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IKF Korfball Champions League Round 1 Recap

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The first two event of the IKF Korfball Champions League 2023-24 have been played last weekend. 14 teams competed for 2 places in the IKF Korfball Champions League Round 2, and 4 places in the IKF Korfball Champions League Satellite Final.

 

IKF Korfball Champions League Round 1-A

The IKF KCL R1A took place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 21-23 September. 6 teams competed against each other in a round-robin format. CK Vallparadís from Catalonia and Schweriner KC from Germany won their first three matches and faced each other on the final day, in what was the expected deciding match for the ranking of positions one and two. Schweriner took a four-goal lead, but Vallparadis turned things around and took over the initiative in Q3 with a three-goal gap. Schweriner came close, but Vallparadis secured their win by a very close 15-14 end score. The team ended the tournament with a win over CCCD Carnaxide and thus qualified for the IKF Korfball Champions League Round 2. Schweriner KC and CCCD Carnaxide qualified for the IKF Korfball Champions League Satellite Final by claiming the second and third place. Yildiz Teknik Üniversitelilier became fourth, SJBAGB fifth, and 1908 SZAC Budapest completed the ranking on sixth place.

 

IKF Korfball Champions League Round 1-B

The IKF KCL R1B took place in Cardiff, Wales, from 22-24 September. 8 teams were present, but Koceali University Sport Club participated out of competition. Unfortunately, they could not get a team complete due to VISA issues. The team’s athletes that travelled to Cardiff were complemented by local players. The teams competed in two groups, advancing from there to the semi-finals, finals and other ranking matches. Group A winner Clube de Corfebol de Oeiras defeated Cardiff City & Met KC (number 2 group B) in the semi-final, where it faced FJEP Bonson. Bonson defeated SKK Prievidza Dolphins (winner Group B) in their semi-final. Clube Corfebol de Oeiras proved to be the strongest competitor in the event, by winning the final 23 to 4. The match for third place decided which team would claim the last qualification spot for the IKF KCL Satellite Final. Cardiff City & Met KC and the Dolphins were a great match for each other, but eventually, the Slovak champion claimed the victory. The ranking was completed by Tornadoes Korfball Club Academy (fifth place), Glasgow Korfball Club (sixth place), and Newport Centurions KC (seventh place).

The IKF Korfball Champions League Round 2 will be organised in Marki, Poland, from 28 November – 2 December. The IKF Korfball Champions League Satellite Final will be organised 18-20 January in Antalya, Türkiye.

   

ON SOCIAL MEDIA

All fans around the world are able to watch and follow these tournaments 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 on the hashtags #KCL and #korfball, with the best images, clips and highlights. You can find all this content and much more visiting the official @IKFKCL profiles (click on the icons bellow), as well as the main IKF main profiles (see below):

📺 Streams  & results ▼ On social media ▼
       

QUICK ACCESS TO ALL INFO:  korfball.sport/KCL

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R1-B | DAY 3 Image gallery | By Tracey Lintern: penalltaphotographics.smugmug.com

 

R1-B | DAY 2 Image gallery | By Tracey Lintern: penalltaphotographics.smugmug.com

 

R1-B | DAY 1 Image gallery | By Tracey Lintern: penalltaphotographics.smugmug.com

 

R1-A | DAY 1, 2 & 3 Image gallery:

By @ikfkcl & @joaomartins.25 | @whois.desko | @_.lucasf._ | @_el._.le._ | @_pacheco.25 (on Instagram)

The IKF Korfball Champions League 2023-24 is ready to start!

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The time has arrived for all the European club teams qualified to play this 2nd season of the IKF Korfball Champions League.  After some changes and improvements, this competition is ready to kick off with two first rounds to be played in Lisbon (R1A) and Cardiff (R1B).

Latest News (events finished): 25/9 – IKF KCL Round 1 Recap

 

Fourteen teams will participate in this preliminary round, competing in either Round 1-A or Round 1-B. In the refined set-up of the IKF KCL 2023-24 that was introduced in May (see this post), the winners of the IKF Korfball Champions League Round 1 will proceed to the IKF Korfball Champions League Round 2. From there they can qualify for the IKF Korfball Champions League Final to the Challenger Final. The numbers 2 and 3 of both Rounds 1 qualify for the IKF Korfball Champions League Satellite Final.

