2020 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round

2019 European Korfball Championship First Round

Tournament details
Host country	Ukraine
City	Lviv
Dates	1-3 November 2019
Teams	7
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Turkey
Runners-up	Switzerland
Third place	Greece
Fourth place	Ukraine
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	375 (23.44 per match)

The 2020 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round was held in Lviv, Ukraine from 1 to 3 November 2019. The tournament served as the first round of the 2020 IKF European Korfball Championships to be held in the Poland in 2020, with both the winner and runner-up qualifying for the 2020 IKF European Korfball B-Championship. Turkey and Switzerland qualified on 3 November 2019 as they won their semi-final matches against Greece and Ukraine respectively. Later that same day, Turkey beat Switzerland to win the tournament.

Participating teams

Seven teams participated in the tournament: Armenia, Belarus, Greece, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine.

Group stage

Two groups (A and B) were drawn, four teams in group A and three teams in group B, with each team playing the other teams in their group once. The top two teams in these groups moved to the semi-finals, while the remaining three teams played another round-robin tournament to determine theor final overall position.

All group stage matches were played at the Palats sportu “Halychyna” in Lviv on 1 and 2 November 2019.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey	3	3	0	0	0	73	16	+57	9	Semi-finals
2	Ukraine	3	2	0	0	1	27	29	−2	6
3	Sweden	3	1	0	0	2	33	42	−9	3	Play-offs
4	Belarus	3	0	0	0	3	12	58	−46	0

Source: IKF

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ukraine	3 − 17	Turkey
Sweden	16 − 4	Belarus
Ukraine	13 − 9	Sweden
Turkey	31 − 5	Belarus
Ukraine	11 − 3	Belarus
Turkey	25 − 8	Sweden

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	2	2	0	0	0	29	19	+10	6	Semi-finals
2	Greece	2	1	0	0	1	23	16	+7	3
3	Armenia	2	0	0	0	2	14	31	−17	0	Play-offs

Source: IKF

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Greece	14 − 4	Armenia
Switzerland	17 − 10	Armenia
Greece	9 − 12	Switzerland

Semi-finals

	Semi-finals				Final
	Turkey	18
	Greece	6
					Turkey	18
					Switzerland	8
	Ukraine	11
	Switzerland	15
					Third place
					Greece	14
					Ukraine	11

5th–7th place play-offs

The teams finishing third & fourth in both groups played another round-robin group stage to determine fifth through seventh place.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Armenia	2	2	0	0	0	33	16	+17	6
2	Sweden	2	1	0	0	1	23	15	+8	3
3	Belarus	2	0	0	0	2	7	32	−25	0

Source: IKF

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Belarus	5 − 20	Armenia
Belarus	2 − 12	Sweden
Sweden	11 − 13	Armenia

Final standing

Key

Qualified for the 2021 IKF European Korfball B-Championship

Rank	Team
	Turkey
	Switzerland
	Greece
4	Ukraine
5	Armenia
6	Sweden
7	Belarus

External links

• Tournament Results