Korfball is a ball sport, with similarities to netball and basketball. It is played by two teams of eight players with four female players and four male players in each team. The objective is to throw a ball into a netless basket that is mounted on a 3.5 m high pole.
Outdoor korfball match in the Netherlands
Korfball match at the 1928 Summer Olympics in the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam
Korfball match in the Netherlands
Mixed-sex sports are individual and team sports whose participants are not of a single sex. In organised sports settings, rules usually dictate an equal number of people of each sex in a team. Usually, the main purpose of these rules are to account for physiological sex differences. Mixed-sex sports in informal settings are typically groups of neighbours, friends or family playing without regard to the sex of the participants. Mixed-sex play is also common in youth sports as before puberty and adolescence, sport-relevant sex differences affect performance far less.
A mixed-gender badminton match
An unofficial mixed doubles match of beach volleyball.
Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Team dressage, 7 of 9 medalists are women
A mixed-sex pair, participating in FINA World Championships of synchronised swimming, waves to the crowd before diving into water.
