]
Year Championship Host Classification
1985 2nd World Games London (United Kingdom) 2nd place
1989 3rd World Games Karlsruhe (Germany) 2nd place
1993 4th World Games The Hague (Netherlands) 2nd place
1997 5th World Games Lahti (Finland) 2nd place
2001 6th World Games Akita (Japan) 2nd place
2005 7th World Games Duisburg (Germany) 2nd place
2009 8th World Games Kaohsiung (Taiwan) 2nd place
2013 9th World Games Cali (Colombia) 2nd place
2017 10th World Games Wrocław (Poland) 3rd place
2022 11th World Games Birmingham (United States) 2nd place
European Championships[4]
Year Championship Host Classification
1998 1st European Championship Estoril (Portugal) 2nd place
2002 2nd European Championship Terrassa (Spain) 3rd place
2006 3rd European Championship Budapest (Hungary) 2nd place
2010 4th European Championship Rotterdam (Netherlands) 2nd place
2014 5th European Championship Maia (Portugal) 2nd place
2016 6th European Championship Dordrecht (Netherlands) 2nd place
2018 7th European Championship Friesland (Netherlands) 4th place
2021 8th European Championship Antwerp (Belgium) 2nd place

References

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  1. ^ "IKF Ranking from 1 January 2017" (PDF). IKF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  2. ^ "The history of the IKF and the IKF World Championship" (PDF). IKF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2013.
  3. ^ IKF (ed.). "The history of the IKF and the World Games" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2013.
  4. ^ "The history of the IKF European Championship" (PDF). IKF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2013.
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