2015 IKF World Korfball Championship

Qualified teams

First round

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.

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Second round

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.

Pools for 1st–8th places

Pool E

Pool F

Pools for 9th–16th places

Pool G

Pool H

Finals

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 places

Bracket

|5 November – Antwerp||25||20 |5 November – Antwerp||9||24 |7 November – Antwerp||14||18 |7 November – Antwerp||22||12

13th–16th position placing matches

15th–16th place match

13th–14th place match

9th–12th places

Bracket

|5 November – Antwerp||16||17 |5 November – Antwerp||6||27 |7 November – Antwerp||20||19 |7 November – Antwerp||23||9

9th–12th position placing matches

11th–12th place match

9th–10th place match

5th–8th places

Bracket

|6 November – Antwerp||17||24 |6 November – Antwerp||32||23 |8 November – Antwerp||15||16 |8 November – Antwerp||30||41

5th–8th position placing matches

7th–8th place match

5th–6th place match

Championship semifinals

Bracket

|6 November – Antwerp||17||40 |6 November – Antwerp||30||14 |8 November – Antwerp||27||18 |8 November – Antwerp||21||12

Semifinals

3rd–4th place match

Final

Statistics

New record

• 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.
• 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.

Final standings

Notes

References

References

1. (6 October 2015). "World Games 2017 qualification criteria". [[International Korfball Federation]].
2. (September 2018). "EVENT: IKF WORLD KORFBALL CHAMPIONSHIP". International Korfball Federation.
3. "Belgium to host IKF World Championship in 2015". International Korfball Federation.
4. Jan Fransoo (IKF President). (1 November 2015). "Yesterday, De Bremaeker (BEL) evened record held by @barryschep for most goals ever in a single WKC match: 14 (Credits to @nlkorfbal)".