2016 European Korfball A-Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNetherlands
Dates22 to 30 october 2016
Teams10
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (6th title)
Runners-up Belgium
Third place Catalonia
Fourth place Portugal

The 2018 European Korfball Championship was held in the Netherlands from October 22 to October 30, with 10 national teams in competition. As the European Korfball Championship was split into an A-Championship and a B-Championship as of 2018, this tournament was used to decide which teams would participate at which level, with the top 8 teams qualifying for the A-Championship, while the teams in positions 9 and 10 relegated to the B-Championship. Netherlands won the tournament for a sixth consecutive time, maintaining its 100% win record.

Qualified teams

Team Method of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Previous
appearance
IKF
Ranking
[nb 1]
 Belgium 2014 IKF European Korfball Championship runners-up 6th 2014 4
 Catalonia 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round West runners-up 5th 2014 8
 Czech Republic 2014 IKF European Korfball Championship fifth 6th 2014 6
 England 2014 IKF European Korfball Championship fourth 6th[A] 2014 3
 Germany 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round East winners 6th 2014 7
 Netherlands 2014 IKF European Korfball Championship winners 6th 2014 1
 Poland 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round East runners-up 5th 2014 14
 Portugal 2014 IKF European Korfball Championship third 5th 2014 9
 Russia 2014 IKF European Korfball Championship sixth 4th 2014 12
 Turkey 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round West winners 3rd 2014 16
  1. ^
    includes participations of  Great Britain until 2006.

Group stage

The number of participating teams was brought down from 16 during the past two championships to only 10 in 2016, thus requiring a new format. Two groups (A and B) of five teams were drawn on 6 June 2016, 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 a playoff match with the winners moving into group C playing for positions 5 through 7, while the playoff losers will go into group D playing for positions 8 through 10.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 4 4 0 0 0 123 51 +72 12 Semi-finals
2  Catalonia 4 3 0 0 1 96 64 +32 9
3  Germany 4 2 0 0 2 77 71 +6 6 Play-offs
4  Russia 4 1 0 0 3 53 120 67 3
5  Turkey 4 0 0 0 4 47 90 43 0
Source: IKF
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Netherlands  22 − 17  Catalonia
Russia  19 − 12  Turkey
Turkey  15 − 23  Catalonia
Netherlands  26 − 15  Germany
Germany  21 − 13  Turkey
Catalonia  35 − 11  Russia
Germany  25 − 11  Russia
Netherlands  28 − 7  Turkey
Catalonia  21 − 16  Germany
Netherlands  48 − 12  Russia

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium 4 4 0 0 0 114 52 +62 12 Semi-finals
2  Portugal 4 3 0 0 1 73 55 +18 9
3  England 4 2 0 0 2 66 66 0 6 Play-offs
4  Czech Republic 4 1 0 0 3 54 77 23 3
5  Poland 4 0 0 0 4 37 94 57 0
Source: IKF
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Czech Republic  16 − 6  Poland
Belgium  22 − 14  England
Belgium  25 − 14  Portugal
England  23 − 13  Poland
Poland  8 − 22  Portugal
England  17 − 14  Czech Republic
Portugal  20 − 10  Czech Republic
Belgium  33 − 10  Poland
England  12 − 17  Portugal
Belgium  34 − 14  Czech Republic

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Netherlands31
 
 
 
 Portugal 10
 
 Netherlands27
 
 
 
 Belgium14
 
 Belgium26
 
 
 Catalonia 13
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 Portugal 12
 
 
 Catalonia 16

5th–10th place play-offs

Play-off round

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Germany  23 − 11  Poland
Russia  9 − 25  Czech Republic
Turkey  7 − 25  England

Group C

The three teams winning in the Play-off round will play each other in Group C to determine places 5 through 7.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1  Germany 2 2 0 0 0 28 15 +13 6
2  England 2 1 0 0 1 22 17 +5 3
3  Czech Republic 2 0 0 0 2 15 33 18 0
Source: IKF
Team 1  Score  Team 2
England  8 − 9  Germany
England  14 − 8  Czech Republic
Czech Republic  7 − 19  Germany

Group D

The three teams losing in the Play-off round will play each other in Group D to determine places 8 through 10.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1  Russia 2 2 0 0 0 31 28 +3 6
2  Poland 2 1 0 0 1 28 25 +3 3
3  Turkey 2 0 0 0 2 25 31 6 0
Source: IKF
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Turkey  10 − 15  Poland
Turkey  15 − 16  Russia
Russia  15 − 13  Poland

Final standing

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Belgium
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Catalonia
4  Portugal
5  Germany
6  England
7  Czech Republic
8  Russia
9  Poland
10  Turkey

Notes

  1. The rankings are shown as of August 2016. These are the rankings used for the final draw.
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