The Sport Called Korfball!

Korfball is a ball sport, with similarities to netball and basketball. It is played by two teams of eight players with four female players and four male players on each team. The objective is to throw a ball into a netless basket that is mounted on a 3.5 m (11.5 feet) high pole.

The highest governing body is the International Korfball Federation, this sport was first played in 1902. Is a Team sport, Ball sport, and Mixed sex, and it’s played on a Korfball court.

The sport was invented by Dutch school teacher Nico Broekhuysen in 1902. In the Netherlands, there are approximately 500 clubs and more than 90,000 people playing korfball. The sport is also played in Belgium and Taiwan and nearly 70 other countries.

The ball is very similar to the one used in association football, with a circumference of 68.0-70.5 cm (or diameter of 21.75-22.45 cm), a weight of 445-475 grams, and a bounce height of 1.10-1.30 meters when dropped from a height of 1.80 meters.