International Korfball Federation

The International Korfball Federation (IKF) is the governing body of korfball. IKF is responsible for the organisation of korfball's major international tournaments, notably the IKF World Korfball Championship.

The IKF was founded on 11 June 1933 in Antwerp, Belgium as a continuation of the International Korfball Bureau established in 1924 by the Dutch and Belgian Associations. The headquarters is in Utrecht, Netherlands, since December 2020, moving from Zeist. The IKF is officially recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1993 and is affiliated to SportAccord, the Association of the IOC Recognized International Sports Federations (ARISF) and the International World Games Association (IWGA).

The IKF aims to spread korfball around the globe and increase the level of play in the affiliated countries. The IKF has 69 member countries. It provides the affiliated countries via five Continental Confederations (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania) with financial, material and structural support to achieve the goals. It has established a network of contacts in many countries and is constantly expanding this network. IKF actively promotes the game by transferring knowledge internationally by exchange programs and inviting selected korfball players, coaches and administrators to its training courses in order to assist in the creation of a stable local organization and structure in all the affiliated countries.

In response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, on 1 March 2022, the International Korfball Federation announced that the Russian Korfball Federation would not be invited until further notice to any international korfball competition. This implied effectively that no Russian athletes shall take part in any international korfball event. Furthermore, the Russian Korfball Federation shall not be eligible to bid for the hosting of any IKF event until further notice, and no IKF events were planned in Russia.

Structure
The IKF has 72 members at the moment. They are divided over five continental confederations for Europe, Asia, Americas, Africa and Oceanian.

Members by Regions
72 Members:

Presidents
The IKF has had seven presidents until now. All seven have been from the Netherlands.

Council
The Council of the IKF consists of a President, a Secretary General, a Senior Vice-President, three other members of the Executive Committee and up to five Continental Vice-Presidents.

National team tournaments

 * IKF World Korfball Championship
 * IKF European Korfball Championship
 * IKF Europa Korfball Bowl
 * IKF Pan American Korfball Championship
 * IKF Asian Oceanian Korfball Championship
 * IKF African Korfball Championship
 * World Games

Club tournaments

 * Korfball Champions League (KCL)
 * IKF Europa Korfball Cup (replaced by KCL)
 * IKF Europa Korfball Shield (replaced by KCL)

National youth team tournaments

 * IKF U23 World Korfball Championship
 * IKF U23 Pan American Korfball Championship
 * IKF U23 Asian Oceanian Korfball Championship
 * IKF U21 World Korfball Championship
 * IKF U21 European Korfball Championship
 * IKF U19 Korfball World Cup
 * IKF U17 Korfball World Cup

University tournaments

 * IKF University World Korfball Cup
 * IKF University Asian Korfball Championship

Beach Korfball tournaments

 * IKF World Beach Korfball Championship