IKF ECUP 2017 Day 1: First contact

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Eight games were played on Thursday, 12 January 2017, during the first day of this intense 51th IKF Europa Cup 2017 in Sassenheim. No surprises between the winners, but a lot of expectation to see how it worked with all the new rules and game timings.

A great first day, that brought these results:

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Day 2 Matches Schedule (Friday, 13 January 2017):

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Here you can rewatch all matches played during the IKF ECUP 2017 (Youtube playlist – most recent videos shown first):

From Thursday 12 to Saturday 14 January 2017 in Sassenheim (NED), the 51th IKF ECUP 2017 is taking place, with 9 European national korfball champions competing to be the best team in Europe.

All IKF Europa Cup 2017 matches will be available through live webcasting. You are invited to watch all the games live or at any time on www.worldkorfball.org, with all the statistics, play-by-play, top scorers, graphics and much more. Or directly through the ikfchannel on YouTube.

All images, reports, interviews, videos and curiosities were available live 24/7 on IKF social media profiles under the #ECUP2017 hashtag:

Here you have the tournament schedule and pools (all times in GMT + 1):

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More info, tournament rules, updated schedule and more on https://korfball.sport/event/ikf-europa-cup-2017

Finally, here you have some of the best photos taken during this #ECUP2017 Day 1 by IKF Official Photographer (c) Marco Spelten (www.Facebook.com/ActiefotografieNL)

Live webcasting of all IKF ECup 2017 matches

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From Thursday 12 to Saturday 14 January 2017 in Sassenheim (NED), the 51th IKF ECUP 2017 will take place, with 9 European national korfball champions competing to be the best team in Europe.

As usual, all IKF Europa Cup 2017 matches will be available through live webcasting. You are invited to watch all the games on www.worldkorfball.org, with all the statistics, play-by-play, top scorers, graphics and much more. Or directly through the ikfchannel on YouTube.

For IKF ECUP 2017 on worldkorfball.org: CLICK HERE
For ikfchannel on YouTube: CLICK HERE

All images, reports, interviews, videos and curiosities will be available live 24/7 on IKF social media profiles (#ECUP2017):

IKF Europa Cup change

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In two weeks time the first IKF event in 2017 is on the agenda; the 51st edition of the IKF Europa Cup in Sassenheim , The Netherlands.

Due to a very late withdrawal of the Polish Champion UKK WUM Warszawa the IKF and the organisers had a huge challenge; can we find at this late stage another European champion club team. Despite all efforts they did not manage to find a club team that was able to take the open spot.

The IKF Europa Cup 2017 will be played with nine club teams, all national champions in their country from Thursday 12 till Saturday 14 January 2017.

The first match wil start 12 January 10.45 AM (GMT +1); NC Benfica – KV Adler Rauxel e.V.

The IKF Europa Cup final is scheduled to start Saturday 14 January 17.00 PM

The adjusted pools and match schedule are available: CLICK HERE

As in previous editions of the major IKF events all matches will be available through live web casting via worldkorfball.org and the ikfchannel on YouTube.

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IKF Europa Cup; updated Booklet

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Today we published the updated IKF Europa Cup Booklet.

This Booklet tells the full history of 50 IKF Europa Cup Events since 1967. The IKF Europa Cup is the korfball event with the longest history.

The 51th IKF Europa Cup will be played from 12 – 14 January 2017 in Sassenheim in the city of Teylingen in the venue of TOP.

You can find the booklet under “Documents” or clicking here.

IKF Europa Cup 2017 match schedule

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From Thursday 12 January till Saturday 14 January 2017 the 51st IKF Europa Cup final round korfball will be played in the Netherlands, in Sassenheim, in the city of Teylingen.

Thursday 12 January 2017 9.30 AM the first match will start; NC Benfica versus KV Adler Rauxel e.V

Today IKF Europe published the IKF Europa Cup 2017 match schedule (all times in GMT + 1):

Thursday 12 January 2017
9:30 1 NC Benfica KV Adler Rauxel e.V
10:45 2 Korfbal Klub Brno Kocaeli University Sport Club
12:00 3 UKK WUM Warszawa Boeckenberg Korfbal Club
13:15 4 TOP/Quoratio Szentendre Kinizsi Honvéd SE
14:30 5 Trojans Korfball Club KV Adler Rauxel e.V
15:45 6 Club Korfbal Vallparadis Kocaeli University Sport Club
17:00 7 UKK WUM Warszawa NC Benfica
18:15 8 Szentendre Kinizsi Honvéd SE Korfbal Klub Brno
19:30

