Korfball (Dutch: Korfbal) is a ball sport, with similarities to netball and basketball.It is played by two teams of eight players with either eight females in each team or with four females and four males in each team. korfball match consists of two periods of 35 minutes (the youth teams play 20, 25 or 30 minutes), with a break of 10 minutes in between periods. Four players of each team are in one zone, and the others are in the other zone. During the match they cannot switch zones.