IKF European Korfball Championship 2018
October 13, 2018 @ 2:00 pm - October 21, 2018 @ 6:00 pm
The next IKF European Korfball Championship (IKF EKC) will take place from Saturday 13 till Sunday 21 October 2018 in the Netherlands in the cities Drachten, Gorredijk, Heerenveen and Leeuwarden; all in the northern province Friesland.
This IKF EKC will be competed between 16 national senior teams. (*15 teams after the late withdrawal of Turkey).
The first two matches will start Saturday 13 October in Gorredijk and Drachten.
The Royal Dutch Korfball Federation (KNKV) will be the organiser for this major European event in 2018.
You can follow all the tournament on IKF data website Worldkorfball.org ➡️ goo.gl/c3kygh
Images, videos and last updates on IKF Social media profiles and using the hashtags #EKC2018 and #korfball:
All times are in Amsterdam time zone (GMT + 2; during Summer time period).
The IKF EKC 2018 match schedule:
Poland
| Saturday 13 October | Gorredijk | ||||
| Time | |||||
| 1 | C | Ireland free | |||
| 2 | 16h15 | C | Slovakia | France | |
| 3 | 18h00 | A | England | Poland | |
| 19h15 | Opening | Ceremony | |||
| 4 | 20h00 | A | The Netherlands | Catalonia | |
| Drachten | |||||
| Time | |||||
| 5 | 14h30 | D | Scotland | Wales | |
| 6 | 16h15 | D | Hungary | Serbia | |
| 7 | 18h00 | B | Germany | Portugal | |
| 19h15 | Opening | Ceremony | |||
| 8 | 20h00 | B | Belgium | Czech Republic | |
| Sunday 14 October | Gorredijk | ||||
| Time | |||||
| 9 | 14h45 | A | The Netherlands | England | |
| 10 | 16h30 | A | Poland | Catalonia | |
| 11 | 18h15 | C | France | Ireland | |
| 12 | C | Slovakia free | |||
| Drachten | |||||
| Time | |||||
| 13 | 14h45 | B | Germany | Belgium | |
| 14 | 16h30 | B | Portugal | Czech Republic | |
| 15 | 18h15 | D | Scotland | Hungary | |
| 16 | 20h00 | D | Wales | Serbia | |
| Monday 15 October | Gorredijk | ||||
| 17 | 14h45 | D | Serbia | Scotland | |
| 18 | 16h30 | D | Hungary | Wales | |
| 19 | 18h15 | B | Czech Republic | Germany | |
| 20 | 20h00 | B | Belgium | Portugal | |
| Drachten | |||||
| Time | |||||
| 21 | C | France free | |||
| 22 | 16h30 | C | Ireland | Slovakia | |
| 23 | 18h15 | A | Catalonia | England | |
| 24 | 20h00 | A | The Netherlands | Poland | |
| Tuesday 16 October | Gorredijk | ||||
| Rest day | Draw during the team managers meeting on 12 October 2018 | ||||
| Time | |||||
| 25 | 18h15 | Hungary | Poland | ||
| 26 | 20h00 | Czech Republic | Slovakia | ||
| NEW COMPOSITION | |||||
| A1 | The Netherlands | C1 nw | |||
| B1 | Germany | D1 nw | |||
| A2 | Catalonia | C2 | France | ||
| B2 | Belgium | D2 | Scotland | ||
| A3 | England | C3 | Ireland | ||
| B3 | Portugal | D3 | Wales | ||
| A4 nw | D4 | Serbia | |||
| Wednesday 17 October | Leeuwarden | ||||
| Time | |||||
| 27 | 14h45 | B3-A2 | Portugal | Catalonia | |
| 28 | 16h30 | A3-B2 | England | Belgium | |
| 29 | 18h15 | B1-A4 | Germany | Hungary | |
| 30 | 20h00 | A1-B4 | The Netherlands | Czech Republic | |
| Gorredijk | |||||
| Time | |||||
| 31 | - | D1 | - | - | |
| 32 | 16h30 | D3-C2 | Wales | France | |
| 33 | 18h15 | C3-D2 | Ireland | Scotland | |
| 34 | 20h00 | C1-D4 | Slovakia | Serbia | |
| Thursday 18 October | Gorredijk | ||||
| Time | |||||
| 36 | 16h30 | ls 34-ls 32 | Serbia | France | |
| 37 | 18h15 | wn 32-wn 31 | Wales | Poland | |
| 38 | 20h00 | wn 34-wn 33 | Slovakia | Ireland | |
| Friday 19 October | Heerenveen | ||||
| Time | |||||
| 35 | 13h00 | Is 33 - ls 36 | Scotland | Serbia | |
| 39 | 14h45 | ls 29 -ls 27 | Hungary | Catalonia | |
| 40 | 16h30 | ls 30-ls 28 | Czech Republic | England | |
| 41 | 18h15 | wn 29-wn 27 | Germany | Portugal | |
| 42 | 20h00 | wn 30-wn 28 | Netherlands | Belgium | |
| Saturday 20 October | Heerenveen | ||||
| Time | |||||
| 43 | 13h00 | wn 36-ls 33 | France | Scotland | For 13th and 14th place |
| 44 | 14h45 | ls 37-ls 38 | Wales | Slovakia | For 11th and 12th place |
| 45 | 16h30 | wn 37-wn 38 | Poland | Ireland | For 9th and 10th place |
| 46 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunday 21 October | Heerenveen | ||||
| Time | |||||
| 47 | 10h00 | ls 39-ls 40 | Hungary | England | For 7th and 8th place |
| 48 | 12h00 | wn 39-wn 40 | Catalonia | Czech Republic | For 5th and 6th place |
| 49 | 14h00 | ls 42-ls 41 | Belgium | Portugal | For 3rd and 4th place |
| 50 | 16h00 | wn 42-wn 41 | The Netherlands | Germany | For 1st and 2ndplace |
Updated 18 April 2018;
The 15 qualified countries for the IKF European Korfball Championship (IKF EKC) in October 2018 are:
Belgium, Catalonia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia and Wales. Turkey has withdraw from the event.
The 21 March update was: Russia will not be in the IKF EKC competition. Ireland as first reserve is added to the competition.
The pools were drawn 17 April 2017 in Leeuwarden:
