The Netherlands face Czechia, Turkey and India at Beach Korfball World Championship
The Netherlands will play Czechia, Turkey and India in the first round of the Beach Korfball World Championship. That was decided by the draw, which the IKF broadcast live.
Automatically translated from Dutch. Read the Dutch original.
The tournament takes place from 6 to 8 November in Wanning on Hainan (China). Sixteen countries first play in four pools of four, in which each team plays the other three once.
Poules WK beachkorfbal 2026
Poule A
Hongarije
Portugal
Frankrijk
Japan
Poule B
Chinese Taipei
Hongkong
China
Thailand
Poule C
Nederland
Tsjechië
Turkije
India
Poule D
België
Polen
Verenigde Staten
Singapore
The four countries ranked highest on the IKF beach korfball world ranking, including the Netherlands and Belgium, had been distributed across the pools beforehand. Belgium announced its squad earlier this week.
National coach Roelof Koopmans selected four female players and four male players at the end of August for the tournament. All matches can be watched live on the IKF YouTube-kanaal (YouTube channel).