2018 IKF European Korfball A-Championship

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.

2018 European Korfball A-Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNetherlands
CityDrachten, Gorredijk, Heerenveen and Leeuwarden
Dates13 to 21 October 2018
Teams8
Venue(s)4
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (7th title)
Runners-up Germany
Third place Portugal
Fourth place Belgium

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  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
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

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
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
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

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.

16 October 2018
18:15
Hungary  17 − 16  Poland
Report
Gorredijk

16 October 2018
20:00
Czech Republic  33 − 12  Slovakia
Report
Gorredijk

Knockout stage

  5th place match (21 October 2018) 5th–8th place playoffs (19 October 2018) Quarterfinals (17 October 2018) Semifinals (19 October 2018) Final (21 October 2018)
                                               
        Netherlands  35  
        Czech Republic  10  
      Czech Republic  16           Netherlands  22  
      England  15           Belgium  9  
      England  17
        Belgium  22  
      Czech Republic  20           Netherlands  21
      Catalonia  17           Germany  8
        Catalonia  13  
          Portugal  21  
    Catalonia  22           Portugal  10
  7th place match (21 October 2018)         Hungary  17           Germany  20     3rd place match (21 October 2018)
      England  19       Hungary  17       Belgium  19
      Hungary  11         Germany  20         Portugal  20

Final standing

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

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