Australia national korfball team
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The Australia national korfball team is managed by Korfball Australia (KA), representing Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 in korfball
Korfball
Korfball is a mixed gender team sport, with similarities to netball and basketball. A team consists of eight players; four female and four male. A team also includes a coach. It was founded in the Netherlands in 1902 by Nico Broekhuysen. In the Netherlands there are around 580 clubs, and over a...

 international competitions.

Tournament history

World Championships
Year Championship Host Classification
1984 2nd World Championship
1984 Korfball World Championship
The 1984 Korfball World Championship was the second edition of the major international korfball competition. It was held in Belgium on April 24–27, in the cities of Antwerp, Louvain la Neuve, Hasselt and Ghent...

Antwerp (Belgium
Belgium
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7th place
1987 3rd World Championship
1987 Korfball World Championship
The 1987 Korfball World Championship was the 3rd edition of the major international korfball competition. It was held in the Netherlands on April 20-25, in the cities of Amsterdam, Bennekom, Dordrecht, Papendrecht, Rotterdam and Wormer...

Makkum
Makkum
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 (The Netherlands)
6th place
1991 4th World Championship
1991 Korfball World Championship
The 1991 Korfball World Championship was the 4th edition of the major international korfball competition. It was held in Belgium on April 2-6, in the cities of Antwerp, Berchem, Brussels, Ghent and Turnhout. In a very close final, Belgium defeated Netherlands by 11–10.-Pool matches:Legend* Portugal...

Antwerp (Belgium
Belgium
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9th place
1995 5th World Championship
1995 Korfball World Championship
The 5th Korfball World Championship was held in New Delhi in November 1995, with the participation of 12 national teams.-First round:-Intermediate round:...

New Delhi
New Delhi
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 (India
India
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4th place
1999 6th World Championship
1999 Korfball World Championship
The 6th Korfball World Championship was held in Adelaide on July 1999, with the participation of 12 national teams.-First round:-Final round:-Final ranking:# # # # # # # # # # # # -External links:*...

Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...

 (Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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7th place
2003 7th World Championship
2003 Korfball World Championship
The 7th Korfball World Championship was held in The Netherlands on 2003, with the participation of 16 national teams.-Preliminary round:-Groups Round:-Final round:-Final ranking:# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #...

Rotterdam
Rotterdam
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 (The Netherlands)
7th place
2007 8th World Championship
2007 Korfball World Championship
The 8th Korfball World Championship was held in Brno on November 1–10, 2007 with 16 national teams in competition.The best 8 teams qualified for the World Games 2009 in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei....

Brno
Brno
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 (Czech Republic
Czech Republic
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8th place

World Games
Korfball at the World Games
Korfball was introduced as a World Games sport at the 1985 World Games in London. -Medalists:...

Year Championship Host Classification
1997 5th World Games Lahti
Lahti
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 (Finland
Finland
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5th place
2001 6th World Games Akita
Akita, Akita
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 (Japan
Japan
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6th place
2009 8th World Games
Korfball at the 2009 World Games
The Korfball events at the World Games 2009 took place at the NKNU Gymnasium, a sport arena in Kaohsiung, from Friday, July 17 to Tuesday, July 21, 2009.-Teams:-Pool matches:Legend-Semifinals:5th-8th placesSemifinals...

Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung
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 (Taiwan
Taiwan
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8th place

Asia-Oceania Championships
Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship
Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship is the korfball competition played by the Asian and Oceanian national teams, organized by the Asia-Oceania Korfball Federation and the International Korfball Federation.- History :-External links:*...

Year Championship Host Classification
1990 1st Asia-Oceania Championship Jakarta
Jakarta
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 (Indonesia
Indonesia
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2nd place
1992 2nd Asia-Oceania Championship Delhi
Delhi
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 (India
India
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1994 3rd Asia-Oceania Championship Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...

 (Australia
Australia
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2nd place
1998 4th Asia-Oceania Championship Durban
Durban
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 (South Africa
South Africa
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2002 5th Asia-Oceania Championship Delhi
Delhi
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 (India
India
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2nd place
2004 6th Asia-Oceania Championship Christchurch
Christchurch
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 (New Zealand
New Zealand
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Champions
2006 7th Asia-Oceania Championship Hong Kong
Hong Kong
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2nd place
2010 8th Asia-Oceania Championship
2010 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship
The 2010 Asia Oceania Korfball Championship was held in China with 8 national teams in competition, from April 3 to 8.-First round:- Final round :5th-8th placesSemifinalsFinals matches- Final standings :...

China
China
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3rd place

Current squad

National team in the World Championship 2007
  • Kelly Harrison
  • Wendy Kenbeek
  • Jessica May
  • Megan O’Keefe
  • Donna Paull
  • Martine White
 
  • Clinton Bryan
  • Ben Hale
  • Jeremy Harris
  • Brad Marks
  • Michael Spencer
  • Laurie Swan
  • James Tye
  • Sot Vardas
  •  
  • Coach: Phil Sibbons
  • Manager: Bob Johnston
  • Assistant Manager: Paul Albone

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