2018 IKF European Korfball B-Championship

2018 European Korfball B-Championship
Tournament details
Host country Netherlands
City Drachten, Gorredijk, Heerenveen and Leeuwarden
Dates 13 to 21 October 2018
Teams 7
Venue(s) 4

The 2018 European Korfball B-Championship is held in the Netherlands from 13 to 21 October 2018. Matches are played in Drachten, Gorredijk, Heerenveen and Leeuwarden. It is 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. The tournament was originally scheduled to be played by eight teams, but following a late withdrawal by Turkey, only seven teams took part.

The top two finishers will qualify for the 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship.

Qualified teams

Team Method of
qualification		 Date of
qualification
 France 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round West 3rd place 5 June 2016
 Hungary 2018 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round winner 29 October 2017
 Ireland[A] 2018 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round 3rd place 21 March 2018
 Scotland 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round East 4th place 4 June 2016
 Serbia 2018 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round runner-up 29 October 2017
 Slovakia 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round East 3rd place 4 June 2016
 Wales 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round West 4th place 5 June 2016
  1. ^ on 21 March 2018 the news was released that  Russia would not participate in the 2018 IKF European Korfball A-Championship, allowing  Poland to take its place and move up from the B-Championship, while  Ireland in its turn took the place of Poland in the B-Championship

Group stage

The eight teams are divided into two groups of four, with all teams progressing to the quarter-finals. The groups are named C and D to distinguish them from Groups A and B of teams playing in the 2018 IKF European Korfball A-Championship, held at the same time and location as the 2018 IKF European Korfball B-Championship.

Group C

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1  Slovakia 1 1 0 0 0 18 17 +1 3
2  France 1 0 0 0 1 17 18 −1 0
3  Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: IKF
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Slovakia  18 − 17  France
France   Ireland
Ireland   Slovakia

Group D

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1  Hungary 1 1 0 0 0 25 8 +17 3
2  Scotland 1 1 0 0 0 12 11 +1 3
3  Serbia 1 0 0 0 1 8 25 −17 0
4  Wales 1 0 0 0 1 11 12 −1 0
Source: IKF
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Scotland  12 − 11  Wales
Hungary  25 − 8  Serbia
Scotland   Hungary
Wales   Serbia
Serbia   Scotland
Hungary   Wales


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