2014 IKF European Korfball Championship

The 2014 European Korfball Championship was held in Portugal from October 25 to November 2, with 16 national teams in competition.

2014 European Korfball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
CityMaia
Dates25 October 2014 (2014-10-25)
2 November 2014 (2014-11-02)
Teams16
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (5th title)
Runners-up Belgium
Third place Portugal
Fourth place England
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored1,759 (36.65 per match)
Top scorer(s)NetherlandsMick Snel
PolandKrzysztof Rubinkowski
(32 goals)
2010
2016

The tournament also served as a European qualifier for the 2015 Korfball World Championship, with the top ten nations qualifying for the world championship.

Group stage

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The group stages took place in Maia. The IKF had implemented a new format of qualifying from the group stages. In these European Championships, the top eight nations were seeded in to pools A & B. In these pools the top three teams qualified for the quarter-finals. The other nations in pools C & D needed to finish top of their pool in order to reach the quarter-finals.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Netherlands 3 3 0 0 0 117 42 +75 9 Quarter-finals
2   England 3 2 0 0 1 52 72 −20 6
3   Russia 3 0 1 0 2 50 76 −26 2
4   Germany 3 0 0 1 2 44 73 −29 1 9th–16th place play-offs
Source: IKF
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Russia   18 − 21   England
Germany   14 − 38   Netherlands
Russia   17 − 41   Netherlands
Germany   16 − 20   England
England   11 − 38   Netherlands
Germany   14 − 15G   Russia

Key: G denotes win by golden goal.

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Belgium 3 3 0 0 0 72 42 +30 9 Quarter-finals
2   Portugal 3 2 0 0 1 64 55 +9 6
3   Czech Republic 3 1 0 0 2 53 73 −20 3
4   Catalonia 3 0 0 0 3 43 62 −19 0 9th–16th place play-offs
Source: IKF
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Czech Republic   17 − 30   Belgium
Catalonia   16 − 23   Portugal
Portugal   23 − 15   Czech Republic
Belgium   18 − 7   Catalonia
Czech Republic   21 − 20   Catalonia
Belgium   24 − 18   Portugal

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Poland 3 3 0 0 0 56 34 +22 9 Quarter-finals
2   Wales 3 1 0 1 1 44 47 −3 4 9th–16th place play-offs
3   Turkey 3 1 0 0 2 44 51 −7 3
4   Serbia 3 0 1 0 2 42 54 −12 2
Source: IKF
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Turkey   13 − 23   Poland
Serbia   19G − 18   Wales
Turkey   12 − 14   Wales
Serbia   9 − 17   Poland
Poland   16 − 12   Wales
Turkey   19 − 14   Serbia

Key: G denotes win by golden goal.

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Hungary 3 3 0 0 0 64 42 +22 9 Quarter-finals
2   Scotland 3 2 0 0 1 53 46 +7 6 9th–16th place play-offs
3   Ireland 3 0 1 0 2 40 53 −13 2
4   Slovakia 3 0 0 1 2 34 50 −16 1
Source: IKF
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Ireland   14 − 19   Hungary
Scotland   15 − 10   Slovakia
Ireland   15G − 14   Slovakia
Scotland   18 − 25   Hungary
Hungary   20 − 10   Slovakia
Ireland   11 − 20   Scotland

Key: G denotes win by golden goal.

Knockout stage

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1st–8th place play-offs

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
  Netherlands 45
 
 
 
  Hungary 12
 
  Netherlands 41
 
 
 
  Portugal 11
 
  Russia 23
 
 
 
  Portugal 27
 
  Netherlands 32
 
 
 
  Belgium 20
 
  Belgium 40
 
 
 
  Poland 11
 
  Belgium 26
 
 
 
  England 11 Third place
 
  EnglandG 20
 
 
 
  Czech Republic 19
 
  Portugal 22
 
 
  England 14
 
5th–8th place play-offs
      
  Hungary 14   Russia 18
  Russia 27   Czech Republic 26
 
  Poland 7   Hungary 16
  Czech Republic 18   Poland 10

Key: G denotes win by golden goal.

9th–16th place play-offs

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9th–16th place play-offs9th–12th place play-offsNinth place
 
          
 
 
 
 
  Germany 26
 
 
 
  Slovakia 9
 
  Germany 30
 
 
 
  Scotland 2
 
  Scotland 15
 
 
 
  Turkey 13
 
  Germany 17
 
 
 
  Catalonia 18
 
  Catalonia 26
 
 
 
  Serbia 8
 
  Catalonia 29
 
 
 
  Ireland 10 11th place
 
  Wales 11
 
 
 
  Ireland 13
 
  Scotland 18
 
 
  Ireland 14
 
13th–16th place play-offs
      
  Slovakia 18   Slovakia 11
  Turkey 16   Serbia 15
 
  Serbia 18   Turkey 14
  Wales 15   Wales 11

Final standing

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Key
Qualified for the 2015 IKF World Korfball Championship
Qualified for the 2015 IKF World Korfball Championship as hosts (already pre-tournament)
Rank Team
    Netherlands
    Belgium
    Portugal
4   England
5   Czech Republic
6   Russia
7   Hungary
8   Poland
9   Catalonia
10   Germany
11   Scotland
12   Ireland
13   Serbia
14   Slovakia
15   Turkey
16   Wales
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