IKF World Korfball Ranking

The IKF World Korfball Ranking is the ranking for national korfball teams, done by the International Korfball Federation.

World Korfball Ranking

2025 IKF World Korfball Ranking
Rankings as of December 2025[1]
1 Steady Netherlands607.250
2 Steady Belgium544.835
3 Steady Chinese Taipei496.123
4 Steady Germany354.377
5 Steady Czech Republic322.588
6 Steady  Catalonia 294.087
7 Steady  Portugal 254.569
8 Steady  Suriname 236.733
9 Steady  Hong Kong 225.665
10 Steady  Australia 218.971
11 Steady  New Zealand 217.033
12 Steady  Malaysia 203.642
13 Steady  Turkey 200.490
14 Steady  China 192.538
15 Steady  England 180.882
16 Increase1  India 157.638
17 Decrease1  Thailand 155.944
18 Steady  Hungary 147.363
19 Steady  Poland 133.343
20 Steady  Slovakia 121.368
21 Steady  Japan 115.331
22 Steady  Ireland 88.059
23 Steady  Brazil 55.433
24 Steady   Switzerland 53.765
25 Steady  Macau 53.042
26 Steady  Serbia 51.412
27 Steady  Wales 47.304
28 Steady  South Africa 44.733
29 Steady  France 37.667
30 Steady  Philippines 35.142
31 Steady  Scotland 34.539
32 Steady  Greece 32.167
33 Increase1  Zimbabwe 18.600
34 Increase1  Indonesia 17.844
35 Decrease2  Morocco 17.600
36 Steady  Ivory Coast 13.400
37 Increase1  Armenia 11.686
38 Increase2  Singapore 11.448
39 Decrease2  Argentina 10.467
40 Increase2  Zambia 10.200
41 Decrease2  Ukraine 9.667
42 Increase2  South Korea 8.921
43 Decrease2  Sweden 8.000
44 Decrease2  Ghana 7.200
45 Increase1  United States 7.000
46 Steady  Cameroon 6.00
46= Steady  Kenya 6.00
46= Steady  Malawi 6.00
46= Decrease1  Sri Lanka 6.00
50 Increase18  Egypt 4.00
50= Increase18  Uganda 4.00
50= Increase  DR Congo 4.00
53 Decrease7  Aruba 3.00
53= Decrease7  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.00
53= Decrease7  Botswana 3.00
53= Decrease7  Bulgaria 3.00
53= Decrease7  Canada 3.00
53= Decrease7  Colombia 3.00
53= Decrease7  Costa Rica 3.00
53= Decrease7  Croatia 3.00
53= Decrease7  Curaçao 3.00
53= Decrease7  Dominican Republic 3.00
53= Decrease7  Finland 3.00
53= Decrease7  Georgia 3.00
53= Decrease7  Italy 3.00
53= Decrease7  Luxembourg 3.00
53= Decrease7    Nepal 3.00
53= Decrease7  Romania 3.00
53= Decrease7  Russia 3.00
53= Increase  Guinea 3.00
67 Decrease4  Peru 2.00
72 Decrease4  Mexico 1.00
72= Decrease4  São Tomé and Príncipe 1.00
72= Increase  Venezuela 1.00
2024 IKF World Korfball Ranking
Rankings as of January 2024[2]
1 Steady Netherlands651.50
2 Steady Belgium584.58
3 Steady Chinese Taipei483.19
4 Steady Germany448.08
5 Increase3 Czech Republic393.50
6 Steady  Portugal 349.00
7 Steady  Suriname 346.12
8 Increase1  Catalonia 335.00
9 Increase1  England 298.17
10 Increase1  Hungary 273.83
11 Increase1  Poland 250.67
12 Increase3  Hong Kong 226.07
13 Increase9  Turkey 225.00
14 Steady  Australia 221.89
15 Increase1  Slovakia 210.33
16 Decrease3  New Zealand 204.88
17 Decrease12  China 181.65
18 Steady  Ireland 172.17
19 Increase8  Thailand 170.35
20 Increase3  India 150.60
21 Increase7  Malaysia 138.92
22 Decrease3  Japan 130.87
23 Decrease3  Brazil 125.80
24 Increase5   Switzerland 101.00
25 Increase6  Serbia 98.00
26 Decrease2  South Africa 94.87
27 Decrease2  France 93.33
28 Increase2  Wales 77.50
29 Increase5  Greece 73.83
30 Increase8  Philippines 71.26
31 Increase2  Scotland 65.67
32 Decrease15  Morocco 49.80
33 Decrease12  Zimbabwe 40.80
34 Decrease8  Ivory Coast 31.20
35 Decrease3  Argentina 28.40
36 Increase3  Ukraine 23.00
36= Increase8  Sweden 23.00
38 Increase2  Armenia 21.50
