IKF World Ranking

The official IKF ranking of national korfball teams, based on results at IKF championships and events. IKF World Ranking criteria (2024).

Standing of 16 August 2026

#CountryPointsChange+/−
1NetherlandsNED543.000–
2BelgiumBEL492.098–
3Chinese TaipeiTPE449.410–
4GermanyGER313.696–
5CataloniaCAT291.877▲ 1
6PortugalPOR261.844▲ 1
7New ZealandNZL249.642▲ 4
8Czech RepublicCZE221.559▼ 3
9EnglandENG199.922▲ 6
10TürkiyeTUR199.195▲ 3
11MalaysiaMAS193.893▲ 1
12Hong Kong ChinaHKG191.509▼ 3
13ChinaCHN174.749▲ 1
14AustraliaAUS160.675▼ 4
15SurinameSUR157.567▼ 7
16ThailandTHA153.070▲ 1
17IndiaIND115.746▼ 1
18JapanJPN102.227▲ 3
19HungaryHUN95.353▼ 1
20PolandPOL90.118▼ 1
21SlovakiaSVK82.141▼ 1
22IrelandIRL57.039–
23Macau ChinaMAC40.045▲ 2
24WalesWAL38.730▲ 3
25SwitzerlandSUI38.176▼ 1
26BrazilBRA36.683▼ 3
27SerbiaSRB36.441▼ 1
28ScotlandSCO29.637▲ 3
29FranceFRA29.333–
30South AfricaRSA28.067▼ 2
31GreeceGRE23.833▲ 1
32PhilippinesPHI20.558▼ 2
33ZimbabweZIM18.600–
34MoroccoMAR17.600▲ 1
35IndonesiaINA16.383▼ 1
36Ivory CoastCIV13.400–
37ArmeniaARM11.069–
38SingaporeSGP10.961–
39ArgentinaARG10.467–
40ZambiaZAM10.200–
41UkraineUKR9.667–
42SwedenSWE8.000▲ 1
43KoreaKOR7.947▼ 1
44GhanaGHA7.200–
45United StatesUSA7.000–
46CameroonCMR6.000–
46KenyaKEN6.000–
46MalawiMAW6.000–
46Sri LankaSRI6.000–
50EgyptEGY4.000–
50UgandaUGA4.000–
50RD CongoCOD4.000–
53ArubaARU3.000–
53Bosnia & HerzegovinaBIH3.000–
53BotswanaBOT3.000–
53BulgariaBUL3.000–
53CanadaCAN3.000–
53ColombiaCOL3.000–
53Costa RicaCRC3.000–
53CroatiaCRO3.000–
53CuraçaoCUR3.000–
53Dominican RepublicDOM3.000–
53FinlandFIN3.000–
53GeorgiaGEO3.000–
53ItalyITA3.000–
53LuxembourgLUX3.000–
53NepalNEP3.000–
53RomaniaROU3.000–
53RussiaRUS3.000–
53GuineaGUI3.000–
67PerúPER2.000–
72MexicoMEX1.000–
72São Tomé and PríncipeSTP1.000–
72VenezuelaVEN1.000–

The official IKF World Ranking is published immediately after each IKF World Korfball Championship, The World Games and IKF U21 World Korfball Championship, immediately after the last IKF Continental Korfball Championship and IKF U23/U21 Continental Korfball Championship of the year, and in December of each year, when the basic points of that year are added.

Previous standings

Every earlier standing that was published, oldest kept as it was. Open one to see the full table.

31 December 2025 (outdated)

NOTE – 18/1/2023: Due to an error in generating the ranking of The World Games 2022 in our database, the version as published on 31/12/2022 did not include the correct points as earned by the participants of this event.

This has been corrected in the IKF World Korfball Ranking update of 18 January, reflecting the right ranking as per 01/01/2023.

NOTE – 8/2/2022: Due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the ranking criteria for the cycle 2020/2023 have been adjusted by the IKF Council. This following the altered competition calendar and inequity of number of continental IKF events in the regular 4-year cycle. In the last two years it has only been possible to organise events in Europe.

The adjustments in the ranking criteria ensure that all European events will have an impact in the world ranking but at the same time European countries will not have an advantage compared with countries from other continents.

To ensure the above the two European Korfball Championships in 2021 (including the EKC Round 1 in Ukraine 2019) and the European World Korfball Championship Qualifiers in 2022 will be combined as one to obtain points for the world ranking. The overall classification will be the result from the average of the classifications in both European events and will be included in the world ranking points of 2022.

The five European countries participating in The World Games already qualified for the World Championship with their result at the IKF European Korfball Championship in Antwerp. Therefore, they will not participate in the EU WKC Qualifiers in 2022 and consequently earn their ranking points directly from the EKC A 2021 classification.

