Armenia national korfball team

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Armenia
Association Korfball Federation of Armenia (KFA)
IKF membership1990
IKF codeARM Flag of Armenia.svg
IKF rank 42 (Dec. 2015) [1]
World Championships
Appearances3
First appearance1991
Best result8th place, 1991
European Bowl
Appearances2
First appearance2005
Best result5th place, 2005
http://www.korfball.am

The Armenia national korfball team is managed by the Korfball Federation of Armenia (KFA), representing Armenia in international korfball competitions.

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Tournament history

World Championships [2]
YearChampionshipHostClassification
1991 4th World Championship Antwerp (Belgium)8th place
1995 5th World Championship New Delhi (India)9th place
2003 7th World Championship Rotterdam (Netherlands)15th place
European Bowl
YearChampionshipHostClassification
2005 1st European Bowl Terrassa (Spain)5th place
2009 3rd European Bowl [3] Prievidza (Slovakia)5th place (East)

Current squad

National team in the 2009 European Bowl

  • Inga Yazichyan
  • Karine Sargsyan
  • Narine Muradyan
  • Tatevik Grigoryan
 
  • Arman Alaberkyan
  • Karen Nazaryan
  • Rafael Hambardzumyan
  • Vardan Shahumyan

National team in the 2005 European Bowl

  • Lilit Khorenyan
  • Sveta Arakelyan
  • Narine Muradyan
  • Karine Sargsyan
  • Milena Tshuguryan
 
  • Hovic Hakobyan
  • Vardan Shahumyan
  • Tigran Vardanyan
  • Vardges Baghdasaryan
  • Arman Ala berkyan
  • Rafael Hambardzumyan
  • Coach: Melik Sandrosyan

See also

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References

  1. "IKF Ranking from 1 December 2015" (PDF). IKF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  2. "The history of the IKF and the IKF World Championship" (PDF). IKF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2013.
  3. "European Bowl 2009 – Est". IKF. Archived from the original on 15 December 2009.