2020 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round
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.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Ukraine |
| City | Lviv |
| Dates | 1-3 November 2019 |
| Teams | 7 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  |
| Runners-up |  |
| Third place |  |
| Fourth place |  |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 375 (23.44 per match) |
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 | |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 16 | +57 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 6 | |
| 3 |  |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 3 | Play-offs |
| 4 |  |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 58 | −46 | 0 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Ukraine |
3 − 17 | |
| Sweden |
16 − 4 | |
| Ukraine |
13 − 9 | |
| Turkey |
31 − 5 | |
| Ukraine |
11 − 3 | |
| Turkey |
25 − 8 | |
Semi-finals
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 18 | |||||
| 6 | |||||
| 18 | |||||
| 8 | |||||
| 11 | |||||
| 15 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 14 | |||||
| 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 |  |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 16 | +17 | 6 |
| 2 | |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 3 |
| 3 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 32 | −25 | 0 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Belarus |
5 − 20 | |
| Belarus |
2 − 12 | |
| Sweden |
11 − 13 | |
Final standing
| Qualified for the 2020 IKF European Korfball B-Championship | |
| Rank | Team |
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| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | |