The 11th IKF World Korfball Championship was held in August 2019 in Durban, South Africa and won by the Netherlands.

The International Korfball Federation awarded the hosting rights for the tournament to South Africa on 7 November 2015, ahead of the bid by New Zealand.

[3] Due to withdrawals, in the end there will only be 1 team participating from the Americas and Africa (each), leading to 11 for Europe and 7 for Asia & Oceania.

[4] In February 2019, the IKF announced that both  Dominican Republic and  Zimbabwe withdrew from the tournament despite both having qualified for the first time ever.

[5] For the draw, the teams were allocated to four pots based on the IKF World Korfball Ranking of December 2018.