Click here to see the previous rankings ► IKF World Ranking – Archive

#CountryPointsChange+/−
1NetherlandsNED607.250–
2BelgiumBEL544.835–
3Chinese TaipeiTPE496.123–
4GermanyGER354.377–
5Czech RepublicCZE322.588–
6CataloniaCAT294.087–
7PortugalPOR254.569–
8SurinameSUR236.733–
9Hong Kong ChinaHKG225.665–
10AustraliaAUS218.971–
11New ZealandNZL217.033–
12MalaysiaMAS203.642–
13TürkiyeTUR200.49–
14ChinaCHN192.538–
15EnglandENG180.882–
16IndiaIND157.638▲ 1
17ThailandTHA155.944▼ 1
18HungaryHUN147.363–
19PolandPOL137.343–
20SlovakiaSVK121.368–
21JapanJPN115.331–
22IrelandIRL88.059–
23BrazilBRA55.433–
24SwitzerlandSUI53.765–
25Macau ChinaMAC53.042–
26SerbiaSRB51.412–
27WalesWAL47.304–
28South AfricaRSA44.733–
29FranceFRA37.667–
30PhilippinesPHI35.142–
31ScotlandSCO34.539–
32GreeceGRE32.167–
33ZimbabweZIM18.600▲ 1
34IndonesiaINA17.844▲ 1
35MoroccoMAR17.600▼ 2
36Ivory CoastCIV13.400–
37ArmeniaARM11.686▲ 1
38SingaporeSGP11.448▲ 2
39ArgentinaARG10.467▼ 2
40ZambiaZAM10.2▲ 2
41UkraineUKR9.667▼ 2
42KoreaKOR8.921▲ 2
43SwedenSWE8.000▼ 2
44GhanaGHA7.200▼ 2
45United StatesUSA7.000▲ 1
46CameroonCMR6.000–
46KenyaKEN6.000–
46MalawiMAW6.000–
46Sri LankaSRI6.000–
50EgyptEGY4.000▲ 18
50UgandaUGA4.000▲ 18
50RD CongoCOD4.000New
53ArubaARU3.000▼ 7
53Bosnia & HerzegovinaBIH3.000▼ 7
53BotswanaBOT3.000▼ 7
53BulgariaBUL3.000▼ 7
53CanadaCAN3.000▼ 7
53ColombiaCOL3.000▼ 7
53Costa RicaCRC3.000▼ 7
53CroatiaCRO3.000▼ 7
53CuraçaoCUR3.000▼ 7
53Dominican RepublicDOM3.000▼ 7
53FinlandFIN3.000▼ 7
53GeorgiaGEO3.000▼ 7
53ItalyITA3.000▼ 7
53LuxembourgLUX3.000▼ 7
53NepalNEP3.000▼ 7
53RomaniaROU3.000▼ 7
53RussiaRUS3.000▼ 7
53GuineaGUI3.000New
67PerúPER2.000▼ 4
72MexicoMEX1.000▼ 4
72São Tomé and PríncipeSTP1.000▼ 4
72VenezuelaVEN1.000New
6 November 2025 (outdated)

NOTE – 18/1/2023: Due to an error in generating the ranking of The World Games 2022 in our database, the version as published on 31/12/2022 did not include the correct points as earned by the participants of this event.

This has been corrected in the IKF World Korfball Ranking update of 18 January, reflecting the right ranking as per 01/01/2023.

NOTE – 8/2/2022: Due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the ranking criteria for the cycle 2020/2023 have been adjusted by the IKF Council. This following the altered competition calendar and inequity of number of continental IKF events in the regular 4-year cycle. In the last two years it has only been possible to organise events in Europe.

The adjustments in the ranking criteria ensure that all European events will have an impact in the world ranking but at the same time European countries will not have an advantage compared with countries from other continents.

To ensure the above the two European Korfball Championships in 2021 (including the EKC Round 1 in Ukraine 2019) and the European World Korfball Championship Qualifiers in 2022 will be combined as one to obtain points for the world ranking. The overall classification will be the result from the average of the classifications in both European events and will be included in the world ranking points of 2022.

The five European countries participating in The World Games already qualified for the World Championship with their result at the IKF European Korfball Championship in Antwerp. Therefore, they will not participate in the EU WKC Qualifiers in 2022 and consequently earn their ranking points directly from the EKC A 2021 classification.