–          19:50

Opening

 Ceremony
20:00 9 Boeckenberg Korfbal Club Trojans Korfball Club
21:15 10 TOP/Quoratio Club Korfbal Vallparadis
Friday 13 January 2017
10:00 11 Trojans Korfball Club UKK WUM Warszawa
11:15 12 Szentendre Kinizsi Honvéd SE Club Korfbal Vallparadis
12:00 13 KV Adler Rauxel e.V Boeckenberg Korfbal Club
13:45 14 TOP/Quoratio Kocaeli University Sport Club
15:00 15 NC Benfica Trojans Korfball Club
16:15 16 Club Korfbal Vallparadis Korfbal Klub Brno
17:30 17 KV Adler Rauxel e.V UKK WUM Warszawa
18:45 18 Kocaeli University Sport Club Szentendre Kinizsi Honvéd SE
20:00 19 TOP/Quoratio Korfbal Klub Brno
21:15 20 Boeckenberg Korfbal Club NC Benfica
Results
Pool  A Pool B
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2
3
4
5
Saturday 14 January 2017
9:00 21 Nr 5 pool A Nr 5 Pool B
11:00 22 Nr 4 pool A Nr 4 Pool B
13:00 23 Nr 3 pool A Nr 3 Pool B
15:00 24 Nr 2 pool A Nr 2 Pool B
17:00 25 Nr 1 pool A Nr 1 Pool B
18:45 Medal Ceremony and Closing ceremony

The Tournament Rules IKF Europa Cup 2017

THURSDAY 12 and FRIDAY 13 January 2017

Preparation time before a match 10 minutes
2 x 17 minutes Real Playing Time (RPT)
1 x Time Out per team
6 (reversible) substitutions
Half Time 4 minutes
Golden Goal 5 minutes RPT
Penalties sudden death

SATURDAY 14 January 2017

Preparation time before a match 20 minutes
2 x 25 minutes Real Playing Time (RPT)
2 x Time Outs per team
8 (reversible) substitutions
Half Time 10 minutes
Golden Goal 10 minutes RPT
Penalties whole team of 8 players

The full History Booklet of the IKF Europa Cup is available: https://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/IKF-ECup-History-Booklet-January-2016.pdf

 

IKF Europa Cup 2017 Final round korfball: the 10 participants and the pools

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From Thursday 12 January till Saturday 14 January 2017 the 51st IKF Europa Cup final round korfball will be played in the Netherlands, in Sassenheim, in the city of Teylingen. The Royal Dutch Korfball Federation (KNKV) will organize this event in close cooperation with TOP/Quoratio.

The International Korfball Federation is proud and happy to announce the 10 national champions that will participate in this edition of the IKF Europa Cup.

Which team will win the IKF Europa Cup in 2017?

The last edition of this annual korfball event took place in Budapest (Hungary) in January 2016. The winner was PKC/SWK Groep, Papendrecht, Netherlands.

After the first round, a qualification event, of the IKF Europa Cup 24 and 25 September in Cardiff, Wales all 10 participating teams in the final round are known:

BELGIUM                             :              Boeckenberg Korfbal Club

CATALONIA                       :              Club Korfbal Vallparadís /Assessoria

CZECH REPUBLIC          :              Korfbal Klub Brno

ENGLAND                           :              Trojans Korfball Club

GERMANY                           :              KV Adler Rauxel e.V

HUNGARY                           :              Szentendrei Kinizsi Honvéd SE

POLAND                               :              UKK WUM Warszawa

PORTUGAL                         :              Nucleo de Corfebol de Benfica

TURKEY                                :              Kocaeli University Sport Club

NETHERLANDS               :              TOP/Quoratio

The Pools are:

Pool A Pool B
TOP/Quoratio Boeckenberg Korfbal Club
Korfbal Klub Brno NC Benfica
Club Korfbal Vallparadis Trojans Korfball Club
Kocaeli University Sport Club KV Adler Rauxel
Szentendrei Kinizsi Honvéd SE UKK WUM Warszawa

Within two weeks the IKF Europa Cup 2017 match schedule will be published.

The full IKF History Booklet of this event with all details on all 50 preceding events is available in the IKF website. The link is: CLICK HERE FOR THE IKF EUROPA CUP HISTORY BOOKLET .

