What is “korfbal”, the Dutch national sport?
Kinderen beleven spannende korfbalfinale in Ahoy
A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Picked for people who know a little
Korfbal is a Dutch-invented team sport played by mixed teams of four men and four women per side. Created in 1902 by Amsterdam schoolteacher Nico Broekhuysen as a deliberately co-ed alternative to basketball, the sport stays uniquely Dutch in popularity: roughly 90,000 active players in the Netherlands and a Korfbal League with weekly Eredivisie-style matches. The annual Korfbal League-finale is held at Rotterdam Ahoy and routinely draws 10,000+ fans. The rules require gender-balanced positions and forbid running with the ball, both unusual in modern team sport.
In this clip, NOS Jeugdjournaal covers the Korfbal League-finale at Ahoy: “De zaal in Ahoy zit vol met 11000 korfbal fans.”
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- ▸In Dutch korfbal coverage and Eredivisie reporting (Korfbal League, KNKV, NOS Sport)
- ▸In Dutch sports journalism about uniquely Dutch sports (De Volkskrant, NRC, AD Sportwereld)
- ▸In Rotterdam Ahoy event coverage (Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam.info, De Telegraaf)
- ▸In Dutch primary-school sports content (Het Klokhuis, Schooltv, NOS Jeugdjournaal)