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 favour A = Korfs against D = Difference korfs (KF-KA) |
| POOL A | Pts | P | W | L | F | A | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Netherlands
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10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 117 | 40 | +77 |
 Chinese Taipei *
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6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 53 | 61 | −8 |
 West Germany
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6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 42 | +8 |
 United States
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6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 61 | 52 | +9 |
 Indonesia
|
2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 64 | −35 |
 France
|
0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 79 | −51 |
* Chinese Taipei, West Germany and USA have held an additional penalty shoot-out to determine second, third and fourth position.
| April 20, 1987 | |||
| Indonesia
|
6–11 | Chinese Taipei
|
Amsterdam |
| April 20, 1987 | |||
| Netherlands
|
23–6 | West Germany
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Amsterdam |
| April 20, 1987 | |||
| United States
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20–4 | France
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Wormer |
| April 20, 1987 | |||
| France
|
11–28 | Netherlands
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Bennekom |
| April 20, 1987 | |||
| Chinese Taipei
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8–7 | West Germany
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Bennekom |
| April 20, 1987 | |||
| Indonesia
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4–13 | United States
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Papendrecht |
| April 21, 1987 | |||
| Netherlands
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21–10 | Indonesia
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Papendrecht |
| April 21, 1987 | |||
| France
|
3–14 | West Germany
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Papendrecht |
| April 21, 1987 | |||
| Chinese Taipei
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15–18 (pen s.o.) 13-13 (e.t.) 10-10 at full time |
United States
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Wormer |
| April 22, 1987 | |||
| West Germany
|
13–2 | Indonesia
|
Amsterdam |
| April 22, 1987 | |||
| United States
|
4–21 | Netherlands
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Dordrecht |
| April 22, 1987 | |||
| Chinese Taipei
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10–4 | France
|
Dordrecht |
| April 23, 1987 | |||
| West Germany
|
8–6 | United States
|
Amsterdam |
| April 23, 1987 | |||
| Netherlands
|
24–9 | Chinese Taipei
|
Wormer |
| April 23, 1987 | |||
| France
|
6–7 | Indonesia
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Dordrecht |
| POOL B | Pts | P | W | L | F | A | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Belgium
|
10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 102 | 46 | +56 |
 Great Britain
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8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 47 | 44 | +3 |
 Australia
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6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 50 | -11 |
 Aruba
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4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 67 | 70 | -3 |
 Portugal
|
2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 65 | −23 |
 Spain
|
0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 70 | −22 |
| April 20, 1987 | |||
| Portugal
|
6–10 | Great Britain
|
Papendrecht |
| April 20, 1987 | |||
| Australia
|
9–19 | Belgium
|
Papendrecht |
| April 20, 1987 | |||
| Spain
|
17–20 (pen s.o.) 14-14 (e.t.) 10-10 at full time |
Aruba
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Wormer |
| April 20, 1987 | |||
| Aruba
|
15–13 | Portugal
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Papendrecht |
| April 20, 1987 | |||
| Australia
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7–13 | Great Britain
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Dordrecht |
| April 20, 1987 | |||
| Belgium
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20–10 | Spain
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Dordrecht |
| April 21, 1987 | |||
| Spain
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10–11 | Portugal
|
Amsterdam |
| April 21, 1987 | |||
| Aruba
|
6–8 | Australia
|
Amsterdam |
| April 21, 1987 | |||
| Great Britain
|
3–18 | Belgium
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Wormer |
| April 22, 1987 | |||
| Portugal
|
5–7 | Australia
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Bennekom |
| April 22, 1987 | |||
| Belgium
|
22–17 | Aruba
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Bennekom |
| April 22, 1987 | |||
| Great Britain
|
11–4 | Spain
|
Amsterdam |
| April 23, 1987 | |||
| Great Britain
|
10–9 | Aruba
|
Amsterdam |
| April 23, 1987 | |||
| Australia
|
8–7 | Spain
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Wormer |
| April 23, 1987 | |||
| Belgium
|
23–7 | Portugal
|
Dordrecht |
Final round
11th–12th places
| April 25, 1987 | |||
| France
|
7–10 | Spain
|
Papendrecht |
9th–10th places
| April 25, 1987 | |||
| Indonesia
|
5–8 | Portugal
|
Amsterdam |
7th–8th places
| April 25, 1987 | |||
| United States
|
12–6 | Aruba
|
Amsterdam |
5th–6th places
| April 25, 1987 | |||
| West Germany
|
10–7 | Australia
|
Papendrecht |
Bronze medal match
| April 25, 1987 | |||
| Chinese Taipei
|
5-9 (e.t.) 4-4 at full time |
Great Britain
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Rotterdam |
Final
| April 25, 1987 | |||
| Netherlands
|
9–7 | Belgium
|
Rotterdam |
Final standings
| Team | |
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| 1 Netherlands
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| 2 Belgium
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| 3 Great Britain
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| 4 Chinese Taipei
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| 5 West Germany
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| 6 Australia
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| 7 United States
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| 8 Aruba
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| 9 Portugal
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| 10 Indonesia
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| 11 Spain
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| 12 France
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