Catalonia national korfball team

Catalonia
Association	Federació Catalana de Korfbal
IKF membership	1997
IKF code	CAT
IKF rank	7 (Nov.2014)
World Championships
Appearances	4 (First in 1999)
Best result	4th place, 2011
European Championships
Appearances	3 (First in 2002)
Best result	3rd place, 2016
European Bowl
Appearances	1 (First in 2005)
Best result	Champions, 2005
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The Catalonia national korfball team is managed by the Federació Catalana de Korfball (FCK), representing Catalonia in korfball international competitions.

Catalonia won the European Bowl in 2005. Their best performance in the World Championships was in 2011, with the 4th place.^[1][2]

European Bowl 2005 Champions

Tournament history

World Championships[3]
Year	Championship	Host	Classification
1999	6th World Championship	Adelaide (Australia)	8th place
2003	7th World Championship	Rotterdam (The Netherlands)	9th place
2007	8th World Championship	Brno (Czech Republic)	9th place
2011	9th World Championship	Shaoxing (China)	4th place

European Championships[4]
Year	Championship	Host	Classification
2002	2nd European Championship	(Catalonia)	7th place
2006	3rd European Championship	Budapest (Hungary)	6th place
2010	4th European Championship	(Netherlands)	5th place
2016	6th European Championship	Dordrecht (Netherlands)	3rd place

European Bowl
Year	Championship	Host	Classification
2005	1st European Bowl	Terrassa (Catalonia)	Champions

Current squad

National team in the 2011 World Championship^[5][6]

Raquel Varela (CK Vacarisses) Montse Cortés (CK Vacarisses) Marta Flores (CK Vacarisses) Vanesa Viana (CK Vacarisses) Laia Rosa (CK Vallparadís) Miriam González (CK Vallparadís) Berta Alomà (KC Sant Cugat)

Albert Camprubí (CK Castellbisbal) Óscar Hernández (CK Vacarisses) Xavi Blàzquez (CK Vallparadís) Ivan Alberich (CE Vilanova) José M. Álvarez (CK Montcada) Sergi Gabriel (CE Vilanova) Marc Castillo (CK Montcada)

• Coach: Tilbert la Haye
• 2nd coach: Rosendo Garcia

National team in the 2007 World Championships Montse Cortés Marta Flores Alba Juncosa Susana Jurado Lidia Soriano Raquel Varela Cristina Visconti   Xavi Blázquez Jordi Díaz Alexis Escardibul Jose Luis Jurado Luis Rosa Xavi Vidal Daniel Vidaña Coach: Tilbert la Haye 2nd coach: Rosendo Garcia

References

1. "Chinese Taipei turns on the power to take bronze medal". IKF. 5 November 2011.
2. "La selecció catalana de korfbal, quarta en el mundial de la Xina" (in Catalan). El Punt Avui. 5 November 2011.
3. "The history of the IKF and the IKF World Championship" (PDF). IKF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2013.
4. "The history of the IKF European Championship" (PDF). IKF.
5. "Catalonia national team 2011" (PDF) (in Catalan). Esport Català.
6. "Catorze catalans recorren 10.000 quilòmetres per fer història al Mundial de corfbol" (in Catalan). Ara. 25 October 2011.

External links

• Federació Catalana de Korfball