Wales national korfball team
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The Wales national korfball team is managed by the Welsh Korfball Association (WKA), and represents Wales
in international korfball
competition.
The Welsh national team entered its first competition in 2007, after the Great Britain national korfball team
was disbanded to produce three teams: England, Wales and Scotland.
They played the World Championships for the first time in 2011, after the withdrawal of Hungary. In 2006 they reached the 3rd place in the Korfball Commonwealth Games.
Coach: Dankmar Caderius van Veen
Team Managers: Ramzi Barbir
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
in international 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...
competition.
The Welsh national team entered its first competition in 2007, after the Great Britain national korfball team
Great Britain national korfball team
The Great Britain korfball team is managed by the British Korfball Association , representing Great Britain in korfball international competitions....
was disbanded to produce three teams: England, Wales and Scotland.
They played the World Championships for the first time in 2011, after the withdrawal of Hungary. In 2006 they reached the 3rd place in the Korfball Commonwealth Games.
Tournament History
| World Championships IKF Korfball World Championship The IKF Korfball World Championship, often simply the Korfball World Championship, is an international korfball competition contested by the national teams of the members of International Korfball Federation , the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded roughly every four... |
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| Year | Championship | Host | Classification |
| 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 Shaoxing is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. Located on the south bank of the Qiantang River estuary, it borders Ningbo to the east, Taizhou to the southeast, Jinhua to the southwest, and Hangzhou to the west. It was once known as "越"... (China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture... ) |
15th place |
| European Championships 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... |
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| Year | Championship | Host | Classification |
| 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... |
The Netherlands | 11th |
| 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... |
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| Year | Championship | Host | Classification |
| 2007 | 2nd European Bowl 2007 Korfball European Bowl 2007 Korfball European Bowl is the European Championship "B" of korfball played by the countries that have not qualified for the World Championships... |
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Champions (West) |
| 2009 | 3rd European Bowl 2009 Korfball European Bowl The 2009 Korfball European Bowl was the qualifying competition for the 2010 European Korfball Championship, split into two divisions: West, in Luxembourg, and East, in Prievidza... |
Luxembourg Luxembourg (city) The city of Luxembourg , also known as Luxembourg City , is a commune with city status, and the capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. It is located at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse Rivers in southern Luxembourg... (Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south... ) (West) |
Champions (West) |
| Commonwealth championship | |||
| Year | Championship | Host | Classification |
| 2006 | 1st Korfball Commonwealth Games | London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... (England England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental... ) |
3rd place |
Current squad
National team for the 2011 Korfball World Championship2011 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:...
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