Click here to see the previous rankings ► IKF World Ranking – Archive

#CountryPointsChange+/−
1NetherlandsNED607.250–
2BelgiumBEL544.835–
3Chinese TaipeiTPE486.123–
4GermanyGER354.377–
5Czech RepublicCZE322.588▲ 1
6CataloniaCAT292.087▼ 1
7PortugalPOR254.569–
8SurinameSUR233.733–
9Hong Kong ChinaHKG218.665▲ 1
10AustraliaAUS212.971▲ 7
11New ZealandNZL208.033▲ 5
12MalaysiaMAS198.642▲ 3
13TürkiyeTUR192.490▼ 1
14ChinaCHN187.538▼ 3
15EnglandENG178.882▼ 6
16ThailandTHA153.944▲ 3
17IndiaIND149.638▲ 3
18HungaryHUN142.363▼ 5
19PolandPOL133.343▼ 5
20SlovakiaSVK120.368▼ 2
21JapanJPN110.331▲ 1
22IrelandIRL86.059▼ 1
23BrazilBRA58.433–
24SwitzerlandSUI53.265–
25Macau ChinaMAC53.042▲ 18
26SerbiaSRB50.412▼ 1
27WalesWAL48.304▼ 1
28South AfricaRSA44.733▼ 1
29FranceFRA41.667▼ 1
30PhilippinesPHI36.142▼ 1
31ScotlandSCO32.539–
32GreeceGRE32.167▼ 2
33MoroccoMAR18.600▼ 1
34ZimbabweZIM15.600▼ 1
35IndonesiaINA14.844▲ 1
36Ivory CoastCIV14.400▼ 2
37ArgentinaARG13.467▼ 2
38ArmeniaARM12.686▼ 1
39UkraineUKR9.667▼ 1
40SingaporeSGP8.948▲ 2
41SwedenSWE8.000▼ 2
42GhanaGHA7.200▼ 2
42ZambiaZAM7.200▼ 2
44KoreaKOR5.921–
45ColombiaCOL4.000–
46ArubaARU3.00▼ 1
46Bosnia & HerzegovinaBIH3.00▼ 1
46BotswanaBOT3.00▼ 1
46BulgariaBUL3.00▼ 1
46CameroonCMR3.00▼ 1
46CanadaCAN3.00▼ 1
46Costa RicaCRC3.00▼ 1
46CroatiaCRO3.00▼ 1
46CuraçaoCUR3.00▼ 1
46Dominican RepublicDOM3.00▼ 1
46FinlandFIN3.00▼ 1
46GeorgiaGEO3.00▼ 1
46ItalyITA3.00▼ 1
46KenyaKEN3.00▲ 20
46LuxembourgLUX3.00▼ 1
46MalawiMAW3.00▼ 1
46NepalNEP3.00▼ 1
46RomaniaROU3.00▼ 1
46RussiaRUS3.00▼ 1
46Sri LankaSRI3.00▼ 1
46United StatesUSA3.00▼ 1
67PerúPER2.00–
68EgyptEGY1.00▼ 1
68MexicoMEX1.00▼ 1
68São Tomé and PríncipeSTP1.00▼ 1
68UgandaUGA1.00▼ 1
31 December 2024 (outdated)
#CountryPointsChange+/−
1NetherlandsNED629,000–
2BelgiumBEL568,279–
3Chinese TaipeiTPE476,162–
4GermanyGER446,975–
5CataloniaCAT369,255–
6Czech RepublicCZE322,368–
7PortugalPOR287,314–
8SurinameSUR246,800–
9EnglandENG245,260–
10Hong Kong ChinaHKG242,442–
11ChinaCHN223,806▲ 2
12TürkiyeTUR223,265▼ 1
13HungaryHUN218,539▼ 1
14PolandPOL203,902–
15MalaysiaMAS188,278▲ 2
16New ZealandNZL181,575▼ 1
17AustraliaAUS170,867▼ 1
18SlovakiaSVK169,490–
19ThailandTHA145,548▲ 2
20IndiaIND143,242▼ 1
21IrelandIRL133,745▼ 1
22JapanJPN106,286–
23BrazilBRA92,117–
24SwitzerlandSUI83,853–
25SerbiaSRB80,382–
26WalesWAL71,711▲ 2
27South AfricaRSA69,800–
28FranceFRA65,000▼ 2
29PhilippinesPHI53,700–
30GreeceGRE53,000–
31ScotlandSCO50,941–
32MoroccoMAR31,200–
33ZimbabweZIM28,200–
34Ivory CoastCIV22,800–
35ArgentinaARG20,933–
36IndonesiaINA20,767▲ 3
37ArmeniaARM19,137▲ 1
38UkraineUKR16,333▼ 1
39SwedenSWE13,000▼ 3
40GhanaGHA11,400–
40ZambiaZAM11,400–
42SingaporeSGP10,922▲ 1
43Macau ChinaMAC10,789▲ 2
44KoreaKOR6,895▲ 1
45ColombiaCOL4,000▼ 1
45ArubaARU3.00–
45Bosnia & HerzegovinaBIH3.00–
45BotswanaBOT3.00–
45BulgariaBUL3.00–
45CameroonCMR3.00–
45CanadaCAN3.00–
45Costa RicaCRC3.00–
45CroatiaCRO3.00–
45CuraçaoCUR3.00–
45Dominican RepublicDOM3.00–
45FinlandFIN3.00–
45GeorgiaGEO3.00–
45ItalyITA3.00–
45LuxembourgLUX3.00–
45MalawiMAW3.00–
45NepalNEP3.00–
45RomaniaROU3.00–
45RussiaRUS3.00–
45Sri LankaSRI3.00–
45United StatesUSA3.00▼ 3
66KenyaKEN2.00–
67EgyptEGY1.00–
67MexicoMEX1.00–
67PerúPER1.00–
67São Tomé and PríncipeSTP1.00–
67UgandaUGA1.00–
1 September 2024 (outdated)
#CountryPointsChange+/−
1NetherlandsNED594–
2BelgiumBEL535.75–
3Chinese TaipeiTPE453.74–
4GermanyGER405.92–
5CataloniaCAT341.67▲ 3
6Czech RepublicCZE289.25▼ 1
7PortugalPOR254.67▼ 1
8SurinameSUR250.8▼ 1
9EnglandENG221.08–
10Hong Kong ChinaHKG220.92▲ 2
11TürkiyeTUR207.5▲ 2
12HungaryHUN203,83▼ 2
13ChinaCHN198.33▲ 4
14PolandPOL185.67▼ 3
15New ZealandNZL181.58▲ 1
16AustraliaAUS175.87▼ 2
17MalaysiaMAS166.7▲ 4
18SlovakiaSVK156.17▼ 3
19IndiaIND131.56▲ 1
20IrelandIRL126.33▼ 2
21ThailandTHA125.92▼ 2
22JapanJPN96.55–
23BrazilBRA92.12–
24SwitzerlandSUI73.5–
25SerbiaSRB70.5–
26FranceFRA70▲ 1
27South AfricaRSA69.8▼ 1
28WalesWAL60.42–
29PhilippinesPHI53.7▲ 1
30GreeceGRE53▼ 1
31ScotlandSCO49–
32MoroccoMAR37.2–
33ZimbabweZIM28.2–
34Ivory CoastCIV22.8–
35ArgentinaARG20.93–
36SwedenSWE18–
37UkraineUKR16.33▼ 1
38ArmeniaARM15.67–
39IndonesiaINA14.93–
40GhanaGHA11.4–
40ZambiaZAM11.4–
42United StatesUSA8,00▲ 1
43SingaporeSGP6.98▼ 1
44ColombiaCOL4,00–
45ArubaARU3.00–
45Bosnia & HerzegovinaBIH3.00–
45BotswanaBOT3.00–
45BulgariaBUL3.00–
45CameroonCMR3.00–
45CanadaCAN3.00–
45Costa RicaCRC3.00–
45CroatiaCRO3.00–
45CuraçaoCUR3.00–
45Dominican RepublicDOM3.00–
45FinlandFIN3.00–
45GeorgiaGEO3.00–
45ItalyITA3.00–
45KoreaKOR3.00–
45LuxembourgLUX3.00–
45Macau ChinaMAC3.00–
45MalawiMAW3.00–
45NepalNEP3.00–
45RomaniaROU3.00–
45RussiaRUS3.00–
45Sri LankaSRI3.00–
66KenyaKEN2.00–
67EgyptEGY1.00–
67MexicoMEX1.00–
67PerúPER—–
67São Tomé and PríncipeSTP1.00–
67UgandaUGA1.00–
1 January 2024 (outdated)

LAST UPDATE (4/9/2024) – The new IKF Korfball World Ranking has been published.

13/2/2024 – The new IKF Korfball World Ranking was published. The criteria were valid as of 1 December 2023.

Any team that does well in Korfball wins points, which enable it to climb the IKF Korfball World Ranking. The IKF will continuously evaluate the implementation of the World ranking and may make necessary adjustments.

For the IKF World Ranking, the total number of points of each country is determined by adding:

  1. The basic points of each country, according to overall participation and development.
  2. The points from IKF National Team Events of each country according to its ranking on IKF official events and the specific weightings, over the last four-year period.

