European Korfball B-Championship is a second level korfball competition for European national teams organized by the International Korfball Federation and is placed below the European Korfball A-Championship.
History
[edit]The tournament features the nations that have not qualified for the European Korfball A-Championship and a promotion/relegation system will be put into place between both championships, with the winner of the B-Championships promoting to the A-Championships, although the exact manner is yet to be defined. The tournament can be seen as the successor of the defunct Korfball European Bowl, although that tournament served as a qualifier for both European Korfball Championship and the Korfball World Championship. The B-Championships are held every two years, always in the same year as the A-Championship. The first edition was hosted by the Netherlands in 2018.
Results
[edit]European Korfball B-Championship | |||||||||
Year | Host | Final | Third place match | #Number of teams | |||||
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Champion | Score | Second place | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
I | 2018 | ![]() |
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21-7 | ![]() |
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18–15 | ![]() |
7 |
II | 2021 | ![]() |
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18-15 | ![]() |
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17-9 | ![]() |
8 |
III | 2024 | ![]() |
8 |
Debut of teams
[edit]Year | Debutants | Total |
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2018 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
8 |
2020 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
3 |
Total | 11 |
- ^ In 2018, the tournament was played at the same time and place as the A-Championship. After the group stage of both tournaments, an intermediate stage was held in which the bottom two teams from the A-Championship faced off against the top two teams of the B-Championship, with the winners continuing at the A-level and the losers at the B-level. Poland initially started in the A-Championship but lost its match against Hungary, and was therefore relegated, continuing to play the remainder of the tournament as part of the B-Championship, which is counted as their debut at this level. The same goes for Hungary, which started at the B-Championship but ended the tournament in the A-Championship.
Medals summary
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
See also
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