Wales national korfball team

Wales
Association	Welsh Korfball Association/Cymdeithas Pêl-Corff Cymru
IKF membership	2007 (2007)
IKF code	WAL
IKF rank	23 (Nov. 2016)
World Championships
Appearances	1
First appearance	2011
Best result	15th, 2011
European Championships
Appearances	2
First appearance	2010
Best result	11th place, 2010
European Bowl
Appearances	3
First appearance	2007
Best result	West div. Champions, 2007 & 2009
http://www.welshkorfball.org/

The Wales National Korfball Team often referred to as the Welsh Korfball Squad (WKS) is managed by the Welsh Korfball Association/Cymdeithas Pêl-Corff Cymru, and represents Wales in international korfball competition. The Welsh Korfball Squad entered its first IKF ranking competition in 2007, after the Great Britain national korfball team was disbanded to produce three teams: England, Wales and Scotland. Wales is a fully recognised member of the International Korfball Federation and is currently ranked 23rd in the world.

They played the World Championships for the first and only time in 2011, after the withdrawal of Hungary.^[1] In 2006 they reached the 3rd place in the Korfball Commonwealth Games.^[2] In 2014, Wales lost 12-16 to Poland in a match that would have seen them qualify for the 2015 World Championship.

Tournament results

World Championships[3]
Year	Championship	Host	Classification
2011	9th World Championship	Shaoxing, China	15th place

• Before 2011 they played as Great Britain national korfball team.

• For World games see Great Britain national korfball team.

European Championships[4]
Year	Championship	Host	Classification
2010	4th European Championships	Netherlands	11th place
2014	5th European Championships	Portugal	16th place

• Before 2010 they played as Great Britain national korfball team.

European Bowl
Year	Championship	Host	Classification
2007	2nd European Bowl	Luxembourg	Champions (West)
2009	3rd European Bowl	Luxembourg	Champions (West)
2013	4th European Bowl	Netherlands	2nd place (East)

Commonwealth Championship
Year	Championship	Host	Classification
2006	1st Korfball Commonwealth Championship	London, England	3rd place

Squad

The Welsh Korfball Squad is normally selected through trials arranged by the Internationals Officer. The coaching staff are appointed by the WKA.

Most capped players

Players with an equal number of caps are ranked in chronological order of reaching the milestone.

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals	Position
1	Nick Wilkins	2005-0000	55	98	1
2	John Williams	2006-0000	54	67	1
3	Ruth Campbell	2008-0000	48	49	1
4	Zoe Rose	2006-0000	47	10	1
5	Ramzi Barbir	2005-0000	45	84	2
5	Kevin Jones	2005–2015	43	59
7	Dave Buckland	2005-2013	37	66
8	Carla Bennett	2010-0000	37	43
9	Susan Jones	2005-2010	29	11
10	Hannah Ager	2008-2014	25	7

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers with an equal number of goals are ranked with the highest to lowest goals per game ratio.

#	Name	Career	Goals	Caps	Position	Average
1	Nick Wilkins	2005–0000	98	55		1.78
2	Ramzi Barbir	2005–0000	84	45		1.87
3	John Williams	2006-0000	67	54		1.24
4	Dave Buckland	2005–2013	66	37		1.78
5	Kevin Jones	2005–2015	59	43		1.37
6	Ruth Campbell	2008-0000	49	48	1	1.02
7	Carla Bennett	2010–0000	43	37	1	1.16
8	James Wilcox	2013-0000	30	22	1	1.36
9	Steve Jones	2005-2007	25	10	1	2.50
10	Ceri Jones	2005-2010	21	20		1.05

See also

• Korfball in Wales
• IKF World Korfball Ranking

References

External links

• Welsh Korfball Association
• International Korfball Federation