The Netherlands: European Korfball Champion 2016 (EKC Day 8 – Sun, Oct 30)

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One more time, The Netherlands beat Belgium in the IKF EKC final played in Dordrecht’s Sportboulevard Sunday, October 30,2016. The power of the Dutch team was overwhelming in the first minutes, creating a huge gap in the scoreboard with 10-2 at the end of the first quarter, making it almost impossible to go back for the Belgians.. Belgium tried to recover, but it was an impossible mission given the excellent performance of the Dutch who were supported by a home crowd of 4,000 in a sold-out venue. The final result: 27-14.

The bronze medal game was a terrific and exciting game between two similar and experienced teams. Catalonia lead in the beginning, but Portugal came back and turned the game around. Only in the last minutes the Catalan team was able to open a little breach, which became decisive in the final result (12-16). This bronze medal is the first ever achieved by the Catalan national korfball team in an IKF senior tournament.

You can rewatch both games via the following links:
NED – BEL: www.worldkorfball.org/matches/netherlands-belgium-1975

POR – CAT: www.worldkorfball.org/matches/portugal-catalonia-1974

The final IKF EKC 2016 ranking is:
Gold medal: The Netherlands
Silver medal: Belgium
Bronze medal: Catalonia
4th place: Portugal
5th place: Germany
6th place: England
7th place: Czech Republic
8th place: Russia
9th place: Poland
10th place: Turkey

For more information, all the statistics, updated top scorers and ranking pools, visit the following link: www.worldkorfbal.org

You can review and follow all the tournament live 24/7 on IKF social media profiles timelines and hashtags (#EKC2016) on facebook.com/korfball.org and twitter.com/korfball. Here you will find all photos, videos, behind the scenes and after match interviews.

The live webcasting and live streaming of all games through IKF Youtube channel went on with more and new suprises every day. Enjoy again it from any country in the world! And discover IKF’s new Instragram account: instagram.com/korfball_org

On www.worldkorfball.org you can find and rewatch all games played during all the championship, live streamed in HD high quality webcasting, with English commentaries by Tom Brady.

DAY 8 IMAGE GALLERY (Finals): By (c) Marco Spelten (www.Facebook.com/ActiefotografieNL) & Nathalie Kruidenier.

More images from the medal ceremony [ûpdated Monday, October 31, 2016]: By (c) Marco Spelten (www.Facebook.com/ActiefotografieNL)

IKF EKC 2016 Day 7 (Sat, Oct 29): Germany ends in 5th place

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Six games were played today in IKF EKC 2016 Day 7 in Dordrecht. The most important duels were the ones involving teams with options to achieve the 5th place in this IKF European Korfball Championship 2016.

At the end of the day, Germany was able to beat both England and Czech Republic, becoming 5th classified in this tournament. In 6th place ended England and in 7th, Czech Republic. Russia beated Poland (15-13) to reach place 8 in IKF EKC 2016 and secure its spot in 2018 IKF EKC “A” group.

The final ranking after today’s games is:
5th place: Germany
6th place: England
7th place: Czech Republic
8th place: Russia
9th place: Poland
10th place: Turkey

Tomorrow Sunday, October 30, will be the big day, with the bronze medal game between Portugal and Catalonia (at 11:30). Later at 13:30 (local time), the big IKF EKC 2016 final: The Netherlands – Belgium.

Both games will be live streamed on www.worlkorfball.org with English commentaries and also live on the Dutch national TV broadcaster NOS.

Official links:
POR – CAT (11:30 CET+1): www.worldkorfball.org/matches/portugal-catalonia-1974

NED – BEL (13:30 CET+1): www.worldkorfball.org/matches/netherlands-belgium-1975

Here you can see today’s Day 7 results:

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For more information, all the statistics, updated top scorers and ranking pools, visit the following link: www.worldkorfbal.org

You can review and follow all the tournament live 24/7 on IKF social media profiles timelines and hashtags (#EKC2016) on facebook.com/korfball.org and twitter.com/korfball. Here you will find all photos, videos, behind the scenes and after match interviews.

The live webcasting and live streaming of all games through IKF Youtube channel will be going on with more and new suprises. Enjoy it from any country in the world! And discover IKF’s new Instragram account: instagram.com/korfball_org

On www.worldkorfball.org you can find and rewatch all games played today and during all the championship, live streamed in HD high quality webcasting, with English commentaries by Tom Brady.

