The 2020 IKF European Korfball Championship First Round was held in

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from 1 to 3 November 2019. The tournament served as the first round of the 2020 IKF European Korfball Championships to be held in the

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in 2020, with both the winner and runner-up qualifying for the

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and Switzerland qualified on 3 November 2019 as they won their semi-final matches against

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and

respectively. Later that same day, Turkey beat Switzerland to win the tournament.

Participating teams

Seven teams participated in the tournament:

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, Sweden, Switzerland,

and

Group stage

Two groups (A and B) were drawn, four teams in group A and three teams in group B, with each team playing the other teams in their group once. The top two teams in these groups moved to the semi-finals, while the remaining three teams played another round-robin tournament to determine theor final overall position. All group stage matches were played at the Palats sportu “Halychyna” in

on 1 and 2 November 2019.

Group A

Group B

Semi-finals

5th–7th place play-offs

The teams finishing third & fourth in both groups played another round-robin group stage to determine fifth through seventh place.

Final standing

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External links

Tournament Results
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