Final countdown to the IKF European Korfball Championship 2018

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Next Saturday, 13 October, the 11th IKF European Korfball Championship will start in The Netherlands (#EKC2018). From 13 to 21 October 2018 in the northern province Friesland, the cities of Drachten, Gorredijk, Heerenveen and Leeuwarden will host this major international korfball event.

Fifteen* (15) countries will be 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. Ten (10) teams already qualified for next year’s IKF WKC are Suriname, Dominican Republic, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Chinese Taipei, China, Australia, Hong Kong China, Japan and New Zealand.

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).

The fifteen* (15) participating countries are Belgium, Catalonia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia and Wales.

[*Update: https://korfball.sport/late-withdrawal-of-turkey-from-the-ikf-ekc]

 

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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:

Also on www.IKF.org you will find updated daily reviews, results, videos and images during the whole tournament.

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