2018 IKF European Korfball B-Championship

The 2018 European Korfball B-Championship was held in the Netherlands from 13 to 21 October 2018. Matches were played in Drachten, Gorredijk, Heerenveen and Leeuwarden. It was the first edition where the European Korfball Championship was split into an A-Championship and a B-Championship, with the idea that a certain number of teams will relegate from the A-Championship to the B-Championship after each edition, and a certain number of teams from the B-Championship will be promoted. Whether this will be a direct promotion or relegation, or whether play-offs will need to be played, is yet to be determined. The tournament was originally scheduled to be played by eight teams, but following a late withdrawal by Turkey, only seven teams took part.

2018 European Korfball B-Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNetherlands
CityDrachten, Gorredijk, Heerenveen and Leeuwarden
Dates13 to 21 October 2018
Teams7
Venue(s)4
Final positions
Champions Poland (1st title)
Runners-up Ireland
Third place Slovakia
Fourth place Wales

The top two finishers qualified for the 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship.

Qualified teams

Team Method of
qualification
Date of
qualification
 France 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round West 3rd place 5 June 2016
 Hungary 2018 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round winner 29 October 2017
 Ireland[A] 2018 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round 3rd place 21 March 2018
 Scotland 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round East 4th place 4 June 2016
 Serbia 2018 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round runner-up 29 October 2017
 Slovakia 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round East 3rd place 4 June 2016
 Wales 2016 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round West 4th place 5 June 2016
  1. ^
    on 21 March 2018 the news was released that  Russia would not participate in the 2018 IKF European Korfball A-Championship, allowing  Poland to take its place and move up from the B-Championship, while  Ireland in its turn took the place of Poland in the B-Championship

Group stage

The eight teams were divided into two groups of four, with all teams progressing to the quarter-finals. The groups were named C and D to distinguish them from Groups A and B in the 2018 IKF European Korfball A-Championship, held at the same time and location as the 2018 IKF European Korfball B-Championship.

Group C

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1  Slovakia 2 2 0 0 0 34 29 +5 6
2  France 2 0 1 0 1 33 33 0 2
3  Ireland 2 0 0 1 1 27 31 4 1
Source: IKF
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Slovakia  18 − 17  France
France  16 − 15 (OT)  Ireland
Ireland  12 − 16  Slovakia

Group D

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1  Hungary 3 2 1 0 0 51 30 +21 8
2  Scotland 3 2 0 1 0 49 43 +6 7
3  Wales 3 1 0 0 2 35 31 +4 3
4  Serbia 3 0 0 0 3 33 64 31 0
Source: IKF
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Scotland  12 − 11  Wales
Hungary  25 − 8  Serbia
Scotland  13 − 14 (OT)  Hungary
Wales  15 − 7  Serbia
Serbia  18 − 24  Scotland
Hungary  12 − 9  Wales

Intermediate stage

Following the group stage, an intermediate round was held, featuring the group winners and the teams finishing last in the group stage of the A-Championship. The winners continued in the A-Championship knockout stage, the losers moved to or remained in the B-Championship knockout stage. As 10 nations from Europe qualify for the 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship, the winners of these matches qualified for the 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship by virtue of finishing in the top 8. The losing teams could still qualify.

16 October 2018
18:15
Hungary  17 − 16  Poland
Report
Gorredijk

16 October 2018
20:00
Czech Republic  33 − 12  Slovakia
Report
Gorredijk

Knockout stage

Main bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
 Slovakia 22
 Serbia 19
 Slovakia 9
 Ireland 13
 Ireland 15
 Scotland 13
 Ireland 7
 Poland 21
 France 6
 Wales 12
 Wales 15 Third place
 Poland 19
bye  Slovakia 18
 Poland  Wales 15

Consolation bracket

Due to the late cancellation of Turkey, only three teams were available to play for the last places. The three losing teams from the quarterfinals would play a round-robin system, playing each other once. France and Serbia were first matched against each other, with the loser playing Scotland to determine last place. The winners of the first two matches then met to determine the fifth and sixth place finisher.

Consolation MatchMatch to determine last place5th-6th place match
          
 France16
 Serbia13
 France15
 Scotland14
 Scotland22
 Serbia21

Final standing

Key
Qualified for the 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship and the 2020 IKF European Korfball B-Championship
Qualified for the 2020 IKF European Korfball B-Championship
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Poland
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Ireland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Slovakia
4  Wales
5  France
6  Scotland
7  Serbia
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