Criteria

  • The IKF World Ranking 2018 (from 1 July 2018) is based on the revised world ranking criteria 2018, approved by the IKF EXCO in June 2018. 
  • Due to the continuously development of  korfball around the globe and the establishment of  the IKF Competition Calendar 2018-2021, an update of the world ranking criteria was required.
  • For the IKF World Ranking, the total number of points of each country is determined by adding:
    1 . The basic points of each country, according to overall participation and development.
    2. The points from IKF National Team Events of each country according to its ranking on IKF official events and the specific weightings, over the last four-year period.
  • Points for the ranking are mainly earned through participation in official IKF National Team Events, according to the classification of each country and the specific weightings, over the last four-year period.
  • Weights are given to different continental competitions to reflect the prestige of the tournament and to ensure that ratings are comparable across regions.
  • A year weighting is implemented to reward teams for most recent participation and performances and in order to prevent all games over the four-year period from carrying the same weight and receiving the exact same value.
  • If there is a specific qualifying round event for a main World or Continental event, the countries that do not qualify for the final round of a championship will still be given a position according to the final ranking obtained in the qualifying round event and will earn points according to it. The points earned in the qualifying rounds will only be added to the World Ranking when the points of the main event are added.
  • The official IKF World Ranking will be published:
       – immediately after each IKF World Korfball Championship, The World Games and IKF U21 World Korfball Championship;
       – immediately after the last IKF Continental Korfball Championship and IKF U23/U21 Continental Korfball Championship, of the year;
       – in December of each year, with the addition of the Basic Points of that year.
#CountryPointsChange+/−
1NetherlandsNED651,50–
2BelgiumBEL584,58–
3Chinese TaipeiTPE483,19–
4GermanyGER448,08–
5Czech RepublicCZE393,5▲ 3
6PortugalPOR349,00–
7SurinameSUR346,12–
8CataloniaCAT335,00▲ 1
9EnglandENG298,17▲ 1
10HungaryHUN273,83▲ 1
11PolandPOL250,67▲ 1
12Hong Kong ChinaHKG226,07▲ 3
13TürkiyeTUR225,00▲ 9
14AustraliaAUS221,89–
15SlovakiaSVK210,33▲ 1
16New ZealandNZL204,88▼ 3
17ChinaCHN181,65▼ 12
18IrelandIRL172,17–
19ThailandTHA170,35▲ 8
20IndiaIND150,60▲ 3
21MalaysiaMAS138,92▲ 7
22JapanJPN130,87▼ 3
23BrazilBRA125,80▼ 3
24SwitzerlandSUI101,00▲ 5
25SerbiaSRB98,00▲ 6
26South AfricaRSA94,87▼ 2
27FranceFRA93,33▼ 2
28WalesWAL77,50▲ 2
29GreeceGRE73,83▲ 5
30PhilippinesPHI71,26▲ 8
31ScotlandSCO65,67▲ 2
32MoroccoMAR49,80▼ 15
33ZimbabweZIM40,80▼ 12
34Ivory CoastCIV31,20▼ 8
35ArgentinaARG28,40▼ 3
36UkraineUKR23,00▲ 3
36SwedenSWE23,00▲ 8
38ArmeniaARM21,50▲ 2
39IndonesiaINA19,39▼ 4
40GhanaGHA15,60▼ 4
40ZambiaZAM15,60▼ 4
42SingaporeSGP8,46–
43United StatesUSA8,00▼ 2
44ColombiaCOL4,00▲ 3
45ArubaARU3.00▲ 3
45Bosnia & HerzegovinaBIH3.00▲ 3
45BotswanaBOT3.00▲ 3
45BulgariaBUL3.00▲ 3
45CameroonCMR3.00▲ 3
45CanadaCAN3.00▲ 3
45Costa RicaCRC3.00▲ 3
45CroatiaCRO3.00▲ 3
45CuraçaoCUR3.00▲ 3
45Dominican RepublicDOM3.00▲ 1
45FinlandFIN3.00▲ 3
45GeorgiaGEO3.00▲ 3
45ItalyITA3.00▲ 3
45KoreaKOR3.00▲ 3
45LuxembourgLUX3.00▲ 3
45Macau ChinaMAC3.00–
45MalawiMAW3.00▲ 3
45NepalNEP3.00▲ 3
45RomaniaROU3.00▲ 3
45RussiaRUS3.00▲ 3
45Sri LankaSRI3.00▼ 2
66KenyaKEN2.00▲ 2
67EgyptEGY1.00
67MexicoMEX1.00
67PerúPER1.00
67São Tomé and PríncipeSTP1.00
67UgandaUGA1.00
1 January 2023 (outdated)

UPDATE – 18/1/2023: Due to an error in generating the ranking of The World Games 2022 in our database, the version as published on 31/12/2022 did not include the correct points as earned by the participants of this event.

This has been corrected in the IKF World Korfball Ranking update of 18 January, reflecting the right ranking as per 01/01/2023.

NOTE – 8/2/2022: Due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the ranking criteria for the cycle 2020/2023 have been adjusted by the IKF Council. This following the altered competition calendar and inequity of number of continental IKF events in the regular 4-year cycle. In the last two years it has only been possible to organise events in Europe.

The adjustments in the ranking criteria ensure that all European events will have an impact in the world ranking but at the same time European countries will not have an advantage compared with countries from other continents.

To ensure the above the two European Korfball Championships in 2021 (including the EKC Round 1 in Ukraine 2019) and the European World Korfball Championship Qualifiers in 2022 will be combined as one to obtain points for the world ranking. The overall classification will be the result from the average of the classifications in both European events and will be included in the world ranking points of 2022.

The five European countries participating in The World Games already qualified for the World Championship with their result at the IKF European Korfball Championship in Antwerp. Therefore, they will not participate in the EU WKC Qualifiers in 2022 and consequently earn their ranking points directly from the EKC A 2021 classification.

