IKF European Korfball Championship (IKF EKC) 2016 starts

Saturday 22 October 2016 1400 PM (GMT +2; summer time) the next IKF EKC starts with the match Czech Republic – Poland.

The IKF EKC is to be held from Saturday 22 October to Sunday 30 October 2016 in the Netherlands, in the city of Dordrecht in the Sportboulevard.

The Royal Dutch Korfball Federation (KNKV) is the organizer.

The 10 countries that have achieved qualification are:

Belgium, Catalonia, Czech Republic, England, Germany, The Netherlands (reigning champion), Poland, Portugal, Russia and Turkey.

The pools are:

In total 33 matches will be played in the Event. The IKF EKC final will be played on Sunday 30 October 2016 1330 PM (GMT +1; winter time).

Following the last IKF European Korfball Championship held in Portugal in 2014, The Netherlands is the reigning champion.

The match schedule is available: Click for complete IKF EKC match schedule

For the complete History of the IKF European Korfball Championship please refer to the IKF website: Click for IKF European Korfball Championship history booklet July 2016

All IKF EKC matches are available through live streaming via worldkorfball.org (Click for worldkorfball.org), the ikfchannel on YouTube.

You can review and follow all the tournament live 24/7 on IKF social media profiles timelines and hashtags (#EKC2016) on facebook.com/korfball.org and twitter.com/korfball. Here you will find all photos, videos, behind the scenes and after match interviews.

• Facebook #EKC2016 Timeline: https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/ekc2016?source=feed_text
• Twitter #EKC2016 Timeline: https://twitter.com/hashtag/ekc2016?f=tweets&vertical=default&src=hash

• facebook.com/korfball.org
• twitter.com/korfball
• instagram.com/korfball_org