The International Korfball Federation (IKF) is now able to confirm the teams that have qualified for next year’s IKF European Korfball Championships that will take place in October 2024.
The main qualification event for the IKF European Korfball Championships 2024 is based on the teams’ performances at the IKF World Korfball Championship 2023 currently being played in Taipei City.
The 12 European teams competing at the World Championship will directly qualify for the European Championships, the top 8 teams will participate in the A- Division and the other 4 teams will take part in the B- Division, with both events planned for October 2024.
Switzerland qualified through the IKF EU Korfball Championship Qualifier-B in 2022. The remaining three qualification places for the IKF European Korfball Championship B-Division will be contested between Armenia, France, Scotland, Serbia and Wales at the IKF EKC Round 1 that will take place in Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds, France, between 24-26 November 2023.
IKF European Korfball Championship A-Division | October 2024
Belgium
Catalonia
Czech Republic
England
Germany
Hungary
Netherlands
Portugal
IKF European Korfball Championship B-Division | Türkiye | Kemer| 14-19 October
Ireland
Poland
Slovakia
Switzerland
Türkiye
Armenia/ France/ Scotland/ Serbia/ Wales at the IKF EKC Round 1
Photo: Marco Spelten
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An installation meeting for a new IKF Europe Executive Committee was held in Taipei prior to the General Assembly of the International Korfball Federation (IKF). The formation of this committee is a significant milestone for European korfball, as there has been no European voice in the IKF council for some time.
Previous attempts to create a European confederation ultimately proved unsustainable. Now, a different approach has been followed with the composition of an IKF European task force that has been working on the preparation of a new ExCO for the past 2 years. Members of Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, England and Poland formed this task force.
The working group laid the foundation for a mission statement and determined the objectives for IKF Europe and the associated critical success factors. The mission statement is to bring together all European federations with a focus on further development of the sport in all respects and cooperation across national borders through the exchange of knowledge and expertise.
Yves Daelmans (Belgium) was elected president of IKF Europe and said, “We have been able to put together a driven ExCo team for this purpose, with representation from A to D countries and with the necessary geographical spread. As A countries, the Netherlands and Belgium take their responsibility in this new ExCo.
“It soon became apparent that there was a need for a body to connect the European countries and take a position within IKF, because the number of topics that were presented so far is already considerable.” Yves Daelmans will combine this extra role with his position of director of international relations within the Belgian federation.
The IKF Europe ExCo consists of the following people:
President: Yves Daelmans (Belgium). Members: Carles Albà (Catalonia), Clive Dobbin (England), Anne Harrow (Scotland), Henry van Meerten (Netherlands) and Iwona Zak (Poland)
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The first two event of the IKF Korfball Champions League 2023-24 have been played last weekend. 14 teams competed for 2 places in the IKF Korfball Champions League Round 2, and 4 places in the IKF Korfball Champions League Satellite Final.
IKF Korfball Champions League Round 1-A
The IKF KCL R1A took place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 21-23 September. 6 teams competed against each other in a round-robin format. CK Vallparadís from Catalonia and Schweriner KC from Germany won their first three matches and faced each other on the final day, in what was the expected deciding match for the ranking of positions one and two. Schweriner took a four-goal lead, but Vallparadis turned things around and took over the initiative in Q3 with a three-goal gap. Schweriner came close, but Vallparadis secured their win by a very close 15-14 end score. The team ended the tournament with a win over CCCD Carnaxide and thus qualified for the IKF Korfball Champions League Round 2. Schweriner KC and CCCD Carnaxide qualified for the IKF Korfball Champions League Satellite Final by claiming the second and third place. Yildiz Teknik Üniversitelilier became fourth, SJBAGB fifth, and 1908 SZAC Budapest completed the ranking on sixth place.
IKF Korfball Champions League Round 1-B
The IKF KCL R1B took place in Cardiff, Wales, from 22-24 September. 8 teams were present, but Koceali University Sport Club participated out of competition. Unfortunately, they could not get a team complete due to VISA issues. The team’s athletes that travelled to Cardiff were complemented by local players. The teams competed in two groups, advancing from there to the semi-finals, finals and other ranking matches. Group A winner Clube de Corfebol de Oeiras defeated Cardiff City & Met KC (number 2 group B) in the semi-final, where it faced FJEP Bonson. Bonson defeated SKK Prievidza Dolphins (winner Group B) in their semi-final. Clube Corfebol de Oeiras proved to be the strongest competitor in the event, by winning the final 23 to 4. The match for third place decided which team would claim the last qualification spot for the IKF KCL Satellite Final. Cardiff City & Met KC and the Dolphins were a great match for each other, but eventually, the Slovak champion claimed the victory. The ranking was completed by Tornadoes Korfball Club Academy (fifth place), Glasgow Korfball Club (sixth place), and Newport Centurions KC (seventh place).
