Catalonia Association Federació Catalana de Korfbal IKF membership 1997 IKF code CAT IKF rank 8 (Jan.2017) World Championships Appearances 7 First appearance 1999 Best result 4th place, 2011 European Championships Appearances 5 First appearance 2002 Best result 3rd place, 2016 European Bowl Appearances 1 First appearance 2005 Best result Champions, 2005 http://www.korfbal.cat/
The Catalonia national korfball team (Catalan: Selecció catalana de corfbol ) is managed by the Federació Catalana de Korfball (FCK), representing Catalonia in korfball international competitions.
Catalonia won the European Bowl in 2005. Their best performance in the World Championships was in 2011, with the 4th place.[1] [2]
European Bowl 2005 Champions Catalonia ina. Game against Germany , 2008
Tournament history World Championships [3] Year Championship Host Classification 1999 6th World Championship Adelaide (Australia) 8th place 2003 7th World Championship Rotterdam (The Netherlands) 9th place 2007 8th World Championship Brno (Czech Republic) 9th place 2011 9th World Championship Shaoxing (China) 4th place 2015 10th World Championship Antwerp (Belgium) 5th place 2019 11th World Championship Durban (South Africa) 10th place 2023 12th World Championship Taipei (Taiwan) 10th place
Current squad National team in the 2011 World Championship [5] [6]
Albert Camprubí (CK Castellbisbal) Óscar Hernández (CK Vacarisses ) Xavi Blàzquez (CK Vallparadís ) Ivan Alberich (CE Vilanova) José M. Álvarez (CK Montcada) Sergi Gabriel (CE Vilanova) Marc Castillo (CK Montcada)
Coach : Tilbert la Haye 2nd coach : Rosendo Garcia National team in the 2007 World Championships Montse Cortés Marta Flores Alba Juncosa Susana Jurado Lidia Soriano Raquel Varela Cristina Visconti Xavi Blázquez Jordi Díaz Alexis Escardibul Jose Luis Jurado Luis Rosa Xavi Vidal Daniel Vidaña
Coach : Tilbert la Haye 2nd coach : Rosendo Garcia References ^ "Chinese Taipei turns on the power to take bronze medal". IKF. 5 November 2011. [permanent dead link ] ^ "La selecció catalana de korfbal, quarta en el mundial de la Xina" (in Catalan). El Punt Avui . 5 November 2011. ^ "The history of the IKF and the IKF World Championship" (PDF) . IKF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2013. ^ "The history of the IKF European Championship" (PDF) . IKF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2011 . ^ "Catalonia national team 2011" (PDF) (in Catalan). Esport Català. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2012. ^ "Catorze catalans recorren 10.000 quilòmetres per fer història al Mundial de corfbol" (in Catalan). Ara. 25 October 2011. External links Federació Catalana de Korfball