United States national korfball team

USA
AssociationUnited States Korfball Federation
IKF membership1978
IKF codeUSA United States
IKF rank40 (Nov.2014)
World Championships
Appearances 5 (First in 1978)
Best result 5th, 1978
World Games
Appearances 3 (First in 1985)
Best result 3rd, 1985
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The United States national korfball team is managed by the United States Korfball Federation (USKF), representing the United States in korfball international competitions.

In 2006, Canada, along with the USA formed North America to compete in the Commonwealth and Friends Korfball Championship.[1] Finishing 6th out of 7.

Tournament history

World Championships[2]
Year Championship Host Classification
1978 1st World Championship Amsterdam (The Netherlands) 5th place
1984 2nd World Championship Antwerp (Belgium) 6th place
1987 3rd World Championship Makkum (The Netherlands) 7th place
1991 4th World Championship Antwerp (Belgium) 7th place
2007 8th World Championship Brno (Czech Republic) 13th place
World Games[3]
Year Championship Host Classification
1985 2nd World Games London (England) 3rd place
1989 3rd World Games Karlsruhe (Germany) 5th place
1993 4th World Games The Hague (Netherlands) 5th place

Current squad

National team in the World Championship 2007

  • Amanda Guijarro
  • Effie VanDyke
  • Allison Watchorn
  • Kate Madison
  • Erika Guijarro
  
  • Aaron Kenemer
  • David Warren
  • Antoine Williams
  • Gerado Ruffino
  • Steve Malvitz
  • Chris Olds
  • Mark Slotman

References

  1. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/5173842.stm
  2. ↑ "The history of the IKF and the IKF World Championship" (PDF). IKF.
  3. ↑ IKF (ed.). "The history of the IKF and the World Games" (PDF).

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