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IKF European Korfball Championship (IKF EKC) 2016 starts

Saturday 22 October 2016 1400 PM (GMT +2; summer time) the next IKF EKC starts with the match Czech Republic – Poland.

The IKF EKC is to be held from Saturday 22 October to Sunday 30 October 2016 in the Netherlands, in the city of Dordrecht in the Sportboulevard.

The Royal Dutch Korfball Federation (KNKV) is the organizer.

The 10 countries that have achieved qualification are:

Belgium, Catalonia, Czech Republic, England, Germany, The Netherlands (reigning champion), Poland, Portugal, Russia and Turkey.

The pools are:

POOL A POOL B
The Netherlands (NED) Belgium (BEL)
Catalonia (CAT) England (ENG)
Germany (GER) Portugal (POR)
Russia (RUS) Czech Republic (CZE)
Turkey (TUR) Poland (POL)

In total 33 matches will be played in the Event. The IKF EKC final will be played on Sunday 30 October 2016 1330 PM (GMT +1; winter time).

Following the last IKF European Korfball Championship held in Portugal in 2014, The Netherlands is the reigning champion.

The match schedule is available: Click for complete IKF EKC match schedule

For the complete History of the IKF European Korfball Championship please refer to the IKF website: Click for IKF European Korfball Championship history booklet July 2016

All IKF EKC matches are available through live streaming via worldkorfball.org (Click for worldkorfball.org), the ikfchannel on YouTube.

You can review and follow all the tournament live 24/7 on IKF social media profiles timelines and hashtags (#EKC2016) on facebook.com/korfball.org and twitter.com/korfball. Here you will find all photos, videos, behind the scenes and after match interviews.

 

 

Live webcasting IKF EKC matches

All IKF European Korfball Championship (IKF EKC) matches will be available through live webcasting.

You are invited to watch the matches via worldkorfball.org or through the ikfchannel on YouTube.

For worldkorfball.org; CLICK HERE

The ikfchannel on YouTube you can use the url’s:

All time in GMT + 2 Summer time zone or Amsterdam time

Time Date Game YouTube URL
14.00 22-Oct CZE – POL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7xLWE_EyOo
 16.00 22-Oct BEL – ENG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU-HVY0yBUY
 18.30 22-Oct NED – CAT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeFHxxWLta0
20.30 22-Oct RUS – TUR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sznWSdgvlgs
 14.00 23-Oct TUR – CAT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6oPgl8B2M4
 16.00 23-Oct NED – GER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4pUF0LHilc
 18.00 23-Oct BEL – POR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehOlBaMYd94
 20.00 23-Oct ENG – POL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74aU98DcZX8
 14.00 24-Oct POL – POR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84wKtdSnrRA
 16.00 24-Oct GER – TUR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPvPJq9ErZE
 18.00 24-Oct ENG – CZE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WarDqaSfqzI
 20.00 24-Oct CAT – RUS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRfym42UjUc
 14.00 25-Oct POR – CZE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv2TaKIFl6g
 16.00 25-Oct GER – RUS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ez9hd5A1T8
 18.00 25-Oct BEL – POL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfdPJ8lhwc4
 20.00 25-Oct NED – TUR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t0qjDM9ddM
 14.00 26-Oct ENG – POR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dASG8JRYBkI
 16.00 26-Oct CAT – GER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UUncgpW7oE
 18.30 26-Oct BEL – CZE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYKqgVDDzXY
 20.30 26-Oct NED – RUS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zViRqf4_3Wg

 

IKF European Korfball Championship 2016: History

Saturday 22 October 2016 the next IKF European Korfball Championship (IKF EKC) starts in Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

The first match is Czech Republic – Poland, starting at 14.00 (GMT + 2).