WHERE TO FOLLOW AND WATCH

All fans around the world will be able to follow this tournaments 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 on the hashtags #KCL and #korfball, to find the best images, clips and highlights.

You can find all this content and much more visiting the official @IKFKCL profiles (click on the icons bellow), as well as the best recaps and summaries on the main IKF profiles (see below):

📺 Streams  & results ▼ On social media ▼
       

► facebook.com/korfball.org ► twitter.com/korfball ► instagram.com/korfball_org ► tiktok.com/@korfball.sport 

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THE ROAD TO THE FINALS | Competition set-up

📄 More info: https://korfball.sport/?p=32004 

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LIVE DRAW

The late withdrawal of Kékvölgy SE from Hungary led to a change in the original tournament set-up for the IKF KCL R1A. The teams will play each other in a round-robin format, but the qualification criteria for the successive KCL events remain unchanged.

The live draw for the IKF Korfball Champions League Round 1 took place on July 6. Through this draw, the teams were divided into the two Round 1s, in Cardiff and Lisbon.

Teams were allocated to the events by drawing in pairs. These pairs were based on the IKF Korfball Champions League ranking, which is based on the previous season. Two teams were already placed; Welsh champion Cardiff City Korfball Club and the runner-up Newport Centurions. The Welsh Korfball Association is hosting the event in collaboration with Cardiff City Korfball Club, which was therefore placed in the IKF KCL Round 1-B. To get to 8 teams, Newport Centurions were invited as extra participant and was therefore also placed in the IKF KCL R1B. The two qualified Portuguese teams are both not hosting the event, and are therefore included in the draw instead of having a fixed place in Lisbon.

   

IKF Korfball Champions League 2023-24, refined set-up & qualified teams

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The IKF has launched the refined set-up of the IKF Korfball Champions League. After the inaugural season the IKF EXCO has evaluated the event(s), taking into consideration the feedback of the participating clubs, the national federations, the IKF Officials and the IKF Committees.

The new set-up honours the main goals of the IKF KCL, while adjusting the set-up in such a way that the main feedback point are incorporated. The main goals that form the fundament for the IKF KCL are:

  • Have more competitive matches between clubs of similar level from different countries across the entire European club competitions;
  • Improve quality at all levels;
  • Have a feasible path to winning a title across multiple levels;
  • Have competitive finals (KCL, Challenger, Satellite);
  • Gradually increase the number of club teams from a country that can get European competition at their level.

The main points of feedback from the teams, national federations, officials and IKF Committees were:

  • Lower the costs for teams;
  • Reduce travel for participants – fewer events for individual clubs;
  • Desire to have more certainty around location and timing of events – longer preparation time;
  • Play one match per day and full games;
  • Have fewer events and longer, if necessary;
  • Have fewer matches against the same opponents from previous rounds;
  • Have a ‘more international’ feel in the KCL Final;
  • Have more international experience and enhance social contacts.

These findings led to the following set-up of the IKF Korfball Champions League:

National federations receive the invitation letter and registration form for their qualified teams as soon as possible. The locations of the IKF KCL R1A will be in Lisbon, Portugal, and the R1B in Cardiff, Wales. The location for the IKF KCL R2 is Marki, Poland, and the location for the IKF KCL Satellite Final is Antalya, Türkiye.

Update 17/6/2023: Qualified teams & host cities confirmed so far

Update 6/7/2023 – Live draw (to decide which teams will play the KCL R1-A and R1-B):

Update 6/7/2023 – 21:00 (CEST) – The groups are known:

TuS Schildgen & Trojans KC qualify for the Korfball Champions League R3

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The Czech city of Prostějov hosted from 18 to 20 November 2022 the 2nd Round of this brand new European IKF Korfball Champions League. [Press kit booklet here]

The two 1st rounds R1A & R1B were played last September in Portugal and Poland, and the winners of those tournaments (TuS Schildgen and Tornadoes KC) were competing again in this Round 2, with 6 other European national club champions.

After 3 intense and exciting days with a lot of tight and interesting matches, the German Tus Schildgen became the winner of this Round 3. After beating in the semi-finals the local Czech team of SK RG Prostějov, they were also able to win the final by 17-12 the last day, performing a great final match versus the English team of Trojans KC, that also qualified for this 3rd Round by winning the other semi-final against the German SG Pegasus.