Click here to see the previous rankings ► IKF World Ranking – Archive

#CountryPointsChange+/−
1NetherlandsNED388.00–
2BelgiumBEL340.51–
3Chinese TaipeiTPE280.46–
4GermanyGER271.45▲ 1
5ChinaCHN219.55▼ 1
6PortugalPOR185.96–
7SurinameSUR172.28▲ 2
8Czech RepublicCZE150.91▼ 1
9CataloniaCAT143.16▲ 2
10EnglandENG126.40▼ 2
11HungaryHUN124.92▼ 1
12PolandPOL92.67–
13New ZealandNZL85.83▲ 5
14AustraliaAUS85.63▼ 1
15Hong Kong ChinaHKG79.48▼ 1
16SlovakiaSVK77.62▼ 1
17MoroccoMAR61.15▲ 26
18IrelandIRL52.57▼ 1
19JapanJPN51.05▼ 3
20BrazilBRA50.10▲ 1
21ZimbabweZIM48.15▲ 1
22TurkeyTUR45.55▲ 7
23IndiaIND40.34▲ 24
24South AfricaRSA39.35▼ 5
25FranceFRA36.58▲ 1
26Ivory CoastCIV36.10▲ 17
27ThailandTHA35.45▲ 7
28MalaysiaMAS33.17▲ 13
29SwitzerlandSUI32.08▲ 10
30WalesWAL30.91▼ 6
31SerbiaSRB30.08▲ 6
32ArgentinaARG28.05▼ 5
33ScotlandSCO25.78▼ 5
34GreeceGRE24.28▼ 1
35IndonesiaINA18.13▼ 3
36GhanaGHA18.05▲ 30
36ZambiaZAM18.05▼ 6
38PhilippinesPHI11.09▲ 8
39UkraineUKR10.74▼ 2
40ArmeniaARM9.80–
41United StatesUSA8.00▲ 6
42SingaporeSGP7.04▲ 5
43Sri LankaSRI7.00–
44SwedenSWE6.87▼ 9
45Macau ChinaMAC6.13▼ 22
46Dominican RepublicDOM6.00▼ 26
47ColombiaCOL4.00▼ 22
48ArubaARU3.00▼ 1
48Bosnia & HerzegovinaBIH3.00▼ 1
48BotswanaBOT3.00▼ 1
48BulgariaBUL3.00▼ 1
48CameroonCMR3.00▲ 18
48CanadaCAN3.00▼ 1
48Costa RicaCRC3.00▼ 6
48CroatiaCRO3.00▼ 1
48CuracaoCUR3.00▼ 1
48CyprusCYP3.00▼ 1
48FinlandFIN3.00▼ 1
48GeorgiaGEO3.00▼ 1
48ItalyITA3.00▼ 1
48KoreaKOR7.85▼ 12
48LuxembourgLUX3.00▼ 1
48MalawiMAW3.00▼ 1
48NepalNEP3.00▼ 10
48PakistanPAK3.00▼ 1
48RomaniaROU3.00▼ 1
48RussiaRUS3.00▼ 1
68KenyaKEN2.00▼ 2
69PeruPER1.00–
31 December 2021 (outdated)

NOTE II – 8/2/2022: Due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the ranking criteria for the cycle 2020/2023 have been adjusted by the IKF Council. This following the altered competition calendar and inequity of number of continental IKF events in the regular 4-year cycle. In the last two years it has only been possible to organise events in Europe.

The adjustments in the ranking criteria ensure that all European events will have an impact in the world ranking but at the same time European countries will not have an advantage compared with countries from other continents.

To ensure the above the two European Korfball Championships in 2021 (including the EKC Round 1 in Ukraine 2019) and the European World Korfball Championship Qualifiers in 2022 will be combined as one to obtain points for the world ranking. The overall classification will be the result from the average of the classifications in both European events and will be included in the world ranking points of 2022.

The five European countries participating in The World Games already qualified for the World Championship with their result at the IKF European Korfball Championship in Antwerp. Therefore, they will not participate in the EU WKC Qualifiers in 2022 and consequently earn their ranking points directly from the EKC A 2021 classification.

NOTE I – 2/2/2021: After an atypical year determined by the cancellation of almost all IKF competitions due to the covid-19 pandemic, the IKF world ranking reflects this fact.

The changes we can see are mainly due to a large decrease in the points from IKF NATIONAL TEAM EVENTS (either due to the lack of points resulting from non-participation in international competitions in 2020 or due to the lower weighting of older competitions). Thus, the basic points gain a bit more importance in defining the ranking of 2020, having less influence at the top of the ranking where there are almost no changes.

Click here to see the previous rankings ► IKF World Ranking – Archive

#CountryPointsChange+/−
1NetherlandsNED221.75–
2BelgiumBEL204.61–
3Chinese TaipeiTPE183.34–
4ChinaCHN165.17–
5GermanyGER158.37–
6PortugalPOR145.15–
7Czech RepublicCZE136.05–
8EnglandENG128.55–
9SurinameSUR117.80–
10HungaryHUN112.72–
11CataloniaCAT97.50–
12PolandPOL83.20–
13AustraliaAUS68.23–
14Hong Kong ChinaHKG67.54–
15SlovakiaSVK63.25–
16JapanJPN51.20–
17IrelandIRL47.73–
18New ZealandNZL45.54–
19South AfricaRSA30.55–
20Dominican RepublicDOM24.38–
21BrazilBRA20.70–
22ZimbabweZIM16.03▲ 3
23Macau ChinaMAC15.72▲ 1
24WalesWAL15.03▼ 2
25ColombiaCOL14.03▲ 1
26FranceFRA13.80▼ 3
27ArgentinaARG13.35▲ 1
28ScotlandSCO12.58▼ 1
29TürkiyeTUR11.68–
30ZambiaZAM11.02▲ 1
31SerbiaSRB10.35▼ 1
32IndonesiaINA9.23▲ 3
33GreeceGRE9.13▼ 1
34ThailandTHA8.62▲ 5
35SwedenSWE7.90▼ 2
36KoreaKOR7.85▼ 2
37UkraineUKR7.23▲ 3
38NepalNEP7.00▲ 8
39SwitzerlandSUI6.68▼ 3
40ArmeniaARM6.45▼ 2
41MalaysiaMAS6.00–
42Costa RicaCRC5.68▼ 5
43Ivory CoastCIV5.00–
43MoroccoMAR5.00–
43Sri LankaSRI5.00–
46PhilippinesPHI3.62▼ 4
47ArubaARU3.00▼ 1
47Bosnia & HerzegovinaBIH3.00▼ 1
47BotswanaBOT3.00▼ 1
47BulgariaBUL3.00▼ 1
47CanadaCAN3.00▼ 1
47CroatiaCRO3.00▼ 1
47CuracaoCUR3.00▼ 1
47CyprusCYP3.00▼ 1
47FinlandFIN3.00▼ 1
47GeorgiaGEO3.00▼ 1
47IndiaIND3.00▼ 1
47ItalyITA3.00▼ 1
47LuxembourgLUX3.00▼ 1
47MalawiMAW3.00▼ 1
47PakistanPAK3.00▼ 1
47RomaniaROU3.00▼ 1
47RussiaRUS3.00▼ 1
47SingaporeSGP3.00▼ 1
47United StatesUSA3.00▼ 1
66CameroonCMR2.00▲ 1
66GhanaGHA2.00▲ 1
66KenyaKEN2.00▲ 3
69PeruPER1.00
31 December 2020 (outdated)

