IKF Europa Cup 2014 logo

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The next IKF Europa Cup Final Round will be played in Papendrecht, The Netherlands in the PKC venue from Wednesday 15 January 2014 till Saturday 18 January 2014.

Twelve teams will participate in this event.

For the first time in the IKF Europa Cup history this event will have an event and name sponsor. The official title is IKF Europa Cup 2014, sponsored by ELSCO.

The 12 participants are:

  1. Boeckenberg, Belgium
  2. VKC Kolin, Czech Republic
  3. KC Barcelona, Catalonia
  4. Trojans KC, England
  5. SG Pegasus Rommerscheid 1991 e.V., Germany
  6. 1908 SZAC KSE, Hungary
  7. PKC / Hagero, The Netherlands
  8. NC Benfica, Portugal
  9. State University-HSS, Russia
  10. Korfball Club Zenum, Serbia
  11. Y
  12. Z

Two teams (Y, Z) have still to qualify on Saturday November 23rd and will be part of next week announcement.

The event logo shows the liaison between the strength of national and international korfball. KNKV is the biggest IKF member and PKC/Hagero is the biggest club in the Netherlands with nearby 1,000 members.

The IKF Europa Cup 2014 logo is released today.

General information;

Since the 2013 IKF Europa Cup winner, Koog Zaandijk/Hiltex of The Netherlands did not win the Dutch title this year, there will be a new winner of the IKF Europa Cup in 2014.

PKC/Hagero is the Dutch title winner in 2013, making this its seventh appearance in the IKF Europa Cup event.

KC Barcelona, 1908 SZAC KSE and SG Pegasus Rommerscheid 1991 e.V. are first time participants.

The first IKF Europa Cup was played in 1967 in Mitcham, England, with three teams competing, making the 2014 edition of the event the 48th consecutive tournament.

First round IKF Europa Cup 2014

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Saturday 23 November, the last three places for the IKF Europa Cup Final Round will be contested in Belgrade (SRB) and Croydon (ENG). Under Events you may find the matches and match times.

First round IKF Europa Cup

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Saturday 23 November 2013 there will be matches in Belgrade (SRB) and Croydon (ENG) to decide the last three participants in the IKF Europa Cup Final round in Papendrecht (NED) from 15 – 18 January 2014. Twelve teams will participate.

The matches are:

Belgrade; 1100 AM; Sumice Zenum (SRB)- Marmara (TUR). The winner qualifies.

Croydon; venue Royal Russel

  • 13:30 Cardiff City (WAL) – Edinburgh city korfball club (SCO)
  • 15:00 Edinburgh city korfball club (SC0) – Bonson (FRA)
  • 16:30 Bonson (FRA) – Cardiff City (WAL)

The numbers 1 and 2 qualify.

WADA Conference in South Africa

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The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has just held its most important Congress for over four years in Johannesburg (RSA). The IKF was represented by the Secretary General and IKF Africa also had an observer at the event.

The main topics at the Conference were the coming changes to the WADA Code, due to come into effect on 1 January 2015, and the new requirements made upon International Federations, National Anti-Doping Organisations and their athletes’ requirements concerning testing, whereabouts and TUEs.

During 2014 the IKF and all countries will need to bring their Anti-Doping Rules in line with the new Code.

Draft rules for Beach Korfball

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At its recent Congress – 25 and 26 October 2013 – held in Lisbon (POR) the IKF announced that it will, in the coming months, be rolling out draft rules for different korfball disciplines.

The first of these sets of rules are the Rules for Beach Korfball. Designed to be played 3 vs 3 at the highest level, or 4 vs 4 at recreation level, the game is expected to be played with a field size of 18 m x 9 m or 20 m x 10 m, no halfway line, two posts set in from the ends like the traditional variant of the game and in four quarters of 2 1/2 minutes . Teams will consist of 3 male and 3 female players and unlimited substitutions will be allowed.

The IKF member countries are being encouraged to try out these new draft rules and feed back their experiences so that a final set of rules can be put in place by the end of 2014.

Under ‘Documents‘ and ‘Playing Rules‘ these Draft Rules for Beach Korfball are published.

IKF U21 European Korfball Championship 2014

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The IKF U21 European Korfball Championship 2014 will be organised by the Czech Korfball Association (CKA). The first organiser of this event, Turkey, did withdrew. The IKF is pleased with the offer of the CKA to welcome 12 European U21 korfball teams.

The event period will be 6 – 12 July 2014. The city and the venue will be selected on short term.

This period is chosen by the Competitions Committee after consultations by IKF Europe with European countries present during the IKF Congress in Lisbon.

The participants in the IKF European Korfball Championship

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In the next IKF European Korfball Championship (IKF EKC) in Maia, Portugal the following 16 countries are qualified for participation.

The first 10 ranked in the last IKF EKC: Belgium, Catalonia, Czech Republic, England, Germany, Hungary, The Netherlands (reigning champion), Poland, Portugal (host) and Russia.

And 6 from the two qualification events; IKF European Bowl Eastern region and Central region; Ireland, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey and Wales.

These are exactly the same 16 nations as participated in IKF EKC 2010.

The Netherlands is the current holder of the IKF European Korfball Championship following the last championship held in The Netherlands in 2010.

IKF European Korfball Championship 2014 logo

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As part of the opening session of the IKF World Korfball Congress in Lisbon the IKF President, Dr Jan Fransoo, and Portuguese Korfball President, Mr Mario Almeida under the eyes of Portuguese Secretary of State for Sports, Mr Guerreiro signed the contract and released the for the IKF European Korfball Championship 2014 in 2014 in Maia in the Porto region.

Results final day IKF European Bowl

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Turkey, Wales and Ireland finished in this order on the first three places in the IKF European Bowl and qualified for the next IKF European Korfball Championship in Portugal in October 2014.

The results of the second and final day were:

Romania – Greece 10 – 13
Wales – Ireland 8 – 7 after Golden Goal
Turkey – France 12 – 6
Greece – Romania 8 – 11
Ireland * – France 15 – 14 after Golden Goal
Wales * – Turkey * 4 – 7

* qualified for the IKF European Korfball Championship 2014.

The ranking of the IKF European Bowl Eastern Region is:
1 Turkey
2 Wales
3 Ireland
4 France
5 Greece
6 Romania

Frans Walvis, IKF Senior Vice-President, was very positive on the organisation by KNKV – PKC/Hagero in the beautiful Papendrecht sportsarena. All teams were very positives as well. The jury members and the referees were granted a big hand for their good work.

Frans Walvis supported by ms.  Mady Tims and Laurens Leeuwenhoek, 2 Dutch internationals and PKC/ Hagero players awarded the prizes.

Results day 1 IKF European Bowl

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The first 6 matches are played. The results are:

Wales – France 11 – 10
Ireland – Greece 15 – 5
Romania – Wales 9 – 14
Turkey – Ireland 14 – 9
France – Romania 12 – 7
Greece – Turkey 3 – 10

Saturday 19 October the matches start 0900 AM Amsterdam time.

You are able to follow the IKF European Bowl Central region via worldkorfball.org