Everything’s ready for the IKF Europa Cup 2019

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From the 10th of January up until the 12th of January 2019, the 53rd IKF Europa Cup will played in the Belgian city of Kortrijk (Sportcampus Lange Munte). During this event, national champions from eight European countries will compete in two pools for the “Alfons Janssens” trophy.

The last two editions were won by the Dutch national champion TOP/SolarCompleet, who will not be satisfied this year by anything else than be first team to win 3 IKF ECUPs in a row. However, the other teams are determined to showcase their best play and to claim the victory at last.  ► IKF Europa Cup History Booklet (up to December 2018)

Pool A Pool B
Kon. Boeckenberg KC (BEL) TOP/SolarCompleet (NED)
NC BENFICA (POR) KK Brno (CZE)
Trojans Korfball Club (ENG) SG Pegasus Rommerscheid 1991 e.V. (GER)
Marmara University (TUR) 1908 SZAC Budapest (HUN)

All matches will be webcasted live on IKF Youtube channel and also on www.worldkorfball.org with live statistics, play-by-play, rankings, top scorers, etc.

► Official match schedule: ikf.org/event/ikf-europa-cup-2019
► More information and tickets are available on the official event website: www.ecup2019.com

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IKF ECUP 2019 Day 1 Match schedule
Thursday, 10 January 2019:

#  Time Pool  Video/Stats
1 9:00 A Marmara (TUR) Benfica (POR) 📺 / 📊
2 10:15 B 1908 SZAC (HUN) Brno (CZE) 📺 / 📊
3 11:30 A Boeckenberg (BEL) Trojans (ENG) 📺 / 📊
4 12:45 B TOP (NED) Pegasus (GER) 📺 / 📊
14:00 BREAK
5 16:00 A Trojans (ENG) Marmara (TUR) 📺 / 📊
6 17:15 B Pegasus (GER) 1908 SZAC (HUN) 📺 / 📊
18:15 OPENING CEREMONY
7 19:00 A Boeckenberg (BEL) Benfica (POR) 📺 / 📊
8 20:15 B TOP (NED) Brno (CZE) 📺 / 📊

Morning games

Evening games

IKF ECUP 2019 Day 2 Match schedule
Friday, 11 January 2019:

#  Time Pool  Video/Stats
9 9:00 A Benfica (POR) Trojans (ENG) 📺 / 📊
10 10:15 B Brno (CZE) Pegasus (GER) 📺 / 📊
11 11:30 A Boeckenberg (BEL) Marmara (TUR) 📺 / 📊
12 12:45 B 1908 SZAC (HUN) TOP (NED) 📺 / 📊
14:00 BREAK
13 16:30 Ranking A3 Ranking B4 📺 / 📊
14 17:45 Ranking A4 Ranking B3 📺 / 📊
15 19:00 Ranking A2 Ranking B1 📺 / 📊
16 20:15 Ranking A1 Ranking B2 📺 / 📊

Day 2 Morning games

Day 2 Evening games

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IKF ECUP 2019 Day 3 Match schedule (Finals)
Saturday, 12 January 2019:

#  Time  Video/Stats
17 12:30 Loser Game 13 Loser Game 14 📺 / 📊
18 14:30 Winner Game 13 Winner Game 14 📺 / 📊
19 17:00 Loser Game 15 Loser Game 16 📺 / 📊
20 19:00 Winner Game 15 Winner Game 16 📺 / 📊
20:30 MEDAL CEREMONY 

Day 3 Final games

[To be known]

IKF President Fransoo meets with NOC and government in Hungary

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IKF President Fransoo yesterday and today was in Budapest (Hungary) at the invitation of Mr Daniel Tegzes and Mrs Krisztina Pogany, respectively President and Secretary General of the Hungarian Korfball Association.

While in Budapest, President Fransoo had a extensive series of meetings. He met with Mr Krisztian Kulcsar, President of the Hungarian Olympic Committee, and Mr Zoltan Bone, Secretary General of the Hungarian Competitive Sports Federation. Mr Fransoo and Mr Tegzes explained the positive developments of Hungarian korfball, with outstanding youth projects and a strong national team, that recently entered into the Top 10 of the IKF World Ranking.

