India national korfball team

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The India national korfball team is managed by the Korfball Federation of India (KFI), representing India in korfball international competitions.

India is the oldest korfball playing country in Asia. Since 1979, when the game was first introduced in India, korfball popularity has continued to rise and now the game is being played in 27 States with each state having its own association to promote and organise events. Korfball is recognised by the Union Ministry for Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India and national championships in senior, junior and sub-junior categories and the inter-University and inter-school championships are being held regularly.

Tournament History

World Championships[1]
Year Championship Host Classification
1991 4th World Championship Antwerp (Belgium) 11th place
1995 5th World Championship New Delhi (India) 12th place
1999 6th World Championship Adelaide (Australia) 11th place
2003 7th World Championship Rotterdam (The Netherlands) 14th place
2007 8th World Championship Brno (Czech Republic) 12th place
2011 9th World Championship Shaoxing (China) 13th place
World Games[2]
Year Championship Host Classification
1985 2nd World Games London (England) 6th place
Asia-Oceania Championships
Year Championship Host Classification
1992 2nd Asia-Oceania Championship Delhi (India) 3rd place
1998 4th Asia-Oceania Championship Durban (South Africa) 3rd place
2002 5th Asia-Oceania Championship Delhi (India) 3rd place
2006 7th Asia-Oceania Championship Hong Kong 3rd place
2010 8th Asia-Oceania Championship China 5th place
Asia Championships
Year Championship Host Classification
2008 2nd Asian Championship Jaipur (India) 2nd place
Junior World Cup
Year Championship Host Classification
2009 19th Junior World Cup Tournament Netherlands 7th place

Current squad

National team in the 2011 World Championship:

  • Chetna
  • Pooja Thapa
  • Shalini
  • Sushila Saini
  • Savita
  • Natasha
  • Srishti Kansar
  
  • Pardeep Dahiya (Captain)
  • Nitesh
  • Rajesh Chhikara
  • Saurabh
  • Dev Balhara
  • Puneet Kumar

Chief coach : Mukesh Khandelwal

National team in the 2007 World Championship:

  • Shweta Dutta
  • Amita Jaiswal
  • Priti
  • Kavita Saini
  • Chetna
  • Sushila Saini
  • Gurpreet Kaur T

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  • Kuldeep Singh
  • Pardeep Dahiya
  • Anil Kumar
  • Manjeet Singh
  • Irfan Chowdhary
  • Lakhmichand
  • Dev Balhara
  • Chief Coach: Mukesh Khandelwal, Assitt: Sanjeev Kumar,Satinder Kumar,

References

  1. ↑ "The history of the IKF and the IKF World Championship" (PDF). IKF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2013.
  2. ↑ IKF (ed.). "The history of the IKF and the World Games" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2013.

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