2018 Pan-American Korfball Championship

The Second Pan-American Korfball Championship[1] was held in Colombia from 2 March 2018 to 4 March 2018, with 6 national teams in competition. The tournament also served as an American qualifier for the 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship, with the top two nations qualifying for the world championship.

2018 Pan- American Korfball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryColombia
CityCali
Dates2 March 2018 (2018-03-02)–
4 March 2018 (2018-03-04)
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Suriname (1st title)
Runners-up Dominican Republic
Third place Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored365 (24.33 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ariën van den Berg (21 Goals)

Brazil was the defending champion but had to settle for third as Suriname and Dominican Republic took the top two spots and qualified for the 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship.

Results

The six teams played a simple group stage tournament, with the top team crowned Pan-American champions. Suriname secured the title on 3 March with one match to play as they had a three point lead over Brazil and Dominican Republic, two teams which they had already beaten and which still had to play each other in the final match to determine second place.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Suriname 5 5 0 0 0 104 35 +69 15 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship
2  Dominican Republic 5 4 0 0 1 82 49 +33 12
3  Brazil 5 3 0 0 2 59 64 −5 9
4  Colombia 5 2 0 0 3 48 61 −13 6
5  Argentina 5 1 0 0 4 43 70 −27 3
6  Costa Rica 5 0 0 0 5 29 86 −57 0
Source:
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Brazil  15 − 13  Argentina
Colombia  5 − 21  Suriname
Dominican Republic  24 − 6  Costa Rica
Brazil  10 − 18  Suriname
Dominican Republic  13 − 5  Argentina
Colombia  12 − 3  Costa Rica
Argentina  8 − 22  Suriname
Colombia  12 − 19  Dominican Republic
Brazil  17 − 8  Costa Rica
Dominican Republic  9 − 20  Suriname
Argentina  10 − 9  Costa Rica
Colombia  8 − 11  Brazil
Suriname  23 − 3  Costa Rica
Colombia  11 − 7  Argentina
Dominican Republic  17 − 6  Brazil

Key: G denotes win by golden goal.

Final standing
Rank Team
 Suriname
 Dominican Republic
 Brazil
4  Colombia
5  Argentina
6  Costa Rica

References
  1. "IKF Pan American Korfball Championship - 2018". worldkorfball.org. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
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