2019 IKF World Korfball Championship
th ikf world korfball championship held august durban south africa netherlands international korfball federation awarded hosting right tournament south africa november ahead bid new zealand october number team participating increased four extra place awarded america africa asia oceania america allotted spot africa spot europe spot asia oceania spot minimum oceania due withdrawal end team participating america africa leading europe asia oceania tournament also acted qualification tournament world game eight team qualifying world game ikf aimed team four continent present world game therefore top eight finishing nation qualified exception team finished top eleven highest finishing team top four continent already qualifier team would qualified instead last placed team already qualified continent de facto meant top five finisher always certain qualification outcome team place six eight depended continent origin team place eleven additionally catalonia ineligible qualification world game contested national instead regional team february ikf announced dominican republic zimbabwe withdrew tournament despite qualified first time ever first reserve america brazil unable step ultimately first reserve europe slovakia asia macau invited accepted invitation draw team allocated four pot based ikf world korfball ranking december pot contained best five team automatically assigned pool e pot contained next best five team pot exception suriname placed pot instead ikf specified continental champion would least positioned pot finally allowed four european three asian two oceanian country pool case happens draw relevant country change position country drawn case possible change made country drawn draw took place april competing country divided five group four team group e team group played one another roundrobin basis top three team group best fourthplaced team advancing knockout stage roundrobin stage thth place match thth place match two venue used host game championship located westville campus university kwazulunatal korfball world championship international korfball federation international korfball federation