2015 IKF World Korfball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Belgium
Dates	30 October–8 November
Teams	16
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (9th title)
Runners-up	Belgium
Third place	Chinese Taipei
Fourth place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	56
Goals scored	2,605 (46.52 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Dmitry Kazachkov (52 goals)
← 2011 2019 → All statistics correct as of 8 November 2015.

The 10th IKF World Korfball Championship were held in the Belgian cities of Ghent, Tielen and Antwerp in 2015. Ghent and Tielen hosted the first and second round matches, whilst the placing matches and finals were all held in the Lotto Arena in Antwerp.

This tournament also acts as the qualification tournament for Korfball at the World Games 2017. Seven teams will qualify for the World Games, including first all non-European teams finishing in the top 11. As such, at least one and maximum six non-European teams will qualify. Then, the remaining slots will be filled by the top European teams in this competition, with the exception of Poland which have already qualified as host country of the World Games 2017.^[1]

The International Korfball Federation chose to award the hosting rights for the tournament to Belgium on 4 November 2011. The other hosting candidate was New Zealand, who planned to host the tournament in Wellington.^[2]

Team	Method of qualification	Finals appearance	Previous appearance	IKF Ranking[nb 1]
Australia	2014 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship runners-up	09th	2011	08
Belgium	Host country	10th	2011	02
Brazil	2014 Pan-American Korfball Championship champions	01st	–	36
Catalonia	2014 IKF European Korfball Championship 9th place	08th	2011	07
China	2014 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship 3rd place	03rd	2011	10
Chinese Taipei	2014 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship champions	08th	2011	03
Czech Republic	2014 IKF European Korfball Championship 5th place	05th	2011	06
England	2014 IKF European Korfball Championship 4th place	10th[A]	2011	05
Germany	2014 IKF European Korfball Championship 10th place	10th[B]	2011	09
Hong Kong	2014 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship 4th place	02nd	2011	12
Hungary	2014 IKF European Korfball Championship 7th place	03rd	2007	14
Netherlands	2014 IKF European Korfball Championship champions	10th	2011	01
Poland	2014 IKF European Korfball Championship 8th place	05th	2011	13
Portugal	2014 IKF European Korfball Championship 3rd place	08th	2011	04
Russia	2014 IKF European Korfball Championship 6th place	03rd	2011	11
South Africa	2014 All-Africa Korfball Championship champions	06th	2011	15

All times listed are Central European Time (UTC+01)

The draw for the first round was made on 7 February 2015 and the matches will be played in Ghent and Tielen.^[3]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium (H)	3	3	0	0	0	160	46	+114	9	Pools for 1st–8th places
2	Russia	3	2	0	0	1	84	87	−3	6
3	Australia	3	1	0	0	2	79	95	−16	3	Pools for 9th–16th places
4	Brazil	3	0	0	0	3	35	130	−95	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	0	118	41	+77	9	Pools for 1st–8th places
2	Germany	3	2	0	0	1	57	73	−16	6
3	Czech Republic	3	1	0	0	2	64	81	−17	3	Pools for 9th–16th places
4	Hungary	3	0	0	0	3	43	90	−47	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	3	3	0	0	0	103	45	+58	9	Pools for 1st–8th places
2	Catalonia	3	2	0	0	1	94	55	+39	6
3	Hong Kong	3	1	0	0	2	40	73	−33	3	Pools for 9th–16th places
4	Poland	3	0	0	0	3	47	111	−64	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	2	1	0	0	76	49	+27	8	Pools for 1st–8th places
2	China	3	2	0	0	1	70	57	+13	6
3	Portugal	3	1	0	1	1	77	53	+24	4	Pools for 9th–16th places
4	South Africa	3	0	0	0	3	39	103	−64	0

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All times listed are Central European Time (UTC+01)

