title: 2018 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship
text: # 2018 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship
  
  The 2018 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship is being held in Saitama, Japan with 10 national teams in competition, from July 29 to August 5. It is the tenth edition of the Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship and serves as a qualifier for the 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship, with the top 6 teams qualifying (with a minimum of 1 for Oceania). Chinese Taipei are the defending champions and have all previous editions, except the edition of 2004 which was won by Australia.
  
  ## Group stage
  
  The ten participating teams were drawn into two groups of five, with teams in each group playing one another in a round-robin basis. The top two teams in each group qualify for the semi-finals, while the teams finishing third and fourth playoff for places 5 to 8. The two teams finishing last will play for 9th place.
  
  ### Group A
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Chinese Taipei | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 45 | +96 | 12 | Semi-finals |
  | 2 | Australia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 48 | +44 | 9 | Semi-finals |
  | 3 | South Korea | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 89 | −40 | 6 | Play-offs |
  | 4 | Macau | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 67 | 63 | +4 | 3 | Play-offs |
  | 5 | Philippines | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 115 | −78 | 0 | |
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | Macau | 25 − 4 | Philippines |
  | Chinese Taipei | 39 − 9 | South Korea |
  | Chinese Taipei | 37 − 9 | Macau |
  | Australia | 30 − 5 | South Korea |
  | Australia | 23 − 8 | Macau |
  | Chinese Taipei | 38 − 15 | Philippines |
  | South Korea | 25 − 10 | Philippines |
  | Chinese Taipei | 27 − 12 | Australia |
  | Australia | 27 − 8 | Philippines |
  | South Korea | 14 − 10 | Macau |
  
  ### Group B
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | China | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 52 | +74 | 12 | Semi-finals |
  | 2 | Hong Kong | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 48 | +30 | 9 | Semi-finals |
  | 3 | Japan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 73 | −21 | 6 | Play-offs |
  | 4 | New Zealand | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 59 | +3 | 3 | Play-offs |
  | 5 | Indonesia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 119 | −86 | 0 | |
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | Japan | 10 − 9 | New Zealand |
  | Indonesia | 3 − 25 | Hong Kong |
  | Japan | 9 − 30 | China |
  | Hong Kong | 17 − 10 | New Zealand |
  | Indonesia | 4 − 28 | New Zealand |
  | Hong Kong | 17 − 26 | China |
  | China | 42 − 11 | Indonesia |
  | Japan | 9 − 19 | Hong Kong |
  | New Zealand | 15 − 28 | China |
  | Japan | 24 − 15 | Indonesia |
  
  ## Knockout stage
  
  ### Semi-finals
  
  | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | China | 23 |
  | Australia | 14 | | |
  | Australia | 14 | China | 13 |
  | | | Chinese Taipei | 22 |
  | Chinese Taipei | 37 | Chinese Taipei | 22 |
  | Hong Kong | 10 | | |
  | Hong Kong | 10 | Third place | Third place |
  | | | Australia | 18 |
  | | | Hong Kong | 17 |
  
  ### 5th–8th place play-offs
  
  | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | South Korea | 3 |
  | New Zealand | 22 | | |
  | New Zealand | 22 | New Zealand | 10 |
  | | | Japan | 13 |
  | Japan | 15 | Japan | 13 |
  | Macau | 7 | | |
  | Macau | 7 | Third place | Third place |
  | | | South Korea | 7 |
  | | | Macau | 8 |
  
  ### 9th–10th place play-offs
  
  | Final | Final |
  | - | - |
  | Philippines | 12 |
  | Indonesia | 25 |
  
  ## Final standings
  
  The top 6 qualified for the 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship.
  
  Final standings :
  
  | | Chinese Taipei |
  | - | - |
  | | China |
  | | Australia |
  | 4 | Hong Kong |
  | 5 | Japan |
  | 6 | New Zealand |
  | 7 | Macau |
  | 8 | South Korea |
  | 9 | Indonesia |
  | 10 | Philippines |
  