IKF World Korfball Championship

•  Netherlands: 10
•  Belgium: 1

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total finishes in top four
Netherlands	10 (1978*, 1984, 1987*, 1995, 1999, 2003*, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019)	1 (1991)	—	—	11
Belgium	1 (1991*)	10 (1978, 1984*, 1987, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015*, 2019)	—	—	11
Chinese Taipei	—	—	4 (1991, 2011, 2015, 2019)	2 (1987, 2003)	6
England#	—	—	2 (1987, 1999)	3 (1978, 1984, 2015)	5
Germany^	—	—	2 (1978, 1984)	2 (1991, 1999)	4
Czech Republic	—	—	2 (2003, 2007*)	—	2
Portugal	—	—	1 (1995)	1 (2007)	2
Australia	—	—	—	1 (1995)	1
Catalonia	—	—	—	1 (2011)	1
China	—	—	—	1 (2019)	1

* = hosts

^ = includes results representing West Germany between 1978 and 1987

# = includes results representing Great Britain between 1978 and 2003

Each successive World Championship has had at least one team appearing for the first time.

Year	Debutants	Total
1978	Belgium  Great Britain  Luxembourg  Netherlands  Papua New Guinea  Spain  United States  West Germany	8
1984	Australia  France	2
1987	Aruba  Chinese Taipei  Indonesia  Portugal	4
1991	Armenia  Germany  India	3
1995	Czech Republic  Slovakia  South Africa	3
1999	Catalonia  Japan  Poland	3
2003	Hungary	1
2007	China  England  Russia	3
2011	Hong Kong  Wales	2
2015	Brazil	1
2019	Ireland  Macau  New Zealand  Suriname	4
Total		34

Note: The IKF considers Germany a successor to West Germany. Likewise, Catalonia is seen as a successor to Spain.

Legend

• 1st — Champions
• 2nd — Runners-up
• 3rd — Third place
• 4th — Fourth place
•  •  — Did not qualify
•  ×  — Did not enter / Withdrew
•    — Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team	1978 (8)	1984 (8)	1987 (12)	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (12)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (16)	2019 (20)
Argentina	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•
Armenia	×	×	×	8th	9th	×	15th	×	×	×	×
Aruba	×	×	8th	10th	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Australia	×	7th	6th	9th	4th	7th	7th	8th	12th	11th	14th
Belgium	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd
Brazil	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	16th	•
Catalonia	6th	5th	11th	×	×	8th	9th	9th	4th	5th	10th
China	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	16th	11th	7th	4th
Chinese Taipei	×	×	4th	3rd	5th	6th	4th	5th	3rd	3rd	3rd
Colombia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•
Costa Rica	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•
Czech Republic	×	×	×	×	7th	×	3rd	3rd	8th	9th	7th
Dominican Republic	×	×	x	x	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Germany	3rd	3rd	5th	4th	6th	4th	8th	11th	9th	6th	5th
England	4th	4th	3rd	5th	8th	3rd	5th	7th	5th	4th	9th
France	×	8th	12th	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•
Hong Kong	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	14th	12th	17th
Hungary	×	×	×	×	×	×	10th	10th	•	13th	12th
India	×	×	×	11th	12th	11th	14th	12th	13th	×	×
Indonesia	×	×	10th	12th	×	×	×	×	×	•	•
Ireland	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	16th
Japan	×	×	×	×	×	12th	16th	×	×	•	15th
Luxembourg	8th	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Macau	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	20th
Malaysia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×
Malawi	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×
Mexico	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×
Netherlands	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
New Zealand	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	18th
Pakistan	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×
Papua New Guinea	7th	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Philippines	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•
Poland	×	×	×	×	×	9th	12th	14th	10th	14th	11th
Portugal	×	×	9th	6th	3rd	5th	6th	4th	7th	10th	8th
Russia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	6th	6th	8th	×
Scotland	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•
Serbia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•
Slovakia	×	×	×	×	10th	×	13th	×	•	•	13th
South Africa	×	×	×	×	11th	10th	11th	15th	16th	15th	19th
South Korea	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•
Suriname	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	6th
Turkey	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×
United States	5th	6th	7th	7th	×	×	×	13th	×	×	×
Wales	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	15th	•	•
Zambia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•
Zimbabwe	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	×