IKF U21 World Korfball Championship
July 7, 2018 @ 8:00 am - July 14, 2018 @ 5:00 pm
Information
The IKF will organise in 2018 the first IKF U21 World Korfball Championship (abbreviation: IKF U21 WKC).
The period of the event will be 7 - 14 July 2018.
The host will be the Hungarian Korfball Association (HKA). This 1st IKF U21 WKC will be played in the venue Tüskecsarnok.
Address: Magyar tudósok körútja 7, 1117 Budapest, Hungary.
The IKF invited 12 national teams from 5 continents to participate in the event. Finally 11 countries confirmed their participation.
Image credit: Korponai Tamás
Match Schedule
The the pool draw - two pools of five and six teams - is based on the actual ranking.
| POOL A | POOL B | |
| 1 | NED Netherlands | TPE Chinese Taipei |
| 2 | BEL Belgium | GER Germany |
| 3 | ENG England | CHN China |
| 4 | CZE Czech Republic | POR Portugal |
| 5 | HKG Hong Kong China | HUN Hungary |
| 6 | TUR Turkey |
| Saturday | 7 July | ||
| GER Germany | POR Portugal | B | 12:00 |
| TUR Turkey | TPE Chinese Taipei | B | 13:45 |
| HKG Hong Kong China | ENG England | A | 15:30 |
| OPENING CEREMONY | 17:15 | ||
| HUN Hungary | CHN China | B | 18:15 |
| BEL Belgium | CZE Czech Republic | A | 20:00 |
| Sunday | 8 July | ||
| CZE Czech Republic | ENG England | A | 12:30 |
| POR Portugal | CHN China | B | 14:15 |
| NED Netherlands | BEL Belgium | A | 16:00 |
| HUN Hungary | TUR Turkey | B | 17:45 |
| TPE Chinese Taipei | GER Germany | B | 19:30 |
| Monday | 9 July | ||
| BEL Belgium | HKG Hong Kong China | A | 12:30 |
| POR Portugal | TPE Chinese Taipei | B | 14:15 |
| CHN China | TUR Turkey | B | 16:00 |
| HUN Hungary | GER Germany | B | 17:45 |
| NED Netherlands | CZE Czech Republic | A | 19:30 |
| Tuesday | 10 July | ||
| GER Germany | TUR Turkey | B | 12:30 |
| ENG England | NED Netherlands | A | 14:15 |
| CZE Czech Republic | HKG Hong Kong China | A | 16:00 |
| HUN Hungary | POR Portugal | B | 17:45 |
| TPE Chinese Taipei | CHN China | B | 19:30 |
| Wednesday | 11 July | ||
| TUR Turkey | POR Portugal | B | 12:30 |
| HKG Hong Kong China | NED Netherlands | A | 14:15 |
| CHN China | GER Germany | B | 16:00 |
| HUN Hungary | TPE Chinese Taipei | B | 17:45 |
| ENG England | BEL Belgium | A | 19:30 |
| Thursday | 12 July | ||||
| B6 | A5 | 12:30 | SF1 | ||
| B3 | A4 | 14:15 | SF2 | ||
| B4 | A3 | 16:00 | SF3 | ||
| B1 | A2 | 17:45 | SF4 | ||
| B2 | A1 | 19:30 | SF5 | ||
| Friday | 13 July | ||||
| B5 | Winner SF1 | 18:00 | F9 / 10 | ||
| Loser SF2 | Loser SF3 | 20:00 | F7 / 8 | ||
| Saturday | 14 July | ||||
| Winner SF2 | Winner SF3 | 12:00 | F5 / 6 | ||
| Loser SF4 | Loser SF5 | 14:00 | F3 / 4 | ||
| Winner SF4 | Winner SF5 | 16:00 | F1 / 2 | ||
| Medal/Closing Ceremony | 17:30 | ||||
Participants
The eleven (11) national U21 teams in the first IKF U21 World Korfball Championship will be:
- Belgium (BEL)
- China (CHN)
- Chinese Taipei (TPE)
- Czech Republic (CZE)
- England (ENG)
- Germany (GER)
- HongKong (HKG)
- Hungary (HUN)
- Netherlands (NED)
- Portugal (POR)
- Turkey (TUR)
