The tournament was last held in 2013, when the International Korfball Federation decided to create a new system which will be in force from 2018, reducing the number of teams taking part in the European Korfball Championship from 16 to 8 but splitting the championship up in two levels with a relegation/promotion system to be carried out between the so-called "A-Championships" (the current European Korfball Championship) and the "B-Championships".
The tournament was last held in 2013, when the International Korfball Federation introduced a new system effective from 2018, which decreased the number of participating teams in the European Korfball Championship from 16 to 8 but divided it into two levels with a relegation/promotion mechanism between the "A-Championships" and the "B-Championships".