1978 Korfball World Championship

The 1st Korfball World Championships was held in The Netherlands on November 6–11, in the cities of Assen, Nuenen, and Amsterdam

First round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands (H) 3 3 0 0 0 63 10 +53 9 Pools for 1st–4th places
2  West Germany 3 2 0 0 1 17 27 10 6
3  United States 3 1 0 0 2 25 35 10 3 Pools for 5th–8th places
4  Spain 3 0 0 0 3 14 47 33 0
Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2015. Source: Worldkorfball.org
(H) Host.
November 6, 1978
United States  6–7  West Germany Assen
November 6, 1978
Netherlands  26–2  Spain Assen
November 7, 1978
Netherlands  20–6  United States Assen
November 7, 1978
West Germany  8–4  Spain Assen
November 8, 1978
West Germany  2–17  Netherlands Assen
November 8, 1978
Spain  8–13  United States Assen
POOL B Pts P W L F A D
 Belgium 63307010+60
 Great Britain 43214725−32
 Papua New Guinea 23123242−10
 Luxembourg 0303678−72
November 6, 1978
Belgium  26–2  Luxembourg Nuenen
November 6, 1978
Papua New Guinea  3–16  Great Britain Nuenen
November 7, 1978
Luxembourg  1–28  Great Britain Nuenen
November 7, 1978
Papua New Guinea  5–23  Belgium Nuenen
November 8, 1978
Luxembourg  3–24  Papua New Guinea Nuenen
November 8, 1978
Belgium  21–3  Great Britain Nuenen

Second round

5th–8th places

November 10, 1978
Spain  12–7  Papua New Guinea Amsterdam
November 10, 1978
United States  18–1  Luxembourg Amsterdam

7th–8th places

November 11, 1978
Papua New Guinea  12–3  Luxembourg Amsterdam

5th–6th places

November 11, 1978
Spain  7–11  United States Amsterdam

Semi-finals

November 10, 1978
Netherlands  23–6  Great Britain Amsterdam
November 10, 1978
West Germany  3–24  Belgium Amsterdam

Bronze medal match

November 11, 1978
Great Britain  14–14 (ET)15–20  West Germany Amsterdam

Final

November 11, 1978
Netherlands  10–10 (ET)14–13  Belgium Amsterdam

Final standings

Team
1  Netherlands
2  Belgium
3  West Germany
4  Great Britain
5  United States
6  Spain
7  Papua New Guinea
8  Luxembourg
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