What's it all about?

Korfball is a family orientated sport for mixed gender and abilities. It is a fast ball handling game and is played in over fifty countries, although it is most popular in the Netherlands and Belgium. Korfball differs from other team sports in that it is a mixed gender game: a team consists of four men and four women.

Korfball can be played indoors or outdoors on a court divided into two halves called zones. In each zone there is a post (3.5 m, shorter for the younger players) with a basket at the top. This is positioned at two thirds of the distance between the centre line and the back of the zone. The ball is fairly similar to the one used for Football, but with more grip and bounce. There are two teams, each consisting of eight players. Players score by throwing the ball through the other team's basket. After two goals the teams change zones: the defenders become attackers and attackers become defenders. At half-time the teams swap halves of the court.