Elin Loos on her golden goal in the World Championship final: “A lot and very little at the same time”

Belgium won the final in Wanning on Hainan 2‑0 against Hungary, the team it had lost to just a day earlier. In the second set, Loos converted a penalty in the golden goal: the set and the world title were secured (the report of the final day).

Her percentage in the tournament was lower than usual. “So at that moment I actually tried not to think and just throw that ball.” That penalty did go in, and the team had a lot of confidence in it, she says.

Loos had played in China before, at the World Games, but a beach tournament has a completely different atmosphere. “The organisation was also really superbly done.” The party afterwards is part of it too: moments “that you don't forget quickly”.

With her two sisters

Above all, she found the team special. “It's in any case a team where I individually got along really well with everyone.”

The Belgian squad also included her sisters Imke and Janne Loos, all three of Voorwaarts. “It was also twice as nice that I could share it with my two sisters”, says Loos.

She does not expect to experience a world title together as three again. It is something “that the three of us will cherish for a very long time”, she says.

The Netherlands eliminated

In the semi-final, Belgium beat defending champion the Netherlands 2‑0. That makes Belgian korfball extra proud of it, she says. Otherwise you sometimes hear that it was easier because Belgium did not face the Netherlands. According to her, it is viewed “with a lot of pride”, and she hopes “that we may continue to grow further in this sport”.

What the next step is, she does not know: that depends on the tournaments Belgium takes part in and whether she is selected again. “I don't really know that yet. That's always a bit of a waiting game.”