2018 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship

Sporting match

2018 Asia-Oceania Korfball ChampionshipTournament details

Host country| Japan
City| Saitama
Dates| 29 July 2018 (2018-07-29)–
5 August 2018 (2018-08-05)
Teams| 10
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  Chinese Taipei (9th title)
Runners-up|  China
Third place|  Australia
Fourth place|  Hong Kong
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 29
Top scorer(s)|  Dongjie Zhang (27 Goals)

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The 2018 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship is being held in Saitama, Japan with 10 national teams in competition, from July 29 to August 5. It is the tenth edition of the Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship and serves as a qualifier for the 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship, with the top 6 teams qualifying (with a minimum of 1 for Oceania).[1] Chinese Taipei are the defending champions and have all previous editions, except the edition of 2004 which was won by Australia.

## Group stage

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The ten participating teams were drawn into two groups of five, with teams in each group playing one another in a round-robin basis. The top two teams in each group qualify for the semi-finals, while the teams finishing third and fourth playoff for places 5 to 8. The two teams finishing last will play for 9th place.

### Group A

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

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1  |  Chinese Taipei | 4  | 4  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 141  | 45  | +96  | 12  | Semi-finals
2  |  Australia | 4  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 92  | 48  | +44  | 9
3  |  South Korea | 4  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 49  | 89  | −40  | 6  | Play-offs
4  |  Macau | 4  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 67  | 63  | +4  | 3
5  |  Philippines | 4  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 37  | 115  | −78  | 0  |

Source: IKF

Team 1  |  Score | Team 2

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Macau | 25 − 4  |  Philippines
Chinese Taipei | 39 − 9  |  South Korea
Chinese Taipei | 37 − 9  |  Macau
Australia | 30 − 5  |  South Korea
Australia | 23 − 8  |  Macau
Chinese Taipei | 38 − 15  |  Philippines
South Korea | 25 − 10  |  Philippines
Chinese Taipei | 27 − 12  |  Australia
Australia | 27 − 8  |  Philippines
South Korea | 14 − 10  |  Macau

### Group B

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

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1  |  China | 4  | 4  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 126  | 52  | +74  | 12  | Semi-finals
2  |  Hong Kong | 4  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 78  | 48  | +30  | 9
3  |  Japan | 4  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 52  | 73  | −21  | 6  | Play-offs
4  |  New Zealand | 4  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 62  | 59  | +3  | 3
5  |  Indonesia | 4  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 33  | 119  | −86  | 0  |

Source: IKF

Team 1  |  Score | Team 2

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Japan | 10 − 9  |  New Zealand
Indonesia | 3 − 25  |  Hong Kong
Japan | 9 − 30  |  China
Hong Kong | 17 − 10  |  New Zealand
Indonesia | 4 − 28  |  New Zealand
Hong Kong | 17 − 26  |  China
China | 42 − 11  |  Indonesia
Japan | 9 − 19  |  Hong Kong
New Zealand | 15 − 28  |  China
Japan | 24 − 15  |  Indonesia

## Knockout stage

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### Semi-finals

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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|  China| 23

|  Australia| 14 |

|  China| 13

| |  Chinese Taipei| 22

|  Chinese Taipei| 37

|  Hong Kong| 10 |

| Third place

|  Australia| 18

|  Hong Kong| 17

### 5th–8th place play-offs

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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|  South Korea| 3

|  New Zealand| 22 |

|  New Zealand| 10

| |  Japan| 13

|  Japan| 15

|  Macau| 7 |

| Third place

|  South Korea| 7

|  Macau| 8

### 9th–10th place play-offs

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| Final

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|  Philippines| 12

|  Indonesia| 25

## Final standings

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The top 6 qualified for the 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship.

Final standings

|  Chinese Taipei
|  China
|  Australia
4 |  Hong Kong
5 |  Japan
6 |  New Zealand
7 |  Macau
8 |  South Korea
9 |  Indonesia
10 |  Philippines

## References

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1. ^ "IKF Council extends World Championship participation to 20 countries, sets rules for Korfball4 and Beach korfball". International Korfball Federation. Retrieved 2016-10-28.

## External links

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* IKF Asian Oceanian Korfball Championship - 2018

*[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