European Korfball B-Championship
European Korfball B-Championship is a second level korfball competition for European national teams organized by the International Korfball Federation and is placed below the European Korfball A-Championship.
History
The tournament features the nations that have not qualified for the European Korfball A-Championship and a promotion/relegation system will be put into place between both championships, with the winner of the B-Championships promoting to the A-Championships, although the exact manner is yet to be defined. The tournament can be seen as the successor of the defunct Korfball European Bowl, although that tournament served as a qualifier for both European Korfball Championship and the Korfball World Championship. The B-Championships are held every two years, always in the same year as the A-Championship. The first edition was hosted by the Netherlands in 2018.
Results
| European Korfball B-Championship | |||||||||
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | #Number of teams | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Second place | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| I | 2018 | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 21-7 | File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland | File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia | 18–15 | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales | 7 |
| II | 2021 | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 18-15 | File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia | File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey | 17-9 | File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland | 8 |
| III | 2024[1][2] | File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 14-9 | File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales | 12(gg)-11 | File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia | 8 |
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Debut of teams
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- ^ In 2018, the tournament was played at the same time and place as the A-Championship. After the group stage of both tournaments, an intermediate stage was held in which the bottom two teams from the A-Championship faced off against the top two teams of the B-Championship, with the winners continuing at the A-level and the losers at the B-level. Poland initially started in the A-Championship but lost its match against Hungary, and was therefore relegated, continuing to play the remainder of the tournament as part of the B-Championship, which is counted as their debut at this level. The same goes for Hungary, which started at the B-Championship but ended the tournament in the A-Championship.
Medals summary
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 4 | File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