Hungarian NOC President Kulcsar, IKF President Fransoo, HKA Secretary General Pogany and HKA President Tegzes

Hungarian NOC President Kulcsar, IKF President Fransoo, HKA Secretary General Pogany and HKA President Tegzes at the meeting in Budapest

Subsequent meetings took place at the Sports Secretariat of the Ministry of Human Resources and at the Department of Sport Diplomacy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. All meetings served to create further support of the development of korfball in Hungary. Also, informal discussions were held about the hosting of future major events in Hungary, after this year’s successful hosting of the IKF U21 World Korfball Championship.

Bonson (France) host city Beach Korfball World Cup (Europe) 2019

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The IKF is happy to announce that the next edition of the IKF Beach Korfball World Cup (Europe) 2019 will be hosted in Bonson, France.

The event will take place in the weekend of 6 and 7 July 2019 and subscription is open for all countries around the world. Just like the last years the event will consist of a Senior and U19 category. The best ranked European team in both categories will become European Beach Korfball Champion 2019.

Decisive in granting the organisation of the event to the Fédération Korfbal France (FKF) is the fact that the FKF is getting full support of the municipality of Bonson. From the beginning of the bidding process the municipality showed great ambition and willingness to host the event within its borders. Bonson is located in the heart of the Loire department in the beautiful Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region close to Saint-Etienne. With the presence of the oldest korfball club in France, FJEP Bonson (founded in 1983) it is clear that the city already knows the power of korfball.

With the introduction of the Beach Korfball World Cups last year, the IKF invests in the global development of beach korfball. Every continent now has the opportunity to organise a World Cup. It is more than likely that in 2019 another Beach Korfball World Cup will take place in the continent of Asia. Confirmation of this event is expected before the end of the year.

 

More info ► ikf.org/event/beach-korfball-world-cup-europe

 

Upcoming events: IKF ECup 2019 and IKF EShield 2019

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Since that the last IKF event of 2018 had been played a few weeks ago, it is time to look foward to the first IKF events of 2019. Traditionally, these are the IKF Europa Cup and the IKF Europa Shield, both club events.

IKF Europa Cup 2019

The IKF Europa Cup 2019 will be held in Kortrijk, Belgium, from the 10th of January up untill the 12th of January. During this event, national champions from six European countries will compete, as well as two teams who qualified during the IKF Europa Cup First Round in September 2018. The eight teams are divided into two pools:

Pool A Pool B
Kon. Boeckenberg KC (BEL) TOP/SolarCompleet (NED)
NC BENFICA (POR) KK Brno (CZE)
Trojans Korfball Club (ENG) SG Pegasus Rommerscheid 1991 e.V. (GER)
Marmara University (TUR) 1908 SZAC Budapest (HUN)

The last two editions were won by the Dutch national champion TOP/SolarCompleet, who will not be satisfied this year by anything else than a third trophy in a row. However, the other teams are determined to showcase their best play and to claim the victory at last.

Official Event website: http://www.ecup2019.com/

For more information, including the match schedule, tournament rules and the playing location, go to: ikf.org/event/ikf-europa-cup-2019

All matches are webcasted live at our youtube channel: youtube.com/user/ikfchannel

The official event facebook page: facebook.com/events/225711027996457

You can review and watch again all this tournament on www.worldkorfball.org (full games, statistics, play-by-play, rankings, top scorers,…), and on IKF social media profiles via hashtag #korfball:

 

IKF Europa Shield 2019

The 17th edition of the IKF Europa Shield will be organized by the Czech Korfball Association in Prostějov, from the 25th till the 27th of January. The Czech Republic is represented by two club teams during the event, and those are accompanied by club teams from Englang, Hungary, Turkey, Catalonia, Germany and Portugal. The teams are divided into two pools:

Pool A Pool B
Bec Korfball Club (ENG) Schweriner-Korfball-Club e.V. 67 (GER)
Grupo Desportivo dos Bons Dias (POR) CK Vallparadis (CAT)
KCC SOKOL České Budějovice (CZE) Szentendrei Honvéd Kinizsi SE (HUN)
Haydarpasa Lisesi Sport Club (TUR) SK RG Prostějov (CZE)

In 2018, KV Adler Rauxel won the IKF EShield. With them being absent this year, the chances of the runner-up of 2018, Bec Korfball Club, seem to have increased. The English club team has won the Eshield in 2017 and 2016 and surerly will give it their all to win this edition too.

However, since the IKF EShield has been characterized by close results in resent years, exciting  matches resulting in surprising results can be expected during this edition.

