2014 European Korfball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
City	Maia
Dates	25 October 2014 (2014-10-25)– 2 November 2014 (2014-11-02)
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)
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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

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

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

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

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

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

1st–8th place play-offs

	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

	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

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

• Official website Archived 2014-10-22 at the Wayback Machine