The next IKF U21 European Korfball Championship (IKF U21 EKC) will be played in Olomouc, Czech Republic, in the period 6 – 12 July 2014. Twelve teams will participate in this U21 korfball championship. The Netherlands is the reigning champion since the last event in 2011 in Hungary. The original host in Turkey did withdraw.
Under ‘Documents’ and ‘Event Booklets’ the IKF has published the complete history from all 47 IKF Europa Cup Korfball Events since the first in June 1967 in England.
As of 1 January 2014 the revised IKF Competition Regulations are valid. The revised IKF Competition Regulations 2014 are published under ‘Documents’ in the ‘Document Library’.
The entire international korfball community sends all of you the sincere Season’s Greetings as well as the best wishes for a healthy and sportive 2014!
The IKF Europa Cup final round, sponsored by ELSCO, 2014 match schedule is published.
Under ‘Upcoming Events’ the IKF Europa Cup 2014 is registered. The pools and match schedule are included in that publication.
The last two participants for the IKF Europa Cup final are known after the matches of Saturday 23 November in Croydon (ENG) as well; FJEP Bonson (FRA), Edinburgh City Korfball Club (SCO) did earn the 2 tickets.
The match results are:
In Belgrade (SRB) the third qualification ticket was the reward for the winner earlier on Saturday. The winner is: Korfball Club Zemun (Serbia).
Korfball Club Zemun did beat Marmara (TUR) with 14 – 13.
The next IKF Europa Cup Final Round will be played in Papendrecht, The Netherlands in the PKC venue from Wednesday 15 January 2014 till Saturday 18 January 2014.
Twelve teams will participate in this event.
For the first time in the IKF Europa Cup history this event will have an event and name sponsor. The official title is IKF Europa Cup 2014, sponsored by ELSCO.
The 12 participants are:
Two teams (Y, Z) have still to qualify on Saturday November 23rd and will be part of next week announcement.
The event logo shows the liaison between the strength of national and international korfball. KNKV is the biggest IKF member and PKC/Hagero is the biggest club in the Netherlands with nearby 1,000 members.
The IKF Europa Cup 2014 logo is released today.
General information;
Since the 2013 IKF Europa Cup winner, Koog Zaandijk/Hiltex of The Netherlands did not win the Dutch title this year, there will be a new winner of the IKF Europa Cup in 2014.
PKC/Hagero is the Dutch title winner in 2013, making this its seventh appearance in the IKF Europa Cup event.
KC Barcelona, 1908 SZAC KSE and SG Pegasus Rommerscheid 1991 e.V. are first time participants.
The first IKF Europa Cup was played in 1967 in Mitcham, England, with three teams competing, making the 2014 edition of the event the 48th consecutive tournament.
Saturday 23 November, the last three places for the IKF Europa Cup Final Round will be contested in Belgrade (SRB) and Croydon (ENG). Under Events you may find the matches and match times.
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Saturday 23 November 2013 there will be matches in Belgrade (SRB) and Croydon (ENG) to decide the last three participants in the IKF Europa Cup Final round in Papendrecht (NED) from 15 – 18 January 2014. Twelve teams will participate.
The matches are:
Belgrade; 1100 AM; Sumice Zenum (SRB)- Marmara (TUR). The winner qualifies.
Croydon; venue Royal Russel
The numbers 1 and 2 qualify.