| 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) |
The 2014 European Korfball Championship was held in Portugal from October 25 to November 2, with 16 national teams in competition.
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[edit]
The 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 | 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 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Russia | 18 − 21 | England |
| Germany | 14 − 38 | Netherlands |
| Russia | 17 − 41 | Netherlands |
| Germany | 16 − 20 | England |
| England | 11 − 38 | Netherlands |
| 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 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Czech Republic | 17 − 30 | Belgium |
| Catalonia | 16 − 23 | Portugal |
| Portugal | 23 − 15 | Czech Republic |
| Belgium | 18 − 7 | Catalonia |
| Czech Republic | 21 − 20 | Catalonia |
| Belgium | 24 − 18 | Portugal |
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 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 13 − 23 | Poland |
| Serbia | 19G − 18 | Wales |
| Turkey | 12 − 14 | Wales |
| Serbia | 9 − 17 | Poland |
| 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 | 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 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 14 − 19 | Hungary |
| Scotland | 15 − 10 | Slovakia |
| Ireland | 15G − 14 | Slovakia |
| Scotland | 18 − 25 | Hungary |
| Hungary | 20 − 10 | Slovakia |
| Ireland | 11 − 20 | Scotland |
Key: G denotes win by golden goal.
Knockout stage[edit]
1st–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 |
|---|---|
 | Netherlands |
 | Belgium |
 | Portugal |
| 4 | England |
| 5 | Czech Republic |
| 6 | Russia |
| 7 | Hungary |
| 8 | Poland |
| 9 | Catalonia |
| 10 | Germany |
| 11 | Scotland |
| 12 | Ireland |
| 13 | Serbia |
| 14 | Slovakia |
| 15 | Turkey |
| 16 | Wales |
External links[edit]
- Official website
