The IKF Beach Korfball World Cup Europe 2026 will take place from 11-12 July 2026 in Lisbon, Portugal.
This event will be hosted by the Federação Portuguesa de Corfebol (FPC).
Where to follow
All fans around the world will be able to watch and follow this tournament live on youtube.com/ikfchannel and on www.worldkorfball.sport (with live results and live streams, statistics, scorers, play-by-play …).
Stay Connected on Social Media – Join the conversation using hashtags #BKWC, #beachkorfball and #korfball to catch the best images, clips, and highlights from the championship.
You can find all this content and much more visiting the following official main IKF profiles (see below):
The IKF Beach Korfball World Cup (Africa) 2026 will take place from 3-5 July in Hurghada, Egypt.
This event will be hosted by the Egyptian Federation for Recreational Sports and Games.
Where to follow
All fans around the world will be able to watch and follow this tournament live on youtube.com/ikfchannel and on www.worldkorfball.sport (with live results and live streams, statistics, scorers, play-by-play …).
Stay Connected on Social Media – Join the conversation using hashtags #BKWC, #beachkorfball and #korfball to catch the best images, clips, and highlights from the championship.
You can find all this content and much more visiting the following official main IKF profiles (see below):
All fans around the world will be able to watch and follow this tournament live on youtube.com/ikfchannel and on www.worldkorfball.sport (with live results and live streams, statistics, scorers, play-by-play …).
Stay Connected on Social Media – Join the conversation using hashtags #BKWC, #beachkorfball and #korfball to catch the best images, clips, and highlights from the championship.
You can find all this content and much more visiting the following official main IKF profiles (see below):
This Friday, 17 April, at 14:00 CEST, the Group Phase Live Draw for the IKF Beach Korfball World Cup (Asia) 2026 will take place live on the IKF YouTube channel.
The event will be played from 2 to 3 May in Bangkok, Thailand, and will be the first of this new and exciting beach korfball season.
Four tournaments organised by the International Korfball Federation are expected to take place and succeed, spread over different continents — including this summer’s BKWC in Asia, Europe, and Africa, and November’s WBKC in China.
Together with these official international events, which award points for the IKF Beach Korfball World Ranking, many national tournaments and championships will also take place in preparation for all these official events.
You can check the dates and updates of all confirmed IKF beach korfball events here.
From 2 to 3 December 2025, the city of Abidjan in Ivory Coast hosted the IKF Beach Korfball World Cup (Africa) 2025, which ended after an intense final match between the host team and the undefeated Portugal.
The final 5-11 proclaimed the Portuguese team as champions of this Africa tournament, and adds its name next to the Netherlands, winners of the IKF BKWC (Europe) 2025, and Chinese Taipei, champions of the IKF BKWC (Oceania) 2025, played in August and November, respectively.
Ivory Coast got the silver medal and Honk Kong China the Bronze after beating Cameroon in the game for 3rd place by 13-5.
This concludes an incredible Beach Korfball season that featured numerous official national and international competitions, including the massive beach korfball competition held during the 2025 World Games in Chengdu, China.
The Federation Ivoirienne de Korfball hosted this BKWC (Africa) in collaboration with the International Korfball Federation and IKF Africa, as part of the continental Beach Korfball World Cups taking place this season, together with a successful IKF Korfball Course for Coaches and Referees Level I + II (28/11-1/12).
All participants at this event earned points for the IKF Beach Korfball World Ranking, together with the prestige of competing in this continental championship.
Congratulations to all participants, organisers, local government, sponsors, officials and volunteers for making possible this fantastic event, that will be followed by the Abidjan Open Korfball Festival (4/12-6/12), an indoor K8 tournament open for national teams and club teams.
These games will allow to play more IKF Friendly International Matches to gain more points for the IKF World Ranking. The champion of the tournament will be the winner of the mixed competition (national teams + club teams).
Full matches | IKF BKWC (Africa) 2025
*Click on the right ≣ icon to select the session you want to watch
Results & Final Ranking
Day 2 Image gallery (closing ceremony)
Day 1 Image gallery
Where to follow
All fans around the world were able to follow this beach korfball tournament live on www.worldkorfball.sport (with live results, statistics, scorers, play-by-play, …), as well as on social media on @BeachKorfball and @IKFafrica profiles (see below) and the hashtags #BKWC, #beachkorfball and #korfball, with the best image galleries and highlights.
The city of Abidjan in Ivory Coast is hosting from 2 to 3 December the IKF Beach Korfball World Cup (Africa) 2025.
This event is hosted by the Federation Ivoirienne de Korfball in collaboration with the International Korfball Federation and IKF Africa as part of the continental Beach Korfball World Cups taking place this season. Previous to this BKWC (Africa), the BKWC (Europe) and BKWC (Oceania) were played in August and November, respectively.
All participants earn points for the IKF Beach Korfball World Ranking, together with the prestige of becoming the continental champion.
This BKWC event in Abidjan is played in the framework of other relevant korfball activities that take place after and before the tournament:
28/11 – 1/12: IKF Course for Coaches and Referees Level I + II
2/12 – 3/12: IKF Beach World Korfball Cup (Africa) 2025: open for national teams and club teams.
4/12 – 6/12: Abidjan Open Korfball Festival: an indoor K8 tournament open for national teams and club teams. This allows to play more IKF Friendly International Matches to gain more points for the IKF World Ranking. The champion of the tournament will be the winner of the mixed competition (national teams + club teams).
