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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 Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
in international
korfball Korfball ( nl, korfbal) is a ball sport, with similarities to netball and basketball. It is played by two teams of eight players with four female players and four male players in each team. The objective is to throw a ball into a netless bask ...
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 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 ...
and is currently ranked 18th in the world. They played the World Championships for the first and only time in 2011, after the withdrawal of Hungary. In 2006 they reached the 3rd place in the Korfball Commonwealth Games.


Tournament results

* See also Great Britain national korfball team. * For World games see Great Britain national korfball team. * See also Great Britain national korfball team.


Squad

The Welsh Korfball Squad is selected by the coaching staff as appointed by the WKA.


Current squad


Most capped players

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


Top goalscorers

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


See also

*
Korfball in Wales Korfball in Wales has been played since 1991 and is managed by the Welsh Korfball Association/Cymdeithas Pêl-Côrff Cymru. The association was established in 2002 and the Welsh Korfball Squad was formed in 2005. In 2007, the International Korfb ...
* IKF World Korfball Ranking


References


External links


Welsh Korfball Association

International Korfball Federation
{{national sports teams of Wales National korfball teams
Korfball Korfball ( nl, korfbal) is a ball sport, with similarities to netball and basketball. It is played by two teams of eight players with four female players and four male players in each team. The objective is to throw a ball into a netless bask ...
Korfball teams in the United Kingdom Korfball in Wales