The first edition of the IKF Korfball Champions League will start with two first rounds. The IKF KCL Round 1 – A will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, from 23-25 September 2022. The participants are: TuS Schildgen 1932 e.V., Marmara University SC, Korfbal Club Barcelona, Clube Corfebol de Oeiras, Norwich Knights, Clube de Carnaxide, Platja d’Aro Korfbal Club and FJEP Bonson. In order to allocate participants to R1A and R1B (Portugal and Poland) for the KCL 2022/2023 the following process was used. Participants were approached according to the following ranking:
Ranking Country/team Ranking Country/team Ranking Country/team
1 NED1
13 ENG2
25 GRE1
2 BEL1
14 GER2
26 SWE1
3 NED2
15 CZE2
27 UKR1
4 BEL2
16 CAT2
28 ARM1
5 GER1
17 POR2
29 ENG3
6 POR1
18 FRA1
30 GER3
7 ENG1
19 SVK1
31 CZE3
8 CZE1
20 WAL1
32 CAT3
9 CAT1
21 SCO1
33 POR3
10 HUN1
22 SUI1
34 TUR2
11 TUR1
23 SER1
35 HUN2
12 POL1
24 IRL1
36 POL2
The first ten (subscribed) ranked teams have been entered into R2, R3, and the Final Round as per the KCL structure. The remaining (sixteen) Subscribed teams were then paired in ranking order, and allocated to R1A and R1B using a modified Slang (snake) method designed to minimise any unnecessary travel required and maximise participation in year 1 — allocating clubs from host countries to their own event and attempting to allocate ‘nearby’ participants to their local event where possible. This process is intended only for use in the inaugural 2022/2023 event, with the ranking (and therefore allocation) for future events to be KCL performance based as previously communicated. It should also be noted that not all invited participants (from either the initial or reserve lists) subscribed. R1A and R1B will each have two pools of (four) teams created, using a Slang (snake) method. The winner of R1A and the winner of R1B both progress to Round 2 (R2). They will be allocated to their respective pool in R2 by a draw.
LIVE STREAMS, RESULTS & SOCIAL MEDIA
All fans around the world will be able to follow this tournament live on youtube.com/ikfchannel and on www.worldkorfball.sport (with live results and streams, statistics, scorers, play-by-play …), as well as on social media, to find the best images, clips and highlights.
You can find all this content visiting the following official @IKFeurope and @IKFKCL profiles, as well as the regular and well-known IKF profiles (see below) and via the hashtags #KCL and #korfball:
► facebook.com/korfball.org
► twitter.com/korfball
► instagram.com/korfball_org
► tiktok.com/@korfball.sport
