The 2010 EHF European Men's Handball Championship (9th tournament) was held in Austria from 19 to 31 January, in the cities of Vienna, Graz, Innsbruck, Linz and Wiener Neustadt.
France won the title after defeating Croatia in the final. Iceland captured the bronze medal, their first ever medal at the European Championship after defeating Poland. Defending champions Denmark finished 5th while the hosts Austria finished 9th.
Bidding process The two bids were as follows: Austria Greece
Outside of the two bids, the following bids were withdrawn: Germany Iceland Croatia Macedonia Hungary On the 5 May 2006, in Vilamoura, Portugal, Austria was given the hosting rights for the first time ever. They were the first country since 1998 to host the tournament despite never qualifying on merit.
+Voting results Country Votes 28 18Total 46
Venues 5 Austrian cities have been selected to host the 2010 Championship. The venues in Linz, Graz and Wiener Neustadt were only used during the preliminary round. The fourth venue to be used in this round was located in Innsbruck, and was also one of the two venues in the main round. The other being Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, which was the only venue to be used in the final round.
Vienna Linz Wiener Neustadt Wiener StadthalleCapacity: 11,000 Intersport ArenaCapacity: 6,000 Arena NovaCapacity: 5,000 Innsbruck Graz OlympiahalleCapacity: 10,000 Stadthalle GrazCapacity: 5,000
Qualification
Qualification matches were played in 2008 and in 2009. For the first time, in qualification round all teams are included, except host Austria and defending champion Denmark. Teams were divided in 7 groups and top two teams from each group qualified to European Championship.
Qualified teams Country Qualified asDate qualification was secured Previous appearances in tournament1 01Host 005 May 2006 01 (debut) 002008 EC winner 0027 January 2008 70 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008) 00Group 1 winner 0011 June 2009 70 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008) 00Group 1 runner-up 0020 June 2009 40 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008) 00Group 2 winner 0018 June 2009 80 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008) 00Group 2 runner-up 0018 June 2009 01 (debut)2 00Group 3 winner 0017 June 2009 50 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008) 00Group 3 runner-up 0017 June 2009 30 (2000, 2006, 2008) 00Group 4 winner 0017 June 2009 81 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008) 00Group 4 runner-up 0021 June 2009 61 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008) 00Group 5 winner 0013 June 2009 81 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008) 00Group 5 runner-up 0021 June 2009 71 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008) 00Group 6 winner 0017 June 2009 81 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008) 00Group 6 runner-up 0017 June 2009 51 (1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008) 00Group 7 winner 0017 June 2009 81 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008) 00Group 7 runner-up 0018 June 2009 41 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006) 1 Bold indicates champion for that year 2 Between 1996 and 2006, Serbia participated as FR Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro.
Seeding The draw for the final tournament took place 19:00 CET on 24 June 2009 at the Liechtenstein Museum in Vienna.
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Squads
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Preliminary round In the following tables: Pld = total games played W = total games won D = total games drawn (tied) L = total games lost GF = total goals scored (goals for) GA = total goals conceded (goals against) GD = goal difference (GF−GA) Pts = total points accumulated
The teams placed first, second and third (shaded in green) qualified to the main round.
Group A Venue: Stadthalle, Graz
All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Group B Venue: Intersport Arena, Linz
All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Group C Venue: Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Group D Venue: Arena Nova, Wiener Neustadt
All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Main round Team advanced to the Semifinals Team will compete for the 5th/6th place
Group I Venue: Stadthalle, Vienna
Group II Venue: Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
Final round Venue: Stadthalle, Vienna
5th/6th place
Semifinals
Bronze-medal game
Final
Ranking and statistics
Final ranking 45678910111213141516 Team advanced to the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship Sweden and France are already qualified as hosts and reigning champions respectively.
2010 Men's Handball European Champions FranceSecond Title
All Star Team Goalkeeper: Left Wing: Left Back: Playmaker: Pivot: Right Back: Right Wing:
Other awards Best Defence Player : Most Valuable Player: Source: ehf-euro.com
Top goalkeepers + Total Shots (Top 10)RankNameTeamShotsSaves 1 Sławomir Szmal 316 123 39 8 2 Thierry Omeyer 301 113 38 8 3 Mirko Alilović 271 98 36 8 3 Mattias Andersson 64 23 36 3 5 Thomas Bauer 58 20 34 6 5 Johannes Bitter 195 67 34 6 5 Martin Galia 174 59 34 6 5 Silvio Heinevetter 56 19 34 6 5 Kasper Hvidt 176 59 34 7 5 Gennadiy Komok 83 28 34 3 Source: EHF
Top goalscorers + Total Goals (Top 10)RankNameTeamShotsGoals 1 Filip Jícha 88 53 60 6 2 Luka Žvižej 64 41 64 6 3 Nikola Karabatic 73 40 55 8 4 Arnór Atlason 66 39 59 8 4 Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson 62 39 63 8 4 Håvard Tvedten 58 39 67 6 7 Ivan Čupić 53 36 68 8 7 Snorri Steinn Guðjónsson 56 36 64 8 9 Konstantin Igropulo 60 35 58 6 10 Róbert Gunnarsson 44 34 77 8 Source: EHF
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See also 2010 European Women's Handball Championship
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