Catalonia national korfball team
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The Catalonia national korfball team is managed by the Federació Catalana de Korfball (FCK), representing Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...

 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.

Catalonia won the European Bowl
2005 Korfball European Bowl
2005 European Bowl was the European Championship "B" of korfball, played in Terrassa , from October 27 to 30 of 2005, with the participation of 5 national teams.The matches were played at Can Jofresa Pavilion....

 in 2005. Their best performance in the World Championships was in 2011, with the 4th place.

Tournament History

World Championships
Year Championship Host Classification
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
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 (Australia
Australia
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)
8th 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)
9th 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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)
9th place
2011 9th World Championship
2011 Korfball World Championship
The 9th Korfball World Championship is held in Shaoxing, China, on October 27 – November 5, 2011 with 16 national teams in competition.-Teams:-Pool matches:Legend-Title pools:...

Shaoxing
Shaoxing
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 (China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

)
4th place


European Championships
European Korfball Championship
European Korfball Championship is a competition organized by the International Korfball Federation for the European national teams. Is played every four years.-External links:*...

Year Championship Host Classification
2002 2nd European Championship
2002 European Korfball Championship
The 2002 European Korfball Championship was held Catalonia from March 31 to April 7, with 10 national teams in competition. The matches were played in Terrassa, Badalona, Sant Boi de Llobregat and Mataró.-First round:...

Terrassa
Terrassa
Terrassa is a city in the east central region of Catalonia, Spain, in the comarca of Vallès Occidental, of which it is the co-capital along with Sabadell, the historic capital....

 (Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...

)
7th place
2006 3rd European Championship
2006 European Korfball Championship
The 2006 European Korfball Championship was held in Budapest with 8 national teams in competition, from April 16 to 22.-First round:- Final round :5th-8th placesSemifinalsFinals matches- Final standings :...

Budapest
Budapest
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 (Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

)
6th place
2010 4th European Championship
2010 European Korfball Championship
The 2010 European Korfball Championship was held in The Netherlands from October 22 to 31, with 16 national teams in competition.The tournament also served as a European qualifier for the 2011 Korfball World Championship, with the top ten nations qualifying for the world championship.-First...

(Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

)
5th place

European Bowl
Korfball European Bowl
The European Bowl is the Korfball European Championship "B", played by the countries that have not qualified for the World Championships.In 2005, the International Korfball Federation named the trophy for the European Bowl championship after Jan Hanekroot, one of its longest serving development...

Year Championship Host Classification
2005 1st European Bowl
2005 Korfball European Bowl
2005 European Bowl was the European Championship "B" of korfball, played in Terrassa , from October 27 to 30 of 2005, with the participation of 5 national teams.The matches were played at Can Jofresa Pavilion....

Terrassa
Terrassa
Terrassa is a city in the east central region of Catalonia, Spain, in the comarca of Vallès Occidental, of which it is the co-capital along with Sabadell, the historic capital....

 (Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...

)
Champions

Current squad

National team in the 2011 World Championship
2011 Korfball World Championship
The 9th Korfball World Championship is held in Shaoxing, China, on October 27 – November 5, 2011 with 16 national teams in competition.-Teams:-Pool matches:Legend-Title pools:...

  • Raquel Varela
  • Montse Cortés
  • Marta Flores
  • Vanesa Viana
  • Laia Rosa
  • Miriam González
  • Berta Alomà
 
  • Albert Camprubí
  • Óscar Hernández
  • Xavi Blàzquez
  • Ivan Alberich
  • José M. Álvarez
  • Sergi Gabriel
  • Marc Castillo
  • Coach: Tilbert la Haye
  • 2nd coach: Rosendo Garcia


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