39 Decrease4  Indonesia 19.39
40 Decrease4  Ghana 15.60
40= Decrease4  Zambia 15.60
42 Steady  Singapore 8.46
43 Decrease2  United States 8.00
44 Increase3  Colombia 4.00
45 Increase3  Aruba 3.00
45= Increase3  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.00
45= Increase3  Botswana 3.00
45= Increase3  Bulgaria 3.00
45= Increase3  Cameroon 3.00
45= Increase3  Canada 3.00
45= Increase3  Costa Rica 3.00
45= Increase3  Croatia 3.00
45= Increase3  Curaçao 3.00
45= Increase1  Dominican Republic 3.00
45= Increase3  Finland 3.00
45= Increase3  Georgia 3.00
45= Increase3  Italy 3.00
45= Increase3  South Korea 3.00
45= Increase3  Luxembourg 3.00
45= Steady  Macau 3.00
45= Increase3  Malawi 3.00
45= Increase3    Nepal 3.00
45= Increase3  Romania 3.00
45= Increase3  Russia 3.00
45= Decrease2  Sri Lanka 3.00
66 Increase2  Kenya 2.00
67=  Egypt 1.00
67=  Mexico 1.00
67=  Peru 1.00
67=  São Tomé and Príncipe 1.00
67=  Uganda 1.00
2023 IKF World Korfball Ranking
Rankings as of January 2023[3]
1 Steady Netherlands388.00
2 Steady Belgium340.51
3 Steady Chinese Taipei280.46
4 Increase1 Germany271.45
5 Decrease1 China219.55
6 Steady Portugal185.96
7 Increase2 Suriname172.28
8 Decrease1 Czech Republic150.91
9 Increase2  Catalonia 143.16
10 Decrease2  England 126.40
11 Decrease1  Hungary 124.92
12 Steady  Poland 92.67
13 Increase5  New Zealand 85.83
14 Decrease1  Australia 85.63
15 Decrease1  Hong Kong 79.48
16 Decrease1  Slovakia 77.62
17 Increase26  Morocco 61.15
18 Decrease1  Ireland 52.57
19 Decrease3  Japan 51.05
20 Increase1  Brazil 50.10
21 Increase1  Zimbabwe 48.15
22 Increase7  Turkey 45.55
23 Increase24  India 40.34
24 Decrease5  South Africa 39.35
25 Increase1  France 36.58
26 Increase17  Ivory Coast 36.10
27 Increase7  Thailand 35.45
28 Increase13  Malaysia 33.17
29 Increase10   Switzerland 32.08
30 Decrease6  Wales 30.91
31 Increase6  Serbia 30.08
32 Decrease5  Argentina 28.05
33 Decrease5  Scotland 25.78
34 Decrease1  Greece 24.28
35 Decrease3  Indonesia 18.13
36 Increase30  Ghana 18.05
36= Decrease6  Zambia 18.05
38 Increase8  Philippines 11.09
39 Decrease2  Ukraine 10.74
40 Steady  Armenia 9.80
41 Increase6  United States 8.00
42 Increase5  Singapore 7.04
43 Steady  Sri Lanka 7.00
44 Decrease9  Sweden 6.87
45 Decrease22  Macau 6.13
46 Decrease26  Dominican Republic 6.00
47 Decrease22  Colombia 4.00
48 Decrease1  Aruba 3.00
48= Decrease  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.00
48= Decrease1  Botswana 3.00
48= Decrease1  Bulgaria 3.00
48= Increase18  Cameroon 3.00
48= Decrease1  Canada 3.00
48= Decrease6  Costa Rica 3.00
48= Decrease1  Croatia 3.00
48= Decrease  Curaçao 3.00
48= Decrease1  Cyprus 3.00
48= Decrease1  Finland 3.00
48= Decrease1  Georgia 3.00
48= Decrease1  Italy 3.00
48= Decrease12  South Korea 3.00
48= Decrease1  Luxembourg 3.00
48= Decrease1  Malawi 3.00
48= Decrease10    Nepal 3.00
48= Decrease1  Pakistan 3.00
48= Decrease1  Romania 3.00
48= Decrease1  Russia 3.00
68 Decrease2  Kenya 2.00
69 Steady  Peru 1.00
2018 IKF World Korfball Ranking
Rankings as of December 2018[4]
1 Steady Netherlands553.91
2 Steady Chinese Taipei474.26
3 Steady Belgium423.76
4 Steady China346.29
5 Steady Germany327.04
6 Steady England272.10
7 Steady Czech Republic262.84
8 Steady Portugal258.35
9 Increase1 Hungary210.86
10 Increase1 Australia192.64
11 Decrease2 Hong Kong186.74
12 Steady Catalonia164.94
13 Steady Poland132.59
14 Increase1 Dominican Republic87.21
15 Increase1 South Africa86.22
16 Increase1 New Zealand70.90
17 Increase1 Slovakia70.40
