What is Korfball?
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}} {{Infobox sport | name = Korfball | image = Kvdrachten1.JPG | imagesize = 300px | caption = Outdoor korfball match in the [[Netherlands]] | union = [[International Korfball Federation]] | nickname = | first = 1902 | firstlabel = First played | country/region = | registered = | clubs = | contact = [[Contact sport#Limited-contact|Limited]] | team = 8 per side: 4 male players and 4 female players | mgender = Yes | category = [[Team sport]], [[ball sport]] | equipment = Korfball | venue = Korfball court | obsolete = | olympic = [[Demonstration sport]] in [[1920 Summer Olympics|1920]] and [[1928 Summer Olympics|1928]] | paralympic = | IWGA = [[1985 World Games|1985]]–present }} [[File:Outdoor Korfbal.webm|thumb|Outdoor Korfball]] '''Korfball''' ({{lang-nl|korfbal}}) is a ball [[sport]], with some things being the same as [[netball]] and [[basketball]]. It is played by two teams of eight players with four [[female]] players and four [[male]] players in each team. The goal is to throw a [[Ballet|ball]] into a netless basket that is on a {{convert|3.5|m|ft|1|abbr=in}} high pole. The sport was invented by [[Dutch people|Dutch]] [[teacher|school teacher]] [[Nico Broekhuysen]] in 1902. In the [[Netherlands]], there are about 500 clubs and more than 90,000 people playing korfball. The sport is also played in [[Belgium]] and [[Taiwan]], and in nearly 70 other countries. [[Category:Korfball| ]] {{sport-stub}}