The full history of the IKF EKC is available in the IKF EKC History Booklet; CLICK HERE

You can find the games schedule, teams, groups and venue adress of the next IKF EKC 2016 in Dordrecht in the following link: ikf.org/event/ikf-european-korfball-championship

The individual matches in worldkorfball.org including the link with the ikfchannel on YouTbbe: CLICK HERE

IKF EKC 2016 match schedule and event rules

The IKF hereby publishes the match schedule for the IKF European Korfball Championship (IKF EKC) being held from 22 – 30 October 2016 in Dordrecht, The Netherlands. All details IKF EKC: Click here for match schedule and event rules.

The IKF EKC 2016 event rules are published as well.

Matches will be played in 4 quarters of 10 or 7.5 minutes Real Playing Time (RPT)

There will be a break of one (1) minute between quarters one and two and again between quarters three and four. Half time after Q2 shall be 10 minutes.

Each team will be allowed one (1) time out which can be requested at any time when play is stopped.

Each team will be allowed a maximum of 8 (reversible) substitutions.

If scores are level after the end of normal time a “Golden Goal” period of extra time shall be played with a maximum length of 10 minutes RPT. If there is no winner after the “Golden Goal” period, then the match shall be determined by penalties with all eight players from the end of the “Golden Goal” period taking penalties.

We draw your attention to the fact that this is the first time in IKF senior competitions that teams play their matches in four equal quarters of 10 or 7.5 minutes real playing time with one minute breaks between Q1 and Q2 and between Q3 and Q4.

Ten (10) teams are participating in the event. The Netherlands is the defending European Korfball Champion following their win in the last IKF EKC held in 2014 in Portugal.

IKF European Korfball Championships 2016 and 2018: an overview

With this weekend’s qualification and tomorrow’s draw for the IKF EKC 2016, the build-up to the new competition structure in Europe has started. In the eventual new structure, the European Korfball Championship will be held every two years, with A and B groups competing for the title and for promotion respectively.

Some history

The IKF European Korfball Championship has been held since 1998. The first edition was held in Estoril (POR). Until 2006, the Championship was held every four years, with 8 teams taking part in the final round. The European Champion is award the Ton Marteijn Trophy. Qualification was conducted in many different formats. The best two teams that did not qualify have contested each four years the so-called European Bowl, the winner of which was awarded the Jan Hanekroot Trophy.

16 Teams

With the growth of the number of competing countries, IKF Europe decided that from 2010 onwards, the European Championship would be held with 16 teams. The Netherlands (2010) and Portugal (2014) hosted this Championship running over a period of 10 days. Differences in strength were however large and the length of 10 days was deemed too long by many participants. Further, at the 2013 Lisbon Congress, the European Countries agreed with a new bi-annual schedule.

Promotion and Relegation

With the Championship to be held every two years, a system with an A-Championship and a separate B-Championship became possible. The idea is that a certain number of teams will relegate from the A-Championship to the B-Championship after each edition, and a certain number of teams from the B-Championship will be promoted. Whether this will be a direct promotion of relegation, or whether play-offs will need to be played, is yet to be determined.

2018: First new format IKF EKC

The first IKF European Korfball Championship in the new format will be hosted by the Netherlands in 2018. They will host both the A-Championship and the B-Championship. To transition from the old format championship to the new format, in 2016 the Netherlands will also host a European Korfball Championship; this edition from 22-30 October in Dordrecht will see 10 teams compete.

IKF EKC 2016

The countries taking part in the IKF EKC 2016 are: Netherlands (current Champion and host), Belgium, Portugal, England, Czech Republic, and Russia (qualified at the 2014 IKF EKC), Germany, Poland (qualified through a tournament in Slovakia), Turkey and Catalonia (qualified through a tournament in France).

The countries finishing at the top-8 of the upcoming IKF European Korfball Championship will play for the A- Championship in 2018; the remaining two countries will play for the B-Championship.

IKF EKC 2018

The Netherlands will host both the A-Championship and the B-Championship in 2018. For the B-Championship, the following countries have already qualified: France, Wales (qualified through a tournament in France), Slovakia and Scotland (qualified through a tournament in Slovakia). The remaining two places for the B-Championship will be contested at a qualification event to which all non-qualified European countries can enter. This event will be held in 2017 at a date and location to be determined later.

