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2018 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round

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2017 European Korfball Championship First Round
Tournament details
Host countryHungary
CityBudapest
Dates28–29 October 2017
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Hungary
Runners-up Serbia
Third place Ireland
Fourth place Greece
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored434 (24.11 per match)
Top scorer(s)Republic of Ireland Shay Conroy (23)
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The 2018 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round was held in Budapest, Hungary on 28 and 29 October 2017. The tournament served as the first round of the 2018 IKF European Korfball Championships to be held in the Netherlands in 2018, with both the winner and runner-up qualifying for the 2018 IKF European Korfball B-Championship. Hungary and Serbia qualified on 29 October 2017 as they won their semi-final matches against Ireland and Greece respectively. Later that same day, Hungary beat Serbia to win the tournament.

Participating teams

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Eight teams participated in the tournament: Armenia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine. For Switzerland and Ukraine this was the first international tournament.[1]

Group stage

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Two groups (A and B) of four teams were drawn, with each team playing the other teams in their group once. The top two teams in these groups will move to the semi-finals. The other teams will also be paired with a team from the other group in the same position, to playoff for overall position.

All group stage matches were played at the Gabányi László Sportcsarnok in Budapest on 28 October 2017.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Serbia 3 2 1 0 0 45 25 +20 8 Semi-finals
2  Ireland 3 2 0 1 0 47 27 +20 7
3   Switzerland 3 1 0 0 2 19 39 −20 3 Play-offs
4  Armenia 3 0 0 0 3 16 36 −20 0
Source: IKF
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Serbia  11 − 2  Armenia
Ireland  16 − 2   Switzerland
Serbia  17 − 7   Switzerland
Ireland  15 − 8  Armenia
Serbia  17G − 16  Ireland
Switzerland  10 − 6  Armenia

Key: G denotes win by golden goal.

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Hungary 3 3 0 0 0 50 22 +28 9 Semi-finals
2  Greece 3 2 0 0 1 37 39 −2 6
3  Sweden 3 1 0 0 2 30 38 −8 3 Play-offs
4  Ukraine 3 0 0 0 3 32 50 −18 0
Source: IKF
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Sweden  8 − 10  Greece
Hungary  18 − 5  Ukraine
Sweden  13 − 12  Ukraine
Hungary  16 − 8  Greece
Hungary  16 − 9  Sweden
Greece  19 − 15  Ukraine

Semi-finals

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Hungary 17
 
 
 
 Ireland 7
 
 Hungary 24
 
 
 
 Serbia 11
 
 Serbia 12
 
 
 Greece 7
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 Ireland 24
 
 
 Greece 5

5th–8th place play-offs

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The teams finishing third in both groups played a match to determine fifth place, the teams finish fourth to determine seventh place.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Ukraine  13 − 17  Armenia
Sweden  14 − 7   Switzerland

Final standing

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Key
Qualified for the 2018 IKF European Korfball B-Championship
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Serbia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Ireland
4  Greece
5  Sweden
6   Switzerland
7  Armenia
8  Ukraine

References

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  1. ^ "Hungary & Serbia classify for the IKF EKC 2018 Final Round". 29 October 2017.
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