title: European Korfball B-Championship
text: # European Korfball B-Championship
  
  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.
  
  ## History
  
  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.
  
  ## Results
  
  European Korfball B-Championship :
  
  | | Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match | #Number of teams |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Year | Host | Champion | Score | Second place | Third place | Score | Fourth place | #Number of teams |
  | I | 2018 | Netherlands | Poland | 21-7 | Ireland | Slovakia | 18–15 | Wales | 7 |
  | II | 2021 | Poland | Poland | 18-15 | Slovakia | Turkey | 17-9 | Scotland | 8 |
  
  ## Debut of teams
  
  | Year | Debutants | Total |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2018 | France Hungary Ireland Poland Scotland Serbia Slovakia Wales | 8 |
  | 2020 | Greece Switzerland Turkey | 3 |
  | Total | Total | 11 |
  
  * ^ In 2018, the tournament was played at the same time and place as the A-Championship. After the group stage of both tournaments, an intermediate stage was held in which the bottom two teams from the A-Championship faced off against the top two teams of the B-Championship, with the winners continuing at the A-level and the losers at the B-level. Poland initially started in the A-Championship but lost its match against Hungary, and was therefore relegated, continuing to play the remainder of the tournament as part of the B-Championship, which is counted as their debut at this level. The same goes for Hungary, which started at the B-Championship but ended the tournament in the A-Championship.
  
  ## Medals summary
  
  | 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) | Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
  