Korfball

Outdoor korfball match in the Netherlands
Highest governing body	International Korfball Federation
First played	1902
Characteristics
Contact	Limited
Team members	8 per side: 4 male players and 4 female players
Mixed sex	Yes
Type	Team sport , ball sport
Equipment	Korfball
Venue	Korfball court
Presence
Olympic	Demonstration sport in 1920 and 1928

Korfball ( Dutch : 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 ball into a netless basket that is on a 3.5 m (11.5 feet) high pole.

The sport was invented by Dutch 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.

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