Korfball - World Championships - Statistics

• Summary by team since 1978

  Team	Victories	First Victory	Last Victory
  Netherlands	10	1978	2019
  Belgium	1	1991	1991

• Winners and finalists since 1978

  Team	Winners	Finalists
  Netherlands	10	1
  Belgium	1	9
  Germany		1
  Taiwan
  West Germany
  Catalonia
  Great Britain
  Portugal
  Czech Republic

• Various statistics since 1978
  
  

  Number of appearances

  1	Belgium	12
  2	Netherlands	12
  3	Australia	11
  4	Portugal	10
  5	Taiwan	10
  6	Germany	9
  7	South Africa	8
  8	Catalonia	7
  9	Czech Republic	7
  10	Great Britain	7

  Number of matches

  1	Belgium	72
  2	Netherlands	72
  3	Australia	68
  4	Taiwan	63
  5	Portugal	59
  6	Germany	58
  7	South Africa	47
  8	Catalonia	46
  9	Poland	46
  10	India	44

  Games per appearance

  1	China	7
  2	England	7
  3	Hong Kong	7
  4	Ireland	7
  5	Macau	7
  6	New Zealand	7
  7	Russia	7
  8	Turkey	7
  9	Wales	7
  10	Catalonia	6.6

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  Wins

  1	Netherlands	71
  2	Belgium	61
  3	Taiwan	45
  4	Germany	32
  5	Portugal	29
  6	Catalonia	27
  7	Australia	25
  8	Czech Republic	23
  9	Great Britain	23
  10	Poland	22

  Number of wins in games played

  1	Netherlands	99 %
  2	Belgium	85 %
  3	Malaysia	75 %
  4	Taiwan	71 %
  5	Turkey	71 %
  6	West Germany	67 %
  7	England	60 %
  8	Catalonia	59 %
  9	Great Britain	59 %
  10	Suriname	58 %

  Drawn matches

  1	Spain	2
  2	United States	2
  3	Aruba	1
  4	Germany	1
  5	Macau	1
  6	Portugal	1
  7	South Africa	1
  8	Taiwan	1
  9	Armenia	0
  10	Australia	0

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  Losses

  1	Australia	43
  2	South Africa	36
  3	India	35
  4	Portugal	29
  5	Germany	25
  6	Poland	24
  7	Czech Republic	20
  8	Japan	20
  9	Catalonia	19
  10	Taiwan	17

  Number of losses in games played

  1	France	100 %
  2	Luxemburg	100 %
  3	Philippines	100 %
  4	Indonesia	92 %
  5	Japan	87 %
  6	Macau	86 %
  7	Wales	86 %
  8	Brazil	85 %
  9	India	80 %
  10	South Africa	77 %

  Number of ties in games played

  1	Macau	14 %
  2	Spain	13 %
  3	Aruba	8 %
  4	United States	7 %
  5	Germany	2 %
  6	Portugal	2 %
  7	South Africa	2 %
  8	Taiwan	2 %
  9	Armenia	0 %
  10	Australia	0 %

• All time table since 1978

  (Based on W=3 pts, D=1 pts and L=0 pts)

  	Team	S	Firs	Best	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
  1	Netherlands	12	1978	1st	213	72	71	0	1	2117	759	+1358
  2	Belgium	12	1978	1st	183	72	61	0	11	1875	844	+1031
  3	Taiwan	10	1987	3rd	136	63	45	1	17	1289	989	+300
  4	Germany	9	1991	4th	97	58	32	1	25	1014	921	+93
  5	Portugal	10	1987	3rd	88	59	29	1	29	1021	911	+110
  6	Catalonia	7	1999	3rd	81	46	27	0	19	816	829	-13
  7	Australia	11	1984	4th	75	68	25	0	43	1034	1216	-182
  8	Great Britain	7	1978	3rd	69	39	23	0	16	520	525	-5
  9	Czech Republic	7	1995	3rd	69	43	23	0	20	725	797	-72
  10	Poland	7	1999	-	66	46	22	0	24	786	867	-81
  11	England	5	2007	4th	63	35	21	0	14	641	613	+28
  12	Hungary	5	2003	-	48	32	16	0	16	540	539	+1
  13	United States	5	1978	-	38	28	12	2	14	303	332	-29
  14	China	4	2007	4th	36	28	12	0	16	548	642	-94
  15	Hong Kong	4	2011	-	36	28	12	0	16	475	646	-171
  16	South Africa	8	1995	-	31	47	10	1	36	626	1038	-412
  17	West Germany	3	1978	3rd	30	15	10	0	5	139	146	-7
  18	Slovakia	4	1995	-	30	24	10	0	14	355	462	-107
  19	India	7	1991	2nd	27	44	9	0	35	646	1024	-378
  20	Russia	3	2007	-	24	21	8	0	13	414	471	-57
  21	Suriname	2	2019	-	21	12	7	0	5	231	162	+69
  22	Turkey	1	2023	-	15	7	5	0	2	116	101	+15
  23	Armenia	3	1991	-	15	15	5	0	10	202	230	-28
  24	Ireland	2	2019	1st	12	14	4	0	10	204	272	-68
  25	New Zealand	2	2019	-	12	14	4	0	10	193	273	-80
  26	Spain	3	1978	-	11	15	3	2	10	109	180	-71
  27	Malaysia	1	2023	-	9	4	3	0	1	76	47	+29
  28	Japan	4	1999	2nd	9	23	3	0	20	243	571	-328
  29	Aruba	2	1987	-	7	12	2	1	9	142	186	-44
  30	Thailand	1	2023	1st	6	5	2	0	3	65	71	-6
  31	Papua New Guinea	1	1978	-	6	5	2	0	3	51	57	-6
  32	Brazil	2	2015	-	6	13	2	0	11	142	363	-221
  33	Wales	1	2011	-	3	7	1	0	6	78	155	-77
  34	Indonesia	2	1987	-	3	12	1	0	11	80	189	-109
  35	Macau	1	2019	-	1	7	0	1	6	50	163	-113
  36	Philippines	1	2023	-	0	6	0	0	6	52	138	-86
  37	France	2	1984	-	0	10	0	0	10	72	163	-91
  38	Luxemburg	1	1978	-	0	5	0	0	5	10	108	-98

General Informations

• First edition : 1978
• Editions : 11 (including 2019)
• First winner : Netherlands
• Most wins : Netherlands (10)
• Most recent winner : Netherlands