2018 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship

The 2018 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship is being held in Saitama, Japan with 10 national teams in competition, from July 29 to August 5. It is the tenth edition of the Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship and serves as a qualifier for the 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship, with the top 6 teams qualifying (with a minimum of 1 for Oceania).[1] Chinese Taipei are the defending champions and have all previous editions, except the edition of 2004 which was won by Australia.

2018 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
CitySaitama
Dates29 July 2018 (2018-07-29)–
5 August 2018 (2018-08-05)
Teams10
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Chinese Taipei (9th title)
Runners-up China
Third place Australia
Fourth place Hong Kong
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Top scorer(s) Dongjie Zhang (27 Goals)

Group Stage

The ten participating teams were drawn into two groups of five, with teams in each group playing one another in a round-robin basis. The top two teams in each group qualify for the semi-finals, while the teams finishing third and fourth playoff for places 5 to 8. The two teams finishing last will play for 9th place.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Chinese Taipei 4 4 0 0 0 141 45 +96 12 Semi-finals
2  Australia 4 3 0 0 1 92 48 +44 9
3  South Korea 4 2 0 0 2 49 89 −40 6 Play-offs
4  Macau 4 1 0 0 3 67 63 +4 3
5  Philippines 4 0 0 0 4 37 115 −78 0
Source: IKF
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Macau  25 − 4  Philippines
Chinese Taipei  39 − 9  South Korea
Chinese Taipei  37 − 9  Macau
Australia  30 − 5  South Korea
Australia  23 − 8  Macau
Chinese Taipei  38 − 15  Philippines
South Korea  25 − 10  Philippines
Chinese Taipei  27 − 12  Australia
Australia  27 − 8  Philippines
South Korea  14 − 10  Macau

Group B
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China 4 4 0 0 0 126 52 +74 12 Semi-finals
2  Hong Kong 4 3 0 0 1 78 48 +30 9
3  Japan 4 2 0 0 2 52 73 −21 6 Play-offs
4  New Zealand 4 1 0 0 3 62 59 +3 3
5  Indonesia 4 0 0 0 4 33 119 −86 0
Source: IKF
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Japan  10 − 9  New Zealand
Indonesia  3 − 25  Hong Kong
Japan  9 − 30  China
Hong Kong  17 − 10  New Zealand
Indonesia  4 − 28  New Zealand
Hong Kong  17 − 26  China
China  42 − 11  Indonesia
Japan  9 − 19  Hong Kong
New Zealand  15 − 28  China
Japan  24 − 15  Indonesia

Knockout stage

Semi-finals
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 China23
 
 
 
 Australia14
 
 China13
 
 
 
 Chinese Taipei22
 
 Chinese Taipei37
 
 
 Hong Kong10
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 Australia18
 
 
 Hong Kong17

5th–8th place play-offs
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 South Korea3
 
 
 
 New Zealand22
 
 New Zealand10
 
 
 
 Japan13
 
 Japan15
 
 
 Macau7
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 South Korea7
 
 
 Macau8

9th–10th place play-offs
 
Final
 
  
 
 
 
 
 Philippines12
 
 
 Indonesia25
 

Final standings

The top 6 qualified for the 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship.

Final standings
 Chinese Taipei
 China
 Australia
4  Hong Kong
5  Japan
6  New Zealand
7  Macau
8  South Korea
9  Indonesia
10  Philippines
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References
  1. "IKF Council extends World Championship participation to 20 countries, sets rules for Korfball4 and Beach korfball". International Korfball Federation. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
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