The 1987 Korfball World Championship was the 3rd edition of the major international korfball competition. It was held in the Netherlands on April 20–25, in the cities of Amsterdam, Bennekom, Dordrecht, Papendrecht, Rotterdam and Wormer. In a close final, Netherlands defeated Belgium by 9–7.

Pool matches Legend Pts = Points P = Played games W = Win (2p)L = Lost F = Korfs favourA = Korfs againstD = Difference korfs (KF-KA) 

POOL A Pts P W L F A D1055011740+77 *65325361−865325042+865326152+925142964−3505052879−51

* Chinese Taipei, West Germany and USA have held an additional penalty shoot-out to determine second, third and fourth position.

April 20, 19876–11Amsterdam April 20, 198723–6Amsterdam April 20, 198720–4Wormer April 20, 198711–28Bennekom April 20, 19878–7Bennekom April 20, 19874–13Papendrecht April 21, 198721–10Papendrecht April 21, 19873–14Papendrecht April 21, 198715–18 (pen s.o.)13-13 (e.t.)10-10 at full timeWormer April 22, 198713–2Amsterdam April 22, 19874–21Dordrecht April 22, 198710–4Dordrecht April 23, 19878–6Amsterdam April 23, 198724–9Wormer April 23, 19876–7Dordrecht

POOL B Pts P W L F A D1055010246+5685414744+3 65323950-11 45236770-3 25144265−23 05054870−22

April 20, 19876–10Papendrecht April 20, 19879–19Papendrecht April 20, 198717–20 (pen s.o.)14-14 (e.t.)10-10 at full timeWormer April 20, 198715–13Papendrecht April 20, 19877–13Dordrecht April 20, 198720–10Dordrecht April 21, 198710–11Amsterdam April 21, 19876–8Amsterdam April 21, 19873–18Wormer April 22, 19875–7Bennekom April 22, 198722–17Bennekom April 22, 198711–4Amsterdam April 23, 198710–9Amsterdam April 23, 19878–7Wormer April 23, 198723–7Dordrecht

Final round

11th–12th places April 25, 19877–10Papendrecht

9th–10th places April 25, 19875–8Amsterdam

7th–8th places April 25, 198712–6Amsterdam

5th–6th places April 25, 198710–7Papendrecht

Bronze medal match April 25, 19875-9 (e.t.)4-4 at full timeRotterdam

Final April 25, 19879–7Rotterdam

Final standings

Team1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

See also Korfball World Championship International Korfball Federation

External links International Korfball Federation

References History of the IKF and the IKF World Championship