The Dutch and Belgian national runners-up await now these two teams in the Round 3 to be played next 6-7 January 2023 in Belgium.

The other semi-finalists that ended in 3rd and 4th place, SG Pegasus and SK RG Prostějov, automatically qualified to play the KCL Challenger Final.

The teams ranked 5 to 8 in this 2nd round, will also play a final event next year to reveal which one becomes the KCL Satellite champion.

(c) Photo by Robin Röhrich
(c) Photo by Robin Röhrich

FINAL RESULTS:
*Daily image galleries below

KCL R2 FINAL RANKING:

1st: TuS Schildgen – Qualified for KCL R3
2nd: Trojans KC – Qualified for KCL R3
3rd: SG Pegasus – Qualified for KCL Challenger
4th: SK RG Prostějov – Qualified for KCL Challenger
5th: CK Vallparadís – Qualified for KCL Satellite
6th: Tornadoes KC – Qualified for KCL Satellite
7th: NC Benfica – Qualified for KCL Satellite
8th: SZAC Budapest – Qualified for KCL Satellite

More information about this new competition format for European korfball clubs can be found here.

DAY 3 FINAL MATCHES:

FINAL: TuS Schildgen – Trojans KC

FOR 3rd PLACE: SK RG Prostějov – SG Pegasus

FOR 5th PLACE: Tornadoes KC – CK Vallparadís

FOR 7th PLACE: NC Benfica – SZAC Budapest

KCL R2 LIVE STREAMS PLAYLIST (ALL GAMES):

DAY 3 IMAGE GALLERY – FINALS (by Veronica Supikova)

DAY 2 IMAGE GALLERY (by Veronica Supikova)

EVENING GAMES (SEMI-FINALS)

MORNING GAMES (GROUP PHASE)

DAY 1 IMAGE GALLERY (by Veronica Supikova)

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 …).

On social media you will be able to find the best images, clips and highlights, visiting the following official @IKFKCL profiles, as well as the regular and well-known IKF profiles (see below) and via the hashtags #KCL and #korfball:

IKF KCL Profiles – @IKFKCL:

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facebook.com/IKFKCL

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instagram.com/IKFKCL

IKF Official profiles:

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facebook.com/korfball.org

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tiktok.com/@korfball.sport

PREVIOUS INFORMATION

Event info: https://korfball.sport/?p=27189

The 2nd Round of the Korfball Champions League is on! (updated results & images)

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The Czech city of Prostějov, is hosting from Friday to Sunday (18-20 November 2022), the 2nd Round of this brand new European IKF Korfball Champions League. [Press kit booklet here]

The two 1st rounds R1A & R1B were played last September in Portugal and Poland, and the winners of those rounds are competing again in this Round 2, with 6 other European national club champions.

UPDATE (new post): TuS Schildgen & Trojans KC qualify for the Korfball Champions League R3

FINAL RESULTS:
*Daily image galleries below (updating)

DAY 3 FINAL MATCHES:

FINAL: TuS Schildgen – Trojans KC

https://youtu.be/HAD09v-wFuA

FOR 3rd PLACE: SK RG Prostějov – SG Pegasus

https://youtu.be/70tLWIxkxGE

FOR 5th PLACE: Tornadoes KC – CK Vallparadís

https://youtu.be/n9tQN93IC8c

FOR 7th PLACE: NC Benfica – SZAC Budapest

https://youtu.be/m1ucd4oAsfE

Three intense and excinting days full of matches will decide which are the best teams that will qualify for the 3rd Round, were the Dutch and Belgian national runners-up await.

The other teams will also be playing and competing to qualify for the KCL Challenge and KCL Satellite Finals to be played at the beginning of next year.

More information about this new competition format for European korfball clubs can be found here.

KCL R2 LIVE STREAMS PLAYLIST:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXOgCk4AnV_5Vflhwgu4drkhx2O7YcB0L

DAY 3 IMAGE GALLERY – FINALS (by Veronica Supikova)

DAY 2 IMAGE GALLERY (by Veronica Supikova)

EVENING GAMES (SEMI-FINALS)

MORNING GAMES (GROUP PHASE)