International Korfball Federation
The International Korfball Federation 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 in 1993 and is affiliated to SportAccord, the Association of the IOC Recognized International Sports Federations and the International World Games Association.
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 with financial, material and structural support to achieve the goals. It has established a network of contacts in many countries and is constantly expanding this network. IKF actively promotes the game by transferring knowledge internationally by exchange programs and inviting selected korfball players, coaches and administrators to its training courses in order to assist in the creation of a stable local organization and structure in all the affiliated countries.
In response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, on 1 March 2022, the International Korfball Federation announced that the Russian Korfball Federation would not be invited until further notice to any international korfball competition. This implied effectively that no Russian athletes shall take part in any international korfball event. Furthermore, the Russian Korfball Federation shall not be eligible to bid for the hosting of any IKF event until further notice, and no IKF events were planned in Russia.
History
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First international event was held in 1963.
1903-1973
Since 1903 to 1973 not held world championship because of shortage teams. In 70 years korfball nations increase from 1 to 5.1903 - 1963: Only some friendly matches between BEL and NED.
NED,BEL,GBR - First IKF match series in 1963. In 1974 the 10th Triangular Trophy Tournament was held in London.
First European Cup tournament in 1967.
GER in 1964 and ESP in 1973 was added to korfball nations.
1973-1990
Teams increased from 5 to 12 european nations and 14 other non euro teams added to korfball.1990-1994
31 nations.Results History
- World Games:
- World Championship:
- Euro Clubs:
- Euro Championship:
- Asia - Pacific:
- U23,U21,U19 World and Euro Championship:
- U17 World Cup:
Structure
- Asian Korfball Federation
- African Korfball Federation
- Pan American Korfball Federation
- European Korfball Federation
First Members
- 1933
- 1933
- 1946
- 1964
- 1976
- 1978
- 1978
- 1980
- 1982
- 1982
Members by Regions
75 Members:| Number | Region | Countries |
| 1 | Africa | 15 |
| 2 | Asia | 15 |
| 3 | Oceania | 2 |
| 4 | Europe | 30 |
| 5 | Americas | 13 |
| Total | World | 75 |
Presidents
The IKF has had seven presidents until now. All seven have been from the Netherlands.| Start | End | Name | Nationality | ||||||
| 1933 | 1946 | Nico Broekhuijsen |  CouncilThe Council of the IKF consists of a President, a Secretary General, a Senior Vice-President, three other members of the Executive Committee and up to five Continental Vice-Presidents.
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