2018 IKF European Korfball B-Championship
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Netherlands |
| City | Drachten, Gorredijk, Heerenveen and Leeuwarden |
| Dates | 13 to 21 October 2018 |
| Teams | 7 |
| Venue(s) | 4 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland (1st title) |
| Runners-up | File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland |
| Third place | File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia |
| Fourth place | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales |
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The 2018 European Korfball B-Championship was held in the Netherlands from 13 to 21 October 2018. Matches were played in Drachten, Gorredijk, Heerenveen and Leeuwarden. It was the first edition where the European Korfball Championship was 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. The tournament was originally scheduled to be played by eight teams, but following a late withdrawal by Turkey, only seven teams took part. The top two finishers qualified for the 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship.
Qualified teams
| Team | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of France.svg France | 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round West 3rd place | 5 June 2016 |
| File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary | 2018 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round winner | 29 October 2017 |
| File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland[A] | 2018 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round 3rd place | 21 March 2018 |
| File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland | 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round East 4th place | 4 June 2016 |
| File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia | 2018 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round runner-up | 29 October 2017 |
| File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia | 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round East 3rd place | 4 June 2016 |
| File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales | 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round West 4th place | 5 June 2016 |
- ^ on 21 March 2018 the news was released that File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia would not participate in the 2018 IKF European Korfball A-Championship, allowing File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland to take its place and move up from the B-Championship, while File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland in its turn took the place of Poland in the B-Championship
Group stage
The eight teams were divided into two groups of four, with all teams progressing to the quarter-finals. The groups were named C and D to distinguish them from Groups A and B in the 2018 IKF European Korfball A-Championship, held at the same time and location as the 2018 IKF European Korfball B-Championship.
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 6 |
| 2 | File:Flag of France.svg France | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 1 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Slovakia File:Flag of Slovakia.svg | 18 − 17 | File:Flag of France.svg France |
| France File:Flag of France.svg | 16 − 15 (OT) | File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland |
| Ireland File:Flag of Ireland.svg | 12 − 16 | File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 8 |
| 2 | File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 43 | +6 | 7 |
| 3 | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 3 |
| 4 | File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 64 | −31 | 0 |
Intermediate stage
Following the group stage, an intermediate round was held, featuring the group winners and the teams finishing last in the group stage of the A-Championship. The winners continued in the A-Championship knockout stage, the losers moved to or remained in 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 finishing in the top 8. The losing teams could 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
Main bracket
Consolation bracket
Due to the late cancellation of Turkey, only three teams were available to play for the last places. The three losing teams from the quarterfinals would play a round-robin system, playing each other once. France and Serbia were first matched against each other, with the loser playing Scotland to determine last place. The winners of the first two matches then met to determine the fifth and sixth place finisher.
| Consolation Match | Match to determine last place | 5th-6th place match | ||||||||
| File:Flag of France.svg France | 16 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia | 13 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of France.svg France | 15 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland | 14 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland | 22 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia | 21 | |||||||||
Final standing
| Qualified for the 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship and the 2020 IKF European Korfball B-Championship | |
| Qualified for the 2020 IKF European Korfball B-Championship |
