On October 28, the A-Division of the IKF European Korfball Championship kicks off in the vibrant Catalan city of Calonge i Sant Antoni, bringing together another 8 top-tier teams. The competition will culminate in a grand finale on November 2. Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Portugal, England and Catalonia are the qualified teams that will compete for the European title!
This tournament is the 2nd of the two European championships scheduled for this October, that will reveal the best teams among the B and A European Divisions. The first 5 teams to qualify for the IKF European Korfball Championship 2026 were known at the end of last week’s exciting EKC-B in Türkiye.
This IKF European Korfball Championship A-Division 2024 is hosted by the Catalan Korfball Federation (FCK). You can visit the official website of the tournament to find all the info about this event, such as the teams, players names, the match schedule, the venue and the city, etc: www.korfbal.cat/ekc2024
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The Netherlands and Belgium won their semi final games against Portugal and Catalonia respectively on Friday 30 October of the IKF European Korfball Championship 2016 in Dordrecht and will play the final for the gold medal on Sunday, Oct 30, at 13:30 (local time).
The Catalans and the Portuguese did their best in these two semi final matches, but even in the 1st quarter both finalists showed how powerful they are, leading their games comfortably from the beginning until the end. These two teams will play for the bronze medal on Sunday too at 11:30.
England beated Turkey easily in today’s first game, as well as Germany over Poland in the 2nd game. Both ENG and GER will play its first game on Saturday 29 at 16:15. Afterwards these two teams have to play their last game against Russia and Czech Republic (see schedule below).
On the other hand, Turkey and Poland have the opportunity to win their first game in the clash that they will play tomorrow Saturday 29 at 15:00.
Here you can see today’s Day 6 results.
For more information, all the statistics, updated top scorers and ranking pools, visit the following link: www.worldkorfbal.org
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.
The live webcasting and live streaming of all games through IKF Youtube channel will be going on with more and new suprises. Enjoy it from any country in the world! And discover IKF’s new Instragram account: instagram.com/korfball_org
On www.worldkorfball.orgyou can find and rewatch all games played today and during all the championship, live streamed in HD high quality webcasting, with English commentaries by Tom Brady.
https://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ekc2016_day6.png321682Dani Ezpeletahttps://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/LogoIKF.pngDani Ezpeleta2016-10-28 23:21:012017-01-30 16:08:49IKF EKC 2016 Day 6 (Fri, Oct 28): NED & BEL will play the final
After the 5th day of competition in IKF EKC 2016 in Dordrecht, the semi finalists are known. Catalonia beated Germany in a very exciting game. The best scoring of the Catalans in the 3rd quarter allowed them to get enough advantage and decide the game in their favour by 21-16.
Previously, today’s 1st game between England and Portugal was clearly dominated by the Portuguese. England tried to go back, but the challenge was huge and Portugal kept scoring until the end of the game (12-17).
Belgium is the other known semi finalist. They will play against Catalonia on Friday at 18:00 PM (GMT + 2). Their last game vs Czech Republic (34-14) was very close at the beginning, but during the 2nd quarter the Diamonds showed all their potential and definitely decided the match.
The last game of this IKF EKC 2016 Day 5 ended with an spectacular 48-12 in favour of The Netherlands over Russia. From the very beginning it was clear that this game was a great chance to show to Dordrecht’s Sportboulevard audience how powerful and talented the Dutch team is. Great plays, fast balls, tricky goals and constant alley-oops as a demonstration of great showtime.
These are today’s Day 5 results, the updated ranking pools and the match schedule of games to play on Friday, October 28 (Day 6), after Thursday 27 as a day of rest.
For more information, all the statistics, updated top scorers and ranking pools, visit the following link: www.worldkorfbal.org
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.
The live webcasting and live streaming of all games through IKF Youtube channel will be going on with more and new suprises. Enjoy it from any country in the world! And discover IKF’s new Instragram account: instagram.com/korfball_org
https://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ekc2016_day5.png321682Dani Ezpeletahttps://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/LogoIKF.pngDani Ezpeleta2016-10-27 00:42:522017-01-30 16:06:41IKF EKC 2016 Day 5: Semi finalists known (results, interviews, games & images) Wed, Oct 26
Fourth day in Dordrecht’s IKF European Korfball Championship 2016. After today’s games, all is ready for tomorrow’s decisive games between Catalonia and Germany in Pool A (16:00), and Portugal vs England (14:00) in Pool B, looking for a place in the semi finals.
