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
2016
2021

Qualified teams

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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

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Group A

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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

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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

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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

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Fifth placeConsolation semifinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
  Netherlands35
  Czech Republic10
  Czech Republic16  Netherlands22
  England15  Belgium9
  England17
  Belgium22
  Czech Republic20  Netherlands21
  Catalonia17  Germany8
  Catalonia13
  Portugal21
Seventh place  Catalonia22  Portugal10Third place
  Hungary17  Germany20
  England19  Hungary17  Belgium19
  Hungary11  Germany20  Portugal20

Final standing

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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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