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The IKF KCL Satellite Final to reveal this year’s 1st European club champion

The time for the IKF Korfball Champions League Finals has arrived! On 27 and 28 January 2023, the Catalan city of Terrassa is hosting the 1st of these 3 European club finals: the KCL Satellite Final.

UPDATE 29/1/2023: The Portuguese NC Benfica is the 1st IKF KCL Satellite Final champion!

After 4 previous qualifying events (the R1A & R1B played on September 2022 in Portugal and Poland, the R2 on November in the Czech Republic, and this January’s R3 in Belgium), now it’s time for the finals. [Press kit booklet here]

The Catalan CK Vallparadís, Tornadoes KC from England, the Portuguese NC Benfica and 1908 SZAC Budapest from Hungary were the teams qualified to play this event. Due to a late withdrawal of the Hungarian champion, and the impossibility for KC Barcelona, as reserve team, to play “out of competition” due to some unfortunate miscommunication in the invitation process (read more), the competition will continue with the three qualified teams playing a round-robin, according to the following match schedule:

UPDATE: FINAL RESULTS & IMAGE GALLERY 

DAY 2 – Images by Jesús Martínez

DAY 1 – Images by Jesús Martínez

 

The Catalan Korfball Federation and CK Vallparadís, in collaboration with the IKF, are the organisers of this event.

The other IKF Korfball Champions League Finals of this season 2022-2023 are programmed as follows:

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, the best images, clips and highlights will be published and shared on all IKF profiles (see below) and via the hashtags #KCL and #korfball:

IKF Official profiles:

youtube.com/IKFchannel

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facebook.com/korfball.org

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The IKF KCL R3 is over: PKC and Borgerhout qualify for the Korfball Champions League Final

The Belgian city of Herentals hosted on 6 and 7 January 2023 the decisive 3rd Round of this brand new European IKF Korfball Champions League, the last qualification event for the IKF Korfball Champions League Final. [Press kit booklet here]

After 3 previous qualifying events (the R1A & R1B played on September 2022 in Portugal and Poland, and the R2 on November in the Czech Republic) now it was time for the current Belgian and Dutch national finalists to join this competition.

TuS Schildgen from Germany and Trojans KC from England qualified for the IKF Korfball Champions League R3 after becoming the finalists of the R2, and they were ready to face the Dutch PKC/Vertom and the Belgian K. Borgerhout/Groen-Wit K.C. Sadly, a late withdrawal of the English team on December 30th due to unfortunate family circumstances forced an urgent adjustment to the tournament schedule.

The event continued therefore with the three remaining competitors based on the planned semi-final and final format with the original ranking of the teams for the KCL Round 3 as:

1- PKC/Vertom, NED
2- K. Borgerhout/Groen-Wit K.C., BEL
3- TuS Schildgen 1932 e.V., GER
4- Trojans KC, ENG

The withdrawal of Trojans KC means that PKC/Vertom earned a bye for the planned semi-final against Trojans KC and thereby automatically advances to the final of Round 3 on Saturday. The semi-final on Friday between K. Borgerhout/Groen-Wit K.C. and TuS Schildgen 1932 e.V. continud as planned and after an intense match, the Belgian club became the winner of this match by 20-7, and faced PKC/Vertom on Saturday, with a final score 14-25 in favour od the Dutch.

These results means that the last two remaining places at stake for the grand final of IKF’s inaugural KCL season will be ocupied by the Dutch PKC/Vertom and the Belgian K. Borgerhout/Groen-Wit K.C.

FINAL RESULTS 

 

The winner of KCL Round 3 will play against the current champion of the Belgian Topkorfbal national league, Floriant Merelbeke, number two ranked team of the IKF KCL Final. On the other hand, number two of Round 3 will face the champions of the last season’s Korfbal League, Fortuna/Delta Logistiek, reigning Dutch champion and the highest ranked team in the KCL Final.

The IKF Korfball Champions League Final is programmed for the weekend of 10-11 February 2023 in the city of Delft in the Netherlands. The number three of KCL Round 3 will continue their European journey in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, for the IKF Korfball Champions League Challenger Final. This event is scheduled for 4 and 5 February 2023.

The Royal Belgian Korfball Federation in collaboration with the IKF and local clubs are the organisers of this exciting IKF KCL R3.

SEMI-FINAL (6/1/2023): Borgerhout/Groen-Wit (BEL) 20-7 TuS Schildgen (GER)

Image gallery (by Marco Spelten)

FOR 3RD PLACE* (7/1/2023 – 14:00) TuS Schildgen (GER) 15-21 PKC/Vertom 2 (NED)

KCL R3 FINAL (7/1/2023 – 16:00) Borgerhout/Groen-Wit (BEL) 14-25 PKC/Vertom (NED)

Image gallery (by Marco Spelten)

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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twitter.com/IKFKCL

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instagram.com/IKFKCL

IKF Official profiles:

youtube.com/IKFchannel

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facebook.com/korfball.org

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twitter.com/korfball

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instagram.com/korfball_org

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PREVIOUS EVENT INFORMATION

Event info: https://korfball.sport/?p=29803

All ready for the 3rd Round of the IKF Korfball Champions League

The Belgian city of Herentals is hosting on 6 and 7 January 2023 the decisive 3rd Round of this brand new European IKF Korfball Champions League, the last qualification event for the IKF Korfball Champions League Final. [Press kit booklet here]

After 3 previous qualifying events (the R1A & R1B played on September 2022 in Portugal and Poland, and the R2 on November in the Czech Republic) now it’s time for the current Belgian and Dutch national finalists to join this competition.