The IKF Korfball Champions League Round 2 will be organised in Marki, Poland, from 28 November – 2 December. The IKF Korfball Champions League Satellite Final will be organised 18-20 January in Antalya, Türkiye.
ON SOCIAL MEDIA
All fans around the world are able to watch and follow these tournaments live on youtube.com/ikfchannel and on www.worldkorfball.sport (with live results and streams, statistics, scorers, play-by-play …), as well as on social media on the hashtags #KCL and #korfball, with the best images, clips and highlights. You can find all this content and much more visiting the official @IKFKCL profiles (click on the icons bellow), as well as the main IKF main profiles (see below):
The time has arrived for all the European club teams qualified to play this 2nd season of the IKF Korfball Champions League. After some changes and improvements, this competition is ready to kick off with two first rounds to be played in Lisbon (R1A) and Cardiff (R1B).
Fourteen teams will participate in this preliminary round, competing in either Round 1-A or Round 1-B. In the refined set-up of the IKF KCL 2023-24 that was introduced in May (see this post), the winners of the IKF Korfball Champions League Round 1 will proceed to the IKF Korfball Champions League Round 2. From there they can qualify for the IKF Korfball Champions League Final to the Challenger Final. The numbers 2 and 3 of both Rounds 1 qualify for the IKF Korfball Champions League Satellite Final.
WHERE TO FOLLOW AND WATCH
All fans around the world will be able to follow this tournaments live on youtube.com/ikfchannel and on www.worldkorfball.sport (with live results and streams, statistics, scorers, play-by-play …), as well as on social media on the hashtags #KCL and #korfball, to find the best images, clips and highlights.
You can find all this content and much more visiting the official @IKFKCL profiles (click on the icons bellow), as well as the best recaps and summaries on the main IKF profiles (see below):
The late withdrawal of Kékvölgy SE from Hungary led to a change in the original tournament set-up for the IKF KCL R1A. The teams will play each other in a round-robin format, but the qualification criteria for the successive KCL events remain unchanged.
The live draw for the IKF Korfball Champions League Round 1 took place on July 6. Through this draw, the teams were divided into the two Round 1s, in Cardiff and Lisbon.
Teams were allocated to the events by drawing in pairs. These pairs were based on the IKF Korfball Champions League ranking, which is based on the previous season. Two teams were already placed; Welsh champion Cardiff City Korfball Club and the runner-up Newport Centurions. The Welsh Korfball Association is hosting the event in collaboration with Cardiff City Korfball Club, which was therefore placed in the IKF KCL Round 1-B. To get to 8 teams, Newport Centurions were invited as extra participant and was therefore also placed in the IKF KCL R1B. The two qualified Portuguese teams are both not hosting the event, and are therefore included in the draw instead of having a fixed place in Lisbon.
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The IKF has launched the refined set-up of the IKF Korfball Champions League. After the inaugural season the IKF EXCO has evaluated the event(s), taking into consideration the feedback of the participating clubs, the national federations, the IKF Officials and the IKF Committees.
The new set-up honours the main goals of the IKF KCL, while adjusting the set-up in such a way that the main feedback point are incorporated. The main goals that form the fundament for the IKF KCL are:
Have more competitive matches between clubs of similar level from different countries across the entire European club competitions;
Improve quality at all levels;
Have a feasible path to winning a title across multiple levels;
Have competitive finals (KCL, Challenger, Satellite);
Gradually increase the number of club teams from a country that can get European competition at their level.
The main points of feedback from the teams, national federations, officials and IKF Committees were:
Lower the costs for teams;
Reduce travel for participants – fewer events for individual clubs;
Desire to have more certainty around location and timing of events – longer preparation time;
Play one match per day and full games;
Have fewer events and longer, if necessary;
Have fewer matches against the same opponents from previous rounds;
Have a ‘more international’ feel in the KCL Final;
Have more international experience and enhance social contacts.
These findings led to the following set-up of the IKF Korfball Champions League:
National federations receive the invitation letter and registration form for their qualified teams as soon as possible. The locations of the IKF KCL R1A will be in Lisbon, Portugal, and the R1B in Cardiff, Wales. The location for the IKF KCL R2 is Marki, Poland, and the location for the IKF KCL Satellite Final is Antalya, Türkiye.