18 Increase1 Wales66.74
19 Increase1 France66.49
20 Increase1 Ireland66.44
2018 IKF World Korfball Ranking
Rankings as of July 2018[5]
1 Steady Netherlands492.41
2 Steady Chinese Taipei431.49
3 Steady Belgium375.63
4 Increase1 China293.48
5 Decrease1 Germany264.37
6 Steady England223.38
7 Steady Czech Republic210.21
8 Increase2 Portugal100.28
9 Increase2 Hong Kong154.94
10 Increase4 Hungary149.39
11 Decrease3 Australia122.61
12 Decrease3 Catalonia118.56
13 Decrease1 Poland93.26
14 Decrease1 Russia86.34
15 Steady Turkey76.88
16 Steady France37.31
17 Steady Dominican Republic36.71
18 Steady South Africa35.82
19 Steady Slovakia30.89
20 Steady Wales30.68
21 Steady India30.66
22 Steady Scotland28.30
23 Steady Serbia28.09
24 Steady Brazil25.66
25 Steady New Zealand21.23
26 Steady Colombia20.75
27 Steady Ireland20.62
28 Steady Zimbabwe18.60
29 Steady Sweden12.84
30 Steady Sri Lanka12.53
31 Steady Greece11.79
32 Steady Indonesia11.72
33 Steady Zambia10.40
34 Steady South Korea9.65
35 Steady Philippines8.71
36 Steady Malaysia8.48
37= Steady Macau7.64
38 Steady Malawi7.20
39= Steady Argentina6.00
39= Steady Belarus6.00
39= Steady Suriname6.00
42 Steady Japan5.83
43 Steady Armenia5.58
44 Steady Singapore5.00
45= Steady Cameroon4.00
45= Steady Ghana4.00
47 Steady Costa Rica3.63
48 Steady Romania3.53
49= Steady Aruba3.00
49= Steady Bosnia and Herzegovina3.00
49= Steady Botswana3.00
49= Steady Bulgaria3.00
49= Steady Canada3.00
49= Steady Croatia3.00
49= Steady Curaçao3.00
49= Steady Cyprus3.00
49= Steady Finland3.00
49= Steady Georgia3.00
49= Steady Italy3.00
49= Steady Luxembourg3.00
49= Steady   Nepal3.00
49= Steady Pakistan3.00
49= Steady United States3.00
64 Steady Ukraine2.00
65= Steady Ivory Coast1.00
65= Steady Kenya1.00
65= Steady Morocco1.00
65= Steady  Switzerland1.00
65= Steady Thailand1.00
2017 IKF World Korfball Ranking
Rankings as of January 2017[6]
1 Steady Netherlands325.540
2 Steady Chinese Taipei310.620
3 Increase1 Belgium281.250
4 Decrease1 England278.200
5 Increase2 Germany269.250
6 Decrease1 China257.985
7 Decrease1 Czech Republic257.375
8 Steady Catalonia252.000
9 Steady Portugal239.250
10 Steady Hong Kong232.940
11 Increase1 Russia218.375
12 Increase2 Poland205.750
13 Steady Australia195.875
14 Increase1 South Africa194.625
15 Decrease4 Hungary175.125
16 Increase1 Scotland135.250
17 Decrease1 Turkey135.155
18 Increase5 Slovakia129.000
19 Increase6 Wales124.750
20 Decrease1 Brazil122.000
21 Decrease3 Ireland121.500
22 Decrease2 Serbia120.750
23 Increase3 South Korea107.000
24 Steady Zimbabwe105.000
25 Increase4 France101.000
26 Increase1 Sweden87.250
27 Decrease6 New Zealand81.500
28 Increase7 India81.000
29 Decrease7 Malaysia80.000
30 Steady Colombia77.250
31 Steady Greece76.250
32 Decrease4 Macau64.750
33 Increase3 Dominican Republic55.125
34 Steady Zambia51.750
35 Decrease3 Japan46.500
36 Decrease3 Romania43.750
37= Increase14  Switzerland37.000
37= Increase14 Ukraine37.000
39 Increase2 Armenia29.000
40 Decrease2 Philippines28.250
41 Decrease2 Mexico26.750
42 Decrease2 Malawi25.000
43 Decrease5 Indonesia23.875
44 Increase7 Sri Lanka17.000
45= Decrease3 Luxembourg10.000
45= Decrease3 United States10.000
47 Decrease3 Costa Rica7.875
48 Decrease3 Italy6.000
49 Decrease3 Bulgaria5.000
50 Decrease3 Singapore4.000
51= Decrease3 Cyprus3.000
51= Decrease3   Nepal3.000
51= Decrease3 Pakistan3.000
54= Decrease3 Argentina1.000
54= Decrease3 Aruba1.000
54= Decrease3 Belarus1.000
54= Decrease3 Bosnia and Herzegovina1.000
54= Decrease3 Botswana1.000
