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All-Africa Korfball Championship (AAKC) is a korfball competition for African national teams organized by the International Korfball Federation. It has been held every four years since 2006 with the winner qualifying through to the IKF World Korfball Championship in the following year.^[1]

The first championship was held in South Africa with the host nation and Zimbabwe competing for a spot at the 2007 World Championship. After the same two teams competed in 2010, the competition expanded to four teams with Malawi and Zambia competing for the first time.

In 2022 the competition expanded with Africa dividing into two region South and North- West. Ghana, Morocco and the host Ivory Coast participated in IKF AAKC North-West 2022. The IKF All-Africa Korfball Championship South 2022 will be hosted by the Korfball Federation of Zambia in Lusaka, Zambia, from 11-13 November. IKF Africa Members from the IOC ANOCA zones 5, 6 and 7 are invited for this tournament, that serves as a qualification event for the IKF World Korfball Championship 2023.

History

	Year	Host	Champion	Second place	Third place	Number of Teams
I Details	2006	South Africa	South Africa	Zimbabwe	N/A	2
II Details	2010	Zimbabwe	South Africa	Zimbabwe	N/A	2
III Details	2014	Zambia	South Africa	Zimbabwe	Zambia	4
IV Details	2018	Harare, Zimbabwe	South Africa	Zimbabwe	Zambia	3

References

^ "Korfball participants for Championship 2015 confirmed". www.theworldgames.org. Archived from the original on 2014-12-24.

External links

International Korfball Federation

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[1] "Korfball participants for Championship 2015 confirmed". www.theworldgames.org. Archived from the original on 2014-12-24.

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	'''All-Africa Korfball Championship''' (AAKC) is a [[korfball]] competition for African national teams organized by the [[International Korfball Federation]]. It has been held every four years since 2006 with the winner qualifying through to the [[IKF World Korfball Championship]] in the following year.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.theworldgames.org/news/news-from-the-members/1371-korfball-participants-for-championship-2015-confirmed \|title=Korfball participants for Championship 2015 confirmed \|website=www.theworldgames.org \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224165455/http://www.theworldgames.org/news/news-from-the-members/1371-korfball-participants-for-championship-2015-confirmed \|archive-date=2014-12-24}} </ref>		'''All-Africa Korfball Championship''' (AAKC) is a [[korfball]] competition for African national teams organized by the [[International Korfball Federation]]. It has been held every four years since 2006 with the winner qualifying through to the [[IKF World Korfball Championship]] in the following year.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.theworldgames.org/news/news-from-the-members/1371-korfball-participants-for-championship-2015-confirmed \|title=Korfball participants for Championship 2015 confirmed \|website=www.theworldgames.org \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224165455/http://www.theworldgames.org/news/news-from-the-members/1371-korfball-participants-for-championship-2015-confirmed \|archive-date=2014-12-24}} </ref>

	The first championship was held in South Africa with the [[South Africa national korfball team\|host nation]] and [[Zimbabwe national korfball team\|Zimbabwe]] competing for a spot at the [[2007 Korfball World Championship\|2007 World Championship]]. After the same two teams competed in 2010, the competition expanded to four teams with [[Malawi national korfball team\|Malawi]] and [[Zambia national korfball team\|Zambia]] competing for the first time.		The first championship was held in [[South Africa]] with the [[South Africa national korfball team\|host nation]] and [[Zimbabwe national korfball team\|Zimbabwe]] competing for a spot at the [[2007 Korfball World Championship\|2007 World Championship]]. After the same two teams competed in 2010, the competition expanded to four teams with [[Malawi national korfball team\|Malawi]] and [[Zambia national korfball team\|Zambia]] competing for the first time.