The schedule for the upcoming 2018 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championships has been updated following the forced withdrawal of Sri Lanka from the tournament. Major flooding and landslides caused by heavy monsoonal rains has hit Sri Lanka in recent weeks, and these events have directly impacted a number of players and officials from the team. Our thoughts are [...]
The IKF has released the schedule for the upcoming 2018 Asia Oceania Korfball Championships, to be held in Saitama, outside Toyko, Japan, from the 29th of July to the 5th of August. The schedule sees 12 teams entered, with the initial competition split into two pools of 6 teams each. Teams will play a round-robin [...]
Korfball Australia is pleased to announce the team for the upcoming 2018 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championships has been selected. The tournament, to be played just outside of Tokyo, Japan, kicks off on the 27th of July, and runs until the the 5th of August. Phil Sibbons reprises his role as National Head Coach after success at several [...]
As was recently announced, applications for positions on the National High Performance Team, working alongside Head Coach Phil Sibbons, are closing on January 19. This is your chance to share your knowledge and experience with the next generation of the National Team, and help Korfball in Australia continue to grow and develop. If this sounds [...]
Following the recent appointment of Phil Sibbons as National Head Coach, Korfball Australia is calling for applications for the rest of the positions available on the National High Performance Team. This team will develop and support the soon-to-reform National Squad, who are next scheduled to play in the 2018 Asia Oceania Korfball Championship, in Japan, [...]
In the lead-up to the upcoming cycle of International Tournaments, the Korfball Australia Board has been meeting to appoint a National Head Coach. It gives the Board great pleasure to announce the re-appointment of Phil Sibbons to the position, and wish him well in his upcoming journey. The appointment is for the upcoming 2018 Asia Oceania [...]
With the success of the recently concluded World Games behind us, attention now turns to the next tournament cycle, beginning with the 2018 Asia Oceania Korfball Championship, to be held in Japan in July-August 2018. As the first step in this planning process, Korfball Australia is formally calling for expressions of interest from anyone with a [...]
With the final matches being played overnight, the final placings for the 2017 World Games are now known: The Netherlands were unsurprisingly victorious in the Gold Medal Match, while Australia finished in a commendable 6th, our equal-highest placing at a World Games for some 20 years. This is [...]
After the conclusion of yesterday's crossover finals, the match-ups for the ranking matches are known. The results from yesterdays matches are as follows: Perhaps somewhat surprising, at least based on historical results, is Chinese Taipei beating Belgium, and China beating Great Britain, while Australia were pushed hard by their [...]
With the conclusion of the pool stages, the match-ups for the next phase of competition, the crossover matches, are now known. As always, all the information can be found on the National Team hub, which includes all match results and videos. The final pool ladders can be seen here: [...]
With the Opening Ceremony being held last night, the World Games is officially underway! In light of this, we are pleased to be able to offer for download the Official World Games Handbook. With everything from welcome letters from dignitaries, to information on Wroclaw itself, as well as World Games event information, it's well worth [...]
As the preparations for the soon-to-start World Games continue, the Korfball Australia National Team Coaching Staff have appointed National Team Captains for the tournament. This is an enormous honour, and one that is not necessarily awarded for each tournament, meaning those players named have had to show themselves as truly deserving of the title. Korfball [...]