NOTE 2/2/2021: After an atypical year determined by the cancellation of almost all IKF competitions due to the covid-19 pandemic, the IKF world ranking reflects this fact.

The changes we can see are mainly due to a large decrease in the points from IKF NATIONAL TEAM EVENTS (either due to the lack of points resulting from non-participation in international competitions in 2020 or due to the lower weighting of older competitions). Thus, the basic points gain a bit more importance in defining the ranking of 2020, having less influence at the top of the ranking where there are almost no changes.

#CountryPointsChange+/−
1NetherlandsNED409.50–
2BelgiumBEL368.03–
3Chinese TaipeiTPE336.63–
4ChinaCHN283.97–
5GermanyGER280.86–
6PortugalPOR239.12–
7Czech RepublicCZE219.98–
8EnglandENG217.16–
9SurinameSUR185.73▲ 1
10HungaryHUN184.57▼ 1
11CataloniaCAT151.44–
12PolandPOL136.40–
13AustraliaAUS127.34–
14Hong Kong ChinaHKG106.66–
15SlovakiaSVK103.50–
16JapanJPN79.65–
17IrelandIRL76.83–
18New ZealandNZL68.09–
19South AfricaRSA51.85–
20Dominican RepublicDOM42.75–
21BrazilBRA35.40▲ 6
22WalesWAL27.05–
23FranceFRA26.60–
24Macau ChinaMAC26.31▲ 4
25ZimbabweZIM26.07▲ 2
26ColombiaCOL24.05▼ 1
27ScotlandSCO22.15▼ 1
28ArgentinaARG20.70▲ 2
29TurkeyTUR18.36▼ 5
30SerbiaSRB17.70▼ 1
31ZambiaZAM16.03▲ 3
32GreeceGRE15.25▼ 1
33SwedenSWE12.80–
34KoreaKOR12.70▼ 2
35IndonesiaINA12.47▲ 1
36SwitzerlandSUI10.35▲ 1
37Costa RicaCRC9.35–
38ArmeniaARM8.90▲ 2
39ThailandTHA7.93▼ 4
40UkraineUKR4.45▲ 9
41MalaysiaMAS6.00▲ 3
42PhilippinesPHI5.23▲ 3
43Ivory CoastCIV5.00▲ 3
43MoroccoMAR5.00▼ 4
43Sri LankaSRI5.00▲ 5
46ArubaARU3.00▲ 5
46BelarusBLR3.00▲ 4
46Bosnia & HerzegovinaBIH3.00▲ 4
46BotswanaBOT3.00▲ 4
46BulgariaBUL3.00▲ 4
46CanadaCAN3.00▲ 4
46CroatiaCRO3.00▲ 4
46CuracaoCUR3.00▲ 4
46CyprusCYP3.00▲ 4
46FinlandFIN3.00▲ 4
46GeorgiaGEO3.00▲ 4
46IndiaIND3.00▼ 3
46ItalyITA3.00▲ 4
46LuxembourgLUX3.00▲ 4
46MalawiMAW3.00▲ 4
46NepalNEP3.00▲ 4
46PakistanPAK3.00▲ 4
46RomaniaROU3.00▲ 4
46RussiaRUS3.00▼ 5
46SingaporeSGP3.00▲ 4
46United StatesUSA3.00▲ 4
67CameroonCMR2.00▼ 26
67GhanaGHA2.00▼ 21
69KenyaKEN1.00–
31 December 2019 (outdated)
#CountryPointsChange+/−
1NetherlandsNED651.00–
2BelgiumBEL551.40▲ 1
3Chinese TaipeiTPE537.49▼ 1
4ChinaCHN443.77–
5GermanyGER442.07–
6PortugalPOR353.92–
7Czech RepublicCZE344.14–
8EnglandENG341.13–
9HungaryHUN286.64–
10SurinameSUR254.65–
11CataloniaCAT224.77–
12PolandPOL200.89▲ 1
13AustraliaAUS186.44▼ 1
14Hong Kong ChinaHKG182.33–
15SlovakiaSVK149.72–
16JapanJPN113.11–
17IrelandIRL108.69–
18New ZealandNZL96.63–
19South AfricaRSA78.75–
20Dominican RepublicDOM71.54–
21BrazilBRA50.10▲ 6
22WalesWAL47.94▼ 1
23FranceFRA46.37▼ 1
24TurkeyTUR38.38▲ 1
25ColombiaCOL38.08▲ 4
26ScotlandSCO37.59–
27ZimbabweZIM36.10▼ 3
28Macau ChinaMAC34.90▼ 5
29SerbiaSRB30.81▼ 1
30ArgentinaARG28.05▲ 4
31GreeceGRE23.03▼ 1
32KoreaKOR20.55–
33SwedenSWE19.36▼ 2
34ZambiaZAM18.05▲ 2
35ThailandTHA15.24▲ 12
36IndonesiaINA13.70▼ 1
37Costa RicaCRC13.03▲ 4
37SwitzerlandSUI13.03▼ 4
39MoroccoMAR11.00▲ 5
40ArmeniaARM10.90▼ 1
41RussiaRUS10.63▼ 3
41CameroonCMR9.00▲ 6
43IndiaIND8.77▼ 6
44MalaysiaMAS8.00▲ 1
45PhilippinesPHI7.85▼ 5
46GhanaGHA6.50▲ 1
46Ivory CoastCIV6.50▲ 22
48Sri LankaSRI6.39▼ 5
49UkraineUKR6.18▼ 7
