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2014 European Korfball Championship Host country Portugal City Maia Dates 25 October 2014 (2014-10-25 ) – 2 November 2014 (2014-11-02 ) Teams 16 Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) Champions Netherlands (5th title) Runners-up Belgium Third place Portugal Fourth place England Matches played 48 Goals scored 1,759 (36.65 per match) Top scorer(s) Mick Snel Krzysztof Rubinkowski (32 goals)
International football competition
The 2014 European Korfball Championship was held in Portugal from October 25 to November 2, with 16 national teams in competition.
The tournament also served as a European qualifier for the 2015 Korfball World Championship, with the top ten nations qualifying for the world championship.
Group stage
The group stages took place in Maia . The IKF had implemented a new format of qualifying from the group stages. In these European Championships, the top eight nations were seeded in to pools A & B . In these pools the top three teams qualified for the quarter-finals. The other nations in pools C & D needed to finish top of their pool in order to reach the quarter-finals.
Group A
Pos
Team
Pld
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Netherlands
3
3
0
0
0
117
42
+75
9
Quarter-finals
2
England
3
2
0
0
1
52
72
−20
6
3
Russia
3
0
1
0
2
50
76
−26
2
4
Germany
3
0
0
1
2
44
73
−29
1
9th–16th place play-offs
Key: G denotes win by golden goal .
Group B
Pos
Team
Pld
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Belgium
3
3
0
0
0
72
42
+30
9
Quarter-finals
2
Portugal
3
2
0
0
1
64
55
+9
6
3
Czech Republic
3
1
0
0
2
53
73
−20
3
4
Catalonia
3
0
0
0
3
43
62
−19
0
9th–16th place play-offs
Group C
Pos
Team
Pld
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Poland
3
3
0
0
0
56
34
+22
9
Quarter-finals
2
Wales
3
1
0
1
1
44
47
−3
4
9th–16th place play-offs
3
Turkey
3
1
0
0
2
44
51
−7
3
4
Serbia
3
0
1
0
2
42
54
−12
2
Key: G denotes win by golden goal .
Group D
Pos
Team
Pld
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Hungary
3
3
0
0
0
64
42
+22
9
Quarter-finals
2
Scotland
3
2
0
0
1
53
46
+7
6
9th–16th place play-offs
3
Ireland
3
0
1
0
2
40
53
−13
2
4
Slovakia
3
0
0
1
2
34
50
−16
1
Key: G denotes win by golden goal .
Knockout stage
1st–8th place play-offs
Key: G denotes win by golden goal .
9th–16th place play-offs
Final standing
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