# 2020 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round

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 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 3 | Play-offs |
| 4 | Belarus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 58 | −46 | 0 | Play-offs |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Ukraine | 3 − 17 | Turkey |
| Sweden | 16 − 4 | Belarus |
| Ukraine | 13 − 9 | Sweden |
| Turkey | 31 − 5 | Belarus |
| Ukraine | 11 − 3 | Belarus |
| Turkey | 25 − 8 | Sweden |

### 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 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Armenia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 31 | −17 | 0 | Play-offs |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Greece | 14 − 4 | Armenia |
| Switzerland | 17 − 10 | Armenia |
| Greece | 9 − 12 | Switzerland |

## Semi-finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Turkey | 18 |
| Greece | 6 | | |
| Greece | 6 | Turkey | 18 |
| | | Switzerland | 8 |
| Ukraine | 11 | Switzerland | 8 |
| Switzerland | 15 | | |
| Switzerland | 15 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Greece | 14 |
| | | Ukraine | 11 |

## 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 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Belarus | 5 − 20 | Armenia |
| Belarus | 2 − 12 | Sweden |
| Sweden | 11 − 13 | Armenia |

## Final standing

Key :
* Qualified for the 2021 IKF European Korfball B-Championship
| Rank | Team |
| | Turkey |
| | Switzerland |
| | Greece |
| 4 | Ukraine |
| 5 | Armenia |
| 6 | Sweden |
| 7 | Belarus |
* ^ Originally, Greece did not qualify, however following the withdrawal of France, they were invited as first reserves on 27 January 2020.