IKF EKC R1 West & East 2016: Day 2 (Saturday) Review & results

Intense second day of IKF EKC R1 West 2016 qualification tournament in Saint Etienne. A lot happened; sometimes could have been written for a Alfred Hitchcock’s movie.

A thrilling first match between Turkey and Ireland. At a score of 6-2 in favour of Turkey one of the shot clocks gave problems. Because of this there was a “technical time out” of about 15 minutes. Kees Verhoeven used this for focussing his Irish team. On the other hand the Turkish team struggled to get back to the level they had before. Ireland came in the lead with two goals, but in the last minute with just 30 seconds on the clock the Turkish team equalised the score. Ireland won the toss for the Golden Goal, but the first ball was lost unfortunately, the Turkish team scored directly after that, so Turkey won, 10-9 GG.
Compliments for the local organisation for organising a working spare set of shot clock very soon.

France beat Sweden by 17-4. Again Catalonia showed their supremacy in a match against the Wales squad; unless their working till the last minute, 15-5.

The second part of the day was decisive for the top and the others. In their fourth match against Ireland, Sweden enjoyed the moment they were in the lead in this game (1-0), but after that it was Ireland making the difference. Ireland won, 8-17.

Turkey qualified for the final round of IKF European Korfball Championship 2016 (October, The Netherlands) in a match with two hard working teams, both searching for an effective attack. Unfortunately this searching was for both teams not very successful, therefore a low score at the end, 4-11. But enough for Turkey to qualify.

Catalonia, the team with best play shown till now: attractive, stable and fast ball play had to defeat France, this evening again supported by a large and enthusiastic audience. The French players showed their perseverance, but that was not enough to beat Catalonia. With their victory of 4-18 Catalonia gained qualification for the final round of IKF EKC 2016

Because of this in the first two matches of tomorrow will be decided the ranking for the places three till six. In the last match Catalonia and Turkey will battle for the first position in the ranking of this qualification competition.

Ranking after four matches (of five)
Catalonia 4-12
Turkey 4-11
France 4-6
Ireland 4-4
Wales 4-3
Sweden 4-0

On the other hand, these are the results in IKF EKC R1 in Nitra, where the other teams also competed to qualify for the final round of IKF EKC 2016 in October.

Day 2 (Saturday) results in IKF EKC R1 West & East 2016

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From Friday 3 until Sunday 5 June 2016, all participant teams are competing to be the numbers 1 and 2 of their IKF EKC R1 tournaments, which classifies for the IKF EKC 2016 that will take place from 22 to 30 October 2016 in the Netherlands.

All games are being played in Saint Etienne (France) and Nitra (Slovakia). And they can be watched in live streaming in the followings links inside www.worldkorfball.org IKF’s website:
R.West (St. Etienne): goo.gl/Q7A777
R.East (Nitra): goo.gl/VKrE2v

Enjoy these two amazing tournaments through the internet on our live streaming links and visiting our social media profiles:

www.worldkorfball.org

www.facebook.com/korfball.org

www.twitter.com/korfball

Official Facebook Events Page of the two tournaments:
R. EAST (Nitra – SVK): https://goo.gl/SMEzG2
R. WEST (Saint-Étienne – FRA): https://goo.gl/YDpZBn

Day 3 (Sunday): Games schedule
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Images from Day 2 in Saint Etienne (By Marco Spelten: facebook.com/actiefotografieNL)

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Images from Day 2 in Nitra: By www.facebook.com/sport.nitra (goo.gl/xMW0Vh)

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Follow IKF EKC R1: Live streaming games

Everything’s ready in Saint Etienne (France) & Nitra (Slovakia) to start on Friday 3 June 2016 the IKF European Korfball Championship 2016 1st Rounds West & East (IKF EKC R1 2016).

