2018 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship

2018 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Japan
City	Saitama
Dates	29 July 2018 (2018-07-29)– 5 August 2018 (2018-08-05)
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Chinese Taipei (9th title)
Runners-up	China
Third place	Australia
Fourth place	Hong Kong
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Top scorer(s)	(27 Goals)
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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).^[1] 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
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
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
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
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				Final
	China	23
	Australia	14
					China	13
					Chinese Taipei	22
	Chinese Taipei	37
	Hong Kong	10
					Third place
					Australia	18
					Hong Kong	17

5th–8th place play-offs[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	South Korea	3
	New Zealand	22
					New Zealand	10
					Japan	13
	Japan	15
	Macau	7
					Third place
					South Korea	7
					Macau	8

9th–10th place play-offs[]

	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

References[]

External links[]

• IKF Asian Oceanian Korfball Championship - 2018