The 2020 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round was held in Lviv, Ukraine from 1 to 3 November 2019. The tournament served as the first round of the 2020 IKF European Korfball Championships to be held in the Poland in 2020, with both the winner and runner-up qualifying for the 2020 IKF European Korfball B-Championship. Turkey and Switzerland qualified on 3 November 2019 as they won their semi-final matches against Greece and Ukraine respectively. Later that same day, Turkey beat Switzerland to win the tournament.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Ukraine |
| City | Lviv |
| Dates | 1-3 November 2019 |
| Teams | 7 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Turkey |
| Runners-up |  Switzerland |
| Third place |  Greece |
| Fourth place |  Ukraine |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 375 (23.44 per match) |
Participating teams edit
Seven teams participated in the tournament: Armenia, Belarus, Greece, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine.
Group stage edit
Two groups (A and B) were drawn, four teams in group A and three teams in group B, with each team playing the other teams in their group once. The top two teams in these groups moved to the semi-finals, while the remaining three teams played another round-robin tournament to determine theor final overall position.
All group stage matches were played at the Palats sportu “Halychyna” in Lviv on 1 and 2 November 2019.
Group A edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkey
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 16 | +57 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Ukraine
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3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Sweden
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3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 3 | Play-offs |
| 4 |  Belarus
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 58 | −46 | 0 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Ukraine
|
3 − 17 | Turkey
|
| Sweden
|
16 − 4 | Belarus
|
| Ukraine
|
13 − 9 | Sweden
|
| Turkey
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31 − 5 | Belarus
|
| Ukraine
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11 − 3 | Belarus
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| Turkey
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25 − 8 | Sweden
|
Group B edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Greece
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2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Armenia
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 31 | −17 | 0 | Play-offs |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Greece
|
14 − 4 | Armenia
|
| Switzerland
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17 − 10 | Armenia
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| Greece
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9 − 12 | Switzerland
|
Semi-finals edit
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| Turkey | 18 | |||||
| Greece | 6 | |||||
| Turkey | 18 | |||||
| Switzerland | 8 | |||||
| Ukraine | 11 | |||||
| Switzerland | 15 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| Greece | 14 | |||||
| Ukraine | 11 | |||||
5th–7th place play-offs edit
The teams finishing third & fourth in both groups played another round-robin group stage to determine fifth through seventh place.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenia
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 16 | +17 | 6 |
| 2 | Sweden
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2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 3 |
| 3 | Belarus
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 32 | −25 | 0 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Belarus
|
5 − 20 | Armenia
|
| Belarus
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2 − 12 | Sweden
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| Sweden
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11 − 13 | Armenia
|
Final standing edit
| Qualified for the 2021 IKF European Korfball B-Championship |
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
|
Turkey
|
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Switzerland
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Greece[A]
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| 4 | Ukraine
|
| 5 | Armenia
|
| 6 | Sweden
|
| 7 | Belarus
|
