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 edit

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 edit

	Year	Host	Final			Third place match			#Number of teams
European Korfball B-Championship
	Year	Host	Champion	Score	Second place	Third place	Score	Fourth place	#Number of teams
I	2018	Netherlands	Poland	21-7	Ireland	Slovakia	18–15	Wales	7
II	2021	Poland	Poland	18-15	Slovakia	Turkey	17-9	Scotland	8
III	2024	Turkey							8

Debut of teams edit

Year	Debutants	Total
2018	France Hungary Ireland Poland^[A] Scotland Serbia Slovakia Wales	8
2020	Greece Switzerland Turkey	3
Total		11

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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 edit


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Poland	2	0	0	2
2	Slovakia	0	1	1	2
3	Ireland	0	1	0	1
4	Turkey	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		2	2	2	6

External links edit

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[cnote_A] 
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.

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