Hungary & Serbia classify for the IKF EKC 2018 Final Round

Day 2 at the 1st round of the IKF European Korfball Championship 2018 in Budapest (HUN) ended with the following results:

Hungary won the final of this IKF EKC 2018 First Round by beating Serbia 24-11. Both teams are qualified for the EKC Final Round next year in The Netherlands (13-21 October 2018). First reserve squad for the Final Round is Ireland, which ended third in this event.

IKF EKC 2018 1st ROUND FINAL RANKING:

1. Hungary
2. Serbia
3. Ireland
4. Greece
5. Sweden
6. Switzerland
7. Armenia
8. Ukraine

In the following link you can find some images of Day 2 games, by www.akciokepek.hu (Marco Spelten – Actiefotografie): Day 2 image gallery

Highlights: During this tournament, Switzerland achieved its first ever international win.

During Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 October 2017, eight national teams competed to achieve a place for the EKC 2018 final round (Event’s info). Only the numbers 1 and 2 in this first round will qualify for the IKF EKC in 2018 in The Netherlands (13-21 October 2018).

The participant teams were ARMENIA, GREECE, HUNGARY, IRELAND, SERBIA, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND and UKRAINE. These last two countries had their first international appearance.

All games could be followed live on IKF’s data website: www.worldkorfball.org. Live results, matches schedule, game statistics, play-by-play, scorers and ranking pools were available live from Gabányi László Sportshall.