IKF Europa Cup 2022 and IKF Europa Shield 2022

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The IKF is happy to announce the hosts and dates of the 2022 edition of the IKF Europa Cup (First Round and Final Round) and the IKF Europa Shield.

 

 

IKF Europa Cup 2022

The IKF Europa Cup traditionally features exiting matches between the club champions of the European national korfball leagues. The IKF Europa Cup First Round normally takes place in September, but due to the Covid-19 pandemic this year’s edition will be held from 7-9 January 2022 in Kielczow, Poland. The host will be Polish Korfball Association. Eight National champions will compete for one spot in the IKF Europa Cup 2022 Final Round.

 

The IKF Europa Cup Final Round will be played from 10-12 February in Papendrecht, The Netherlands. The Royal Dutch Korfball Association will host this event. The top-7 countries of last Europa Cup Final Round in Hungary (2019) have their champion directly qualified for this event and will be joined later by the winner of the ECup First Round.

 

In the case there is no appointed champion due to the cancellation of the league, the National Federation can nominate a participant for this event based on sportive and objective criteria as defined by the National Federation.

 

 

IKF Europa Shield 2022

The runners-up of the biggest competitions* in Europe have been invited to compete in the IKF Europa Shield 2022. The Czech Korfball Association will welcome the participants to the city of Prostějov from 28-30 January.

* Teams from the two highest ranked countries (NED and BEL at present) are ineligible

 

EVENTS SITES & UPDATES:

IKF Europa Cup First Round 2022 (7-9 January) ► korfball.sport/?p=25157
IKF Europa Shield 2022 (28-30 January) ► korfball.sport/?p=25162
IKF Europa Cup 2022 (10-12 February) ► korfball.sport/?p=25160

Updates IKF Events 2021

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The developments of the corona pandemic continue to influence the IKF Competition Calendar. All updates about the IKF events of 2021 can be found on this page, which will be updated regularly.

IKF U21 Korfball World Cup (24-26 September, Czech Republic)

The IKF has decided, in coordination with the participants, to relocate the IKF U21 Korfball World Cup 2022. The strict corona regulations and the related high organisational costs in France make it impossible for this event to continue in France as planned. The participants indicated that they would very much appreciate the IKF U21 KWC 2021 to take place, and the Czech Korfball Association has offered to organise the event from 24 – 26 September in Zruč nad Sázavou. The IKF is grateful for this offer and has full confidence that the Czech Korfball Association is capable of organising a great event in the short time left. The IKF is preparing the final versions of the IKF COVID-19 protocol and IKF COVID-19 Event Rules, of which a provisional edition has been discussed with the participants.

The IKF would like to thank Fédération Korfbal France for all their efforts to host this event.

IKF World Beach Korfball Championship 2021 (10-11 September, Morocco)

The current situation in Morocco makes it impossible to allow progress with tournament preparations, and time effectively ran out before a firm decision needed to be made. Therefore, the LOC and IKF have taken the joint decision to postpone the event until 2022. The main issue in Morocco at this time is that the country is still in a state of emergency, and it is not known when this will be released and borders will (fully) open up. It is also unclear if Morocco will allow flights from all continents and to what extent such tickets would be affordable for all subscribed teams. Taken together, this brings too much risk for both the participants and the Local Organisers and therefore the difficult decision to postpone the WBKC has been made. More information about the rescheduling of this event for next year will follow later this year.

IKF European Korfball Championship B-Division (4-9 October, Poland) &

IKF European Korfball Championship A-Division (25-30 October, Belgium)

The outlook for the two European Korfball Championships is currently positive. The situation in Poland and Belgium is getting better and better, and with more and more people vaccinated in Europe, the IKF and the two Local Organisers are confident that the events can take place as planned. The IKF is in contact with the IKF Medical Committee and Local Organisers of the EKCs to prepare a Covid-19 protocol. New update meeting with the participants of both events are planned in August, to make a final decision about the continuation of the event.

The IKF would like to express its gratitude to the different host countries for their collaboration and efforts in the preparation of the cancelled or postponed events.

