The end of this weekend sees the end of Korfball's European club Competitions and Trojans placing 7th in the Europa Cup and Kwiek and Mitcham coming 4th and 5th respectively in the Europa Shield.
What does that mean for England Korfball? From one perspective the message is clear: it means that EK clubs are not at the highest level in Europe. Overall their performances weren't quite good enough on the international stage. However, in the Europa Shield (which doesn't include Dutch or Belgian Clubs) the key losses weren't that big: Kwiek losing 9-10 to runners-up VKC Kolin, and Mitcham losing 10-14 to eventual winners Benfica.
But the fact that England Korfball has a highly competitive domestic league structure may well be reflected in seemingly disappointing performances on the Europ.....
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