For more information, including the match schedule, tournament rules and the playing location, go to: ikf.org/event/ikf-europa-shield-2019

You can review and watch again all this tournament on www.worldkorfball.org (full games, statistics, play-by-play, rankings, top scorers,…), and on IKF social media profiles via hashtag #korfball:

 

Suzanne Struik (NED) awarded with the IKF Pin of Merit

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The IKF had awarded Dutch player Suzanne Struik with the IKF Pin of Merit. The Pin of Merit was presented to her by IKF President Jan Fransoo during Suzanne’s last international tournament, the IKF European Korfball Championship.

Suzanne Struik is record international of The Netherlands, with a total of 69 caps. She is the chairman of the IKF Athletes Committee and within this role, she represents the international athletes. The IKF praises her enthusiasm and passion for korfball, as well as her continuous will and effort to think along with the organisation about processes, plans and their execution.

 

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Image (c): Anne van Vegchel

The Netherlands: 2018 IKF European Korfball Champion!

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Today’s final games ended with the new IKF European Korfball Champion 2018: The Netherlands, after beating Germany 21-8 in the big final played in Heerenveen BV Sportshall. The bronze medal was for Portugal, who defetead Belgium in an incredible and exciting tight match that finished 19-20 in favour of the Portuguese team.

Fifteen countries were competing from 13 to 21 October 2018 to be the new European korfball champion and also qualify between the top ten to play with ten other teams from different continents next year’s IKF World Korfball Championship 2019 in Durban, South Africa. Poland, Ireland and the rest of the teams playing today for places 1 to 8 are already qualified for the IKF WKC 2019 and Slovakia will be the first reserve from Europe.

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IKF EKC 2018 Final Results
Day 9: Sunday, 21-Oct-2018

#  Time  Sun,21-Oct Heerenveen  Result  Video/Stats
47 10:00 For 7th-8th place Hungary England 11-19 📺 / 📊
48 12:00 For 5th-6th place Catalonia Czech Republic 17-20 📺 / 📊
49 14:00 Bronze medal game Belgium Portugal 19-20 📺 / 📊
50 16:00 IKF EKC Final Netherlands Germany 21-8 📺 / 📊

IKF EKC 2018 Final ranking

Place Country
1 The Netherlands
2 Germany
3 Portugal
4 Belgium
5 Czech Republic
6 Catalonia
7 England
8 Hungary
9 Poland
10 Ireland
11 Slovakia
12 Wales
13 France
14 Scotland
15 Serbia

 

You can review and watch again all this tournament on www.worldkorfball.org (full games, statistics, play-by-play, rankings, top scorers,…), and on IKF social media profiles via hashtags #EKC2018, #thisiskorfball and #korfball:

The Royal Dutch Korfball Federation (KNKV) was the organizer of this great IKF EKC 2018 hosted in the northern province Friesland in The Netherlands, in the cities of Drachten, Gorredijk, Heerenveen and Leeuwarden. Visit www.thisiskorfball.com to review more info about this international event (site in Dutch and English).

Day 9 (Finals) Image gallery

By Marco Spelten and Gertrude de Vries: korfbalfoto.nl

IKF EKC 2018 Day 9: ‘The Finals’ are ready!

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Sunday, October 21th, is the ninth and last day at the IKF EKC 2018. The final games to decide places 1 to 8 in this 2018 IKF European Korfball Championship will take place in the Dutch city of Heerenveen this Sunday (Address: Sportstad Heerenveen BV).

Fifteen countries were competing from Saturday 13th to be the new European champion and trying to end between the top ten countries and qualify to play next year’s IKF World Korfball Championship 2019 in Durban, South Africa.

Poland and Ireland and the rest of teams playing on Sunday are already qualified for the IKF WKC 2019 and Slovakia will be the first reserve from Europe.

Don’t miss this finals day and follow it on www.worldkorfball.org (live streaming games, live statistics, play-by-play, rankings, top scorers,…), and 24/7 on IKF social media profiles and via the hashtags #EKC2018, #thisiskorfball and #korfball:

The Royal Dutch Korfball Federation (KNKV) is the organizer of this IKF EKC 2018. You can find more information and buy tickets for all games through the official website of the event: www.thisiskorfball.com (site in Dutch and English).

