Chinese Taipei – Poland     22 – 8
Czech Republic – Hungary   17 – 7
Netherlands – Germany      20 – 5

The team of Chinese Taipei is a well oiled team, it plays very efficient and dominates every aspect of the game against Poland.

The verbal support of the public really stimulates the fast players of Chinese Taipei. Despite that, Poland regularly scores as well.

The Czech team represent itself in a good way at the tournament. Hungary experienced that the experience of the Czech players makes them score, 17-7.

"Physical contact " were the key words in the match between the Netherlands and Germany. Germany had a well organized defense, but the Dutch team only needed little chances to score. However the German team lacked experience to defeat the Dutch team.

It is the last time Shiara can compete in the U19jwc. She is almost 19 years old, which means she has to say goodbye to a very nice period of korfball.

Looking back on the past years playing in the Belgian team, she is very satisfied. "The first time I was competing, we became champions in Stiens. I think we have a good chance of winning the title again this year. It is not a run race this year, as Chinese Taipei has a good team as well. Today we have to play against England, but  I am not afraid of them, but tomorrow will be an exciting day, and I am a little bit nervous for it. A lot of countries appear to have improved their game over the past year, especially Portugal. Our team is very experienced, we have a lot of older players, but this year we really have to compete if we want to become champions again".

Shiara plays korfball for 12 years now, and became a solid national player by training hard and forced her way into the national team by distinguishing herself from other players. This year she missed the opening ceremony due to exams in Belgium and still has her mind on whether she passed or not. She just played against Catalonia and it went well, as expected, however the game was physical and the referee was too tolerant.

"All of a sudden I really felt like a bad korfball player, among all those good and experienced players, but it was a great experience" one of the participants stated...

On friday evening the sports centre formed the arena of two korfball clinics. These clinics were given with full dedication of the instructors Kees Vlietstra, Daniël Hulzebosch and Andre Kuipers, assisted by a group of players from NIC. and DOS '46.

There were 185 participants, to whom is was a strenuous but relaxing experience. The top players demonstrated several korfball exercises, after which de participants tried these exercises themselves in groups under supervision of members of NIC. and DOS '46.

This one and a half hour of top-training was a great experience for the youthful participants, playing in the A and B youth in de Dutch korfball competition.