2020 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round

2019 European Korfball Championship First Round
Tournament details
Host countryUkraine
CityLviv
Dates1-3 November 2019
Teams7
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Turkey
Runners-up  Switzerland
Third place Greece
Fourth place Ukraine
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored375 (23.44 per match)
2017
2021

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-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Turkey
2nd place, silver medalist(s)   Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Greece[A]
4  Ukraine
5  Armenia
6  Sweden
7  Belarus
  1. ^
    Originally, Greece did not qualify, however following the withdrawal of  France, they were invited as first reserves on 27 January 2020.