The 2014 European Korfball Championship was held in Portugal from October 25 to November 2, with 16 national teams in competition.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Portugal |
| City | Maia |
| Dates | 25 October 2014– 2 November 2014 |
| Teams | 16 |
| 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 played | 48 |
| Goals scored | 1,759 (36.65 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Mick Snel Krzysztof Rubinkowski(32 goals) |
← 2010 2016 → | |
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
editThe 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
edit| 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
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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
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| Russia
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17 − 41 | Netherlands
|
| Germany
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16 − 20 | England
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| England
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11 − 38 | Netherlands
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| Germany
|
14 − 15G | Russia
|
Key: G denotes win by golden goal.
Group B
edit| 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
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16 − 23 | Portugal
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| Portugal
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23 − 15 | Czech Republic
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| Belgium
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18 − 7 | Catalonia
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| Czech Republic
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21 − 20 | Catalonia
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| Belgium
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24 − 18 | Portugal
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Group C
edit| 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
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| Serbia
|
9 − 17 | Poland
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| Poland
|
16 − 12 | Wales
|
| Turkey
|
19 − 14 | Serbia
|
Key: G denotes win by golden goal.
Group D
edit| 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
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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
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| Hungary
|
20 − 10 | Slovakia
|
| Ireland
|
11 − 20 | Scotland
|
Key: G denotes win by golden goal.
Knockout stage
edit1st–8th place play-offs
edit| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 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
edit| 9th–16th place play-offs | 9th–12th place play-offs | Ninth 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
edit| Qualified for the 2015 IKF World Korfball Championship | |
| Qualified for the 2015 IKF World Korfball Championship as hosts (already pre-tournament) |
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
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Netherlands
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Belgium
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Portugal
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| 4 | England
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| 5 | Czech Republic
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| 6 | Russia
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| 7 | Hungary
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| 8 | Poland
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| 9 | Catalonia
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| 10 | Germany
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| 11 | Scotland
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| 12 | Ireland
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| 13 | Serbia
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| 14 | Slovakia
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| 15 | Turkey
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| 16 | Wales
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External links
edit- Official website Archived 2014-10-22 at the Wayback Machine