54= Decrease3 Cameroon1.000
54= Decrease3 Canada1.000
54= Decrease3 Croatia1.000
54= Decrease3 Curaçao1.000
54= Decrease3 Finland1.000
54= Decrease3 Georgia1.000
54= Decrease3 Ghana1.000
54= Decrease3 Ivory Coast1.000
54= Decrease3 Mongolia1.000
54= Decrease3 Morocco1.000
2016 IKF World Korfball Ranking
Rankings as of August 2016[7]
1 Steady Netherlands359.500
2 Increase1 Chinese Taipei339.000
3 Increase1 England312.750
4 Decrease2 Belgium293.000
5 Increase2 China288.250
6 Increase3 Czech Republic281.500
7 Increase1 Germany278.500
8 Decrease3 Catalonia246.000
9 Decrease3 Portugal245.250
10 Increase1 Hong Kong243.500
11 Increase2 Hungary241.000
12 Steady Russia227.500
13 Decrease3 Australia224.500
14 Steady Poland219.750
15 Steady South Africa210.250
16 Increase1 Turkey174.000
17 Decrease1 Scotland159.500
18 Steady Ireland148.250
19 Increase1 Brazil145.250
20 Increase1 Serbia144.000
21 Decrease2 New Zealand141.000
22 Steady Malaysia139.500
23 Steady Slovakia136.750
24 Steady Zimbabwe126.000
25 Steady Wales110.250
26 Steady South Korea107.500
27 Steady Sweden100.000
28 Steady Macau99.750
29 Steady France92.000
30 Increase2 Colombia85.750
31 Decrease1 Greece79.500
32 Decrease1 Japan76.250
33 Steady Romania66.250
34 Steady Zambia59.250
35 Steady India49.500
36 Increase3 Dominican Republic46.000
37 Steady Indonesia41.750
38 Increase2 Philippines32.000
39 Decrease3 Mexico31.500
40 Decrease2 Malawi28.500
41 Increase1 Armenia11.000
42= Decrease1 Luxembourg10.000
42= Decrease1 United States10.000
44 Steady Costa Rica9.000
45 Decrease2 Italy6.000
46 Decrease1 Bulgaria5.000
47 Decrease1 Singapore4.000
48= Decrease1 Cyprus3.000
48= Decrease1   Nepal3.000
48= Decrease1 Pakistan3.000
51= Decrease1 Argentina1.000
51= Decrease1 Aruba1.000
51= Decrease1 Belarus1.000
51= Decrease1 Bosnia and Herzegovina1.000
51= Decrease1 Botswana1.000
51= Decrease1 Cameroon1.000
51= Decrease1 Canada1.000
51= Decrease1 Croatia1.000
51= Decrease1 Curaçao1.000
51= Decrease1 Finland1.000
51= Decrease1 Georgia1.000
51= Decrease1 Ghana1.000
51= Decrease1 Ivory Coast1.000
51= Decrease1 Mongolia1.000
51=  Sri Lanka1.000
51= Decrease1  Switzerland1.000
51= Decrease1 Ukraine1.000

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "Ranking 31 December 2025". International Korfball Federation. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "IKF World Ranking". International Korfball Federation. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  3. ↑ "IKF World Ranking". International Korfball Federation. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  4. ↑ "IKF Rankings". 31 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "IKF Rankings". 25 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "2017 IKF Rankings" (PDF). 1 January 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "2016 IKF Rankings" (PDF). 1 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "2014 IKF Rankings". 2 November 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "2013 IKF Rankings". 5 November 2013. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  10. ↑ "2012 IKF Rankings". 4 November 2012. Archived from the original on 2014-01-21. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  11. ↑ "2011 IKF Rankings". 8 December 2011. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012.
  12. ↑ "2011 IKF Rankings". 14 September 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
  13. ↑ "2010 IKF Rankings". 30 November 2010.
  14. ↑ "Few changes as ikf releases new world ranking". September 2009.