Day 9 Match schedule: Finals (Sunday, 21-Oct-2018)

Host city: Heerenveen

#  Time  Sun,21-Oct Heerenveen  Result  Video/Stats
47 10:00 For 7th-8th place Hungary England 11-19 📺 / 📊
48 12:00 For 5th-6th place Catalonia Czech Republic 17-20 📺 / 📊
49 14:00 Bronze medal game Belgium Portugal 19-20 📺 / 📊
50 16:00 IKF EKC Final Netherlands Germany 21-8 📺 / 📊

Referees & jurys daily apointments

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Day 9 (Finals) Image gallery

By Marco Spelten and Gertrude de Vries: korfbalfoto.nl

IKF EKC 2018 Day 8: Results, images and full games

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The final places between positions 9 and 14 will be decided on Saturday, October 20th, eigth day at the IKF EKC 2018. From 13 to 21 October 2018 in the northern province Friesland in The Netherlands, the cities of Drachten, Gorredijk, Heerenveen and Leeuwarden are hosting the IKF European Korfball Championship 2018. Fifteen* (15) countries are competing to be the new European champion and also looking for one of the last ten (10) places that qualify to play the 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship in Durban, South Africa.

Congratulations to the squads of Poland and Ireland with their qualification for IKF WKC 2019 together with the top eight of IKF European Korfball Championship 2018. The match on Saturday between Wales and Slovakia is also important because the winner will be first reserve from Europe for the IKF WKC 2019.

Day 8 Match schedule (Saturday, 20-Oct-2018)

You can follow and watch all games live on www.worldkorfball.org
Full tournament schedule on ikf.org/?p=12202

Host city: Heerenveen

#  Time  Sat,20-Oct Heerenveen  Result  Video/Stats
43 13:00 For 13th-14th place France Scotland 15-14 📺 / 📊
44 14:45 For 11th-12th place Wales Slovakia 15-18 📺 / 📊
45 16:30 For 9th-10th place Poland Ireland 21-7 📺 / 📊

Day 9 Match schedule: Finals
(Sunday, 21-Oct-2018)

Host city: Heerenveen

#  Time  Sun,21-Oct Heerenveen  Result  Video/Stats
47 10:00 For 7th-8th place Hungary England 0-0 📺 / 📊
48 12:00 For 5th-6th place Catalonia Czech Republic 0-0 📺 / 📊
49 14:00 Bronze medal game Belgium Portugal 0-0 📺 / 📊
50 16:00 IKF EKC Final Netherlands Germany 0-0 📺 / 📊


Referees & jurys daily apointments

Click here to see the appointments.

Follow the tournament live!

Don’t miss this great tournament and follow it daily on www.worldkorfball.org (live streaming games, live statistics, play-by-play, rankings, top scorers,…), and 24/7 on IKF social media profiles and via the hashtags #EKC2018, #thisiskorfball and #korfball:

The Royal Dutch Korfball Federation (KNKV) is the organizer of this IKF EKC 2018. You can find more information and buy tickets for all games through the official website of the event: www.thisiskorfball.com (site in Dutch and English).

Day 8 Image gallery

By Marco Spelten and Gertrude de Vries: korfbalfoto.nl

IKF EKC 2018 Day 7: Results, images and full games

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Friday, October 19th is the seventh day at the IKF EKC 2018. From 13 to 21 October 2018 in the northern province Friesland in The Netherlands, the cities of Drachten, Gorredijk, Heerenveen and Leeuwarden are hosting the IKF European Korfball Championship 2018. Fifteen* (15) countries are competing to be the new European champion and also looking for one of the last ten (10) places that qualify to play the 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship in Durban, South Africa.

Congratulations to the squads of Poland and Ireland with their qualification for IKF WKC 2019 together with the top eight of IKF European Korfball Championship 2018. The match on Saturday between Wales and Slovakia is also important because the winner will be first reserve from Europe for the IKF WKC 2019.

