Host country Netherlands Teams 10 | City Dordrecht Matches played 33 | |
Dates 22 October 2016 (2016-10-22)–
30 October 2016 (2016-10-30) Venue(s) Sportboulevard Dordrecht | ||
The 2016 European Korfball Championship is currently held in the Netherlands from October 22 to October 30, with 10 national teams in competition. As the European Korfball Championship will be split into an A-Championship and a B-Championship as of 2018, this tournament will decide which teams will participate at which level, the top 8 teams will start in the A-Championship, while the teams in positions 9 and 10 will relegate to the B-Championship.
Contents
Group stage
The number of participating teams was brought down from 16 during the past two championships to only 10 in 2016, thus requiring a new format. Two groups (A and B) of five teams were drawn on 6 June 2016, with each team playing the other teams in their group once. The top two teams in these groups will move to the semi-finals. The other teams will also be paired with a team from the other group in a playoff match with the winners moving into group C playing for positions 5 through 7, while the playoff losers will go into group D playing for positions 8 through 10.
Group C
The three teams winning in the Play-off round will play each other in Group C to determine places 5 through 7.
Group D
The three teams losing in the Play-off round will play each other in Group D to determine places 8 through 10.