The Netherlands and Belgium won their third games today and remain leaders of their pools with 3 wins and n0 losses. Portugal beated Czech Republic easier than expected (20-10), and Russia lost all their chances against Germany in a 3rd quarter with 0 goals scored, ending the game 25-11 in favour of the Germans.
For more information, all the statistics, updated top scorers and ranking pools, visit the following link: www.worldkorfbal.org
You can review 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.
The live webcasting and live streaming of all games through IKF Youtube channel will be going on with more and new suprises. Enjoy it from any country in the world! And discover IKF’s new Instragram account: instagram.com/korfball_org
Here you have today’s results, ranking pools so far and all Day 4 games played and live streamed on www.worldkorfball.org.
Following completion of the two qualification events last week in France and Slovakia, all 10 countries that have qualified for the IKF European Korfball Championship 2016 are known.
The IKF EKC are to be held from 22 October to 30 October 2016 in the Netherlands, in the city of Dordrecht.
The 10 countries that have achieved qualification are as follows.
Belgium, Catalonia, Czech Republic, England, Germany, The Netherlands (reigning champion), Poland, Portugal, Russia and Turkey.
Following the draw 6 June 2016 in Dordrecht, the Netherlands, the pools are:
POOL A
POOL B
The Netherlands (NED)
Belgium (BEL)
Catalonia (CAT)
England (ENG)
Germany (GER)
Portugal (POR)
Russia (RUS)
Czech Republic (CZE)
Turkey (TUR)
Poland (POL)
Following the last IKF European Korfball Championship held in Portugal in 2014, The Netherlands is the reigning champion.
For further information regarding the History of the IKF European Korfball Championship please refer to the IKF website, www.korfball.org, go to the ‘Documents’ tab and searching under ‘Event Booklets’ for the booklet ‘IKF European Korfball Championship.’
Last day in IKF EKCR1 West and East tournaments, that allow us to know the four teams that qualifies and will participate in the next IKF EUROPEAN KORFBALL CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 in Dordrecht (The Netherlands) from 22 to 30 October 2016: GERMANY, TURKEY, CATALONIA and POLAND. Congratulations!
REVIEW:
The final day of IKF EKC 2016 R1W, but not the finals as this qualifying tournament was in competition structure all six teams meeting each other once in these three days.
This was the day on which the decisions are not only for qualification for IKF EKC 2016, but also for IKF EKC 2018. After the four games played was the final ranking still not fixed.
Because of this all matches were important, everyone was aware of this and gave something special to all matches.
The first match against Sweden was important for Wales, In case of loss the fifth place was maximally attainable and thus no qualification for IKF EKC 2018. At winning this match they were depending on results in the next game between Ireland and France for qualification 2018. The Welshmen did what they had to do beating Sweden, 14-7.
For them the stressful waiting started. There were two scenario’s:
1. – If Ireland wins than places both Ireland as France itself for IKF EKC 2018, by that France already had won in an earlier match of Wales
2. – If France wins France and Wales both qualifies for IKF EKC 2018
It was a match with passion, emotion, beautiful actions but also mistakes on both sides.
The French public backed their team the whole match. Till the 21th minute the score was close, the gap never bigger as 2 goals. But in six minutes then the score went from 6-6 to 10-6 in favour of France. As a Phoenix Ireland fought back the last six minutes of the second half, after a thrilling last minute there was an equal score, 10 -10, so Golden Goal. In the second minute of the Golden Goal period Clément Chareyre scored his third, but most impotant goal in this match, final score 11-10. Because of this France ranked third, Wales ranked fourth and Ireland ends at the fifth place at IKF EKC 2016 R1W.
The last match of the event was formally not a final, but the atmosphere and the quality of the match was as a final. Both Catalonia as Turkey were eager to win.
