The Australia national korfball team is managed by Korfball Australia (KA), representing Australia in international korfball competitions, including the Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship, the IKF World Korfball Championship and The World Games.
| Australia | |
|---|---|
| Association | Korfball Australia (KA) |
| IKF membership | 1978 |
| IKF code | AUS  |
| IKF rank | 13 (Jan.2017) |
| World Championships | |
| Appearances | 10 |
| First appearance | 1984 |
| Best result | 4th place, 1995 |
| World Games | |
| Appearances | 4 |
| First appearance | 1997 |
| Best result | 5th, 1997 |
| Asia-Oceania Championship | |
| Appearances | 10 |
| First appearance | 1990 |
| Best result | Champions, 2004 |
| http://korfball.org.au/ | |
Tournament history
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| World Championships[1] | |||
| Year | Championship | Host | Classification |
| 1984 | 2nd World Championship | Antwerp (Belgium) | 7th place |
| 1987 | 3rd World Championship | Makkum (The Netherlands) | 6th place |
| 1991 | 4th World Championship | Antwerp (Belgium) | 9th place |
| 1995 | 5th World Championship | New Delhi (India) | 4th place |
| 1999 | 6th World Championship | Adelaide (Australia) | 7th place |
| 2003 | 7th World Championship | Rotterdam (The Netherlands) | 7th place |
| 2007 | 8th World Championship | Brno (Czech Republic) | 8th place |
| 2011 | 9th World Championship | Shaoxing (China) | 12th place |
| 2015 | 10th World Championship | Belgium (various) | 11th place |
| 2019 | 11th World Championship | Durban (South Africa) | 14th place |
| World Games[2] | |||
| Year | Championship | Host | Classification |
| 1997 | 5th World Games | Lahti (Finland) | 5th place |
| 2001 | 6th World Games | Akita (Japan) | 6th place |
| 2009 | 8th World Games | Kaohsiung (Taiwan) | 8th place |
| 2017 | 10th World Games | Wrocław (Poland) | 6th place |
| Asia-Oceania Championships | |||
| Year | Championship | Host | Classification |
| 1990 | 1st Asia-Oceania Championship | Jakarta (Indonesia) |  2nd place
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| 1992 | 2nd Asia-Oceania Championship | Delhi (India) | |
| 1994 | 3rd Asia-Oceania Championship | Adelaide (Australia) | 2nd place
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| 1998 | 4th Asia-Oceania Championship | Durban (South Africa) | |
| 2002 | 5th Asia-Oceania Championship | Delhi (India) | 2nd place
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| 2004 | 6th Asia-Oceania Championship | Christchurch (New Zealand) |  Champions
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| 2006 | 7th Asia-Oceania Championship | Hong Kong | 2nd place
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| 2010 | 8th Asia-Oceania Championship | China |  3rd place
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| 2014 | 9th Asia-Oceania Championship | Hong Kong | 2nd place
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| 2018 | 10th Asia-Oceania Championship | Saitama, Japan | 3rd place
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Current squad
editNational team in the 2018 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship
- Jessica May
- Bethan Channing
- Grace Cullen
- Emily Hutchesson
- Georgia Bungey
- Joshua Berney
- Joshua Prasad
- Andrew Hutchesson
- Nik Bungey
- Zac Marshall
- Ben Wallace
- Coach: Phil Sibbons
References
edit- ^ "The history of the IKF and the IKF World Championship" (PDF). IKF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2013.
- ^ IKF (ed.). "The history of the IKF and the World Games" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2013.