The Wales National Korfball Team often referred to as the Welsh Korfball Squad (WKS) is managed by the Welsh Korfball Association/Cymdeithas Pêl-Côrff Cymru, and represents Wales in international korfball competition. The Welsh Korfball Squad entered its first IKF ranking competition in 2007, after the Great Britain national korfball team was disbanded to produce three teams: England, Wales and Scotland. Wales is a fully recognised member of the International Korfball Federation and is currently ranked 18th in the world.
They played the World Championships for the first and only time in 2011, after the withdrawal of Hungary. In 2006 they reached the 3rd place in the Korfball Commonwealth Games.
Tournament results World Championships YearChampionshipHostClassification20119th World Championship Shaoxing, China15th place See also Great Britain national korfball team.
World Games YearChampionshipHostClassification For World games see Great Britain national korfball team.
European Championships YearChampionshipHostClassification20104th European Championships Netherlands 11th place20145th European Championships Portugal 16th place20187th European Championships Netherlands 12th place20218th European Championships (B-Division) Poland 8th place See also Great Britain national korfball team.
Celtic Tri-Nations YearChampionshipHostClassification2021Celtic Tri-Nations Gloucester, England 3rd place2022Celtic Tri-Nations Edinburgh, Scotland 3rd place2023Celtic Tri-Nations Cardiff, Wales 1st place2024Celtic Tri-Nations UEA, England 1st place2025Celtic Tri-Nations Edinburgh, Scotland 1st place
European Bowl YearChampionshipHostClassification20072nd European Bowl Luxembourg Champions (West)20093rd European Bowl Luxembourg Champions (West)20134th European Bowl Netherlands 2nd place (East)
Commonwealth Championship YearChampionshipHostClassification20061st Korfball Commonwealth Championship London, England 3rd place
Squad The Welsh Korfball Squad is selected by the coaching staff as appointed by the WKA.
Current squad Wales International Squad
Kiera Wilcox (Bristol Thunder ) Bethan Phillips (Birmingham City ) Niki Morgan (Birmingham City ) Jo Davies (Nottingham ) Laura Comerford (Bristol Thunder ) Helen Davies (Highbury ) Olivia Tyso (Cardiff Raptors ) Leo Comerford (Bristol Thunder ) Jordan Evans (Cardiff Raptors ) James Wilcox (Bristol Thunder ) Andrew May (Bristol Thunder ) Kris Banham (Cardiff Raptors ) Siôn Edwards (Reading Rooks ) Leo Michael (Manchester Warriors )
Coach: Ross Carr-Taylor Coach: Ruth Barbir Team Manager: Mary Wilcox
Most capped players Players with an equal number of caps are ranked in chronological order of reaching the milestone.
#NameCareerCapsGoalsPosition1Nick Wilkins2005-2023811372Ruth Barbir2007-202261813John Williams2006-201857644James Wilcox2013-2023561275Bethan Phillips2013–202353516Ramzi Barbir2005-201850937Zoe Rose2006-201649178Carla Bennett2010-202148549Kevin Jones2005-2022456210Leo Comerford2015-20233752111Dave Buckland2005-20133666112Susan Jones2005-2010291313Rick Scowcroft2011-2017261414Jo Knott2011-201825515Hannah Ager2008-2014249
Top goalscorers Goalscorers with an equal number of goals are ranked with the highest to lowest goals per game ratio. #NameCareerGoalsCapsPositionAverage1Nick Wilkins2005-2023137811.692James Wilcox2013-2023127562.273Ramzi Barbir2005-201893501.864Ruth Barbir2007-202281611.335Dave Buckland2005-201366361.836John Williams2006-201864571.127Kevin Jones2005-202262451.388Carla Bennett2010-202154481.139Leo Comerford2015-202352371.4110Bethan Phillips2013-202351530.9611Kiera Wilcox2019-2023342011.7012Steve Jones2005-2007251012.5013Helen Davies2016-202221201.0514Ceri Jones2005-201019200.9515Zoe Rose2006-201617490.35
See also Korfball in Wales IKF World Korfball Ranking
References
External links Welsh Korfball Association International Korfball Federation