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| count = 1BEL}}FRG}}GRB}}| matches = | goals = | attendance = | top_scorer = | player = | young_player = | prevseason = 1984 Korfball World Championship>1984}}The 1st Korfball World Championships was held in The Netherlands on November 6–11, in the cities of Assen, Nuenen, and Amsterdam

First round

Pool A

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL|update=1 November 2015|source=Worldkorfball.orgteam2=FRG team4=ESPloss_USA=2 ga_USA=35 |status_USA=loss_ESP=3 ga_ESP=47 |status_ESP=loss_NED=0 ga_NED=10 |status_NED=Hgf_FRG=17 status_FRG=ESP}}NED}}USA}}GER|name=West Germany}}|res_col_header=Qresult2=1 result4=2text_1=Pools for 1st–4th placestext_2=Pools for 5th–8th places}}{| style="width: 100%; background:#F5FAFF;" cellspacing="0"November 6, 1978{{korf-rt|USA}}6–7{{korfname=West Germany}}Assen style=font-size:85%|{| style="width: 100%; background:#F5FAFF;" cellspacing="0"November 6, 1978{{korf-rt|Netherlands}}26–2{{korf|Spain}}Assen style=font-size:85%|{| style="width: 100%; background:#F5FAFF;" cellspacing="0"November 7, 1978{{korf-rt|Netherlands}}20–6{{korf|USA}}Assen style=font-size:85%|{| style="width: 100%; background:#F5FAFF;" cellspacing="0"November 7, 1978{{korf-rtname=West Germany}}8–4{{korf|Spain}}Assen style=font-size:85%|{| style="width: 100%; background:#F5FAFF;" cellspacing="0"November 8, 1978{{korf-rtname=West Germany}}2–17{{korf|Netherlands}}Assen style=font-size:85%|{| style="width: 100%; background:#F5FAFF;" cellspacing="0"November 8, 1978{{korf-rt|Spain}}8–13{{korf|USA}}Assen style=font-size:85%|{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL|update=1 November 2015|source=Worldkorfball.orgteam2=GBR team4=LUXloss_BEL=0 ga_BEL=10 |status_BEL=loss_GBR=1 ga_GBR=25 |status_GBR=loss_PNG=2 ga_PNG=42 |status_PNG=gf_LUX=6 status_LUX=BEL}}GBR}}PNG}}LUX}}|res_col_header=Qresult2=1 result4=2text_1=Pools for 1st–4th placestext_2=Pools for 5th–8th places}}{| style="width: 100%; background:#F5FAFF;" cellspacing="0"November 6, 1978{{korf-rt|Belgium}}26–2{{korf|LUX}}Nuenen style=font-size:85%|{| style="width: 100%; background:#F5FAFF;" cellspacing="0"November 6, 1978{{korf-rt|Papua New Guinea}}3–16{{korf|Great Britain}}Nuenen style=font-size:85%|{| style="width: 100%; background:#F5FAFF;" cellspacing="0"November 7, 1978{{korf-rt|LUX}}1–28{{korf|Great Britain}}Nuenen style=font-size:85%|{| style="width: 100%; background:#F5FAFF;" cellspacing="0"November 7, 1978{{korf-rt|Papua New Guinea}}5–23{{korf|Belgium}}Nuenen style=font-size:85%|{| style="width: 100%; background:#F5FAFF;" cellspacing="0"November 8, 1978{{korf-rt|LUX}}3–24{{korf|Papua New Guinea}}Nuenen style=font-size:85%|{| style="width: 100%; background:#F5FAFF;" cellspacing="0"November 8, 1978{{korf-rt|Belgium}}21–3{{korf|Great Britain}}Nuenen style=font-size:85%|

Second round

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5th–8th places{| style"width: 100%; background:#F5FAFF;" cellspacing"0"November 10, 1978

{{korf-rt|Spain}}12–7{{korf|Papua New Guinea}}Amsterdam style=font-size:85%|{| style="width: 100%; background:#F5FAFF;" cellspacing="0"November 10, 1978{{korf-rt|USA}}18–1 {{korf|LUX}}Amsterdam style=font-size:85%|

7th–8th places

{| style="width: 100%; background:#F5FAFF;" cellspacing="0"November 11, 1978{{korf-rt|Papua New Guinea}}12–3 {{korf|LUX}}Amsterdam style=font-size:85%|

5th–6th places

{| style="width: 100%; background:#F5FAFF;" cellspacing="0"November 11, 1978{{korf-rt|Spain}}7–11 {{korf|USA}}Amsterdam style=font-size:85%|November 10, 1978">

Semi-finals{| style"width: 100%; background:#F5FAFF;" cellspacing"0"November 10, 1978

{{korf-rt|Netherlands}}23–6{{korf|Great Britain}}Amsterdam style=font-size:85%|{| style="width: 100%; background:#F5FAFF;" cellspacing="0"November 10, 1978{{korf-rtname=West Germany}}3–24 {{korf|Belgium}}Amsterdam style=font-size:85%|

Bronze medal match

{| style="width: 100%; background:#F5FAFF;" cellspacing="0"November 11, 1978{{korf-rt|Great Britain}}14–14 (ET)15–20{{korf|West Germany}}Amsterdam style=font-size:85%|November 11, 1978">

Final{| style"width: 100%; background:#F5FAFF;" cellspacing"0"November 11, 1978

{{korf-rt|Netherlands}}10–10 (ET)14–13{{korf|Belgium}}Amsterdam style=font-size:85%|

Final standings

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