TuS Schildgen from Germany and Trojans KC from England qualified for the IKF Korfball Champions League R3 after becoming the finalists of the R2, and they were ready to face the Dutch PKC/Vertom and the Belgian K. Borgerhout/Groen-Wit K.C. Sadly, a late withdrawal of the English team on December 30th due to unfortunate family circumstances has forced an urgent adjustment to the tournament schedule.

The event will continue therefore with the three remaining competitors based on the planned semi-final and final format with the original ranking of the teams for the KCL Round 3 as:

1- PKC/Vertom, NED
2- K. Borgerhout/Groen-Wit K.C., BEL
3- TuS Schildgen 1932 e.V., GER
4- Trojans KC, ENG

The withdrawal of Trojans KC means that PKC/Vertom has earned a bye for the planned semi-final against Trojans KC and thereby automatically advances to the final of Round 3 on Saturday. The semi-final on Friday between K. Borgerhout/Groen-Wit K.C. and TuS Schildgen 1932 e.V. will continue as planned and the winner of this match will face PKC/Vertom on Saturday.

     

Round 3 promises to be an exciting weekend with the last two remaining places at stake for the grand final of IKF’s inaugural KCL season.

The winner of KCL Round 3 will play against the current champion of the Belgian Topkorfbal national league, Floriant Merelbeke, number two ranked team of the IKF KCL Final. On the other hand, number two of Round 3 will face the champions of the last season’s Korfbal League, Fortuna/Delta Logistiek, reigning Dutch champion and the highest ranked team in the KCL Final.

The IKF Korfball Champions League Final is programmed for the weekend of 10-11 February 2023 in the city of Delft in the Netherlands. The number three of KCL Round 3 will continue their European journey in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, for the IKF Korfball Champions League Challenger Final. This event is scheduled for 4 and 5 February 2023.

The Royal Belgian Korfball Federation in collaboration with the IKF and local clubs are the organisers of this exciting IKF KCL R3.

SEMI-FINAL (6/1/2023): Borgerhout/Groen-Wit 20-7 TuS Schildgen

Image gallery (By Marco Spelten)

FOR 3RD PLACE* (7/1/2023 – 14:00)

KCL R3 FINAL (7/1/2023 – 16:00)

 

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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twitter.com/IKFKCL

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instagram.com/IKFKCL

IKF Official profiles:

youtube.com/IKFchannel

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facebook.com/korfball.org

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twitter.com/korfball

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instagram.com/korfball_org

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tiktok.com/@korfball.sport

PREVIOUS EVENT INFORMATION

Event info: https://korfball.sport/?p=29803

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

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.

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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twitter.com/IKFKCL

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instagram.com/IKFKCL

IKF Official profiles:

youtube.com/IKFchannel

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facebook.com/korfball.org

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twitter.com/korfball

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instagram.com/korfball_org

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PREVIOUS INFORMATION

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

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)

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

tw_icon_16x16

twitter.com/IKFKCL

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instagram.com/IKFKCL

IKF Official profiles:

youtube.com/IKFchannel

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facebook.com/korfball.org

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twitter.com/korfball

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instagram.com/korfball_org

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TuS Schildgen and Tornadoes KC qualify for the IKF KCL Round 2

The first two rounds of this new IKF Korfball Champions League competition are over, and the two teams that will play the 2n Round in Prostějov are known: the German TuS Schildgen 1932 e.V. as winner of the R1A played in Lisbon, and the English Tornadoes Korball Club after winning all their games in the R1B played in Oleśnica, Poland.
TuS Schildgen 1932 e.V.

Photo (c) TuS Schildgen 1932 e.V.

Three intense and wonderful days for all the local audience and fans around the world watching the live streams, with all clubs doing their best to reach the final and achieve the qualification for Round 2. The last final day was extremely exciting in both venues, with really tight and close games decided in the last quarters. A great competition has started, and it will continue next 18-20 November 2022 in Prostějov, Czech Republic, with the IKF KCL Round 2 (more info).

Tornadoes KC (c) Photo by Jenna Spelten

These are the final results of this both events played from 23 to 25 September 2022 in Portugal and Poland, organised by the IKF in collaboration with the Portuguese Korfball Federation and the Polish Korfball Association:   KCL R1-A Live streams playlist:
KCL R1-B Live streams playlist:
The participants were allocated in R1-A or R1-B in these first inaugural KCL 2022/2023 events according to the following ranking, and the winner of R1-A and the winner of R1-B both progress to the IKF KCL Round 2, that will be played from 18 to 20 November in Prostějov, Czech Republic.
More information about this new competition format for European korfball clubs can be found here.

