Korfball at the 2022 World Games

The korfball competition at the 2022 World Games will take place in July of 2022,[1] in Birmingham in United States, at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex. Originally scheduled to take place in July 2021, the Games have been rescheduled for July 2022 as a result of the 2020 Summer Olympics postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]

Korfball
at the 2021 World Games
VenueBirmingham Jefferson Convention Complex
Location Birmingham, United States
DatesJuly 2022

Qualification

A total of 8 teams will compete in the korfball event at the 2022 World Games.[3]

The 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship (IKF WKC) acted as the qualification tournament. Eight best teams qualified for the World Games, because top 8 consisted of participants of at least four different continents.

Qualified teams
Team Date of
qualification		 Method of
qualification		 Finals
appearance		 Previous
appearance
 Netherlands 5 August 2019 Finished first at the 2019 IKF WKC. 10th 2017
 Belgium 5 August 2019 Finished second at the 2019 IKF WKC. 10th 2017
 Chinese Taipei 5 August 2019 Finished third at the 2019 IKF WKC. 9th 2017
 China 5 August 2019 Finished fourth at the 2019 IKF WKC. 2nd 2017
 Germany 5 August 2019 Finished fifth at the 2019 IKF WKC. 9th 2017
 Suriname 5 August 2019 Finished sixth at the 2019 IKF WKC. 1st -
 Czech Republic 5 August 2019 Finished seventh at the 2019 IKF WKC. 4th 2013
 Portugal 5 August 2019 Finished eight at the 2019 IKF WKC. 5th 2013

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Totals (0 nations)0000

References
  1. "The World Games 2022 Sports programme". Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  2. "2021 WORLD GAMES POSTPONED TO 2022 TO AVOID TOKYO OLYMPIC CLASH". reuters.com. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  3. "Qualification criteria for korfball at the 2022 World Games". korfball.sport. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
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