IKF Friendly International Matches

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On 26 June the national senior teams of Belgium and The Netherlands will play a friendly international match in light of the 100-year anniversary of the Royal Belgium Korfball Association. The Royal Belgium Korfball Association, in alignment with the Royal Dutch Korfball Association, requested the IKF to recognise their match as an official friendly international match. All fans around the world can watch and enjoy this game live for free here below or visiting IKF’s Youtube channel (click here).

Like the two mentioned National Federations, all IKF members can request the IKF to recognise a friendly international match against another IKF member country. Organising an official friendly match adds to the status of the match and furthermore can add a limited number of ranking points to the IKF World Ranking. It is therefore that the IKF very much encourage National Federations to officialise their friendly matches and like this increase the visibility and status of the matches that are being played outside of official IKF competition.

To be able to achieve an official status and be registered, friendly matches should be organised and played according to the requirements defined in the Friendly International Match Guidelines. Furthermore, they need to be compliant with the IKF Competition Regulations and the Rules of Korfball.

An official friendly international match can be requested by using the request form, which should be supported by both national federations. All players must be eligible to play according to the IKF Competition Regulations and the referees will be appointed in alignment with the IKF Referee Committee.

IKF European Korfball Tour – update November

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It is with great regret that the IKF EXCO has decided to cancel the IKF European Korfball Tour (EKT) Finals 2021 in February. This following the earlier decision to cancel the IKF EKT Challenger planned for January 2021.

In close alignment with the appointed host of the event, the Royal Dutch Korfball Association (KNKV), the IKF has come to the conclusion that it is no longer sensible to continue with the preparations for the IKF EKT-Finals 2021 in The Netherlands. Looking at the current corona situation within Europe and the expectations for the months to come, it is not realistic to believe that things will improve in such a way that it is possible to successfully and safely organise the event in February.

The IKF likes to express it’s gratitude towards the KNKV for their collaboration and efforts over the last months to properly prepare the EKT-Finals in The Netherlands.

Despite of this unfortunate announcement the IKF has good hope that during the year of 2021 things will normalise and European club competitions can and will take place in 2022. You can expect more information about the European club competitions for 2021 in the first quarter of the next year.

IKF European Korfball Tour 2021 – update October

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The IKF EXCO has decided to cancel the IKF European Korfball Tour Challenger(s) in January 2021. This decision has been taken following the current negative developments regarding the spread of the coronavirus in Europe. With the number of infections increasing and new restrictions imposed by national governments all over Europe, there is too much doubt to continue with the preparations for the EKT-Challengers.

The IKF would like to express its gratitude towards the Polish Korfball Association (PKA) for all the efforts over the last months to prepare the EKT-Challenger in Poland.

The IKF EXCO keeps the option open to hold the IKF EKT-Finals in February in The Netherlands. The developments of the corona pandemic will be monitored closely over the coming weeks and a final decision regarding the continuation of the EKT-Finals will be made ultimately the 1st of December.

Since the EKT-Challengers are cancelled, the two teams that would qualify through these events now need to be appointed. The IKF Competition Committee will discuss this situation in the coming weeks and will decide upon the criteria to appoint the two remaining teams.

IKF European Korfball Tour 2021 – update and draw

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Update IKF European Korfball Tour 2021

The preparations for the experimental IKF European Korfball Tour (EKT) 2021, planned to take place in January and February, are moving forward. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic uncertainties will remain for the next months, but at this moment the IKF has good hope that the event can take place as scheduled. A next official evaluation of the situation is scheduled for the middle of October.

 

EKT-Challengers:

At this moment the host of one of the two EKT-Challengers is confirmed. An agreement has been made with the Polish Korfball Association (PKA) to organise one of the EKT-Challengers, to be held from 7-9 January 2021 in Kiełczowie (Wroclaw area).

A second host for the EKT-Challenger has not yet been found. Currently, there is one final option the IKF is investigating. Ultimately in the second week of October, it will become clear if there will be a second host for the EKT-Challengers or not.

In the case that no second host is found, the IKF European Korfball Tour will continue with the organisation of one EKT-Challenger only. In this scenario the match schedule of the tournament will be adjusted in line with the final number of participants. The two best teams of the EKT-Challenger in Poland will then qualify for the EKT-Finals in The Netherlands.

