2018 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship
# 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 |