50BelarusBLR6.00▼ 4
51ArubaARU3.00▼ 1
51Bosnia & HerzegovinaBIH3.00▼ 1
51BotswanaBOT3.00▼ 1
51BulgariaBUL3.00▼ 1
51CanadaCAN3.00▼ 1
51CroatiaCRO3.00▼ 1
51CuracaoCUR3.00▼ 1
51CyprusCYP3.00▼ 1
51FinlandFIN3.00▼ 1
51GeorgiaGEO3.00▼ 1
51ItalyITA3.00▼ 1
51LuxembourgLUX3.00▼ 1
51MalawiMAW3.00▼ 1
51NepalNEP3.00▼ 1
51PakistanPAK3.00▼ 1
51RomaniaROU3.00▼ 1
51SingaporeSGP3.00▼ 1
51United StatesUSA3.00▼ 1
69KenyaKEN1.00–
23 August 2019 (outdated)
#CountryPointsChange+/−
1NetherlandsNED593.91–
2Chinese TaipeiTPE516.16–
3BelgiumBEL505.65–
4ChinaCHN429.35–
5GermanyGER394.86–
6PortugalPOR339.66▲ 2
7Czech RepublicCZE339.11–
8EnglandENG309.11▼ 2
9HungaryHUN255.75–
10SurinameSUR235.75▲ 11
11CataloniaCAT227.24▲ 1
12AustraliaAUS213.60▼ 2
13PolandPOL212.74–
14Hong Kong ChinaHKG170.60▼ 3
15SlovakiaSVK152.06▲ 2
16JapanJPN118.87▲ 8
17IrelandIRL111.69▲ 3
18New ZealandNZL93.18▼ 2
19South AfricaRSA84.00▼ 4
20Dominican RepublicDOM63.67▼ 6
21WalesWAL50.62▼ 3
22FranceFRA50.38▼ 3
23Macau ChinaMAC42.98▲ 7
24ZimbabweZIM39.60▲ 3
25TurkeyTUR38.98▼ 2
26ScotlandSCO38.94▼ 1
27BrazilBRA37.50▼ 1
28SerbiaSRB35.49–
29ColombiaCOL33.88–
30GreeceGRE29.04▲ 1
31SwedenSWE26.20▲ 1
32KoreaKOR25.18▲ 1
33SwitzerlandSUI23.70▲ 1
34ArgentinaARG21.75▲ 1
35IndonesiaINA20.60▲ 1
36ZambiaZAM19.80▲ 1
37IndiaIND17.27▲ 2
38RussiaRUS17.00▼ 16
39ArmeniaARM16.92▼ 1
40PhilippinesPHI14.10▲ 1
41Costa RicaCRC12.50▲ 1
42UkraineUKR12.02▼ 2
43Sri LankaSRI10.83–
44MoroccoMAR8.00–
45MalaysiaMAS7.00▼ 1
46BelarusBLR6.00–
47CameroonCMR5.00▲ 1
47GhanaGHA5.00▲ 1
47ThailandTHA5.00–
50ArubaARU3.00–
50Bosnia & HerzegovinaBIH3.00–
50BotswanaBOT3.00–
50BulgariaBUL3.00–
50CanadaCAN3.00–
50CroatiaCRO3.00–
50CuracaoCUR3.00–
50CyprusCYP3.00–
50FinlandFIN3.00–
50GeorgiaGEO3.00–
50ItalyITA3.00–
50LuxembourgLUX3.00–
50MalawiMAW3.00–
50NepalNEP3.00–
50PakistanPAK3.00–
50RomaniaROU3.00–
50SingaporeSGP3.00–
50United StatesUSA3.00–
68Ivory CoastCIV2.00–
69KenyaKEN1.00▼ 1
31 December 2018 (outdated)
#CountryPointsChange+/−
1NetherlandsNED553.91–
2Chinese TaipeiTPE474.26–
3BelgiumBEL423.76–
4ChinaCHN346.29–
5GermanyGER327.04–
6EnglandENG272.10–
7Czech RepublicCZE262.84–
8PortugalPOR258.35–
9HungaryHUN210.86–
10AustraliaAUS192.64–
11Hong Kong ChinaHKG186.74–
12CataloniaCAT164.94–
13PolandPOL132.59–
14Dominican RepublicDOM87.21–
15South AfricaRSA86.22–
16New ZealandNZL70.90▲ 2
17SlovakiaSVK70.40–
18WalesWAL66.74▲ 1
19FranceFRA66.49▲ 1
20IrelandIRL66.44▲ 1
21SurinameSUR64.00▼ 5
22RussiaRUS58.78–
23TurkeyTUR58.00–
24JapanJPN56.66–
25ScotlandSCO52.83–
26BrazilBRA51.91▲ 1
27ZimbabweZIM50.80▲ 1
28SerbiaSRB47.16▼ 2
29ColombiaCOL41.75–
30Macau ChinaMAC39.01–
31GreeceGRE38.50–
32SwedenSWE34.54–
33KoreaKOR31.58–
34SwitzerlandSUI28.27▲ 3
35ArgentinaARG27.00–
36IndonesiaINA24.86▼ 2
37ZambiaZAM24.40▼ 1
38ArmeniaARM21.92–
39IndiaIND20.92–
40UkraineUKR15.36▲ 1
41PhilippinesPHI15.24▼ 1
42Costa RicaCRC14.13–
43Sri LankaSRI11.65–
44MalaysiaMAS7.00▲ 4
44MoroccoMAR7.00▲ 22
46BelarusBLR6.00▼ 2
47ThailandTHA5.00▲ 19
48CameroonCMR4.00▼ 2
48GhanaGHA4.00▼ 2
50ArubaARU3.00▲ 2
50Bosnia & HerzegovinaBIH3.00▼ 2
50BotswanaBOT3.00▼ 2
50BulgariaBUL3.00▼ 2
50CanadaCAN3.00▼ 2
50CroatiaCRO3.00▼ 2
50CuracaoCUR3.00▼ 2
50CyprusCYP3.00▼ 2
50FinlandFIN3.00▼ 2
