2019 European Korfball Championship First Round|
| Host country | Ukraine |
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| City | Lviv |
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| Dates | 1-3 November 2019 |
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| Teams | 7 |
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| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
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| Champions | Turkey |
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| Runners-up | Switzerland |
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| Third place | Greece |
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| Fourth place | Ukraine |
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| Matches played | 16 |
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| Goals scored | 375 (23.44 per match) |
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2021 → |
The 2020 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round was held in Lviv, Ukraine from 1 to 3 November 2019. The tournament served as the first round of the 2020 IKF European Korfball Championships to be held in the Poland in 2020, with both the winner and runner-up qualifying for the 2020 IKF European Korfball B-Championship. Turkey and Switzerland qualified on 3 November 2019 as they won their semi-final matches against Greece and Ukraine respectively. Later that same day, Turkey beat Switzerland to win the tournament.
Participating teams
Seven teams participated in the tournament: Armenia, Belarus, Greece, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine.
Group stage
Two groups (A and B) were drawn, four teams in group A and three teams in group B, with each team playing the other teams in their group once. The top two teams in these groups moved to the semi-finals, while the remaining three teams played another round-robin tournament to determine theor final overall position.
All group stage matches were played at the Palats sportu “Halychyna” in Lviv on 1 and 2 November 2019.
Group A
| Pos
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
OTW
|
OTL
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
Qualification
|
| 1
|
Turkey
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
73
|
16
|
+57
|
9
|
Semi-finals
|
| 2
|
Ukraine
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
27
|
29
|
−2
|
6
|
| 3
|
Sweden
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
33
|
42
|
−9
|
3
|
Play-offs
|
| 4
|
Belarus
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
12
|
58
|
−46
|
0
|
Group B
| Pos
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
OTW
|
OTL
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
Qualification
|
| 1
|
Switzerland
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
29
|
19
|
+10
|
6
|
Semi-finals
|
| 2
|
Greece
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
23
|
16
|
+7
|
3
|
| 3
|
Armenia
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
14
|
31
|
−17
|
0
|
Play-offs
|
Semi-finals
5th–7th place play-offs
The teams finishing third & fourth in both groups played another round-robin group stage to determine fifth through seventh place.
| Pos
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
OTW
|
OTL
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
| 1
|
Armenia
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
33
|
16
|
+17
|
6
|
| 2
|
Sweden
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
23
|
15
|
+8
|
3
|
| 3
|
Belarus
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
7
|
32
|
−25
|
0
|
Final standing
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Originally, Greece did not qualify, however following the withdrawal of
France, they were invited as first reserves on 27 January 2020.
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