Belgium national korfball team
The Belgium national korfball team, nicknamed the Belgian Diamonds, is managed by the Koninklijke Belgische Korfbalbond (KBKB), representing Belgium in korfball international competitions.
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| Association | Koninklijke Belgische Korfbalbond |
| IKF membership | IKF Foundator |
| IKF code | BEL .svg.png.webp){kind=small} |
| IKF rank | 3 (Jan. 2017)[1] |
| World Championships | |
| Appearances | 11 |
| First appearance | 1978 |
| Best result | Champions, 1991 |
| World Games | |
| Appearances | 9 |
| First appearance | 1985 |
| Best result | Runners-up, 8 times |
| European Championships | |
| Appearances | 7 |
| First appearance | 1998 |
| Best result | Runners-up, 6 times |
| http://www.korfbal.be/ | |
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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| Competition | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place | 4th place |
| World Championship | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| World Games | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| European Championship | 0 | 5 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 7nd European Championship | Friesland (Netherlands) | 4th place |
References
- "IKF Ranking from 1 January 2017" (PDF). IKF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- "The history of the IKF and the IKF World Championship" (PDF). IKF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2013.
- IKF (ed.). "The history of the IKF and the World Games" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2013.
- "The history of the IKF European Championship" (PDF). IKF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2013.
External links
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