Even though they have not had the chance to compete for the last two years, the young Belgian Diamonds have been working hard. They are eager to measure themselves with the best and are determined not to go down without a fight.

The team has a preparation period of three months. After June 11 this team has been able to fully focus on their preparation. The final players list was published two weeks before the World Cup starts. The players are mostly from 4 different clubs, although during the trials there were candidates from almost all the Catalan clubs with players of this age group. The Catalan federation always aims to bring this fantastic international experience to the most players possible. Most of them have been playing korfball since they were little children, so the level compared to other previous squads will be for sure higher and very competitive as usual. The last training sessions are planned to take place on the 25th, 27th and 29th of June, before their final trip to Eindhoven scheduled for July 1st.

Czech national team U17 has started the preparation for World Cup U17 2022 already in year 2021. We have had several trainings camps and we have played preparation matches. We would like to play for medal position like in years 2000 and 2005 when we have reached the bronze place. The national korfbal team U17 of Czech republic consists of players from 5 clubs. Six players are from the champion of Czech junior korfbal extraleague KK Brno, three players are from MS YMCA Znojmo, KK Sokol Koblov, SK RG Prostějov and one from VKC Kolín. We will do our best to be back between the best teams of the world.

England U17’s are ready to go for the upcoming World Cup! The players have completed an intense training and development programme and look forward to playing some exciting Korfball against some great teams.

The German U17- Korfball National Team started the preparation for the World Cup in November 2021. Many players have already gained international experience at the U15 World Cup. In the preparation, numerous training sessions and matches against German club teams took place. At the end of May we had a training camp at DVO in Bennekom. The team is looking forward to play against the other nations again after 2 years without the World Cup.

It was hard to put together this team, not everyone was able to continue working after last year's u15 success, therefore this tournament will be the first IKF event for many players. However, a cohesive company was formed with whom the preparations were spent in good mood. The players had to get used to each other because of the club-diversity, the staff needed to harmonize them. This work must continue even after the World Cup and development is necesarry in many areas. But trusting in the positive experiences and opportunities offered by the challenges of the World Cup, the team can get a lot out of it.

After a short but good preparation we are ready. We are happy with this squad and hopefully we can enjoy and entertain the audience with spectacular korfball. Of course we want to win this World Championship, but the development of the players to become an better korfball player and also the development as a person is also very important to us. We are looking forward to this World Cup.

The Portuguese team has twelve players that will be for the first time on the WKC U17. Four players were part of the U19 Portuguese team that competed in April. All the players played on the national Portuguese championship and participated on youth tournaments representing their clubs. Starting with a group of 26, the 14 were chosen after three moments of preparation with several training each. The team is very motivated and eager to be part in the tournament and gain some international experience.

For team Slovakia the possibility to participate at this tournament is perceived as a great challenge to observe a unique mixture of experienced players and youngsters that come from Prievidza and Nitra- the two biggiest cities on the korfbal map of Slovakia. In the build-up stage the team took part in a friendly Visegrad4 tournament held in Ostrava, finishing 3rd having beaten Hungary twice. With the fierce competition present here in Eindhoven the ambition is to gain as much experience as possible and finish in Top8. The team is coached by Tomas Sonnenschein and Martin Sonoga, both bronze medailists from EKC U15 in 2021. Peter Levcik will be in charge of fitness and endurance supervision of the team.