Where to follow
All fans around the world are expected to be able to follow this beach korfball tournament live on www.worldkorfball.sport (with live results, statistics, scorers, play-by-play, …), as well as on social media on @BeachKorfball and @IKFafrica profiles (see below) and the hashtags #BKWC, #beachkorfball and #korfball, with the best image galleries and highlights.
This event is hosted by the Federation Ivoirienne de Korfball in collaboration with the International Korfball Federation and IKF Africa.
The BKWC event in Abidjan will be played in the framework of other relevant korfball acitivities:
28/11 – 1/12: IKF Course for Coaches and Referees Level I + II
2/12 – 3/12: IKF Beach World Korfball Cup (Africa) 2025: open for national teams and club teams.
4/12 – 6/12: Abidjan Open Korfball Festival: an indoor K8 tournament open for national teams and club teams. This allows to play more IKF Friendly International Matches to gain more points for the IKF World Ranking. The champion of the tournament will be the winner of the mixed competition (national teams + club teams).
📰 For more information and subscription for both events, please contact Mr. Theo van der Linde (theo.van.der.linde@ikf.org) or Mr. Eric Abale (ericabale25@yahoo.fr)
Results & Final Ranking
Where to follow
All fans around the world are expected to be able to follow this beach korfball tournament live on www.worldkorfball.sport (with live results, statistics, scorers, play-by-play, …), as well as on social media on @BeachKorfball and @IKFafrica profiles (see below) and the hashtags #BKWC, #beachkorfball and #korfball, with the best image galleries and highlights.
Heartbreaking final of the IKF Beach Korfball World Cup (Oceania) 2025 in Adelaide, with the host team Australia coming second by the barest of margins, only going down to the reigning World Games 2025 champion Chinese Taipei in golden goal overtime.
Hong Kong China ended 3rd on the podium after winning against Japan in an intense bronze medal match. Singapore finished in 5th place.
This was an amazing end to the first international Beach Korfball event in Australia. The atmosphere that the local spectators provided was incredible, and all fans watching the games live from home also enjoyed a fantastic tournament.
2nd Place: Australia
3rd Place: Hong Kong China
You can review and enjoy again all matches that were broadcasted live from 8 to 9 November on the IKF YouTube channel, with English commentaries and a great TV production (stats & results). Congratulations to all organizers, participants, volunteers, and officials that made this successful event possible.
All fans around the world could watch and follow this tournament live on youtube.com/ikfchannel and on www.worldkorfball.sport (with live results and streams, statistics, scorers, play-by-play, …), as well as on social media on @BeachKorfball profiles (see below) and the hashtags #BKWC, #beachkorfball and #korfball, with the best image galleries, clips and highlights.
The IKF Beach Korfball World Cup (Oceania) 2025 will take place from 8 to 9 November in Adelaide, Australia, with these participants: Japan, Hong Kong China, Singapore, Chinese Taipei and Australia.
This event is hosted by Korfball Australia in collaboration with the International Korfball Federation and IKF Oceania, an adds points to the IKF Beach Korfball World Ranking.
All fans around the world can watch and follow this tournament live on youtube.com/ikfchannel and on www.worldkorfball.sport (with live results and streams, statistics, scorers, play-by-play, …), as well as on social media on @BeachKorfball profiles (see below) and the hashtags #BKWC, #beachkorfball and #korfball, with the best image galleries, clips and highlights.
Japan, Hong Kong China, Singapore, Chinese Taipei and Australia are the participants in the IKF Beach Korfball World Cup (Oceania) 2025 taking place from 8 to 9 November in the Australian city of Adelaide.
All fans around the world can watch and follow this tournament live on youtube.com/ikfchannel and on www.worldkorfball.sport (with live results and streams, statistics, scorers, play-by-play, …),
All fans around the world can watch and follow this tournament live on youtube.com/ikfchannel and on www.worldkorfball.sport (with live results and streams, statistics, scorers, play-by-play, …), as well as on social media on @BeachKorfball profiles (see below) and the hashtags #BKWC, #beachkorfball and #korfball, with the best image galleries, clips and highlights.
The IKF Beach Korfball World Cup Europe 2026 will take place from 11-12 July 2026 in Lisbon, Portugal.
This event will be hosted by the Federação Portuguesa de Corfebol (FPC).
Where to follow
All fans around the world will be able to watch and follow this tournament live on youtube.com/ikfchannel and on www.worldkorfball.sport (with live results and live streams, statistics, scorers, play-by-play …).
Stay Connected on Social Media – Join the conversation using hashtags #BKWC, #beachkorfball and #korfball to catch the best images, clips, and highlights from the championship.
You can find all this content and much more visiting the following official main IKF profiles (see below):
The IKF Beach Korfball World Cup (Africa) 2026 will take place from 3-5 July in Hurghada, Egypt.
This event will be hosted by the Egyptian Federation for Recreational Sports and Games.
Where to follow
All fans around the world will be able to watch and follow this tournament live on youtube.com/ikfchannel and on www.worldkorfball.sport (with live results and live streams, statistics, scorers, play-by-play …).
Stay Connected on Social Media – Join the conversation using hashtags #BKWC, #beachkorfball and #korfball to catch the best images, clips, and highlights from the championship.
You can find all this content and much more visiting the following official main IKF profiles (see below):
All fans around the world will be able to watch and follow this tournament live on youtube.com/ikfchannel and on www.worldkorfball.sport (with live results and live streams, statistics, scorers, play-by-play …).
Stay Connected on Social Media – Join the conversation using hashtags #BKWC, #beachkorfball and #korfball to catch the best images, clips, and highlights from the championship.
You can find all this content and much more visiting the following official main IKF profiles (see below):
