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European Korfball B-Championship is a second level korfball competition for European national teams organized by the International Korfball Federation and is placed below the European Korfball A-Championship.
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European Korfball B-Championship is a second level korfball competition for European national teams organized by the International Korfball Federation and is placed below the European Korfball A-Championship.
The tournament features the nations that have not qualified for the European Korfball A-Championship and a promotion/relegation system will be put into place between both championships, with the winner of the B-Championships promoting to the A-Championships, although the exact manner is yet to be defined. The tournament can be seen as the successor of the defunct Korfball European Bowl, although that tournament served as a qualifier for both European Korfball Championship and the Korfball World Championship. The B-Championships are held every two years, always in the same year as the A-Championship. The first edition was hosted by the Netherlands in 2018.
| European Korfball B-Championship | |||||||||
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | #Number of teams | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Second place | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| I | 2018 |  Netherlands |  Poland | 21-7 |  Ireland |  Slovakia | 18–15 |  Wales | 7 |
| II | 2021 | Poland | Poland | 18-15 | Slovakia |  Turkey | 17-9 |  Scotland | 8 |
| III | 2024 | Turkey | 8 | ||||||
| Year | Debutants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 |  France  Hungary Ireland Poland [A] Scotland  Serbia Slovakia Wales | 8 |
| 2020 |  Greece  Switzerland Turkey | 3 |
| Total | 11 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Ireland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
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