2017–18 England Korfball League
The 2017–18 England Korfball League season is played with 10 teams. Trojans KC are the defending korfball champions.
| Season | 2017–18 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Trojans (11th Title) |
| Goals scored | 3,720 |
| Top goalscorer | David Brooks (118 Goals) |
| Biggest home win | Tornadoes 49-14 Bearsted (11 January 2018) |
| Biggest away win | Bearsted 19-43 Trojans (19 November 2017) |
| Highest scoring | Tornadoes 49-14 Bearsted (11 January 2018) |
← 2016–17 2018–19 → | |
Teams
The league will be played with 10 teams. The teams that have finished from 1st to 7th place as of 9 April 2017 in the 2016–17 season qualified for the 2017/18 season. The remaining three places were filled by Cambridge Tigers, Birmingham City and Bearsted who finished in the top three of the Promotion play-offs.
Location of teams outside London:2016-17 England Korfball League
| Club | Province | Location | Position in 2016-17 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trojans Korfball Club | Croydon | 1st | |
| Bec | South Croydon | 3rd | |
| KV Archived 2019-04-15 at the Wayback Machine | Aylesford | 7th | |
| Nomads | Epsom | 5th | |
| Kingfishers | Aylesford | 4th | |
| Tornadoes Archived 2016-11-28 at the Wayback Machine | Aylesford | 6th | |
| Norwich Knights | Norwich | 2nd | |
| Cambridge Tigers | Cambridge | 1st in promotion/relegation play-offs | |
| Birmingham City | Birmingham | 2nd promotion/relegation play-offs | |
| Bearsted | Aylesford | 3rd in promotion/relegation play-offs |
Regular season table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Play-offs or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trojans | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 544 | 312 | +232 | 34 | Final Stages |
| 2 | Bec | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 489 | 283 | +206 | 34 | |
| 3 | Tornadoes | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 459 | 329 | +130 | 24 | |
| 4 | Norwich Knights | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 464 | 310 | +154 | 25 | |
| 5 | Kingfishers | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 430 | 355 | +75 | 18 | |
| 6 | KV | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 278 | 370 | −92 | 13 | |
| 7 | Nomads | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 330 | 371 | −41 | 12 | |
| 8 | Birmingham City | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 230 | 406 | −176 | 8 | |
| 9 | Cambridge Tigers | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 247 | 447 | −200 | 8 | |
| 10 | Bearsted | 18 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 249 | 537 | −288 | 4 | Relegation |
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: England Korfball
Results
Game-week one
| 15 October 2017 | Tornadoes | 20-6 | Birmingham City | Ayelsford Sports College |
| 12:30 | Report |
| 22 October 2017 | Norwich Knights | 22-14 | KV | UEA |
| Report |
| 22 October 2017 | Kingfishers | 30-24 | Nomads | Aylesford Sports College |
| Report |
Game-week two
| 29 October 2017 | Bearsted | 17-35 | Kingfishers | Ayelsford Sports College |
| Report |
| 29 October 2017 | KV | 13-13 | Birmingham City | Kings Sports Centre |
| Report |
Game-week three
| 12 November 2017 | Kingfishers | 28-17 | KV | New Line Learning Academy |
| Report |
| 12 November 2017 | Bearsted | 15-18 | Birmingham City | Ayelsford Sports College |
| Report |
Game-week four
| 18 November 2017 | Birmingham City | 13-12 | Nomads | Woodcock Sports Centre |
| Report |
| 19 November 2017 | Kingfishers | 29-9 | Cambridge Tigers | Ayelsford sports College |
| Report |
Game-week five
| 26 November 2017 | Birmingham City | 17-23 | Kingfishers | Woodcock Sports Centre |
| Report |
Game-week six
| 10 December 2017 | Kingfishers | 17-21 | Bec | Ayelsford sports College |
| Report |
| 10 December 2017 | Birmingham City | - | Cambridge Tigers | Woodcock Sports Centre |
| 10 December 2017 | Bearsted | - | Norwich Knights | Ayelsford Sports College |
Game-week seven
| 17 December 2017 | Kingfishers | 20-22 | Tornadoes | New Line Learning Academy |
| Report |
| 17 December 2017 | Birmingham City | 16-33 | Trojans | Woodcock Sports Centre |
| Report |
| 17 December 2017 | Cambridge Tigers | 8-35 | Norwich Knights | The Perse School |
| Report |
Game-week eight
| 7 January 2018 | KV | 22-22 | Cambridge Tigers | Kings Sports Centre |
| Report |
| 7 January 2018 | Birmingham City | 9-29 | Norwich Knights | Woodcock Sports Centre |
| Report |
| 7 January 2018 | Kingfishers | 23-30 | Trojans | New Line Learning Academy |
| Report |
Game-week nine
| 14 January 2018 | Norwich Knights | 23-11 | Kingfishers | UEA |
| Report |
| 14 January 2018 | Bec | 31-10 | Birmingham City | Royal Russell |
| Report |
Game-week ten
| 28 January 2018 | KV | 21-11 | Kingfishers | Kings Sports Centre |
| Report |
| 28 January 2018 | Birmingham City | 16-9 | Bearsted | Woodcock Sports Centre |
| Report |
Game-week eleven
| 4 February 2018 | Cambridge Tigers | 11-28 | Kingfishers | The Perse School |
| Report |
| 4 February 2018 | Nomads | 24-13 | Birmingham City | Epsom College |
| Report |
| 11 February 2018 | Birmingham City | 11-19 | KV | Woodcock Sports Centre |
| Report |
Game-week twelve
| 18 February 2018 | Trojans | 22-19 | Kingfishers | Trinity |
| Report |
| 18 February 2018 | Norwich Knights | 24-11 | Birmingham City | UEA |
| Report |
| 18 February 2018 | Cambridge Tigers | 7-21 | KV | The Perse School |
Final Stages
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 6 May 2017 - | ||||||
| Trojans | 29 | |||||
| 7 May 2017 - | ||||||
| [Tornadoes] | 24 | |||||
| Trojans | 23 | |||||
| 6 May 2017 - | ||||||
| Bec | 22 | |||||
| Bec | 22 | |||||
| Norwich Knights | 18 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 7 May 2017 - | ||||||
| [Tornadoes] | 33 | |||||
| Norwich Knights | 29 | |||||
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| Trojans | |
| Bec | |
| Tornadoes | |
| 4 | Norwich Knights |
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trojans | 118 | |
| 2 | Trojans | 102 | |
| 3 | Norwich Knights | 94 | |
| 4 | Bec | 91 | |
| 4 | Norwich Knights | 89 | |
| 5 | Trojans | 83 | |
| 6= | Norwich Knights | 77 | |
| 6= | Bec | 77 | |
| 7 | Nomads | 72 | |
| 8= | Tornadoes | 68 | |
| 8= | Tornadoes | 67 |
Squads
The players listed are those who have appeared at least twice for their club in a league game.
Bearsted
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- Head coach: Alexander Sieber
Bec
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- Head Coach: John Denton
Birmingham City
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- Head Coach: Andy Davies
Cambridge Tigers
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- Head Coach: Chris West
Kingfishers
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- Head Coach: Johan Oosterling
KV
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- Head Coach: Rob Parker
Nomads
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- Head Coach: Terry Forde
Norwich Knights
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- Head Coach: Joe Stirling
Tornadoes
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- Head Coach: Dave Buckland
Trojans
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- Head Coach: Gary Brooks
References
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