IKF Ranking

FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE

IKF Published their New Ranking
Following the IKF World Championship recently completed in Shaoxing (CHN) the IKF hereby publishes a new Ranking with effect from 6 December 2011.

The top three places in the ranking are unchanged but there are several changes in the next seven places compared to one year ago. England, following its 5th place in the IKF WC and 3rd place in the IKF u21 EC moves up from 5th to 4th; Catalonia moves from 8th to 5th after finishing 4th at the IKF WC; the Czech Republic slips to 6th after finishing 8th in the IKF WC; Russia slips from 6th to 9th following its 6th place at the IKF WC and withdrawal from the IKF u21 EC and China moves into the top 10 at the expense of Australia, following its match against Australia in the final round of the IKF WC.

The Ranking is made up of a country’s placing at one of the IKF Ranking events – IKF WC, IKF u23 WC, IKF Continental Championship, IKF u23/u21 Continental Championship and the World Games, together with some basic points rewarding length of membership and participation in IKF and IKF recognised events. Each ranking event is given a weighting according to its relative importance and points are written down each year over the four year cycle of the ranking period until replaced by the new ranking event.


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The IKF is the world’s governing body for korfball. Korfball is the world’s only true mixed team sport and is played across the globe in about 60 countries.
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