IKF EKC 2018: Day 7 Match schedule
Friday, 19-Oct-2018

You can follow and watch all games live on www.worldkorfball.org
Full tournament schedule on ikf.org/?p=12202

Host city: Heerenveen

#  Time Fri,19-Oct Heerenveen  Result  Video/Stats
35 13:00 Scotland Serbia 22-21 📺 / 📊
39 14:45 Hungary Catalonia 17-22 📺 / 📊
40 16:30 Czech Republic England 16-15 📺 / 📊
41 18:15 Germany Portugal 20-10 📺 / 📊
42 20:00 Netherlands Belgium 22-9 📺 / 📊

 

Day 8 Match schedule (Saturday, 20-Oct-2018)

You can follow and watch all games live on www.worldkorfball.org
Full tournament schedule on ikf.org/?p=12202

Host city: Heerenveen

#  Time  Sat,20-Oct Heerenveen  Result  Video/Stats
43 13:00 For 13th-14th place France Scotland 0-0 📺 / 📊
44 14:45 For 11th-12th place Wales Slovakia 0-0 📺 / 📊
45 16:30 For 9th-10th place Poland Ireland 0-0 📺 / 📊

Day 9 Match schedule: Finals
(Sunday, 21-Oct-2018)

Host city: Heerenveen

#  Time  Sun,21-Oct Heerenveen  Result  Video/Stats
47 10:00 For 7th-8th place Hungary England 0-0 📺 / 📊
48 12:00 For 5th-6th place Catalonia Czech Republic 0-0 📺 / 📊
49 14:00 Bronze medal game Belgium Portugal 0-0 📺 / 📊
50 16:00 EKC Final Netherlands Germany 0-0 📺 / 📊


Referees & jurys daily apointmentsClick here to see the appointments.Follow the tournament live!Don’t miss this great tournament and follow it daily on www.worldkorfball.org (live streaming games, live statistics, play-by-play, rankings, top scorers,…), and 24/7 on IKF social media profiles and via the hashtags #EKC2018, #thisiskorfball and #korfball:

The Royal Dutch Korfball Federation (KNKV) is the organizer of this IKF EKC 2018. You can find more information and buy tickets for all games through the official website of the event: www.thisiskorfball.com (site in Dutch and English).Day 7 Image galleryBy Marco Spelten and Gertrude de Vries: korfbalfoto.nl.

IKF EKC 2018 Day 6: Results, images and full games

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Thursday, October 18th is the sixth day at the IKF EKC 2018. From 13 to 21 October 2018 in the northern province Friesland in The Netherlands, the cities of Drachten, Gorredijk, Heerenveen and Leeuwarden are hosting the IKF European Korfball Championship 2018. Fifteen* (15) countries are competing to be the new European champion and also looking for one of the last ten (10) places that qualify to play the 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship in Durban, South Africa.

IKF EKC 2018: Day 6 Match schedule
Thursday, 18-Oct-2018

You can follow and watch all games live on www.worldkorfball.org
Full tournament schedule on ikf.org/?p=12202

Host city: Gorredijk

#  Time Thurs,17-Oct  Gorredijk  Result  Video/Stats
36 16:30 Serbia France 13-16 📺 / 📊
37 18:15 Wales Poland 15-19 📺 / 📊
38 20:00 Slovakia Ireland 9-13 📺 / 📊

 

Day 6 Match reviews

https://www.korfbal.nl/node/18564

Day 7 Match schedule (Friday, 19-October -2018)

You can follow and watch all games live on www.worldkorfball.org
Full tournament schedule on ikf.org/?p=12202

Host city: Heerenveen

#  Time Fri,19-Oct Heerenveen  Result  Video/Stats
35 13:00 Scotland Serbia 0-0 📺 / 📊
39 14:45 Hungary Catalonia 0-0 📺 / 📊
40 16:30 Czech Republic England 0-0 📺 / 📊
41 18:15 Germany Portugal 0-0 📺 / 📊
42 20:00 Netherlands Belgium 0-0 📺 / 📊

Day 8 Match schedule (Saturday, 20-Oct-2018)

Host city: Heerenveen

#  Time Sat,20-Oct Heerenveen  Result  Video/Stats
43 13:00 France Scotland 0-0 📺 / 📊
44 14:45 Wales Slovakia 0-0 📺 / 📊
45 16:30 Poland Ireland 0-0 📺 / 📊

Referees & jurys daily apointments

Click here to see the appointments.

Follow the tournament live!

Don’t miss this great tournament and follow it daily on www.worldkorfball.org (live streaming games, live statistics, play-by-play, rankings, top scorers,…), and 24/7 on IKF social media profiles and via the hashtags #EKC2018, #thisiskorfball and #korfball:

The Royal Dutch Korfball Federation (KNKV) is the organizer of this IKF EKC 2018. You can find more information and buy tickets for all games through the official website of the event: www.thisiskorfball.com (site in Dutch and English).

Day 6 Image gallery

By Marco Spelten and Gertrude de Vries: korfbalfoto.nl