2016 IKF European Korfball Championship

2016 European Korfball A-ChampionshipTournament details

Host country| Netherlands
Dates| 22 to 30 october 2016
Teams| 10
Final positions
Champions|  Netherlands (6th title)
Runners-up|  Belgium
Third place|  Catalonia
Fourth place|  Portugal

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The 2018 European Korfball Championship was held in the Netherlands from October 22 to October 30, with 10 national teams in competition. As the European Korfball Championship was split into an A-Championship and a B-Championship as of 2018, this tournament was used to decide which teams would participate at which level, with the top 8 teams qualifying for the A-Championship, while the teams in positions 9 and 10 relegated to the B-Championship. Netherlands won the tournament for a sixth consecutive time, maintaining its 100% win record.

## Qualified teams

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Team  | Method of
qualification  | Finals
appearance  | Previous
appearance  | IKF
Ranking[nb 1]

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Belgium | 2014 IKF European Korfball Championship runners-up  | 6th  | 2014 | 04
Catalonia | 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round West runners-up  | 5th  | 2014 | 08
Czech Republic | 2014 IKF European Korfball Championship fifth  | 6th  | 2014 | 06
England | 2014 IKF European Korfball Championship fourth  | 6th[A] | 2014 | 03
Germany | 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round East winners  | 6th  | 2014 | 07
Netherlands | 2014 IKF European Korfball Championship winners  | 6th  | 2014 | 01
Poland | 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round East runners-up  | 5th  | 2014 | 14
Portugal | 2014 IKF European Korfball Championship third  | 5th  | 2014 | 09
Russia | 2014 IKF European Korfball Championship sixth  | 4th  | 2014 | 12
Turkey | 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round West winners  | 3rd  | 2014 | 16

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includes participations of  Great Britain until 2006.

## Group stage

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The number of participating teams was brought down from 16 during the past two championships to only 10 in 2016, thus requiring a new format. Two groups (A and B) of five teams were drawn on 6 June 2016, with each team playing the other teams in their group once. The top two teams in these groups will move to the semi-finals. The other teams will also be paired with a team from the other group in a playoff match with the winners moving into group C playing for positions 5 through 7, while the playoff losers will go into group D playing for positions 8 through 10.

### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Netherlands | 4  | 4  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 123  | 51  | +72  | 12  | Semi-finals
2  |  Catalonia | 4  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 96  | 64  | +32  | 9
3  |  Germany | 4  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 77  | 71  | +6  | 6  | Play-offs
4  |  Russia | 4  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 53  | 120  | −67  | 3
5  |  Turkey | 4  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 47  | 90  | −43  | 0

Source: IKF

Team 1  |  Score | Team 2

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Netherlands | 22 − 17  |  Catalonia
Russia | 19 − 12  |  Turkey
Turkey | 15 − 23  |  Catalonia
Netherlands | 26 − 15  |  Germany
Germany | 21 − 13  |  Turkey
Catalonia | 35 − 11  |  Russia
Germany | 25 − 11  |  Russia
Netherlands | 28 − 7  |  Turkey
Catalonia | 21 − 16  |  Germany
Netherlands | 48 − 12  |  Russia

### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Belgium | 4  | 4  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 114  | 52  | +62  | 12  | Semi-finals
2  |  Portugal | 4  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 73  | 55  | +18  | 9
3  |  England | 4  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 66  | 66  | 0  | 6  | Play-offs
4  |  Czech Republic | 4  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 54  | 77  | −23  | 3
5  |  Poland | 4  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 37  | 94  | −57  | 0

Source: IKF

Team 1  |  Score | Team 2

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Czech Republic | 16 − 6  |  Poland
Belgium | 22 − 14  |  England
Belgium | 25 − 14  |  Portugal
England | 23 − 13  |  Poland
Poland | 8 − 22  |  Portugal
England | 17 − 14  |  Czech Republic
Portugal | 20 − 10  |  Czech Republic
Belgium | 33 − 10  |  Poland
England | 12 − 17  |  Portugal
Belgium | 34 − 14  |  Czech Republic

## Knockout stage

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### Semi-finals

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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|  Netherlands| 31

|  Portugal | 10 |

|  Netherlands| 27

| |  Belgium| 14

|  Belgium| 26

|  Catalonia | 13 |

| Third place

|  Portugal | 12

|  Catalonia | 16

### 5th–10th place play-offs

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#### Play-off round

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Team 1  |  Score | Team 2

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Germany | 23 − 11  |  Poland
Russia | 9 − 25  |  Czech Republic
Turkey | 7 − 25  |  England

#### Group C

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The three teams winning in the Play-off round will play each other in Group C to determine places 5 through 7.

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  |  Germany | 2  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 28  | 15  | +13  | 6
2  |  England | 2  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 22  | 17  | +5  | 3
3  |  Czech Republic | 2  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 15  | 33  | −18  | 0

Source: IKF

Team 1  |  Score | Team 2

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England | 8 − 9  |  Germany
England | 14 − 8  |  Czech Republic
Czech Republic | 7 − 19  |  Germany

#### Group D

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The three teams losing in the Play-off round will play each other in Group D to determine places 8 through 10.

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  |  Russia | 2  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 31  | 28  | +3  | 6
2  |  Poland | 2  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 28  | 25  | +3  | 3
3  |  Turkey | 2  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 25  | 31  | −6  | 0

Source: IKF

Team 1  |  Score | Team 2

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Turkey | 10 − 15  |  Poland
Turkey | 15 − 16  |  Russia
Russia | 15 − 13  |  Poland

## Final standing

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Rank  | Team

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|  Netherlands
|  Belgium
|  Catalonia
4  |  Portugal
5  |  Germany
6  |  England
7  |  Czech Republic
8  |  Russia
9  |  Poland
10  |  Turkey

## Notes

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1. ^ The rankings are shown as of August 2016. These are the rankings used for the final draw.

## External links

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* Official website

*[Pos]: Position
*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[OTW]: Overtime win
*[OTL]: Overtime loss
*[L]: Lost
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points