Summer Non-Olympic Sports Discussion Thread

[Grassmarket 3,380]

Damn, missed this live, but here’s the highlights.  From  it’s the big one in the world of Wife-Carrying, the annual World Championships.  NB make sure you have the CC enabled, unless you speak Finnish.  The sport us somewhat misnamed, as the pairs need nit be husband & wife.

 

  

Edited September 1, 2023 by Grassmarket

[heywoodu 14,952]

The 12th korfball world championships were played in Taiwan, with all matches played in Taipei I believe. After 11 consecutive  -  finals - with Belgium taking a legendary world title in 1991 and the Netherlands winning the other 10 - Belgium was actually knocked out in the semi's this time....by Taiwan  (which has been the 3rd country for a while already)

 

Today was the final, Netherlands - Taiwan, in which things went back to normal and the Netherlands took an easy win after a bit of a rough start: 27-11. Belgium finished in 3rd after beating 26-11.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_IKF_World_Korfball_Championship

[hckošice 14,790]

26 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

The 12th korfball world championships were played in Taiwan, with all matches played in Taipei I believe. After 11 consecutive  -  finals - with Belgium taking a legendary world title in 1991 and the Netherlands winning the other 10 - Belgium was actually knocked out in the semi's this time....by Taiwan  (which has been the 3rd country for a while already)

 

Today was the final, Netherlands - Taiwan, in which things went back to normal and the Netherlands took an easy win after a bit of a rough start: 27-11. Belgium finished in 3rd after beating 26-11.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_IKF_World_Korfball_Championship

Just realized we did participate That´s super Cool. But, why there not mercy rule in this sport when you face NED ?

 

 

15th place at WCh is I believe very solid result for a country where I literally find the word Korfball in a media only last week for the very first time in my life

 

So well done, Team whoever you are folks

 

[heywoodu 14,952]

11 minutes ago, hckošice said:

Just realized we did participate That´s super Cool. But, why there not mercy rule in this sport when you face NED ?

 

 

15th place at WCh is I believe very solid result for a country where I literally find the word Korfball in a media only last week for the very first time in my life

 

So well done, Team whoever you are folks

 

Mercy rule is for children's sports  

 

I'm surprised Slovakia was there, but even more positively surprised that it was actually even mentioned in the media there (no matter how small it is, it's interesting that it's mentioned)  

Edited October 29, 2023 by heywoodu

[hckošice 14,790]

17 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

I'm surprised Slovakia was there, but even more positively surprised that it was actually even mentioned in the media there (no matter how small it is, it's interesting that it's mentioned)  

Yep, a day to remember. 23.10.2023

 

I found this article with 3 sentences, but still better than nothing I guess

 

Korfball - WCh: The match with the Czech Republic was fatal, Slovakia will not play for medals

 

Slovak national Team in korfball will not compete for medals at the WCh in Taiwan. They lost to the Czech Republic 13:21 on Monday in a direct battle for advancement to the quarterfinals. On Tuesday, Slovakia's next match against Catalonia will determine the final position in the super-round Group I. If successful, they will fight for the final 9-12. place, a loss will condemn them to the fights for 13.-16. the place.

 

 

 

Edited October 29, 2023 by hckošice

[hckošice 14,790]

The Mini-Football World Cup is ongoing right now in Ras-El-Khaimah https://www.wmfworldcup.com/

 

Kazakhstan beat India 16-0 yesterday  the new record result of the competition

 

Edited October 29, 2023 by hckošice

[Olympian1010 7,951]

3 hours ago, heywoodu said:

The 12th korfball world championships were played in Taiwan, with all matches played in Taipei I believe. After 11 consecutive  -  finals - with Belgium taking a legendary world title in 1991 and the Netherlands winning the other 10 - Belgium was actually knocked out in the semi's this time....by Taiwan  (which has been the 3rd country for a while already)

 

Today was the final, Netherlands - Taiwan, in which things went back to normal and the Netherlands took an easy win after a bit of a rough start: 27-11. Belgium finished in 3rd after beating 26-11.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_IKF_World_Korfball_Championship

This was also the qualification event for the 2025 World Games 

[heywoodu 14,952]

49 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

This was also the qualification event for the 2025 World Games 

Oh, so  qualified  

 

 

[Olympian1010 7,951]

6 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Oh, so  qualified  

 

 

 should all be qualified, with one wildcard TBD since  didn’t compete. 

[thepharoah 2,405]

Any link for results of Gymnastics Aerobics WC in Portugal ?