The Korfball European Cup was the main annual
korfball
Korfball ( nl, korfbal) is a ball sport, with similarities to netball and basketball. It is played by two teams of eight players with four female players and four male players in each team. The objective is to throw a ball into a netless bask ...
competition for clubs in Europe. The first Europa Cup took place in 1967 in London (England), with two teams from the
Netherlands
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, Belgium and the host nation England.
Ons Eibernest from
The Hague
The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...
won the first tournament. The tournament was won exclusively by clubs from the Netherlands and Belgium, and
Mitcham
Mitcham is an area within the London Borough of Merton in South London, England. It is centred southwest of Charing Cross. Originally a village in the county of Surrey, today it is mainly a residential suburb, and includes Mitcham Common. It ha ...
(England) and
Adler Rauxel (Germany) were the only clubs outside Netherlands and Belgium to reach the final. In January 2022, the IKF announced that the IKF Europa Cup and
IKF Europa Shield would be replaced by the
IKF Europe Korfball Champions League for the 2022-23 Season.
History
Record tables
References
External links
International Korfball Federation website
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European Cup
The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...
European international sports competitions
Korfball in Europe
Recurring sporting events established in 1967
1967 establishments in Europe
Multi-national professional sports leagues