2018 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round

2017 European Korfball Championship First Round

Tournament details
Host country	Hungary
City	Budapest
Dates	28–29 October 2017
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Hungary
Runners-up	Serbia
Third place	Ireland
Fourth place	Greece
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	434 (24.11 per match)
Top scorer(s)	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

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.

Group stage

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

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

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

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

5th–8th place play-offs

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

Key

Qualified for the 2018 IKF European Korfball B-Championship

Rank	Team
	Hungary
	Serbia
	Ireland
4	Greece
5	Sweden
6	Switzerland
7	Armenia
8	Ukraine

External links

• Official website