2014 IKF European Korfball Championship

2014 European Korfball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
CityMaia
Dates25 October 2014 (2014-10-25)–
2 November 2014 (2014-11-02)
Teams16
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (5th title)
Runners-up Belgium
Third place Portugal
Fourth place England
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored1,759 (36.65 per match)
Top scorer(s)NetherlandsMick Snel
PolandKrzysztof Rubinkowski
(32 goals)
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The 2014 European Korfball Championship was held in Portugal from October 25 to November 2, with 16 national teams in competition.

The tournament also served as a European qualifier for the 2015 Korfball World Championship, with the top ten nations qualifying for the world championship.

Group stage

The group stages took place in Maia. The IKF had implemented a new format of qualifying from the group stages. In these European Championships, the top eight nations were seeded in to pools A & B. In these pools the top three teams qualified for the quarter-finals. The other nations in pools C & D needed to finish top of their pool in order to reach the quarter-finals.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 3 3 0 0 0 117 42 +75 9 Quarter-finals
2  England 3 2 0 0 1 52 72 −20 6
3  Russia 3 0 1 0 2 50 76 −26 2
4  Germany 3 0 0 1 2 44 73 −29 1 9th–16th place play-offs
Source: IKF
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Russia  18 − 21  England
Germany  14 − 38  Netherlands
Russia  17 − 41  Netherlands
Germany  16 − 20  England
England  11 − 38  Netherlands
Germany  14 − 15G  Russia

Key: G denotes win by golden goal.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium 3 3 0 0 0 72 42 +30 9 Quarter-finals
2  Portugal 3 2 0 0 1 64 55 +9 6
3  Czech Republic 3 1 0 0 2 53 73 −20 3
4  Catalonia 3 0 0 0 3 43 62 −19 0 9th–16th place play-offs
Source: IKF
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Czech Republic  17 − 30  Belgium
Catalonia  16 − 23  Portugal
Portugal  23 − 15  Czech Republic
Belgium  18 − 7  Catalonia
Czech Republic  21 − 20  Catalonia
Belgium  24 − 18  Portugal

Group C

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Poland 3 3 0 0 0 56 34 +22 9 Quarter-finals
2  Wales 3 1 0 1 1 44 47 −3 4 9th–16th place play-offs
3  Turkey 3 1 0 0 2 44 51 −7 3
4  Serbia 3 0 1 0 2 42 54 −12 2
Source: IKF
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Turkey  13 − 23  Poland
Serbia  19G − 18  Wales
Turkey  12 − 14  Wales
Serbia  9 − 17  Poland
Poland  16 − 12  Wales
Turkey  19 − 14  Serbia

Key: G denotes win by golden goal.

Group D

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Hungary 3 3 0 0 0 64 42 +22 9 Quarter-finals
2  Scotland 3 2 0 0 1 53 46 +7 6 9th–16th place play-offs
3  Ireland 3 0 1 0 2 40 53 −13 2
4  Slovakia 3 0 0 1 2 34 50 −16 1
Source: IKF
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Ireland  14 − 19  Hungary
Scotland  15 − 10  Slovakia
Ireland  15G − 14  Slovakia
Scotland  18 − 25  Hungary
Hungary  20 − 10  Slovakia
Ireland  11 − 20  Scotland

Key: G denotes win by golden goal.

Knockout stage

1st–8th place play-offs

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Netherlands 45
 
 
 
 Hungary 12
 
 Netherlands 41
 
 
 
 Portugal 11
 
 Russia 23
 
 
 
 Portugal 27
 
 Netherlands 32
 
 
 
 Belgium 20
 
 Belgium 40
 
 
 
 Poland 11
 
 Belgium 26
 
 
 
 England 11 Third place
 
 EnglandG 20
 
 
 
 Czech Republic 19
 
 Portugal 22
 
 
 England 14
 
5th–8th place play-offs
      
 Hungary 14  Russia 18
 Russia 27  Czech Republic 26
 
 Poland 7  Hungary 16
 Czech Republic 18  Poland 10

Key: G denotes win by golden goal.

9th–16th place play-offs

 
9th–16th place play-offs9th–12th place play-offsNinth place
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Germany 26
 
 
 
 Slovakia 9
 
 Germany 30
 
 
 
 Scotland 2
 
 Scotland 15
 
 
 
 Turkey 13
 
 Germany 17
 
 
 
 Catalonia 18
 
 Catalonia 26
 
 
 
 Serbia 8
 
 Catalonia 29
 
 
 
 Ireland 10 11th place
 
 Wales 11
 
 
 
 Ireland 13
 
 Scotland 18
 
 
 Ireland 14
 
13th–16th place play-offs
      
 Slovakia 18  Slovakia 11
 Turkey 16  Serbia 15
 
 Serbia 18  Turkey 14
 Wales 15  Wales 11

Final standing

Key
Qualified for the 2015 IKF World Korfball Championship
Qualified for the 2015 IKF World Korfball Championship as hosts (already pre-tournament)
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Belgium
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Portugal
4  England
5  Czech Republic
6  Russia
7  Hungary
8  Poland
9  Catalonia
10  Germany
11  Scotland
12  Ireland
13  Serbia
14  Slovakia
15  Turkey
16  Wales