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 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (7th title) |
| Runners-up | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany |
| Third place | File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal |
| Fourth place | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium |
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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
- ^ includes participations of File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain until 2006.
- ^ originally File:Flag of Russia.svg 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 | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 35 | +67 | 9 |
| 2 | File:Flag of Catalonia.svg Catalonia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 59 | −15 | 6 |
| 3 | File:Flag of England.svg England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 58 | −14 | 3 |
| 4 | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 70 | −38 | 0 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 9 |
| 2 | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 48 | +23 | 6 |
| 3 | File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 64 | −8 | 3 |
| 4 | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 63 | −23 | 0 |
Intermediate stage
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 File:Flag of Hungary.svg | 17 − 16 | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Gorredijk
|
16 October 2018
20:00 |
| Czech Republic File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg | 33 − 12 | File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Gorredijk
|
Knockout stage
Final standing
All teams qualify for both the 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship and the 2021 IKF European Korfball A-Championship.
