South and North America and Beach Korfball
Like korfball in general, beach korfball in South and North America is growing strongly. With the warm climate and multiple countries attached to the sea, the Americas are perfectly suited for beach korfball. There are more than enough beaches to practise beach korfball, or ‘korfball playa’ as it is called in Spanish. No doubt that beach korfball still has a big potential over here!
With an active korfball community in Rio de Janeiro (Brasil) it is no surprise that even the famous Copacobana beach already have been used for playing beach korfball.
Until this moment there already have been multiple tournaments organised in 2017. The National Colombian Championship in Cali even made it to the local news: (see below this article)
May there be more information about beach korfball in South & North America and beach korfball, please let us know by sending an email to beachkorfball@ikf.org