2023–24 IKF Europe Korfball Champions League

European korfball tournament

IKF Europe Korfball Champions League
Tournament information
2023–24
The final round was held in Papendrecht.
Sport	Korfball
Dates	21 September 2023–10 February 2024
Venue(s)	PKC Hall
Teams	25
Website	Korfball Champions League
Final positions
Champions	PKC/Vertom (2nd title)
Runner-up	Boeckenberg KC
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 IKF Europe Korfball Champions League is the 2nd edition of IKF's premier competition for Korfball clubs under a new name. PKC/Vertom are the defending champions.

PKC/Vertom successfully defended their title by defeating Boeckenberg KC in the final.^[1]

Format

The format was given a few tweaks after feedback from last season.^[2]

Round 1 – 13 teams are drawn into 2 Round Robin groups, the group winners advance to Round 2, while the teams who finish second and third play the Satelite Cup.
Round 2 – 8 teams, plus the two advancing teams from Round 1, are drawn into 2 Round Robin groups, the group winners advance to Champions League, while the teams who finish second and third play the Challenger Cup.
Champions League – Originally, 4 automatically qualified teams, plus the two advancing teams from Round 2, are drawn into 2 Round Robin groups of three, the top 2 progress to the semifinals.^[3] However, the format changed after the late withdrawal of CC Oeiras. Instead, five teams will play a five team Round Robin group. The winners of the group will be crowned champions.

Teams

Champions League
Boeckenberg KC (1st)	TuS Schildgen (1st)	SG Pegasus	PKC/Vertom ^CL (1st)

Round 2
KC Barcelona	Platja d'Aro KC	KCC České Budějovice	KK Brno
Bec KC (1st)	Trojans KC (2nd)	Marcovia Marki	NC Benfica

Round 1
CK Vallparadís	Tornadoes KC	FJEP Bonson	SJABGB
Schweriner KC	~~Kékvölgy SE~~	1908 SZAC Budapest	CCCD Carnaxide
CC Oeiras	Glasgow KC	Dolphins Prievidza	Kocaeli University
Yildiz Technical University	Cardiff City KC (1st)	Newport Centurions (2nd)

Round and draw dates

Schedule

Phase	Draw date	Round date
Round 1	6 July 2023^[4]	7–10 September 2023
Round 2	24 August 2023^[5]	28 November–2 December 2023
Champions League	14 December 2023^[3]^[3]	7–10 February 2024

Round 1

The tournament winners qualify for Round 2, while the teams who finish second and third qualify for the Satelite Cup. One group was held in Lisbon, while the other was held in Cardiff. Despite teams from Portugal taking part in this round, no team was deemed as the host team of the group in Lisbon.

Draw

The draw was on 6 July 2023.^[4] The two Welsh clubs were pre-drawn into Group B. The Turkish representatives were not known at the time of the draw.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6	Pot 7
CC Oeiras CCCD Carnaxide	CK Vallparadís Tornadoes KC	Turkey 1^[A] Turkey 2^[B]	FJEP Bonson SJABGB	1908 SZAC Budapest Glasgow KC	Dolphins Prievidza Schweriner KC	~~Kékvölgy SE~~

Round 1-A

21–23 September 2023, Lisbon, Portugal

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	VAL	SCH	CAR	YIL	SJA	SZAC	KEK
1	CK Vallparadís	5	5	0	0	0	87	49	+38	15	Round 2	—	15–14	—	18–10	20–10	19–5	—
2	Schweriner KC	5	3	0	1	1	73	55	+18	10	Satelite Cup	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	CCCD Carnaxide	5	3	0	0	2	73	58	+15	9		10–15	8–16	—	15–10	19–8	21–9	—
4	Yildiz Technical University	5	2	0	0	3	63	68	−5	6		—	10–15	—	—	17–7	16–13	—
5	SJABGB	5	1	0	0	4	45	82	−37	3		—	9–16	—	—	—	11–10	—
6	1908 SZAC Budapest	5	0	1	0	4	50	79	−29	2		—	13–12 OT	—	—	—	—	—
7	Kékvölgy SE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Source: IKF

Round 1-B

22–24 September 2023, Cardiff, Wales

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	OEI	BON	GLA	NEW
1	CC Oeiras	3	3	0	89	14	+75	9	Semifinals	—	22–6	22–7	—
2	FJEP Bonson	3	2	1	41	35	+6	6	Semifinals	—	—	—	—
3	Glasgow KC	3	1	2	45	42	+3	3	5–8th place bracket	—	10–15	—	—
4	Newport Centurions	3	0	3	9	93	−84	0	5–8th place bracket	1–45	3–20	5–28	—

Source: IKF

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	KOC^[a]	DOL	CAR	TOR
1	Kocaeli University^[a]	3	3	0	59	37	+22	9	5–8th place bracket	—	—	—	—
2	Dolphins Prievidza	3	2	1	43	48	−5	6	Semifinals	13–23	—	—	—
3	Cardiff City KC (H)	3	1	2	31	37	−6	3	Semifinals	12–22	9–10	—	10–5
4	Tornadoes KC	3	0	3	33	44	−11	0	5–8th place bracket	12–14	16–20	—	—

Source: IKF
(H) Host

^ Due to visa issues, Kocaeli University was allowed to play, but was disqualified from reaching the next round and finished last.^[6]

5–8th place bracket

No matter the result, Kocaeli University will be deemed as the loser.

