Korfball, another sports a bit strange

The Korfball is a sport much like basketball, at least in terms of aesthetics is concerned. The goal of sport is to introduce the ball into a basket, and two teams of eight players, each of which has four men and four women.

From the official website of the sport governing body boast of being the only sport in the world where men and women participate at a time (of course, you also clarify which is played on every continent except the Antarctic). In sports official is not allowed a team which is only composed of persons of one sex.

The basket is located 3.5 meters in height, about two feet taller than the basket in basketball. As in sport, in Korball can not touch the ball with his feet.

Korfball was the Olympic demonstration sport in 1920 and 1928, in Antwerp and Amsterdam, respectively, and given that arose in the Netherlands and Belgium, these are the countries that have won more tournaments worldwide (well, Belgium has won 1 and Holland 7, no country has won nothing more).

It is also a country that recognizes an independent Catalonia as a national team, as it is at number 10 of the world rankings, between Germany and Hungary.

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