2018 IKF European Korfball A-Championship
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Netherlands |
| City | Drachten, Gorredijk, Heerenveen and Leeuwarden |
| Dates | 13 to 21 October 2018 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Venue(s) | 4 |
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.
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 |
- ^ includes participations of
Great Britain until 2006. - ^ 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 | Catalonia
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 31 | −18 | 0 |
| 2 | England
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 3 |
| 3 | Netherlands
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 23 | +39 | 6 |
| 4 | Poland
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 0 |
Source: IKF
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| England
|
17 − 9 | Poland
|
| Netherlands
|
31 − 13 | Catalonia
|
| Netherlands
|
31 − 10 | England
|
| Poland
|
Catalonia
| |
| Catalonia
|
England
| |
| Netherlands
|
Poland
|
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 6 |
| 2 | Portugal
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 0 |
| 3 | Czech Republic
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 18 | −6 | 0 |
| 4 | Belgium
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 3 |
Source: IKF
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Germany
|
17 − 16 | Portugal
|
| Belgium
|
18 − 12 | Czech Republic
|
| Germany
|
20 − 18 | Belgium
|
| Portugal
|
Czech Republic
| |
| Czech Republic
|
Germany
| |
| Belgium
|
Portugal
|
Knockout stage
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