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

23 September

Glasgow KC	13
		24 September
Kocaeli University	15
		Glasgow KC	14
23 September
		Tornadoes KC	18
Tornadoes KC	29

Newport Centurions	5
		Seventh place

		24 September

		Kocaeli University	24

		Newport Centurions	4

1–4th place bracket

Semifinals		Final

23 September

CC Oeiras	27
		24 September
Cardiff City KC	5
		CC Oeiras	23
23 September
		FJEP Bonson	4
Dolphins Prievidza	12

FJEP Bonson	15
		Third place

		24 September

		Cardiff City KC	13

		Dolphins Prievidza	14

Final rankings

FJEP Bonson and Dolphins Prievidza originally qualified for the Satelite Cup, but later withdrew and Kocaeli University took one of the vacant spaces.

Rank	Team
	CC Oeiras
	FJEP Bonson
	Dolphins Prievidza
4	Cardiff City KC
5	Tornadoes KC
6	Glasgow KC
7	Newport Centurions
8	Kocaeli University

Round 2

The group winners qualify for the Champions League, while the teams who finish second and third qualify for the Challenger Cup.

Draw

The draw was on 24 August 2023.^[5] H indicates which club is hosting the groups. The teams from Round 1 were not known at the time of the draw.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
KCC České Budějovice Bec KC	NC Benfica KC Barcelona	Trojans KC Platja d'Aro KC	KK Brno Marcovia Marki (H)	Group A Winner Group B Winner

Group A

7–10 September 2023, Hannover, Germany

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BEN	MAR	TRO	VAL	CES
1	NC Benfica	4	4	0	42	45	−3	12	Champions League	—	—	16–8	—	—
2	Marcovia Marki (H)	4	2	2	41	42	−1	6^[a]	Challenger Cup	11–24	—	18–13	19–14	15–18
3	Trojans KC	4	2	2	50	32	+18	6^[a]	Challenger Cup	—	—	—	—	—
4	CK Vallparadís	4	1	3	39	47	−8	3^[b]		14–25	—	12–15	—	15–13
5	KCC České Budějovice	4	1	3	37	43	−6	3^[b]		11–20	—	10–18	—	—

Source: IKF
(H) Host
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Marcovia Marki 18–13 Trojans KC
^ ^a ^b CK Vallparadís 15–13 KCC České Budějovice

Group B

7–10 September 2023, Kragujevac, Serbia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	OEI	BAR	BRN	BEC	PLA
1	CC Oeiras	4	3	1	47	24	+23	9^[a]	Champions League	—	19–16	—	9–14	21–15
2	KC Barcelona	4	3	1	46	45	+1	9^[a]	Challenger Cup	—	—	20–15	—	20–15
3	KK Brno	4	2	2	41	49	−8	6^[b]	Challenger Cup	12–14	—	—	—	—
4	Bec KC	4	2	2	30	57	−27	6^[b]		—	18–20	17–22	—	20–15
5	Platja d'Aro KC	4	0	4	52	41	+11	0		—	—	10–13	—	—

Source: IKF
Notes:

^ ^a ^b CC Oeiras 19–16 KC Barcelona
^ ^a ^b KK Brno 22–17 Bec KC

Champions League

The Champions League was held in Papendrecht, Netherlands at the PKC Hall. The competition was played between the 7–10 February.

Draw

The draw was on 14 December 2023.^[3]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
PKC/Vertom (H) Boeckenberg KC	TuS Schildgen SG Pegasus	NC Benfica CC Oeiras

Original groups

Group A	Group B
Boeckenberg KC SG Pegasus NC Benfica	PKC/Vertom TuS Schildgen CC Oeiras

Withdrawal of CC Oeiras

The top two from each group would've progressed to the semifinals, but the sudden withdrawal of CC Oeiras on 16 January 2024 meant the format changed for the event. Instead, the remaining five teams played a Round Robin to decide the champion.^[7]^[8]

Group Standings

7–10 February 2024, Papendrecht, Netherlands

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	VER	BOE	BEN	SCH	PEG
1	PKC/Vertom (H)	4	4	0	132	53	+79	12	Champions	—	25–17	36–14	33–12	38–10
2	Boeckenberg KC	4	3	1	106	62	+44	9		—	—	30–14	30–12	29–11
3	NC Benfica	4	2	2	72	90	−18	6		—	—	—	—	—
4	TuS Schildgen	4	1	3	56	91	−35	3		—	—	9–16	—	23–12
5	SG Pegasus	4	0	4	48	118	−70	0		—	—	15–28	—	—

Source: IKF
(H) Host

7 February 2024 19:00	TuS Schildgen	23–12	SG Pegasus	PKC Hall, Papendrecht
	Heppekausen 9	(12–4)	During, Gerlich 3
		Report

7 February 2024 21:00	Boeckenberg KC	30–14	NC Benfica	PKC Hall, Papendrecht
	de Ridder 5	(13–9)	Vasconcelos Luz 4
		Report

8 February 2024 16:30	PKC/Vertom	33–12	TuS Schildgen	PKC Hall, Papendrecht
	Kunst 7	(14–6)	Altgassen, Freund 3
		Report

8 February 2024 18:30	Boeckenberg KC	29–11	SG Pegasus	PKC Hall, Papendrecht
	Thijs, de Vogelaere 7	(18–4)	Orth 5
		Report

8 February 2024 20:30	PKC/Vertom	36–14	NC Benfica	PKC Hall, Papendrecht
	van der Werff 6	(17–6)	Vasconcelos Luz 4
		Report

9 February 2024	v	PKC Hall, Papendrecht

9 February 2024	v	PKC Hall, Papendrecht

9 February 2024	v	PKC Hall, Papendrecht

10 February 2024	v	PKC Hall, Papendrecht

10 February 2024	v	PKC Hall, Papendrecht

2023–24 IKF Europe Korfball Champions League Champions
PKC/Vertom Second title

Notes

^ The team who took this spot was Yildiz Technical University
^ The team who took this spot was Kocaeli University

External links

International Korfball Federation website
Korfball Champions League
Round 1-A
Round 1-B
Round 2
Champions League Final Round Report

References

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