Oranje pull away from Czech Republic in the second quarter: 36‑6
The Netherlands have also won their second match in Poule E of the European Championship korfball comfortably: 36‑6 against host nation Czech Republic in Prostějov. After a first quarter of 6‑2, Oranje scored ten goals in a row in the second quarter. Daniëlle Boadi and Fleur Hoek were top scorers with five goals each.
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- Czech Republic did not score once in the second and fourth quarters.
- Twelve Dutch players scored; Brett Zuijdwegt and Sabine Verhoef did not.
- Thursday at 19:00: number one of Poule E against number two of Poule F.
Czech Republic keep pace for one quarter
Annelie de Korte opened after eighteen seconds with a run-in, but Lukas Holik made it 1‑1 just over a minute later. Then Harjan Visscher, Boadi with a run-in and Alwin Out from a penalty put the Netherlands 4‑1 up. Czech Republic defended tightly and Rostislav Kortus intercepted several balls. After ten minutes it was 6‑2, for the Netherlands one of the smallest margins at this tournament.
Ten in a row in the second quarter
In the second quarter Oranje steamrolled the Czechs. Olav van Wijngaarden made it 7‑2, Hoek converted a penalty and Visscher scored twice in a row from long range. De Korte, Hoek and Ran Faber also scored, and just before half-time Van Wijngaarden made it 16‑2 with a run-in. Czech Republic did get chances in that quarter, but Holik saw a shot hit the post and it stayed at two goals.
Faber opened the second half and later made it 23‑4 with a penalty he had earned himself. Jan Theissig scored two of the four Czech goals after the break. At 25‑4 Czech Republic took a time-out, but after three quarters it was 28‑6.
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Six substitutions, the substitutes score
At the start of the final quarter the Netherlands substituted six players at once. The substitutes kept scoring: Jorien Jordaan and Rosalie Peet twice each, Wouter Wildschut and Nikki Boerhout once each. Out also scored again. Czech Republic took a second time-out at 30‑6 and did not score again in the final quarter. Bo Oppe set the final score with a long shot.
Boadi and Hoek scored five each, De Korte, Visscher, Out and Faber four each and Van Wijngaarden three. For Czech Republic Theissig scored twice; Holik, Sara Sahatciu, Petr Pesak and Lenka Buriánková once. It was the seventeenth meeting between the two countries, and Czech Republic have never beaten the Netherlands; the first was at the 1995 World Championship (25‑7).
Results Korfball EC 2026 · Group E, speelronde 2
On to Zlín on Thursday
It was the Netherlands' last match in Prostějov. On Thursday the European Championship continues in Zlín, where the number one of Poule E plays the number two of Poule F at 19:00. After Netherlands - Czech Republic, Catalonia and England still played in Poule E.