The top two teams of each group in the first round advanced to the pools for the top 8th places (pools E and F), while the other teams move into pools G and H which will determine positions 9 to 16. In each second round pool the top two will advance to a finals playoff for the top positions, with the bottom two teams dropping into the playoffs for the bottom positions. During the second round, all matches will still be played in Ghent and Tielen, but due to the tournament structure, all teams that played in Ghent in round 1 will now play in Tielen and vice versa.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium (H)	3	3	0	0	0	96	46	+50	9	Semifinals
2	Chinese Taipei	3	2	0	0	1	81	65	+16	6
3	Catalonia	3	1	0	0	2	60	78	−18	3	Finals for 5th–8th places
4	Russia	3	0	0	0	3	53	101	−48	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	0	135	37	+98	9	Semifinals
2	England	3	2	0	0	1	71	78	−7	6
3	Germany	3	0	1	0	2	54	87	−33	2	Finals for 5th–8th places
4	China	3	0	0	1	2	61	119	−58	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	0	90	49	+41	9	Finals for 9th–12th places
2	Hong Kong	3	2	0	0	1	85	61	+24	6
3	Poland	3	1	0	0	2	73	63	+10	3	Finals for 13th–16th places
4	Brazil	3	0	0	0	3	34	109	−75	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	3	3	0	0	0	94	40	+54	9	Finals for 9th–12th places
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	0	1	84	47	+37	6
3	Hungary	3	1	0	0	2	49	68	−19	3	Finals for 13th–16th places
4	South Africa	3	0	0	0	3	35	107	−72	0

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All times listed are Central European Time (UTC+01)

The top two teams of pools E and F play the championship finals, while the other teams play for placing positions and possible qualification for the Korfball at the World Games 2017 tournament. Note that from this round on, all matches are played in the Lotto Arena in Antwerp.

	13th–16th position placing matches				13th-14th place match
	5 November – Antwerp
	Poland	25
					7 November – Antwerp
	South Africa	20
					Poland	14
	5 November – Antwerp
					Hungary	18
	Brazil	9
	Hungary	24
					15th-16th place match
					7 November – Antwerp
					South Africa	22
					Brazil	12

	9th–12th position placing matches				9th-10th place match
	5 November – Antwerp
	Australia	16
					7 November – Antwerp
	Czech Republic	17
					Czech Republic	20
	5 November – Antwerp
					Portugal	19
	Hong Kong	6
	Portugal	27
					11th-12th place match
					7 November – Antwerp
					Australia	23
					Hong Kong	9

	5th–8th position placing matches				5th-6th place match
	6 November – Antwerp
	Russia	17
					8 November – Antwerp
	Germany	24
					Germany	15
	6 November – Antwerp
					Catalonia	16
	Catalonia	32
	China	23
					7th-8th place match
					8 November – Antwerp
					Russia	30
					China	41

	Semi-finals				Final
	6 November – Antwerp
	Chinese Taipei	17
					8 November – Antwerp
	Netherlands	40
					Netherlands	27
	6 November – Antwerp
					Belgium	18
	Belgium	30
	England	14
					Third place
					8 November – Antwerp
					Chinese Taipei	21
					England	12

• Jesse de Bremaeker of Belgium scored 14 goals against Russia on 31 October 2015, tying the record for most goals by a single player in a match during the IKF World Korfball Championship, early set by Barry Schep.^[4]
• Belgium won against Brazil by 62–15 on 1 November 2015, which is the new world record for most total goals in one match and most goals by a single team in one match in IKF World Korfball Championship. The previous record was set during the 2011 IKF World Korfball Championship, when Netherlands beat India by 61–11.

Key

	Qualified for the 2017 World Games as non-European team in top-11
	Qualified for the 2017 World Games as best European team (remaining four places)
	Qualified for the 2017 World Games as hosts (already pre-tournament)

Rank	Team
	Netherlands
	Belgium
	Chinese Taipei
4	England
5	Catalonia
6	Germany
7	China
8	Russia
9	Czech Republic
10	Portugal
11	Australia
12	Hong Kong
13	Hungary
14	Poland
15	South Africa
16	Brazil

• Korfball World Championship
• International Korfball Federation

• International Korfball Federation