Update 16/1/2024: Qualified teams & host cities confirmed so far
Update 17/6/2023: Qualified teams & host cities confirmed so far
Update 6/7/2023 – Live draw (to decide which teams will play the KCL R1-A and R1-B):
Update 6/7/2023 – 21:00 (CEST) – The groups are known:
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The IKF Korfball Champions League Final has its champion: the Dutch club PKC/Vertom, after beating by 19-10 Fortuna/Delta Logistiek in the big final. The Belgian Borgerhout/Groen-Wit KC and Floriant Merelbeke played an exciting and tight game for 3rd place, that was decided by 18- 19 in favour of Floriant in the last minutes.
From 10 to 11 February 2023, this final event was taking place in the Dutch city of Delft, between the best four korfball clubs in Europe playing to win the 1st edition of this new European club trophy.
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The champions of the Dutch and the Belgian League were automatically qualified for the IKF KCL Final (Fortuna/Delta Logistiek and Korfbalclub Floriant Merelbeke), and they were joined by the number 1 and 2 of the IKF KCL R3, which were the Dutch PKC/Vertom and Borgerhout/Groen-Wit KC from Belgium. Previously, 4 qualifying rounds and 2 final events took place to reveal the 4 teams that will play this KCL Final. [Press kit booklet here]
All fans and supporters were welcome to see the matches live at Fortuna Hall (buy tickets), or they could also enjoy the 4 matches scheduled watching the live streams through the Olympic Channel.
The signal were be produced by the IKF and broadcasted live trough the Olympic Channel platform, as part of a collaboration and partnership between these two organisations. The IKF is an international federation officially recognised by the Olympic International Committee, and during the last years, korfball content has been broadcasted several times, specially during the World Games 2017 and 2022. This IKF KCL Final was expected to be the first of many more events and korfball content to be broadcasted during the next years.
Friday’s semi-finals and the game for 3rd place and big final on Saturday were be live-streamed on the following links, with two different signals, so fans could choose between English or Dutch commentary. There were special extra content before and after each game, with interviews, analysis, etc… around this exciting final event in Delft. Furthermore, on www.worldkorfball.sport, fans were able to watch these live streams next to all the statistics, live results and scorers and play-by-play actions.
10-11 February 2023: KCL Final in The Netherlands – To be played
LIVE STREAMS, RESULTS & SOCIAL MEDIA
All fans around the world were be able to follow this tournament live on www.worldkorfball.sport (with live results and streams, statistics, scorers, play-by-play, …) and live on the Olympic Channel.
On social media, the best images, clips and highlights were be published and shared on all IKF profiles (see below) and via the hashtags #KCL and #korfball:
https://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/header_KCL_Final_day2.png3801000Dani Ezpeletahttps://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/LogoIKF.pngDani Ezpeleta2023-02-11 23:39:132023-12-11 08:58:46PKC/Vertom wins the IKF Korfball Champions League Final 2022-2023
From 10 to 11 February 2023, the IKF Korfball Champions League Final is taking place in the Dutch city of Delft. The best four korfball clubs in Europe will play to raise the most important European club trophy of this season.
The champions of the Dutch and the Belgian League automatically qualified for the IKF KCL Final (Fortuna/Delta Logistiek and Korfbalclub Floriant Merelbeke), and they are joined by the number 1 and 2 of the IKF KCL R3, which are the Dutch PKC/Vertom and Borgerhout/Groen-Wit KC from Belgium. Previously, 4 qualifying rounds and 2 final events took place to reveal the 4 teams that will play this KCL Final. [Press kit booklet here]
All fans and supporters are welcome to see the matches live at Fortuna Hall (buy tickets), or they can also enjoy the 4 matches scheduled watching the live streams through the Olympic Channel.
The signal will be produced by the IKF and broadcasted live trough the Olympic Channel platform, as part of a collaboration and partnership between these two organisations. The IKF is an international federation officially recognised by the Olympic International Committee, and during the last years, korfball content has been broadcasted several times, specially during the World Games 2017 and 2022. This IKF KCL Final is expected to be the first of many more events and korfball content to be broadcasted during the next years.
Friday’s semi-finals and the game for 3rd place and big final on Saturday will be live-streamed on the following links, with two different signals, so fans can choose between English or Dutch commentary. Don’t miss the special extra content before and after each game, with interviews, analysis, etc… around this exciting final event in Delft. Furthermore, on www.worldkorfball.sport you will be able to watch these live streams next to all the statistics, live results and scorers and play-by-play actions.
