The Netherlands open European Championship as defending champions against Poland
The Netherlands, reigning European and world champions, play their first match at the European Championship korfball in the Czech Republic on Friday 16 October at 15:45 in Prostějov, against Poland. T
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The Netherlands are in pool A, with Catalonia, Poland and Switzerland. After the match against Poland, the Netherlands - Catalonia follows on Saturday 17 October and Switzerland - the Netherlands on S
Sixteen countries play in four pools of four. The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and the Czech Republic, as the highest-ranked countries, were divided over the four pools in advance. The draw was on 13
The national coach is Ard Korporaal, with Leon Braunstahl as assistant national coach. The last friendly was on 7 September in Antwerpen: the Netherlands won all four sets against Belgium, in a trial
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The pools are followed by a second round. The semi-finals are on Thursday 22 October in Zlín, the final is on Saturday 24 October at 15:15, also in Zlín.
All matches can be watched live on the IKF YouTube channel. Results and statistics are available live on worldkorfball.sport.