BUSA Korfball National Finals 2008 "Showcasing Student Talent in Korfball" Results BUSA Nationals 2008 Final Group Standings Group 1 Pts Group 2 Pts Group 3 Pts Group 4 Pts Hallam Cambridge Bristol Lancaster 6 4 2 0 Oxford Edinburgh St.Andrews Aston 6 4 2 0 London Sheff Uni UEA Nottingham 4 4 4 0 Birmingham Manchester Leeds Kent 6 4 2 0 Quarter-Finals Hallam 7:4 Edinburgh Oxford 5:2 Cambridge London 6:2 Manchester Birmingham 6:4 Sheff Uni Semi-Finals Hallam 7:4 London Oxford 5:2 Birmingham Final Hallam 10:8 Oxford The Draw The draw for the 2008 Nationals took place on December 12th at a Norwich Knights training session by Tommy T and Charlie Vogwill. Click here to see the draw fimed live. Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Sheffield Hallam Edinburgh London Birmingham Cambridge Oxford Sheff Uni Manchester Bristol Aston UEA Kent Lancaster St. Andrews Nottingham Leeds Regionals November hosted the Student Korfball Regional competitions; the Northerns on the 17th and the Southerns on the 24th. It was only the second time when the tournaments served as a qualification event for March's BUSA competition. The results also determined which teams would be seeded for Student Korfball's national showcase event. Results Northerns Southerns 1 Sheffield Hallam Birmingham 2 Edinburgh London 3 Sheffield Uni Oxford 4 Manchester Cambridge 5 Leeds UEA 6 Nottingham Aston 7 St.Andrews Kent 8 Lancaster Bristol 9 Notts Trent Cardiff 10 Keele Reading Sheffield Hallam dominated in the Northerns and ran out deserved winners, claiming one of the two top seed berths and arguably seizing the mantle of favourites for the BUSA Nationals. Birmingham Uni bounced back from their disappointing 13th ranking in the previous Nationals in style, deservably winning what was a very closely contested Southerns tournament, with qualifiers from group one decided on goal difference alone. Reading, Keele, Nottingham Trent and the 2001 champions Cardiff were the four teams who failed to qualify, despite some impressive performances from the unfortunate quartet. All will certainly head to March's Second Team Nationals and will be challenging for honours.