Current season, competition or edition: 2023–24 IKF Europe Korfball Champions League | |
Sport | Korfball |
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Founded | 2022 |
First season | 2022-23 |
Administrator | IKF Europe |
Confederation | International Korfball Federation |
Most recent champion(s) | PKC (2nd title) (2023–24) |
Most titles | PKC (2 titles) |
TV partner(s) | Youtube IKFchannel (livestreams) |
Official website |
The IKF Europe Korfball Champions League is the main annual korfball competition for clubs in Europe organized by the International Korfball Federation.
It has been announced by the IKF on 25 January 2022 and is meant as a replacement for the IKF Europa Cup and IKF Europa Shield competitions. [1]
Year | Host | Winners | Runners-up | Third Place | Fourth Place |
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2022–23 | Delft | PKC/Vertom | Fortuna/Delta Logistiek | KC Floriant | KC Borgerhout |
2023–24 | Papendrecht | PKC/Vertom | Boeckenberg KC | NC Benfica | TuS Schildgen |
Year | Host | Winners | Runners-up | Third Place | Fourth Place |
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2022–23 | Bergisch Gladbach | TuS Schildgen | SG Pegasus | SK RG Prostejov | Trojans KC |
2023–24 | Lisbon | KK Brno | Trojans KC | Markovia Marki | KC Barcelona |
Year | Host | Winners | Runners-up | Third Place | Fourth Place |
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2022–23 | Terrassa | NC Benfica | CK Vallparadis | Tornadoes KC | - |
2023–24 | Antalya | Schweriner KC | CCCD Carnaxide | Kocaeli Univ. SC | Yıldız Tech. Univ. SC |
# | Club | Nation | Winners | Runners-up | Third place |
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1 | PKC | Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2 | KC Boeckenberg | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 |
3 | Fortuna | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 |
4 | NC Benfica | Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | KC Floriant | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 |
# | Club | Nation | Winners | Runners-up | Third place |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | TuS Schildgen | Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2 | KK Brno | Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 |
3 | SG Pegasus | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 |
4 | Trojans KC | England | 0 | 1 | 0 |
5 | SK RG Prostejov | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Markovia Marki | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 |
# | Club | Nation | Winners | Runners-up | Third place |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | NC Benfica | Portugal | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Schweriner KC | Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 |
3 | CK Vallparadis | Catalonia | 0 | 1 | 0 |
4 | CCCD Carnaxide | Portugal | 0 | 1 | 0 |
5 | Tornadoes KC | England | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Kocaeli Univ. SC | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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The International Korfball Federation (IKF) is the governing body of korfball. IKF is responsible for the organisation of korfball's major international tournaments, notably the IKF World 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.
The Belgium national korfball team, nicknamed the Belgian Diamonds, is managed by the Koninklijke Belgische Korfbalbond (KBKB), representing Belgium in korfball international competitions.
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The Greece national korfball team is managed by the Hellenic Korfball & Ball-Sports Federation (HKBSF), representing Greece in korfball international competitions.
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