2020 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round

The 2020 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round was held in Lviv, Ukraine from 1 to 3 November 2019. The tournament served as the first round of the 2020 IKF European Korfball Championships to be held in the Poland in 2020, with both the winner and runner-up qualifying for the 2020 IKF European Korfball B-Championship. Turkey and Switzerland qualified on 3 November 2019 as they won their semi-final matches against Greece and Ukraine respectively. Later that same day, Turkey beat Switzerland to win the tournament.

2019 European Korfball Championship First Round
Tournament details
Host countryUkraine
CityLviv
Dates1-3 November 2019
Teams7
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Turkey
Runners-up  Switzerland
Third place Greece
Fourth place Ukraine
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored375 (23.44 per match)
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Participating teams

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Seven teams participated in the tournament: Armenia, Belarus, Greece, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine.

Group stage

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Two groups (A and B) were drawn, four teams in group A and three teams in group B, with each team playing the other teams in their group once. The top two teams in these groups moved to the semi-finals, while the remaining three teams played another round-robin tournament to determine theor final overall position.

All group stage matches were played at the Palats sportu “Halychyna” in Lviv on 1 and 2 November 2019.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Turkey 3 3 0 0 0 73 16 +57 9 Semi-finals
2   Ukraine 3 2 0 0 1 27 29 −2 6
3   Sweden 3 1 0 0 2 33 42 −9 3 Play-offs
4   Belarus 3 0 0 0 3 12 58 −46 0
Source: IKF
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Ukraine   3 − 17   Turkey
Sweden   16 − 4   Belarus
Ukraine   13 − 9   Sweden
Turkey   31 − 5   Belarus
Ukraine   11 − 3   Belarus
Turkey   25 − 8   Sweden

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1    Switzerland 2 2 0 0 0 29 19 +10 6 Semi-finals
2   Greece 2 1 0 0 1 23 16 +7 3
3   Armenia 2 0 0 0 2 14 31 −17 0 Play-offs
Source: IKF
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Greece   14 − 4   Armenia
Switzerland   17 − 10   Armenia
Greece   9 − 12    Switzerland

Semi-finals

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Turkey 18
 
 
 
  Greece 6
 
  Turkey 18
 
 
 
   Switzerland 8
 
  Ukraine 11
 
 
   Switzerland 15
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
  Greece 14
 
 
  Ukraine 11

5th–7th place play-offs

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The teams finishing third & fourth in both groups played another round-robin group stage to determine fifth through seventh place.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1   Armenia 2 2 0 0 0 33 16 +17 6
2   Sweden 2 1 0 0 1 23 15 +8 3
3   Belarus 2 0 0 0 2 7 32 −25 0
Source: IKF
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Belarus   5 − 20   Armenia
Belarus   2 − 12   Sweden
Sweden   11 − 13   Armenia

Final standing

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Key
Qualified for the 2021 IKF European Korfball B-Championship
Rank Team
    Turkey
     Switzerland
    Greece[A]
4   Ukraine
5   Armenia
6   Sweden
7   Belarus
  1. ^
    Originally, Greece did not qualify, however following the withdrawal of   France, they were invited as first reserves on 27 January 2020.
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