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korfball - translation to french
MIXED TEAM SPORT, WITH SIMILARITIES TO NETBALL AND BASKETBALL
Korfbal; KorfBall; Korf ball; Korf Ball; Korf-ball; Korf-Ball; Korfballer
![Members of the [[International Korfball Federation]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/IKF members (2012).PNG?width=200 "Members of the [[International Korfball Federation]]")
korfball
n. korfball, game similar to basketball played between two teams of 12 players, consisting of 6 men and 6 women in each team (played mainly in the Netherlands where it was invented)
Definition
korfball
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¦ noun a game similar to basketball, played by teams each consisting of six men and six women.
Origin
early 20th cent.: from Du. korfbal, from korf 'basket' + bal 'ball'.
Wikipedia
Korfball
Korfball (Dutch: korfbal) is a ball sport, with similarities to netball and basketball. It is played by two teams of eight players with four female players and four male players in each team. The objective is to throw a ball into a netless basket that is mounted 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 approximately 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.
