Editing Sport in the Netherlands (section)

===Korfball===
[[File:Korfrakkers vs Swift.jpg|thumb|Dutch korfball match "De Korfrakkers" ([[Erp, Netherlands|Erp]]) vs. "Swift" ([[Velden, Limburg|Velden]])]]
[[Korfball]] is a mixed gender or only female [[ball sport]], with similarities to [[netball]] and [[basketball]]. It is played by two teams of eight players with four females and four males in each team or with eight female players in each team. The objective is to throw a ball through a bottomless basket that is mounted on a {{convert|3.5|m|ft|1|abbr=in}} high pole. Mixed gender korfball is more generally played in the north of the Netherlands, while all female korfball is generally played in the south of the Netherlands.
The sport was invented by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Teacher|schoolteacher]] [[Nico Broekhuysen]] in 1902. In the [[Netherlands]], there are around 580 clubs and over 100,000 people playing korfball. The sport is also very popular in [[Belgium]] and [[Taiwan]], and is played in 54 other countries.
The Dutch korfball union is called Koninklijk Nederlands Korfbalverbond (KNKV).