LIVE STREAMS, RESULTS & SOCIAL MEDIA

All fans around the world were 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 can find the best images, clips and highlights, visiting the following official @IKFeurope and @IKFKCL profiles, as well as the regular and well-known IKF profiles (see below) and via the hashtags #KCL and #korfball: ► facebook.com/korfball.org ► twitter.com/korfball ► instagram.com/korfball_org ► tiktok.com/@korfball.sport
IKF KCL R1-A Exclusive content ► facebook.com/IKFeurope ► twitter.com/IKFeurope ► instagram.com/IKFeurope
IKF KCL R1-B Exclusive content ► facebook.com/IKFKCL ► twitter.com/IKFKCL ► instagram.com/IKFKCL

The Korfball Champions League is here!

The first edition of the IKF Korfball Champions League is ready to start with two first rounds, to be played from 23 to 25 September 2022 in Portugal and Poland. 

 

The IKF KCL Round 1-A will take place in Lisbon capital, and the IKF KCL Round 1-B will be held in the Polish city of Oleśnica. This new format will allow for more matches between clubs of similar strength, doing justice to the growing club competitions in Europe.

FINAL DAY UPDATED RESULTS (R1A):

For 7th place: Marmara USC – FJEP Bonson [19-11]
For 5th place: Norwich Knights – CCCD Carnaxide [9-11]
For 3rd place: CC Oeiras – Platja d’Aro KC [16-14]
For 1st place: TuS Schildgen – KC Barcelona [0-0]

FINAL DAY UPDATED RESULTS (R1B):

For 7th place: Kékvölgy SE – SKK Dolphins [9-7]
For 5th place: Yıldız Teknik USC – Glasgow KC [13-7]
For 3rd place: SJBAGB – AZS Balluff [10-11]
For 1st place: Tornadoes KC – KK Brno [16-6]

UPDATE: Tornadoes KC, from England, and the German TuS Schildgen, qualify to play the IKF Champions League Round 2 next 18-20 November 2022 in Prostějov, Czech Republic.

KCL R1-A Live streams playlist:

KCL R1-B Live streams playlist:

POOLS AND MATCH SCHEDULES:

 

 

The participants were allocated in R1-A or R1-B in these first inaugural KCL 2022/2023 events according to the following ranking, and the winner of R1-A and the winner of R1-B both progress to the IKF KCL Round 2, that will be played from 18 to 20 November in Prostějov, Czech Republic.

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

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 @IKFeurope and @IKFKCL profiles, as well as the regular and well-known IKF profiles (see below) and via the hashtags #KCL and #korfball:

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

 

 

IKF KCL R1-A Exclusive content

► facebook.com/IKFeurope
► twitter.com/IKFeurope
► instagram.com/IKFeurope

 

IKF KCL R1-B Exclusive content

► facebook.com/IKFKCL
► twitter.com/IKFKCL
► instagram.com/IKFKCL

IKF launches Korfball Champions League in Europe

The Executive Committee of the IKF has decided to launch a new competition format for the club competitions in Europe. The format entails a series of events eventually culminating in a Final 4 event for the four strongest European clubs, and Challenger and Satellite Finals for lower-ranked clubs.

In the initial setup, two clubs can take part from the strongest 7 national leagues in Europe (Belgium, Catalonia, Czech Republic, England, Germany, Netherlands, and Portugal), and 1 club from the other national leagues in Europe. Eventual quota for participation are determined based on a coefficient system that the IKF will present later this Spring.

The new competition will be branded as the IKF Europe Korfball Champions League (KCL). It is the joint successor of the IKF Europa Cup and the IKF Europa Shield. The IKF Europa Cup has existed for almost 60 years and was open to the champions of all European leagues. The IKF Europa Shield, that has existed for about 20 years was open to the vice-champions of a selected set of European leagues.

The new format will allow for more matches between clubs of similar strength, doing justice to the growing club competitions in Europe. The KCL will consist of three successive qualification rounds, with stronger clubs entering in later phases of the competition, and three Final4 competitions: The Korfball Champions League Finals, The KCL Challenger Finals, and the KCL Satellite Finals.

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The Exco believes this will offer more playing opportunities for club teams across Europe at similar levels of strength. Another feature of the concept is that all rounds of the competition will be played in a weekend format. Events with 8 teams will play shorter matches similar to the current Europa Shield format, while the events with four teams will play two full length matches per team (semifinal and final) in a weekend.

The various IKF Committees and Working Groups are currently working out details for the setup, and the event will launch in the Fall of 2022, with the first KCL Round 1 competitions being played. The first KCL finals will be played in the Spring of 2023.

Images: Marco Spelten | korfbalfoto.nl

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