“Father of the Korfball Sport“

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The Origin
Nico Broekhuysen was born on December 30, 1876 at Amsterdam, Netherlands, known as the
“father of the korfball sport“. He is a Dutch school teacher from Amsterdam who taught pre-teen
boys and girls in one of Amsterdam poorer districts at the turn of the twentieth century. Inspired by
an early version of basketball he witnessed while attending a physical education summer school in
Sweden. Broekhuysen demonstrated Korfball in Holland in 1902 and in 1903 a national association
was formed at the same country.
Unlike many other team sports that were developed for single sex schools, Broekhuysen’s stroke of
genius was to find a simple way of including boys and girls equally within the rules of his game. Nico
Broekhuysen’s challenge was to organize a cooperative yet competitive physical activity for boys and
girls together.
Korfball was his solution- a quite different path to that taken by those who developed the many
other superficially similar- but single joint gender team sports with their origin in schools around
the same period, many of which are also played worldwide today.

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History of Korfball
In 1902 Nico Broekhuysen, a Dutch school teacher from Amsterdam, was sent to Nääs, a town in Sweden, to
follow an educational course about teaching gymnastics to children. This is where he was introduced to the
Swedish game "ringboll". In ringboll one could score points by throwing the ball through a ring that was
attached to a 3 m pole. Men and women played together, and the field was divided into three zones. Players
could not leave their zone.
Broekhuysen was inspired; and when he returned to Amsterdam he decided to teach his students a similar
game. He replaced the ring with a basket (for which the Dutch word is Korf or mand), so it was easier to see
whether or not a player had scored. Broekhuysen also simplified the rules so that children could also
understand and play the game. Thus korfball was born. The main idea was the same as ringboll, but the new
sport now stood on its own.

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History of Korfball
The oldest still existing korfball club to never have merged with any other club is a Dutch korfball club
H.K.C. ALO from The Hague, Netherlands. H.K.C. ALO was founded on 1 February 1906.
At first, there was considerable controversy about the sport, because the players were of both sexes.
Several sports journalists refused to pay even the slightest attention to the new sport[citation needed].
Korfball players were accused of being immoral. Even the sportswear was criticised, because the women
were showing bare knees and ankles; one newspaper wrote that "Korfball is a monster that spreads its
claws to all sides."[3][failed verification] Yet korfball was featured as a demonstration sport in the
Summer Olympics of 1920 and 1928.
The International Korfball Federation was founded in 1933 in Antwerp, Belgium.

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Korfball is played in 69 countries including the United States, China, England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales,
Australia, New Zealand, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine, Greece, Serbia, South Africa, Zimbabwe,
India, The Netherlands, Belgium, Nigeria, Morocco, Ghana, Russia, Germany, Taiwan, Turkey, Hong Kong,
Portugal, Pakistan, India, Sweden, Hungary, Philippines, Indonesia, Italy, Spain, France and Romania. It is
growing in popularity in the U.K., and is referenced in a song by the band Half Man Half Biscuit entitled "Joy in
Leeuwarden (We Are Ready)" on their 2011 album 90 Bisodol (Crimond).
Korfball has been played in the World Games since 1985. IKF World Korfball Championships have been held
every four years since 1978. The leading nations are the Netherlands, Chinese Taipei, and Belgium.
Hong Kong hosted its first international tournament, the IKF Asia Oceania Korfball Championship, in 2006. New
Zealand hosted the IKF Asia Oceania Youth Korfball Championships in 2007.

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Korfball Timeline

• 1902 Nico Broekhuysen invented and introduced korfball

• 1903, a national association was formed in Amsterdam
• 1906, H.K.C. ALO oldest still existing korfball club was founded
• 1920 and 1928, korfball was featured as a demonstration sport in the Summer Olympics
• 1926, The first international match was held in Belgium
• 1933, The International Korfball Federation was founded in Antwerp, Belgium
• 1985, Korfball has been played in the World Games
• 1978, IKF World Korfball Championships have been held every four years
• 1979, India was the first country to have korfball in Asia
• 1979, India was the first country to hold the World Championship outside Europe.
• 1992, Chinese Taipei became the first non-Europian country to win a World Championship (bronze)medal
• 2006, Hong Kong hosted its first international tournament, the IKF Asia Oceania Korfball Championship
• 2007, New Zealand hosted the IKF Asia Oceania Youth Korfball Championships
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Korfball Timeline

• Korfball is played in 69 countries including the United States, China, England, Scotland,
Ireland, Wales, Australia, New Zealand, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine,
Greece, Serbia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, India, The Netherlands, Belgium, Nigeria,
Morocco, Ghana, Russia, Germany, Taiwan, Turkey, Hong Kong, Portugal, Pakistan, India,
Sweden, Hungary, Philippines, Indonesia, Italy, Spain, France and Romania.
• Korfball is now an integral part of the Service Physical Education curriculum in the
University of Santo Tomas, June 2007
• Philippine Korfball Federation was founded on January 16, 2014
• Philippines become 61st member of International Korfball Federation on September 13,
2014

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