2018 All-Africa Korfball Championship

The 2018 All-Africa Korfball Championship (AAKC) was held in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe, from 27 April to 29 April, with 3 national teams in competition.[1]

2018 All Africa Korfball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryZimbabwe
CityChitungwiza
Dates27 April 2018 (2018-04-27)–
29 April 2018 (2018-04-29)
Teams3
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions South Africa (4th title)
Runners-up Zimbabwe
Third place Zambia
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored185 (30.83 per match)

Summary

The tournament also served as an African qualifier for the 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship, with the top two African nations qualifying for the world championship. However, as the World Championship will be held in South Africa, they qualified automatically as hosts and hence only the top team (besides South Africa) will qualify.

Although open to more participants, only three teams registered for the tournament. Besides the host  Zimbabwe,  South Africa and  Zambia participated. The structure of the tournament features a group stage in which all teams play each other twice, after which ties were broken by the higher number of goals scored in the winning match between the teams in question.

Defending champions South Africa retained their title, although they lose once to Zimbabwe and were tied in points at the end of the group stage. South Africa ranked ahead of Zimbabwe as they scored more goals in their winning match (20 vs 17).

Group stage

The group stage took place on 27, 28 and 29 April 2018.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Africa (Q) 4 3 0 0 1 77 50 +27 9 Qualified for 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship as hosts
2  Zimbabwe (Q) 4 3 0 0 1 80 44 +36 9 Qualified for 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship
3  Zambia (E) 4 0 0 0 4 28 91 −63 0
Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2018. Source:
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

[2]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Zimbabwe  19−5  Zambia
Zimbabwe  16−20  South Africa
Zimbabwe  17−13  South Africa
Zambia  8−22  South Africa
South Africa  22−9  Zambia
Zimbabwe  28−6  Zambia

References
  1. "IKF All Africa Korfball Championship (IKF AAKC) 2018". International Korfball Federation.
  2. "South Africa en route to winning African title, despite losing to Zimbabwe [updated]". International Korfball Federation. 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.