 

EKT-Finals:

The six teams that are directly qualified for the EKT-Finals from 11-13 February 2021 all have confirmed their participation. The other two teams that will complete the tournament will qualify through the EKT-Challenger(s).

As announced earlier the EKT-Finals has no group stage and proceeds directly to the elimination stage with the quarter finals on Thursday, the semi-finals on Friday and the finals on Saturday. The teams that are eliminated in the quarter finals will play for the positions 5-8 in a parallel elimination format.

The match-up of the quarter final matches are decided upon by an open draw. Hence, any type of seeding would require to explicitly rank countries and teams without any precedent.

Since the host country of the tournament has indicated that the outcome of the draw of the EKT-Finals could affect the way of hosting the tournament, with one or two playing locations in The Netherlands, the draw has already been executed. This gives the host country the time to properly prepare the tournament. As can be seen, the two Challenger positions have been part of the draw. After finalising the EKT-Challenger(s) it will be decided where both teams end up in the match schedule, by conducting a second draw.

Underneath you find the draw of the European Korfball Tour Finals. More detailed information will follow in a later stage.

 

Day 1
Thursday 11-02-2021
A KC Floriant (BEL) PKC/Vertom (NED)
B NC Benfica (POR) Challenger
C KV Adler Rauxel e.V. (GER) Boeckenberg KC (BEL)
D Challenger TOP Sassenheim (NED)
Day 2
Friday 12-02-2021
E loser A loser B
F winner A winner B
G loser C loser D
H winner C  winner D
Day 3 
Saturday 13-02-2021
loser E loser G
winner E winner G
loser F loser H
winner F winner H

A new update about the European Korfball Tour is planned for the end of October or beginning of November, after the official evaluation moment that has been scheduled.

IKF U19 Open European Korfball Championship 2020 canceled

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Today the Netherlands government, in coordination with the Netherlands Olympic Committee, decided that all sports events will be canceled until the end of this month. This includes training and preparation activities.

While the U19 OEKC is starting 10 days after this period ends, the disruption in sports is huge. It is not at all unlikely that this period will be extended. Moreover, travel restrictions in Europe are increasing day-by-day, and a number of countries have imposed travel restrictions on the Netherlands. Effectively, this current decision of the Netherlands government, along with multiple decisions of other governments implies that the U19 Open European Korfball Championship unfortunately will need to be canceled on the earlier announced dates of 10-12 April 2020. The International Korfball Federation and the Royal Dutch Korfball Association have jointly concluded this today. We will review in due course whether an option can be created to organise the championship at a later date. At this stage, however, this is unclear and no commitment can be made for that.

We realise that on the one hand the cancelation of this event is a major disappointment for the athletes and officials that have been preparing for this event for such a long time. At the same time, health considerations are critical, not only for our athletes and officials, but also in relation to our joint responsibility to combat this virus.

We would like to thank the KNKV and the Local Organising Committee for the extensive efforts they have conducted in the preparations of this event.

Bec KC is the champion of the IKF Europa Shield 2020!

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The English Bec Korfball Club repeats as champion in this 2020 edition of the IKF Europa Shield after beating the Catalan CK Vallparadís in today’s final. The German KV Adler Rauxel was able to win the Czech Brno KK in an intense and tight Bronze medal game.

From 24 to 26 January 2020 the IKF Europa Shield 2020 has been taking place in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany. During this 3-day tournament, eight club teams from seven European countries were competing to win this year’s edition organized by Korfball Deutschland.

Let’s celebrate another exciting and intense IKF Europa Shield and the great organisation of the local club TuS Schildgen. Congratulations to all participants, officials and volunteers for their enthusiasm and collaboration in such a great event.

