At the International Korfball Association’s Congress held in Deinze (BEL) on Saturday 14 November 2009 the IKF Council announced the pools for the opening round of the IKF European Championship, scheduled to take place in the Netherlands from 22 – 31 October 2010.

Pool A: The Netherlands (NED), Germany (GER), Hungary (HUN) and Serbia (SRB) matches to be played in Leeuwarden.

Pool B: Belgium (BEL), Catalonia (CAT), Poland (POL) and Scotland (SCO) matches to be played in Tilburg.

Pool C: Czech Republic (CZE), Portugal (POR), Wales (WAL) and Turkey (TUR) matches to be played in Almelo.

Pool D: Russia (RUS), England (ENG), Slovakia (SVK) and Ireland (IRL) matches to be played in Den Haag.

The match schedule will be published later.