Philippines national korfball team

The Philippines national korfball team is the team which represents the Philippines in international korfball competitions. It is sanctioned and managed by the Philippine Korfball Federation.

Philippines
AssociationPhilippine Korfball Federation (KKF)
IKF membership2014
IKF codePHI
IKF rank42 (Dec. 2020)
Asia-Oceania Championship
Appearances1
First appearance2018
Best result10th place

Background

Korfball was introduced in the Philippines at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) in 2007.[1] Korfball was brought in by a delegation of UST's Institute of Physical Education and Athletics which attended a korfball seminar workshop in Hong Kong. The Philippine Korfball Federation (PKF) was established within the year.[2] The PKF became a member of the International Korfball Federation (IKF) on September 13, 2014.[3]

A national youth team was formed which joined the 2015 Under-23 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship; their first IKF-sanctioned international event.[4] A senior team was eventually formed with the Philippines making their Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship debut in the 2018 edition which was hosted in Japan.[5][6]

Tournament history
Asia-Oceania Championships
Year Championship Host Classification
2014 9th Asia-Oceania Championship Hong Kong Did not enter
2018 10th Asia-Oceania Championship Saitama (Japan) 10th

References
  1. "Korfball, Anyone?". Journal Online. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  2. "UST korfball lands 6th in Asian tourney". The Varsitarian. 22 August 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  3. "Philippines is 61st IKF Member". International Korfball Federation. 13 September 2014. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  4. "IKF U23 AOKC Minor Places Determined". International Korfball Federation. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  5. "IKF AOKC 2018 Day 1: Reviews, results, images & videos". International Korfball Federation. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  6. Morgan, Liam (29 July 2018). "Chinese Taipei thrash South Korea on opening day of Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship". Inside the Games. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
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