CK Vacarisses has again been proclaimed champion of the Catalan League achieving a fourth consecutive title. The strong club defended its title winning 2 games of the best-of-three series.
The third Balkan Championship and the First Balkan clubs’ tournament took place from 27 to 29 June 2008 in Blagoevgrad. The four countries participating in these two tournaments were Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Serbia. The referee of the Balkan Championships was Mr. Vaclav Kronus.
The Italian Korfball League was founded in Alessandria on May 26, 2008 acknowledging the Federazione Italiana Korfball as the official agency of Korfball in Italy.
Jaap Lenstra (66) from Groningen has been elected as new President of the Royal Netherlands Korfball Association KNKV. he succeeds Jan-Willem Briedé who resigned after three years of fulfilling the Presidency; Briedé was elected KNKV Honorary Member.
Portuguese Korfball is actively promoting the 3rd edition of the GoKids Korfball Academy from the 4th to 12th of July and intends to make it even more unforgettable for the participants then the previous two events have been.
The Council of the International Korfball Federation has decided to introduce a shot clock in its international competitions starting with the World Games Korfball Tournament in July 2009 in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei.
