Korfball Qualifications for TWG 2017
The Netherlands won the 10th IKF World Korfball Championship beating the host Belgium in final on Sunday (27:18) on Sunday. The team of Chinese Taipei achieved bronze after defeating England by 21:16. The final matches of the 10th WKC were played at LOTTO Arena in Antwerp, Belgium, in front of a sold-out crowd of 5,000 spectators.
During the World Championships there was more to achieve than medals. The event was indicated to qualify the teams for The World Games 2017 in Wroclaw/Poland (20 -30 July 2017). In advance of the WKC the International Korfball Federation (IKF) had drastically changed the qualification criteria for TWG 2017, such that a better global balance would be attained while retaining the quality of the event. In the qualification procedure, Poland had been qualified automatically as host country, while any non-European country would qualify if it would finish in the top-11 of the WKC 2015. The remaining countries would then be the top European countries.
The following countries have qualified for TWG 2017:
1. Poland (host country)
2. China (non-European country reaching WKC top 8)
3. Chinese Taipei (non-European country reaching WKC top 8)
4. Australia (non-European country reaching WKC top 11)
5. The Netherlands
6. Belgium
7. England (representing Great Britain)
8. Germany