IKF changes playing rules for outdoor korfball: assistant coach and penalty shoot-out
The IKF has changed a small number of playing rules for the outdoor competition. The role of the assistant coach is now described separately, and in a penalty shoot-out in a mixed competition men and women take turns taking a penalty.
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For the assistant coach, article 4.4 has been split into 4.4 and 4.5. As a result, the article sections that follow have also been renumbered.
Alongside the playing rules there are Competition Regulations, in which countries provide their own tailored arrangements. At the KNKV this concerns, for example, a different number of men and women in youth and recreational korfball, and eight substitutes on the bench, where the playing rules allow six. For the deviations from the Spelregels korfbal 2026, the KNKV has two separate documents: one for the outdoor competition and one for the women's competition, outdoors and indoors.
The playing rules come from the IKF's Playing Rules Committee, with representatives from Belgium, Hongkong, Portugal and the Netherlands. The IKF board adopts them. The IKF represents 70 countries. In the summer of 2020 the IKF published a completely rewritten rulebook. It is based on the fundamentals of the sport, such as no dribbling or running with the ball, protected possession and all players being both attacker and defender.
For the indoor competition, further changes may follow in the classes with a shot clock. The KNKV is discussing this with the IKF.