2016 IKF European Korfball Championship

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.

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
2014
2018

Qualified teams

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Team Method of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Previous
appearance
IKF
Ranking
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  Belgium 2014 IKF European Korfball Championship runners-up 6th 2014 04
  Catalonia 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round West runners-up 5th 2014 08
  Czech Republic 2014 IKF European Korfball Championship fifth 6th 2014 06
  England 2014 IKF European Korfball Championship fourth 6th[A] 2014 03
  Germany 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round East winners 6th 2014 07
  Netherlands 2014 IKF European Korfball Championship winners 6th 2014 01
  Poland 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round East runners-up 5th 2014 14
  Portugal 2014 IKF European Korfball Championship third 5th 2014 09
  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

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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

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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

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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

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Semi-finals

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

5th–10th place play-offs

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Play-off round

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

Group C

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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

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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

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Rank Team
    Netherlands
    Belgium
    Catalonia
4   Portugal
5   Germany
6   England
7   Czech Republic
8   Russia
9   Poland
10   Turkey

Notes

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