The first part of the match Catalonia took the lead, but the Turkish team fought back. At halftime the score was 6 -9 in favour of Turkey. Important were the two missed penalties by Catalonia. In the second half the first two scores were of Turkey, this gap of 5 goals was to big for the Catalonian team to close, what even they did.
Turkey won the match, 14-12 and because of that is the winner of IKF EKC 2016 R1W.
The role of the women in the Turkish team is important, they scored nine of the fourteen goals.
It was a great event, with good sportsmanship at all teams, good cooperation between referees and jury, but above all a very good local organisation with a lot of volunteers and public
Day 3 (Sunday) results in IKF EKC R1 West & East 2016
From Friday 3 until Sunday 5 June 2016, all participant teams were fighting to be the numbers 1 and 2 of their EKCR1 tournaments, which classified for the IKF EKC 2016 that will take place from 22 to 30 October 2016 in the Netherlands.
All games were played in Saint Etienne (France) and Nitra (Slovakia). And all games could be watched in through live streaming in the followings links inside www.worldkorfball.org IKF’s website:
R.West (St. Etienne): goo.gl/Q7A777
R.East (Nitra): goo.gl/VKrE2v
Review these two amazing tournaments through the internet on our live streaming links and visiting our social media profiles:
The first match day in Saint Etienne, France, for IKF European Korfball Championship 2016 Round 1 West (IKF EKC 2016 R1W) started with a straight victory of Catalonia over Ireland, 18 – 4. The whole match the young Catalonian team with just a few “old” faces showed they are eager to win this first.
Before the start of the first match the organisation was faced with the consequences of strikes. Two referees were not able to come to Saint Etienne at the last moment. The strikes caused problems for some teams, but fortunately all teams are present in Saint Etienne.
The second match between the real home team, France, and Wales was an intense match. At the end the France squad captured the victory , 14 – 10.
Sweden is back at the korfball front, but in their match against Turkey the difference in quality and experience was quite big and made for a loss with 6-17
The most interesting match was the one between the two so-called Gaelic countries Wales and Ireland. It was an intense match inside and outside the field. Long time it looked this would be the first Golden Goal match in this event, but in the last minute Ruth Campbell made a clever “turn around” goal. In the last attack Wales was not able to make it equal (11-12)
After the Opening Ceremony (with a lot of young children entering the field together with the players of all participating countries) the over 400 people on the tribune saw France battle for the best against Turkey. Almost the whole the score was very close, but before halftime the Turkish team made a decisive difference. At the end there was a final score of 10-15 on the scoreboard.
In the last match Catalonia showed their supremacy with a score of 25 – 6 0ver Sweden.
Day 1 results in IKF EKC R1 West & East 2016
From Friday 3 until Sunday 5 June 2016, all participant teams are fighting to be the numbers 1 and 2 of their EKCR1 tournaments, which classifies for the IKF EKC 2016 that will take place from 22 to 30 October 2016 in the Netherlands.
All games are being played in Saint Etienne (France) and Nitra (Slovakia). And they can be watched in live streaming in the followings links inside www.worldkorfball.org IKF’s website:
R.West (St. Etienne): goo.gl/Q7A777
R.East (Nitra): goo.gl/VKrE2v
Enjoy these two amazing tournaments through the internet on our live streaming links and visiting our social media profiles:
Time to rest for all the teams in competition. But some of them scheduled practice trainings in the evening, knowing the importance of some of tomorrow’s games.
Here you have the results and ranking pools after two days of tournament:
As usual, you can watch a short review from this Day 3 in our daily “Tournament’s Journal” (Monday, October 27th) EKC’14 TOURNAMENT’S JOURNAL: Day 3
Meanwhile, you can visit the official website of the tournament www.ikf-ekc-2014.com
As usual, you will find updated info during all day about this tournament in our social profiles on facebook and twitter, and of course, live streaming matches on IKF’s Youtube channel. Live scores, match statistics and video streaming also in www.worldkorfball.org
https://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_5039.jpg10801440Dani Ezpeletahttps://korfball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/LogoIKF.pngDani Ezpeleta2014-10-27 19:11:022014-10-27 19:11:02Day off in Maia’s IKF EKC 2014 (Day 3)
