The 1st Korfball World Championships was held in The Netherlands on November 6–11, in the cities of Assen, Nuenen, and Amsterdam
First round Pool A
November 6, 19786–7Assen November 6, 197826–2Assen November 7, 197820–6Assen November 7, 19788–4Assen November 8, 19782–17Assen November 8, 19788–13Assen
November 6, 197826–2Nuenen November 6, 19783–16Nuenen November 7, 19781–28Nuenen November 7, 19785–23Nuenen November 8, 19783–24Nuenen November 8, 197821–3Nuenen
Second round 5th–8th places November 10, 197812–7Amsterdam November 10, 197818–1 Amsterdam
7th–8th places
November 11, 197812–3 Amsterdam
5th–6th places
November 11, 19787–11 Amsterdam
Semi-finals November 10, 197823–6Amsterdam November 10, 19783–24 Amsterdam
Bronze medal match
November 11, 197814–14 (ET)15–20Amsterdam
Final November 11, 197810–10 (ET)14–13Amsterdam
Final standings
Team1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8