1991 Korfball World Championship

1991 Korfball World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Belgium
City	Antwerp, Berchem, Brussels, Ghent and Turnhout
Dates	2 to 6 April 1991
Teams	12
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Belgium (1st title)
Runners-up	Netherlands
Third place	Chinese Taipei
Fourth place	Germany
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The 1991 Korfball World Championship was the 4th edition of the major international korfball competition. It was held in Belgium on April 2–6, in the cities of Antwerp, Berchem, Brussels, Ghent and Turnhout. In a very close final, Belgium defeated the Netherlands by 11–10, making this the only time the world championship was not won by the Netherlands.

Pool matches

Legend

Pool A

Team	Pts	P	W	L	F	A	D
Belgium	10	5	5	0	130	48	+82
Germany	8	5	4	1	50	61	−11
Portugal *	4	5	2	3	56	70	−14
United States	4	5	2	3	68	57	+11
Australia	4	5	2	3	63	66	−3
Indonesia	0	5	0	5	37	102	−65

^* Portugal was awarded third place because it lost a match after extra-time. USA ranked above Australia on korf difference.

April 2, 1991
	Australia	19–7	Indonesia	Antwerp

April 2, 1991
	Portugal	10–9	United States	Antwerp

April 2, 1991
	Belgium	27–5	Germany	Antwerp

April 3, 1991
	Belgium	21–15	United States	Ghent

April 3, 1991
	Indonesia	6–23	Portugal	Ghent

April 3, 1991
	Australia	8–9	Germany	Turnhout

April 4, 1991
	Belgium	24–11	Indonesia	Antwerp

April 4, 1991
	Germany	12–11	United States	Brussels

April 4, 1991
	Australia	16–10	Portugal	Brussels

April 4, 1991
	Germany	9–8 (e.t.)	Portugal	Antwerp

April 4, 1991
	Australia	12–28	Belgium	Brussels

April 4, 1991
	Indonesia	6–21	United States	Brussels

April 5, 1991
	Australia	8–12	United States	Antwerp

April 5, 1991
	Germany	15–7	Indonesia	Ghent

April 5, 1991
	Belgium	30–5	Portugal	Turnhout

Pool B

Team	Pts	P	W	L	F	A	D
Netherlands	10	5	5	0	121	71	+50
Chinese Taipei	8	5	4	1	76	61	+15
Great Britain	6	5	3	2	76	59	+17
Armenia	4	5	2	3	67	67	+0
Aruba	2	5	1	4	70	94	−24
India	0	5	0	5	61	119	−58

April 2, 1991
	Great Britain	6–19	Netherlands	Antwerp

April 2, 1991
	Armenia	16–12	Aruba	Antwerp

April 2, 1991
	India	8–20	Chinese Taipei	Antwerp

April 3, 1991
	Aruba	14–9	India	Antwerp

April 3, 1991
	Armenia	8–11	Great Britain	Antwerp

April 3, 1991
	Chinese Taipei	14–20	Netherlands	Turnhout

April 4, 1991
	Armenia	7–22	Netherlands	Antwerp

April 4, 1991
	Aruba	14–18	Chinese Taipei	Ghent

April 4, 1991
	Great Britain	25–10	India	Ghent

April 4, 1991
	Armenia	9–12	Chinese Taipei	Antwerp

April 4, 1991
	Aruba	10–24	Great Britain	Ghent

April 4, 1991
	India	24–33	Netherlands	Ghent

April 5, 1991
	Great Britain	10–12	Chinese Taipei	Antwerp

April 5, 1991
	Aruba	20–27	Netherlands	Ghent

April 5, 1991
	Armenia	27–10	India	Turnhout

Final round

11th–12th places

April 6, 1991
	India	15–9	Indonesia	Antwerp

9th–10th places

April 6, 1991
	Australia	13–5	Aruba	Berchem

7th–8th places

April 6, 1991
	United States	16–6	Armenia	Antwerp

5th–6th places

April 6, 1991
	Great Britain	20–13	Portugal	Berchem

Bronze medal match

April 6, 1991
	Chinese Taipei	10–8	Germany	Antwerp

Final

April 6, 1991
	Belgium	11–10	Netherlands	Antwerp

Final standings

Team
1  Belgium
2  Netherlands
3  Chinese Taipei
4  Germany
5  Great Britain
6  Portugal
7  United States
8  Armenia
9  Australia
10  Aruba
11  India
12  Indonesia

See also

• Korfball World Championship
• International Korfball Federation

External links

• International Korfball Federation

References

• History of the IKF and the IKF World Championship

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