1978 Korfball World Championship

The 1st Korfball World Championships was held in The Netherlands on November 6–11, in the cities of Assen, Nuenen, and Amsterdam

Pool matches

Legend

Pts = Points P = Played games W = Win (2p) L = Lost

F = Korfs favour A = Korfs against D = Difference korfs (KF-KA)

POOL A	Pts	P	W	L	F	A	D
Netherlands	6	3	3	0	63	10	+53
West Germany	4	3	2	1	17	27	−10
United States	2	3	1	2	25	35	−10
Spain	0	3	0	3	14	47	−33

November 6, 1978
	United States	6–7	West Germany	Assen

November 6, 1978
	Netherlands	26–2	Spain	Assen

November 7, 1978
	Netherlands	20–6	United States	Assen

November 7, 1978
	West Germany	8–4	Spain	Assen

November 8, 1978
	West Germany	2–17	Netherlands	Assen

November 8, 1978
	Spain	8–13	United States	Assen

POOL B	Pts	P	W	L	F	A	D
Belgium	6	3	3	0	70	10	+60
Great Britain	4	3	2	1	47	25	−32
Papua New Guinea	2	3	1	2	32	42	−10
Luxembourg	0	3	0	3	6	78	−72

November 6, 1978
	Belgium	26–2	Luxembourg	Nuenen

November 6, 1978
	Papua New Guinea	3–16	Great Britain	Nuenen

November 7, 1978
	Luxembourg	1–28	Great Britain	Nuenen

November 7, 1978
	Papua New Guinea	5–23	Belgium	Nuenen

November 8, 1978
	Luxembourg	3–24	Papua New Guinea	Nuenen

November 8, 1978
	Belgium	21–3	Great Britain	Nuenen

Second round

5th–8th places

November 10, 1978
	Spain	12–7	Papua New Guinea	Amsterdam

November 10, 1978
	United States	18–1	Luxembourg	Amsterdam

7th–8th places

November 11, 1978
	Papua New Guinea	12–3	Luxembourg	Amsterdam

5th–6th places

November 11, 1978
	Spain	7–11	United States	Amsterdam

Semi-finals

November 10, 1978
	Netherlands	23–6	Great Britain	Amsterdam

November 10, 1978
	West Germany	3–24	Belgium	Amsterdam

Bronze medal match

November 11, 1978
	Great Britain	14–14 (ET)15–20	West Germany	Amsterdam

Final

November 11, 1978
	Netherlands	10–10 (ET)14–13	Belgium	Amsterdam

Final standings

Team
1  Netherlands
2  Belgium
3  West Germany
4  Great Britain
5  United States
6  Spain
7  Papua New Guinea
8  Luxembourg