50GeorgiaGEO3.00▼ 2
50ItalyITA3.00▼ 2
50LuxembourgLUX3.00▼ 2
50MalawiMAW3.00▼ 2
50NepalNEP3.00▼ 2
50PakistanPAK3.00▼ 2
50RomaniaROU3.00▼ 2
50SingaporeSGP3.00▼ 5
50United StatesUSA3.00▼ 2
68Ivory CoastCIV1.00▼ 2
68KenyaKEN1.00▼ 2
23 October 2018 (outdated)
#CountryPointsChange+/−
1NetherlandsNED551.91–
2Chinese TaipeiTPE483.26–
3BelgiumBEL423.76–
4ChinaCHN348.29–
5GermanyGER330.04–
6EnglandENG265.10–
7Czech RepublicCZE262.84–
8PortugalPOR256.35–
9HungaryHUN208.86▲ 1
10AustraliaAUS192.64▲ 1
11Hong Kong ChinaHKG188.74▼ 2
12CataloniaCAT162.94–
13PolandPOL132.59–
14Dominican RepublicDOM89.21▲ 3
15South AfricaRSA86.22▲ 3
16SurinameSUR69.00▲ 23
17SlovakiaSVK67.40▲ 2
18New ZealandNZL66.90▲ 7
19WalesWAL66.74▲ 1
20FranceFRA66.49▼ 4
21IrelandIRL66.44▲ 6
22RussiaRUS60.78▼ 8
23TurkeyTUR59.00▼ 8
24JapanJPN55.16▲ 18
25ScotlandSCO52.83▼ 3
26SerbiaSRB52.16▼ 3
27BrazilBRA51.91▼ 3
28ZimbabweZIM50.80–
29ColombiaCOL41.75▼ 3
30Macau ChinaMAC39.01▲ 7
31GreeceGRE37.50–
32SwedenSWE33.04▼ 3
33KoreaKOR31.58▲ 1
34IndonesiaINA27.86▼ 2
35ArgentinaARG27.00▲ 4
36ZambiaZAM24.40▼ 3
37SwitzerlandSUI23.27▲ 28
38ArmeniaARM21.92▲ 5
39IndiaIND20.92▼ 18
40PhilippinesPHI17.24▼ 5
41UkraineUKR15.36▲ 23
42Costa RicaCRC14.13▲ 5
43Sri LankaSRI7.65▼ 13
44BelarusBLR6.00▼ 5
45SingaporeSGP5.00▼ 1
46CameroonCMR4.00▼ 1
46GhanaGHA4.00▼ 1
48MalaysiaMAS3.00▼ 12
48MalawiMAW3.00▼ 10
48RomaniaROU3.00–
48ArubaARU3.00▲ 1
48Bosnia & HerzegovinaBIH3.00▲ 1
48BotswanaBOT3.00▲ 1
48BulgariaBUL3.00▲ 1
48CanadaCAN3.00▲ 1
48CroatiaCRO3.00▲ 1
48CuracaoCUR3.00▲ 1
48CyprusCYP3.00▲ 1
48FinlandFIN3.00▲ 1
48GeorgiaGEO3.00▲ 1
48ItalyITA3.00▲ 1
48LuxembourgLUX3.00▲ 1
48NepalNEP3.00▲ 1
48PakistanPAK3.00▲ 1
48United StatesUSA3.00▲ 1
66Ivory CoastCIV1.00▼ 1
66KenyaKEN1.00▼ 1
66MoroccoMAR1.00▼ 1
66ThailandTHA1.00▼ 1
25 July 2018 (outdated)
#CountryPointsChange+/−
1NetherlandsNED492.41–
2Chinese TaipeiTPE431.49–
3BelgiumBEL375.63–
4ChinaCHN293.48▲ 1
5GermanyGER264.37▼ 1
6EnglandENG223.38–
7Czech RepublicCZE210.21–
8PortugalPOR200.28▲ 2
9Hong Kong ChinaHKG154.94▲ 2
10HungaryHUN149.39▲ 4
11AustraliaAUS122.61▼ 3
12CataloniaCAT118.56▼ 3
13PolandPOL93.26▼ 1
14RussiaRUS86.34▼ 1
15TurkeyTUR76.88–
16FranceFRA37.31–
17Dominican RepublicDOM36.71–
18South AfricaRSA35.82–
19SlovakiaSVK30.89–
20WalesWAL30.68–
21IndiaIND30.66–
22ScotlandSCO28.30–
23SerbiaSRB28.09–
24BrazilBRA25.66–
25New ZealandNZL21.23–
26ColombiaCOL20.75–
27IrelandIRL20.62–
28ZimbabweZIM18.60–
29SwedenSWE12.84–
30Sri LankaSRI12.53–
31GreeceGRE11.79–
32IndonesiaINA11.72–
33ZambiaZAM10.40–
34KoreaKOR9.65–
35PhilippinesPHI8.71–
36MalaysiaMAS8.48–
37Macau ChinaMAC7.64–
38MalawiMAW7.20–
39ArgentinaARG6.00–
39BelarusBLR6.00–
39SurinameSUR6.00–
42JapanJPN5.83–
43ArmeniaARM5.58–
44SingaporeSGP5.00–
45CameroonCMR4.00–
45GhanaGHA4.00–
47Costa RicaCRC3.63–
48RomaniaROU3.53–
49ArubaARU3.00–
49Bosnia & HerzegovinaBIH3.00–
49BotswanaBOT3.00–
49BulgariaBUL3.00–
49CanadaCAN3.00–
49CroatiaCRO3.00–
49CuracaoCUR3.00–
49CyprusCYP3.00–
49FinlandFIN3.00–
49GeorgiaGEO3.00–
49ItalyITA3.00–
49LuxembourgLUX3.00–
49NepalNEP3.00–
49PakistanPAK3.00–
49United StatesUSA3.00–
64UkraineUKR2.00–
65Ivory CoastCIV1.00–
65KenyaKEN1.00–
65MoroccoMAR1.00–
65SwitzerlandSUI1.00–
65ThailandTHA1.00–