Eight countries from the European Championship certain of World Championship 2027 in the Netherlands
Eight countries have secured a place at the World Championship 2027 in the Netherlands after the first pool phase of the European Championship korfball. They are Belgium, Germany, Czechia, Catalonia, Portugal, Turkey and England, alongside host country the Netherlands, the IKF reports.
Automatically translated from Dutch. Read the Dutch original.
According to the IKF rules, the top ten of the European Championship qualify for the World Championship; the Netherlands were already certain as host country. The eight countries in the upper part of the second pool phase will in any case finish among the best eight of the tournament and have therefore qualified. The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Czechia won their pool with three wins from three matches; the first pool phase ended on Sunday.
The eight countries in the lower part are competing for the two remaining European places: Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Wales, Switzerland, Scotland, Serbia and Ireland. The numbers 9 and 10 after the second pool phase and the placement matches go to the World Championship.
The second pool phase starts on Tuesday 20 October and continues on Wednesday 21 October. The crossover finals and semi-finals follow on 22 October, the placement matches on 23 October and the medal matches in Zlín on Saturday 24 October.