2018 IKF European Korfball A-Championship

2018 European Korfball A-ChampionshipTournament details

Host country| Netherlands
City| Drachten, Gorredijk, Heerenveen and Leeuwarden
Dates| 13 to 21 October 2018
Teams| 8
Venue(s)| 4
Final positions
Champions|  Netherlands (7th title)
Runners-up|  Germany
Third place|  Portugal
Fourth place|  Belgium

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International football competition

The 2018 European Korfball A-Championship will be held in the Netherlands from 13 to 21 October 2018. Matches will be played in Drachten, Gorredijk, Heerenveen and Leeuwarden. It will be the first edition where the European Korfball Championship is split into an A-Championship and a B-Championship, with the idea that a certain number of teams will relegate from the A-Championship to the B-Championship after each edition, and a certain number of teams from the B-Championship will be promoted. Whether this will be a direct promotion or relegation, or whether play-offs will need to be played, is yet to be determined.

## Qualified teams

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Team  | Method of
qualification  | Date of
qualification  | Finals
appearance  | Previous
appearance

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Belgium | 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship Semi-finalist  | 25 October 2016 | 7th  | 2016
Catalonia | 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship Semi-finalist  | 26 October 2016 | 6th  | 2016
Netherlands | 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship Semi-finalist  | 25 October 2016 | 7th  | 2016
Portugal | 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship Semi-finalist  | 26 October 2016 | 6th  | 2016
Germany | 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship 5th place  | 28 October 2016 | 7th  | 2016
England | 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship 6th place  | 28 October 2016 | 7th[A] | 2016
Czech Republic | 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship 7th place  | 28 October 2016 | 7th  | 2016
Poland[B] | 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship 9th place  | 21 March 2018 | 6th  | 2016

1. ^

includes participations of  Great Britain until 2006.

2. ^

originally  Russia qualified for the tournament, however on 21 March 2018 the news was released they would not participate, allowing Poland to take its place.

## Group stage

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### Group A

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

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1  |  Netherlands | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 102  | 35  | +67  | 9
2  |  Catalonia | 3  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 44  | 59  | −15  | 6
3  |  England | 3  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 44  | 58  | −14  | 3
4  |  Poland | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 32  | 70  | −38  | 0

Source: IKF

Team 1  |  Score | Team 2

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England | 17 − 9  |  Poland
Netherlands | 31 − 13  |  Catalonia
Netherlands | 31 − 10  |  England
Poland | 11 − 13  |  Catalonia
Catalonia | 18 − 17  |  England
Netherlands | 40 − 12  |  Poland

### Group B

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

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1  |  Germany | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 58  | 50  | +8  | 9
2  |  Belgium | 3  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 71  | 48  | +23  | 6
3  |  Portugal | 3  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 56  | 64  | −8  | 3
4  |  Czech Republic | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 40  | 63  | −23  | 0

Source: IKF

Team 1  |  Score | Team 2

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Germany | 17 − 16  |  Portugal
Belgium | 18 − 12  |  Czech Republic
Germany | 20 − 18  |  Belgium
Portugal | 24 − 12  |  Czech Republic
Czech Republic | 16 − 21  |  Germany
Belgium | 35 − 16  |  Portugal

## Intermediate stage

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Following the group stage, an intermediate round is held, featuring the teams finishing in last place during the group stage and the group winners of the B-Championship. The winners will continue in the A-Championship knockout stage, the losers move to the B-Championship knockout stage. As 10 nations from Europe qualify for the 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship, the winners of these matches qualified for the 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship by virtue of being sure to finish in the top 8. The losing teams might still qualify.

Hungary v  Poland

16 October 2018
18:15

Hungary | 17 − 16  |  Poland

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| Report |

Gorredijk

Czech Republic v  Slovakia

16 October 2018
20:00

Czech Republic | 33 − 12  |  Slovakia

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| Report |

Gorredijk

## Knockout stage

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| Fifth place| | | Consolation semifinals| | | Quarterfinals| | | Semifinals| | | Final
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|  Netherlands| 35
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| | |  Czech Republic| 10| | |
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|  Czech Republic| 16| |  Netherlands| 22
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| | |  England| 15| | | | |  Belgium| 9| |
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| |  England| 17|
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| | | |  Belgium| 22| | |
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|  Czech Republic| 20| |  Netherlands| 21
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|  Catalonia| 17| | | | |  Germany| 8
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| |  Catalonia| 13|
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| | |  Portugal| 21| | |
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| Seventh place|  Catalonia| 22| |  Portugal| 10| Third place
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| | | |  Hungary| 17| | | | |  Germany| 20| | |
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|  England| 19| |  Hungary| 17| |  Belgium| 19
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|  Hungary| 11| | |  Germany| 20| | |  Portugal| 20
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## Final standing

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All teams qualify for both the 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship and the 2021 IKF European Korfball A-Championship.

Rank  | Team

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|  Netherlands
|  Germany
|  Portugal
4  |  Belgium
5  |  Czech Republic
6  |  Catalonia
7  |  England
8  |  Hungary

## 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