European Korfball Championship or European Korfball A-Championship is a korfball competition for European national teams organized by the International Korfball Federation. It was played every four years from 1998 until 2014 and then moved to a tournament every two years, starting from 2016. The number of participated teams has varied between 8 and 16. The Netherlands national korfball team has won each edition.
History From 2005 until 2013, the IKF organized the Korfball European Bowl for nations which had failed to qualify for the European Korfball Championship. In these tournaments it was possible to win places for the next European Korfball Championships and sometimes also IKF World Korfball Championships. The tournament was abolished in 2013 as the number of teams in the European Korfball Championship had risen to 16, however the IKF decided to bring this number down again to 8 by 2018 and to create a European Korfball B-Championship similar to the European Bowl but with a promotion/relegation system to be put into place between both championships. These B-Championships will first be held in 2018.
Results European Korfball ChampionshipYearHostFinalThird place match#Number of teamsChampionScoreSecond placeThird placeScoreFourth place I 1998 26–13 16–13 8 II 2002 Catalonia 15–9 29–9 10 III 2006 25–14 16–15 8 IV 2010 25–21 18–11 16 V 2014 32–20 22–14 16 VI 2016 27–14 16–12 10 VII 2018 21–8 20–19 8 (+2) VIII 2021 21–17 13–11 8 IX 2024 Catalonia 21–15 18–13 8 X 2026 Czech Republic 16
Debut of teams Year Debutants Total 1998 8 2002 2 2006 1 2010 6 2014 0 2016 0 2018 0 2021 0 2024 0 2026 1 Total 18
Medals summary
Comprehensive team results by tournament Legend – Champions – Runners-up – Third place – Fourth place Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament – Hosts
The number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown for each tournament.
Team (18) 1998 (8) 2002 (10) 2006 (8) 2010 (16) 2014 (16) 2016 (10) 2018 (8+2) 2021 (8) 2024 (8) 2026 (16) Timesqualified 2nd3rd2nd2nd2nd2nd4th2nd2nd Q 10 •7th 6th 5th 9th3rd 6th 8th4th Q 9 4th2nd3rd3rd 5th 7th 5th 7th 5thQ 10 5th 5th 5th 6th4th 6th 7th4th 7th Q 10 6th4th4th4th 10th 5th2nd3rd3rd Q 10 • 8th8th 10th 7th • 8th 6th 8th Q 8 1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st Q 10 7th 10th • 9th 8th 9th • • • Q 6 3rd 6th • 7th3rd4th3rd 5th 6th Q 9 • • • 12th 12th • • • • Q 3 • • 7th 8th 6th 8th • • • • 4 Part of 15th 11th • • • • Q 3 • • • 14th 13th • • • • Q 3 8th 9th • 13th 14th • • • • Q 5 • • • • • • • • • Q 1 • • • 16th 15th 10th • • • Q 4 Part of 11th 16th • • • • Q 3 Team (18) 1998 (8) 2002 (10) 2006 (8) 2010 (16) 2014 (16) 2016 (10) 2018 (8+2) 2021 (8) 2024 (8) 2026 (16) Timesqualified Notes
See also International Korfball Federation European Korfball B-Championship Korfball European Bowl
External links International Korfball Federation