History

Korfball is the sport embodied by the KNKV. In this paragraph I will further explain the history of the sport.

Korfball was developed by Dutch PE teacher Nico Broekhuysen from Amsterdam. Story goes that he developed korfball in 1902 after visiting Naas in Sweden for a congress for PE teachers. During his stay in Naas he learned of a game called Ringboll, which also inspired the developers of Basketball and Netball.

Mr Broekhuysen simplified the rules for his Dutch students and adjusted the game to the Dutch co-educational system of mixed classrooms. This game became quite popular with his students and they began forming clubs in and around Amsterdam. However not everybody was fund of the mixed gender quality of this sport. The term “Korfball is a monster, that extends it's claws into all directions” was mentioned in a now unknown newspaper.

As a result of the students attempts the first official korfball club was erected in Amsterdam in the year 1903, this club still exists and after a merger several years ago, they are now known as AW-DTV, the club still plays near their original club grounds in Amsterdam. The oldest korfball club in The Netherlands that has not gone through a merger is known as ALO and was established in 1906, this club is situated in The Hague between the old city center and Kijkduin.