Game 26: TURKEY – POLAND

Game 27: ENGLAND – GERMANY

Game 28: TURKEY – RUSSIA

Game 29: ENGLAND – CZECH REPUBLIC

Game 30: RUSSIA – POLAND

Game 31: CZECH REP. – GERMANY

DAY 7 IMAGE GALLERY: By (c) Marco Spelten (www.Facebook.com/ActiefotografieNL)

After match EKC 2016 Day 7 Interviews

IKF EKC 2016 Day 6 (Fri, Oct 28): NED & BEL will play the final

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The Netherlands and Belgium won their semi final games against Portugal and Catalonia respectively on Friday 30 October of the IKF European Korfball Championship 2016 in Dordrecht and will play the final for the gold medal on Sunday, Oct 30, at 13:30 (local time).

The Catalans and the Portuguese did their best in these two semi final matches, but even in the 1st quarter both finalists showed how powerful they are, leading their games comfortably from the beginning until the end. These two teams will play for the bronze medal on Sunday too at 11:30.

England beated Turkey easily in today’s first game, as well as Germany over Poland in the 2nd game. Both ENG and GER will play its first game on Saturday 29 at 16:15. Afterwards these two teams have to play their last game against Russia and Czech Republic (see schedule below).

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On the other hand, Turkey and Poland have the opportunity to win their first game in the clash that they will play tomorrow Saturday 29 at 15:00.

Here you can see today’s Day 6 results.

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For more information, all the statistics, updated top scorers and ranking pools, visit the following link: www.worldkorfbal.org

You can review and follow all the tournament live 24/7 on IKF social media profiles timelines and hashtags (#EKC2016) on facebook.com/korfball.org and twitter.com/korfball. Here you will find all photos, videos, behind the scenes and after match interviews.

The live webcasting and live streaming of all games through IKF Youtube channel will be going on with more and new suprises. Enjoy it from any country in the world! And discover IKF’s new Instragram account: instagram.com/korfball_org

On www.worldkorfball.orgyou can find and rewatch all games played today and during all the championship, live streamed in HD high quality webcasting, with English commentaries by Tom Brady.

Game 21: ENGLAND – TURKEY

Game 22: GERMANY – POLAND

Game 23: RUSSIA – CZECH REPUBLIC

Game 24: BELGIUM – CATALONIA

Game 25: THE NETHERLANDS – PORTUGAL

DAY 6 IMAGE GALLERY: By (c) Marco Spelten (www.Facebook.com/ActiefotografieNL)

After match EKC 2016 Day 6 Interviews

IKF EKC 2016 Day 5: Semi finalists known (results, interviews, games & images) Wed, Oct 26

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After the 5th day of competition in IKF EKC 2016 in Dordrecht, the semi finalists are known. Catalonia beated Germany in a very exciting game. The best scoring of the Catalans in the 3rd quarter allowed them to get enough advantage and decide the game in their favour by 21-16.

Previously, today’s 1st game between England and Portugal was clearly dominated by the Portuguese. England tried to go back, but the challenge was huge and Portugal kept scoring until the end of the game (12-17).

Belgium is the other known semi finalist. They will play against Catalonia on Friday at 18:00 PM (GMT + 2). Their last game vs Czech Republic (34-14) was very close at the beginning, but during the 2nd quarter the Diamonds showed all their potential and definitely decided the match.

The last game of this IKF EKC 2016 Day 5 ended with an spectacular 48-12 in favour of The Netherlands over Russia. From the very beginning it was clear that this game was a great chance to show to Dordrecht’s Sportboulevard audience how powerful and talented the Dutch team is. Great plays, fast balls, tricky goals and constant alley-oops as a demonstration of great showtime.

These are today’s Day 5 results, the updated ranking pools and the match schedule of games to play on Friday, October 28 (Day 6), after Thursday 27 as a day of rest.

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Day6_EKC_RankingPools

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For more information, all the statistics, updated top scorers and ranking pools, visit the following link: www.worldkorfbal.org

You can review and follow all the tournament live 24/7 on IKF social media profiles timelines and hashtags (#EKC2016) on facebook.com/korfball.org and twitter.com/korfball. Here you will find all photos, videos, behind the scenes and after match interviews.

The live webcasting and live streaming of all games through IKF Youtube channel will be going on with more and new suprises. Enjoy it from any country in the world! And discover IKF’s new Instragram account: instagram.com/korfball_org

Here you can rewatch all games played and live streamed on www.worldkorfball.org.

Game 17: ENGLAND – PORTUGAL

Game 18: CATALONIA – GERMANY

Game 19: BELGIUM – CZECH REPUBLIC

Game 20: THE NETHERLANDS – RUSSIA

DAY 5 IMAGE GALLERY: By (c) Marco Spelten (www.Facebook.com/ActiefotografieNL)

After match EKC 2016 Day 5 Interviews