# European Korfball Championship

European Korfball Championship or European Korfball A-Championship is a korfball competition for European national teams organized by the International Korfball Federation. It was played every four years from 1998 until 2014 and then moved to a tournament every two years, starting from 2016. The number of participated teams has varied between 8 and 16. The Netherlands national korfball team has won each edition.

## History

From 2005 until 2013, the IKF organized the Korfball European Bowl for nations which had failed to qualify for the European Korfball Championship. In these tournaments it was possible to win places for the next European Korfball Championships and sometimes also IKF World Korfball Championships. The tournament was abolished in 2013 as the number of teams in the European Korfball Championship had risen to 16, however the IKF decided to bring this number down again to 8 by 2018 and to create a European Korfball B-Championship similar to the European Bowl but with a promotion/relegation system to be put into place between both championships. These B-Championships will first be held in 2018.

## Results

European Korfball Championship :
| | Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match | #Number of teams |
| | Year | Host | Champion | Score | Second place | Third place | Score | Fourth place | #Number of teams |
| I | 1998 | Portugal | Netherlands | 26–13 | Belgium | Portugal | 16–13 | Czech Republic | 8 |
| II | 2002 | Catalonia | Netherlands | 15–9 | Czech Republic | Belgium | 29–9 | Germany | 10 |
| III | 2006 | Hungary | Netherlands | 25–14 | Belgium | Czech Republic | 16–15 | Germany | 8 |
| IV | 2010 | Netherlands | Netherlands | 25–21 | Belgium | Czech Republic | 18–11 | Germany | 16 |
| V | 2014 | Portugal | Netherlands | 32–20 | Belgium | Portugal | 22–14 | England | 16 |
| VI | 2016 | Netherlands | Netherlands | 27–14 | Belgium | Catalonia | 16–12 | Portugal | 10 |
| VII | 2018 | Netherlands | Netherlands | 21–8 | Germany | Portugal | 20–19 | Belgium | 8 (+2) |
| VIII | 2021 | Belgium | Netherlands | 21–17 | Belgium | Germany | 13–11 | England | 8 |
| IX | 2024 | Catalonia | Netherlands | 21–15 | Belgium | Germany | 18–13 | Catalonia | 8 |
* ^ In 2018, mid-way through the tournament, an intermediate round was held in which two teams from the B-Championship played off against two teams from the A-Championship, with the winners continuing the tournament in the A-Championship.

## Debut of teams

| Year | Debutants | Total |
| 1998 | Belgium Czech Republic Germany Great Britain Netherlands Slovakia Poland Portugal | 8 |
| 2002 | Catalonia Hungary | 2 |
| 2006 | Russia | 1 |
| 2010 | England Ireland Scotland Serbia Turkey Wales | 6 |
| 2014 | | 0 |
| 2016 | | 0 |
| 2018 | | 0 |
| 2021 | | 0 |
| 2024 | | 0 |
| Total | Total | 17 |
* ^ Only participation in the A-Championship is included. In 2018, France did play the B-Championship held at the same time and location.

## Medals summary

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Netherlands | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Belgium | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Portugal | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Catalonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |

## Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend
* 1st – Champions
* 2nd – Runners-up
* 3rd – Third place
* 4th – Fourth place
* Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
* – Hosts
The number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown for each tournament.
| Team (17) | 1998 (8) | 2002 (10) | 2006 (8) | 2010 (16) | 2014 (16) | 2016 (10) | 2018 (8+2) | 2021 (8) | 2024 (8) | Times qualified |
| Belgium | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 9 |
| Catalonia | • | 7th | 6th | 5th | 9th | 3rd | 6th | 8th | 4th | 8 |
| Czech Republic | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 7th | 5th | 7th | 5th | 9 |
| England | 5th | 5th | 5th | 6th | 4th | 6th | 7th | 4th | 7th | 9 |
| Germany | 6th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 10th | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 9 |
| Hungary | • | 8th | 8th | 10th | 7th | • | 8th | 6th | 8th | 7 |
| Netherlands | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 9 |
| Poland | 7th | 10th | • | 9th | 8th | 9th | • | • | • | 5 |
| Portugal | 3rd | 6th | • | 7th | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 8 |
| Ireland | • | • | • | 12th | 12th | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| Russia | • | • | 7th | 8th | 6th | 8th | • | • | • | 4 |
| Scotland | Part of Great Britain | Part of Great Britain | Part of Great Britain | 15th | 11th | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| Serbia | • | • | • | 14th | 13th | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| Slovakia | 8th | 9th | • | 13th | 14th | • | • | • | • | 4 |
| Turkey | • | • | • | 16th | 15th | 10th | • | • | • | 3 |
| Wales | Part of Great Britain | Part of Great Britain | Part of Great Britain | 11th | 16th | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| Team (17) | 1998 (8) | 2002 (10) | 2006 (8) | 2010 (16) | 2014 (16) | 2016 (10) | 2018 (8+2) | 2021 (8) | 2024 (8) | Times qualified |
Notes
* ↑ Includes three appearances as Great Britain