The 10th IKF World Korfball Championship were held in the Belgian cities of Ghent, Tielen and Antwerp in 2015.
Then, the remaining slots will be filled by the top European teams in this competition, with the exception of Poland which have already qualified as host country of the World Games 2017.
[3] Belgium v Australia Russia v Brazil Australia v Brazil Belgium v Russia Belgium v Brazil Australia v Russia Netherlands v Czech Republic Germany v Hungary Czech Republic v Hungary Netherlands v Germany Netherlands v Hungary Czech Republic v Germany Hong Kong v Poland Chinese Taipei v Catalonia Catalonia v Poland Chinese Taipei v Hong Kong Chinese Taipei v Poland Catalonia v Hong Kong China v South Africa Portugal v England Portugal v China England v South Africa Portugal v South Africa England v China All times listed are Central European Time (UTC+01) The top two teams of each group in the first round advanced to the pools for the top 8th places (pools E and F), while the other teams move into pools G and H which will determine positions 9 to 16.
Russia v Chinese Taipei Belgium v Catalonia Russia v Catalonia Belgium v Chinese Taipei Germany v England Netherlands v China Germany v China Netherlands v England Australia v Poland Brazil v Hong Kong Brazil v Poland Australia v Hong Kong Czech Republic v South Africa Hungary v Portugal Hungary v South Africa Czech Republic v Portugal All times listed are Central European Time (UTC+01) The top two teams of pools E and F play the championship finals, while the other teams play for placing positions and possible qualification for the Korfball at the World Games 2017 tournament.
Poland v South Africa Brazil v Hungary South Africa v Brazil Poland v Hungary Australia v Czech Republic Hong Kong v Portugal Australia v Hong Kong Czech Republic v Portugal Russia v Germany Catalonia v China Russia v China Germany v Catalonia Chinese Taipei v Netherlands Belgium v England Chinese Taipei v England Netherlands v Belgium