1978 Korfball World Championship Explained
| Tourney Name: | Korfball World Championship |
| Year: | 1978 |
| City: | Assen, Nuenen and Amsterdam |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Dates: | 6 to 11 November 1978 |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Venues: | 3 |
| Cities: | 3 |
| Count: | 1 |
| Nextseason: | 1984 |
The 1st Korfball World Championships was held in The Netherlands on November 6–11, in the cities of Assen, Nuenen, and Amsterdam
First round
Pool A
| align=center rowspan=3 width=20% | November 6, 1978
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| width=24% align=right | | align=center width=13% | 6–7 | width=24% | | style=font-size:85% rowspan=3 valign=top align=center | Assen |
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| align=center rowspan=3 width=20% | November 6, 1978
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| width=24% align=right | | align=center width=13% | 26–2 | width=24% | | style=font-size:85% rowspan=3 valign=top align=center | Assen |
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| align=center rowspan=3 width=20% | November 7, 1978
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| width=24% align=right | | align=center width=13% | 20–6 | width=24% | | style=font-size:85% rowspan=3 valign=top align=center | Assen |
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| align=center rowspan=3 width=20% | November 7, 1978
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| width=24% align=right | | align=center width=13% | 8–4 | width=24% | | style=font-size:85% rowspan=3 valign=top align=center | Assen |
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| align=center rowspan=3 width=20% | November 8, 1978
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| width=24% align=right | | align=center width=13% | 2–17 | width=24% | | style=font-size:85% rowspan=3 valign=top align=center | Assen |
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| align=center rowspan=3 width=20% | November 8, 1978
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| width=24% align=right | | align=center width=13% | 8–13 | width=24% | | style=font-size:85% rowspan=3 valign=top align=center | Assen |
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| align=center rowspan=3 width=20% | November 6, 1978
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| width=24% align=right | | align=center width=13% | 26–2 | width=24% | | style=font-size:85% rowspan=3 valign=top align=center | Nuenen |
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| align=center rowspan=3 width=20% | November 6, 1978
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| width=24% align=right | | align=center width=13% | 3–16 | width=24% | | style=font-size:85% rowspan=3 valign=top align=center | Nuenen |
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| align=center rowspan=3 width=20% | November 7, 1978
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| width=24% align=right | | align=center width=13% | 1–28 | width=24% | | style=font-size:85% rowspan=3 valign=top align=center | Nuenen |
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| align=center rowspan=3 width=20% | November 7, 1978
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| width=24% align=right | | align=center width=13% | 5–23 | width=24% | | style=font-size:85% rowspan=3 valign=top align=center | Nuenen |
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| align=center rowspan=3 width=20% | November 8, 1978
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| width=24% align=right | | align=center width=13% | 3–24 | width=24% | | style=font-size:85% rowspan=3 valign=top align=center | Nuenen |
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| align=center rowspan=3 width=20% | November 8, 1978
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| width=24% align=right | | align=center width=13% | 21–3 | width=24% | | style=font-size:85% rowspan=3 valign=top align=center | Nuenen |
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Second round
5th–8th places
| align=center rowspan=3 width=20% | November 10, 1978
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| width=24% align=right | | align=center width=13% | 12–7 | width=24% | | style=font-size:85% rowspan=3 valign=top align=center | Amsterdam |
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| align=center rowspan=3 width=20% | November 10, 1978
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| width=24% align=right | | align=center width=13% | 18–1 | width=24% | | style=font-size:85% rowspan=3 valign=top align=center | Amsterdam |
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7th–8th places
| align=center rowspan=3 width=20% | November 11, 1978
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| width=24% align=right | | align=center width=13% | 12–3 | width=24% | | style=font-size:85% rowspan=3 valign=top align=center | Amsterdam |
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5th–6th places
| align=center rowspan=3 width=20% | November 11, 1978
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| width=24% align=right | | align=center width=13% | 7–11 | width=24% | | style=font-size:85% rowspan=3 valign=top align=center | Amsterdam |
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Semi-finals
| align=center rowspan=3 width=20% | November 10, 1978
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| width=24% align=right | | align=center width=13% | 23–6 | width=24% | | style=font-size:85% rowspan=3 valign=top align=center | Amsterdam |
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| align=center rowspan=3 width=20% | November 10, 1978
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| width=24% align=right | | align=center width=13% | 3–24 | width=24% | | style=font-size:85% rowspan=3 valign=top align=center | Amsterdam |
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Bronze medal match
| align=center rowspan=3 width=20% | November 11, 1978
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| width=24% align=right | | align=center width=13% | 14–14 (ET)15–20 | width=24% | | style=font-size:85% rowspan=3 valign=top align=center | Amsterdam |
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Final
| align=center rowspan=3 width=20% | November 11, 1978
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| width=24% align=right | | align=center width=13% | 10–10 (ET)14–13 | width=24% | | style=font-size:85% rowspan=3 valign=top align=center | Amsterdam |
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Final standings
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