You can follow and watch all games in live streaming on www.worldkorfball.org, with all the statistics, scorers, play-by-play and much more.

There’s also another link available to watch Nitra’s games live: goo.gl/23N7o7

From Friday 3 until Sunday 5 June 2016, all participant teams will fight to be the numbers 1 and 2 of their tournaments, which classifies for the IKF EKC 2016 that will take place from 22 to 30 October 2016 in the Netherlands.

All the info of each tournament in these links:
https://korfball.sport/event/ikf-european-korfball-championship-1st-round-west
https://korfball.sport/event/ikf-european-korfball-championship-1st-round-east

If you can not travel to the french Stadium Pierre Maisonnial in Saint Etienne or the Mestská športová hala in Nitra, enjoy these two amazing tournaments through the internet on our live streaming links and visiting our social media profiles:

Official Facebook Events Page of the two tournaments:
R. EAST (Nitra – SVK): https://goo.gl/SMEzG2
R. WEST (Saint-Étienne – FRA): https://goo.gl/YDpZBn

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IKF EKC 2016 1st round match schedules published

Today the IKF European Korfball Championship (IKF EKC) first round  matches schedules are published.

From Friday 3 til Sunday 5 June 2016 in 2 locations we have IKF EKC 1st round events.

We play in

  • Saint Etienne, France, the IKF EKC 1st round west with 6 participants. The match schedule: click here
  • Nitra, Slovakia, the IKF EKC 1st round east with 7 participants.  The match schedule: click here

From both events the numbers 1 and 2 qualify for the IKF EKC from 22 – 30 October 2016 in the Netherlands.

Mady Tims IWGA athlete of the month

Today the International World Games Association published the announcement:

Congratulations to Mady Tims, IWGA Athlete of the Month for April 2015. The Korfball player (38) from the Netherlands gave her farewell at the Dutch Korfball League Finale on 11 April. More than 10,000 spectators at the sold-out Ahoy arena in Rotterdam experienced the touching goodbye.  She left the court right after her PKC/SWK Groep teammate, Johannis Schott, scored four seconds before the end the winning point.

With a huge cheer from her fans, white tulips from her teammates, and tears in her eyes, it was a moment to be cherished. Her club, PKC, won the final match against TOP by a score of 22 to 21. Mady Tims left the court as a champion. She helped to make it happen by scoring a point  in the final. It was the 500th korf in her career as a player for PKC.

The English commentator of the match described her as the “most fantastic player in the world of Korfball”. Jan Fransoo, President of the International Korfball Federation, called her, “a korfball icon”. She said after the match and her emotional farewell, “Korfball is my passion”. She added, “There are so many great moments I can look back to.”

Indeed, “Lady” (her nickname) Tims is a three-time European Champion, and three-time World Champion with the national team of the Netherland. The Dutch team, with her help, won the TWG 2005 Gold Medal in Duisburg, Germany.

“Winning the title with PKC made my last match so special”, she said after the match in Rotterdam in April. That’s the way she likes to step down. In 2011 when she retired from the Dutch national team, it was the final of the World Korfball Championship in China. The title match against the archrival Belgium was her final international competition. She scored three times for her team, which won 32:26. 
Watch her last match and the emotional moment of her substitution four seconds before the end of the final on The World Games Channel.

Learn more about Korfball on The World Games Channel.

The full article plus photos follow the link: Link to the article on Mady Tims

Photo credits: http://www.actiefotografie.nl/

Paula Gomes awarded the IKF PIN OF MERIT

Mrs Paula Gomes, Portugal, has been awarded the IKF Pin of Merit to mark her volunteering job as chair of the local organising committee of the Portugese Korfball Federation to organise the IKF European Korfball Championship 2014 in Maia. Paula Gomes had a great contribution to the organisational success of the IKF EKC.

The presentation to Paula Gomes was made by IKF President Jan Fransoo during the after party of the IKF EKC on 2 November 2014.

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