This is the IKF Europa Shield 2020 final ranking:

1st place: Bec KC (ENG)
2nd place: CK Vallparadís (CAT)
3rd place: KV Adler Rauxel (GER)
4th place: Brno KK (CZE)
5th place: TuS Schildgen (GER)
6th place: Kocaeli University (TUR)
7th place: GD Bons Dias (POR)
8th place: KS Defenders (POL)

Gold medal: Bec KC (ENG) - Photo: korfbalfoto.nl

Gold medal: Bec KC (ENG) – Photo: korfbalfoto.nl

Silver medal: CK Vallparadís (CAT) - Photo: korfbalfoto.nl

Silver medal: CK Vallparadís (CAT) – Photo: korfbalfoto.nl

Bronze medal: KV Adler Rauxel (GER) - Photo: korfbalfoto.nl

Bronze medal: KV Adler Rauxel (GER) – Photo: korfbalfoto.nl

All games can be watched again on IKF Youtube live streaming channel with all the statistics, results, scorers and rankings on ► www.worldkorfball.sport and on IKF social media profiles on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. More info, all results, image galleries and videos can be found on ► https://korfball.sport/?p=23200

DAY 3 Final results (Sunday 26.1.2020)

 Time Teams  Result  Video/Stats
8:45 Semi-final 1 Bec KC (ENG) – Brno KK (CZE) 16-13 📺 / 📊
9:50 Semi-final 2 CK Vallparadís (CAT) – KV Adler Rauxel (GER) 18-12 📺 / 📊
10:55 For places 7/8 GD Bons Dias (POR) – KS Defenders (POL) 21-7 📺 / 📊
12:00 For places 5/6 TuS Schildgen (GER) – Kocaeli Univ. (TUR) 27-9 📺 / 📊
13:10 Bronze medal Brno KK (CZE) – KV Adler Rauxel (GER) 12-14 📺 / 📊
14:20 Final Bec KC (ENG) – CK Vallparadís (CAT) 22-9 📺 / 📊

Review the #ESHIELD2020 on social media!

You can enjoy and review all the tournament again on IKF official channels on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram:
► facebook.com/korfball.org
► twitter.com/korfball
► instagram.com/korfball_org

► facebook.com/eshield2020 (LOC)
► instagram.com/eshield2020 (LOC)

Image gallery

By Marco Spelten, Gertrude de Vries and Erik Spelten: actionphotography.nl – korfbalfoto.nl

Day 3

Image galleries and videos from Days 1 and 2 can be found on ► https://korfball.sport/?p=23200

IKF Europa Shield 2020: Final games review (Day 3)

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From 24 to 26 January 2020 the IKF Europa Shield 2020 is taking place in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany. During this 3-day tournament, eight club teams from seven European countries are competing to win this year’s edition organized by Korfball Deutschland.  The last winner was the English Bec Korfball Club. There has been three different champions in the last 4 years and all korfball fans know that everything can happen in this exciting and unpredictable tournament.

All games can be watched live through IKF Youtube live streaming channel with all the statistics, results, scorers and rankings on ► www.worldkorfball.sport and on IKF social media profiles on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. More info & tournament rules can be found on ► www.korfball.sport/?p=20545

final_results_eshield2020

On this post you will find updated reviews with results, live game videos, links and images of the final games of this tournament (Day 3).

DAY 3 (Sunday 26.1.2020)

 Time Teams  Result  Video/Stats
8:45 Semi-final 1 Bec KC (ENG) – Brno KK (CZE) 16-13 📺 / 📊
9:50 Semi-final 2 CK Vallparadís (CAT) – KV Adler Rauxel (GER) 18-12 📺 / 📊
10:55 For places 7/8 GD Bons Dias (POR) – KS Defenders (POL) 21-7 📺 / 📊
12:00 For places 5/6 TuS Schildgen (GER) – Kocaeli Univ. (TUR) 27-9 📺 / 📊
13:10 Bronze medal Brno KK (CZE) – KV Adler Rauxel (GER) 12-14 📺 / 📊
14:20 Final Bec KC (ENG) – CK Vallparadís (CAT) 22-9 📺 / 📊

Follow the #ESHIELD2020 on social media!

Follow all the tournament on IKF official channels on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram:
► facebook.com/korfball.org
► twitter.com/korfball
► instagram.com/korfball_org

► facebook.com/eshield2020 (LOC)
► instagram.com/eshield2020 (LOC)

Image gallery

By Marco Spelten, Gertrude de Vries and Erik Spelten: actionphotography.nl – korfbalfoto.nl

Day 3

The IKF Europa Shield 2020 is on! Updated results & videos

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From 24 to 26 January 2020 the IKF Europa Shield 2020 is taking place in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany. During this 3-day tournament, eight club teams from seven European countries are competing to win this year’s edition organized by Korfball Deutschland.  The last winner was the English Bec Korfball Club. There has been three different champions in the last 4 years and all korfball fans know that everything can happen in this exciting and unpredictable tournament.

