Talent TeamNL starts U21 World Championship in Malaysia on Saturday
Talent TeamNL Korfbal will play the U21 World Championship in Nilai, Malaysia, from 8 to 16 August. Sixteen countries are taking part, divided into four pools. The Netherlands are in pool A with New Zealand, Hong Kong China and India.
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The pools are followed by a second group stage and the knockout rounds. The final is on Sunday 16 August. The tournament is being played at the Selangor National Sports Complex.
The Netherlands open on Saturday 8 August at 12:10 local time against New Zealand; Malaysia is six hours ahead of the Netherlands. They then face Hong Kong China on 9 August and India on 10 August, both at 10:35 local time.
The squad consists of seven women and seven men. LDODK provides three players: Tieme Eppinga and Amber and Danique Klaren. Gideon Gort (Dalto) and Rosalie Peet are also in the squad. Dalto is also represented with Germany at the tournament: four members of Dalto are travelling with the Germany team and one member of Dalto is chair of the jury.
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All matches can be watched live on the IKF channel on YouTube and on worldkorfball.sport.