2018 IKF European Korfball A-Championship

2018 European Korfball A-Championship
Tournament details
Host country Netherlands
City Drachten, Gorredijk, Heerenveen and Leeuwarden
Dates 13 to 21 October 2018
Teams 8
Venue(s) 4

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

Team Method of
qualification		 Date of
qualification		 Finals
appearance		 Previous
appearance
 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

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1  Catalonia 1 0 0 0 1 13 31 −18 0
2  England 2 1 0 0 1 27 40 −13 3
3  Netherlands 2 2 0 0 0 62 23 +39 6
4  Poland 1 0 0 0 1 9 17 −8 0
Source: IKF
Team 1  Score  Team 2
England  17 − 9  Poland
Netherlands  31 − 13  Catalonia
Netherlands  31 − 10  England
Poland   Catalonia
Catalonia   England
Netherlands   Poland

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1  Germany 2 2 0 0 0 37 34 +3 6
2  Portugal 1 0 0 0 1 16 17 −1 0
3  Czech Republic 1 0 0 0 1 12 18 −6 0
4  Belgium 2 1 0 0 1 36 32 +4 3
Source: IKF
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Germany  17 − 16  Portugal
Belgium  18 − 12  Czech Republic
Germany  20 − 18  Belgium
Portugal   Czech Republic
Czech Republic   Germany
Belgium   Portugal

Knockout stage

  5th place match (21 October 2018) 5th – 8th place play-offs (19 October 2018) Quarterfinals (17 October 2018) Semifinals (19 October 2018) Final (21 October 2018)
                                               
    Group A Winner  
    Group B 4th place  
         
         
  Group A 3rd place
    Group B runner-up  
       
       
    Group A runner-up  
      Group B 3rd place  
     
  7th place match (21 October 2018)               3rd place match (21 October 2018)
    Group A 4th place  
      Group B Winner    
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