All games can be watched live through IKF Youtube live streaming channel with all the statistics, results, scorers and rankings on ► www.worldkorfball.sport and on IKF social media profiles on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. More info & tournament rules can be found on ► www.korfball.sport/?p=20545

On this post you will find updated reviews with results, live game videos, links and images of the each competition day (group phase + crossings + final games).

PARTICIPANTS (Group phase ranking pools):

 POOL A – Points Day 1 Day 2 Total  Position
Bec Korfball Club (ENG) 3 6 +9  1st
Club Korfbal Vallparadís (CAT) 3 3 +6 2nd
Grupo Desportivo dos Bons Dias (POR) 0 0 +0  4th
TuS Schildgen 1932 e.V. (GER) 0 3 +3 3rd
 POOL B – Points Day 1 Day 2 Total  Position
KV Adler Rauxel e.V. (GER) 3 6 +9  1st
Brno Korfbal Klub (CZE) 3 3 +6  2nd
Kocaeli University Sport Club (TUR) 0 3 +3 3rd
KS Defenders Korfball Wroclaw (POL) 0 0 +0  4th

#ESHIELD2020 Match Schedule

DAY 1 (Friday 24.1.2020)

 Time Pool Teams  Result  Video/Stats
17:00 B KS Defenders (POL) – Brno KK (CZE) 5-26 📺 / 📊
18:05 A TuS Schildgen (GER) – CK Vallparadís (CAT) 15-16 📺 / 📊
19:50 B KV Adler Rauxel (GER) – Kocaeli Univ. (TUR) 27-7 📺 / 📊
20:55 A GDD Bons Dias (POR) – Bec KC (ENG) 12-14 📺 / 📊

DAY 2 (Saturday 25.1.2020)

 Time Pool Teams  Result  Video/Stats
9:45 B Brno KK (CZE) – Kocaeli Univ. (TUR) 19-10 📺 / 📊
10:50 A CK Vallparadís (CAT) – GDD Bons Dias (POR) 14-11 📺 / 📊
11:55 B KV Adler Rauxel (GER) – KS Defenders (POL) 23-5 📺 / 📊
13:00 A TuS Schildgen (GER) – Bec KC (ENG) 20-21 📺 / 📊

 Time Pool Teams  Result  Video/Stats
15:00 B KV Adler Rauxel (GER) – Brno KK (CZE) 19-14 📺 / 📊
16:05 A Bec KC (ENG) – CK Vallparadís (CAT) 15-14 📺 / 📊
17:10 B Kocaeli Univ. (TUR) – KS Defenders (POL) 12-11 (GG) 📺 / 📊
18:15 A TuS Schildgen (GER) – GDD Bons Dias (POR) 17-12 📺 / 📊

DAY 3 (Sunday 26.1.2020)

 Time Teams  Result  Video/Stats
8:45 Semi-final 1 Bec KC (ENG) – Brno KK (CZE) 16-13 📺 / 📊
9:50 Semi-final 2 CK Vallparadís (CAT) – KV Adler Rauxel (GER) 18-12 📺 / 📊
10:55 For places 7/8 GD Bons Dias (POR) – KS Defenders (POL) 21-7 📺 / 📊
12:00 For places 5/6 TuS Schildgen (GER) – Kocaeli Univ. (TUR) 27-9 📺 / 📊
13:10 Bronze medal Brno KK (CZE) – KV Adler Rauxel (GER) 12-14 📺 / 📊
14:20 Final Bec KC (ENG) – CK Vallparadís (CAT) 22-9 📺 / 📊

Follow the #ESHIELD2020 on social media!

Follow all the tournament on IKF official channels on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram:
► facebook.com/korfball.org
► twitter.com/korfball
► instagram.com/korfball_org

► facebook.com/eshield2020 (LOC)
► instagram.com/eshield2020 (LOC)

Image gallery

By Marco Spelten, Gertrude de Vries and Erik Spelten: actionphotography.nl – korfbalfoto.nl

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3