Korfball Discussion Thread

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[heywoodu 16,434]

The final of the European korfball championships will be played between the Netherlands and.......Germany! The Netherlands beat Belgium 22-9 in the semi's, meaning it's the first European final that is not NED - BEL since 2002, when the Netherlands beat the Czech Republic in the final. Germany beat Portugal 20-10 in the semi's.

[heywoodu 16,434]

On 19/08/2017 at 16:31, Gianlu33 said:

Suriname  join in the Korfball International Federation!

 

And this week they reached the quarterfinals at the world championships in Durban (South Africa) and got close to kind of a sensational win against Taiwan  

 

Round of 16
Belgium - Hungary 27-6
Taiwan - Japan 42-22
Germany - Poland 22-9
Netherlands - Ireland 34-7
Suriname - England 22-18
China - Slovakia 31-9
Portugal - Catalonia 15-11
Czech Republic - Australië 27-15

 

Quarterfinals
China - Portugal 25-21
Taiwan - Suriname 20-18
Belgium - Czech Republic 27-10
Netherlands - Germany 25-9

 

Semifinals (Thursday)
Taiwan - Belgium
Netherlands - China

 

Which means today we had a repeat of last year's ECh final, where Germany surprisingly managed to reach the final.

[heywoodu 16,434]

Taiwan nearly upset Belgium again

 

They had a rather impressive comeback, I believe they went from 18-13 (something like that) to scoring 19-19 in the last half minute. Golden goal had to be played and there Belgium took the win.

 

Netherlands crushed China 27-12.

[Dennis 845]

Unsurprisingly,  won the world title by winning against  in the final with a score of 31-18.

[heywoodu 16,434]

   

 

Some celebratory scenes out of the Netherlands after today's epic final, it's just absolute mayhem from the center of Amsterdam:

 

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To the canals in Utrecht:

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Even the countryside has gone completely bonkers:

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[phelps 8,644]

mayhem or not, those however are always lovely landscapes...

 

the canals in Utrecht are the absolute top...

[heywoodu 16,434]

Just now, phelps said:

mayhem or not, those however are always lovely landscapes...

 

the canals in Utrecht are the absolute top...

Just a little scary when you're going to a restaurant down at the 'docks' (the places you see directly next to the water) with among others your sister's boyfriend who's in an electrical wheelchair and would be nearly impossible to get out of the water if he makes a tiny steering mistake  

[Olympian1010 8,284]

Just now, heywoodu said:

Just a little scary when you're going to a restaurant down at the 'docks' (the places you see directly next to the water) with among others your sister's boyfriend who's in an electrical wheelchair and would be nearly impossible to get out of the water if he makes a tiny steering mistake  

At least your grandmother doesn’t literally fall over the doorstep into your home every time she comes over .