2010 European Men's Handball Championship

2010 EHF European Men's Handball Championship
Handball-Europameisterschaft 2010
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Tournament details
Host country Austria
Venue(s) 5 (in 5 host cities)
Dates 19–31 January
Teams 16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions France (2nd title)
Runner-up Croatia
Third place Iceland
Fourth place Poland
Tournament statistics
Matches played 47
Goals scored 2,676 (56.94 per match)
Attendance 285,400 (6,072 per match)
Top scorer(s) Filip Jícha (CZE)
(53 goals)
Best player Filip Jícha (CZE)
Logo and mascot of the 2010 European Men's Handball Championship

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.

Bidding process

The two bids were as follows:

Outside of the two bids, the following bids were withdrawn:

On the 5 May 2006, in Vilamoura, Portugal, Austria was given the gosting 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
Austria 28
Greece 18
Total 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 Stadthalle
Capacity: 11,000 		Intersport Arena
Capacity: 6,000 		Arena Nova
Capacity: 5,000
Innsbruck
Graz
Olympiaworld Innsbruck
Capacity: 10,000 		Stadthalle Graz
Capacity: 5,000

Qualification

Main article: 2010 European Men's Handball Championship 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 as Date qualification was secured Previous appearances in tournament1
Austria Host 5 May 2006 0 (debut)
Denmark 2008 EC winner 27 January 2008 7 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Sweden Group 1 winner 11 June 2009 7 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008)
Poland Group 1 runner-up 20 June 2009 4 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Russia Group 2 winner 18 June 2009 8 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Serbia Group 2 runner-up 18 June 2009 0 (debut)2
Iceland Group 3 winner 17 June 2009 5 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Norway Group 3 runner-up 17 June 2009 3 (2000, 2006, 2008)
Croatia Group 4 winner 17 June 2009 8 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Hungary Group 4 runner-up 21 June 2009 6 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Germany Group 5 winner 13 June 2009 8 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Slovenia Group 5 runner-up 21 June 2009 7 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
France Group 6 winner 17 June 2009 8 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Czech Republic Group 6 runner-up 17 June 2009 5 (1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008)
Spain Group 7 winner 17 June 2009 8 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Ukraine Group 7 runner-up 18 June 2009 4 (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.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Squads

Main article: 2010 European Men's Handball Championship squads

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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Croatia 3 3 0 0 83 76 +7 6
Norway 3 2 0 1 82 78 +4 4
Russia 3 1 0 2 89 91 −2 2
Ukraine 3 0 0 3 87 96 −9 0
Source:

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

19 January
18:10 		Russia 37–33 Ukraine
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Cacador, Nicolau (POR)
Igropulo 11 (21–16) Burka, Onufriyenko 9
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19 January
20:10 		Croatia 25–23 Norway
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Muro, Rodriguez (ESP)
Vuković 7 (11–10) Tvedten 9
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21 January
18:10 		Ukraine 25–28 Croatia
Attendance: 4,200
Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE)
Onufriyenko 11 (14–12) Vori 6
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21 January
20:10 		Norway 28–24 Russia
Attendance: 4,200
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
Kjelling 8 (16–13) Kovalev, Rastvortsev 4
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23 January
18:10 		Croatia 30–28 Russia
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Methe, Methe (GER)
Čupić 8 (17–16) Igropulo 12
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23 January
20:10 		Norway 31–29 Ukraine
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Cacador, Nicolau (POR)
Tvedten 8 (14–16) Burka 7
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Group B

Venue: Intersport Arena, Linz

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Iceland 3 1 2 0 93 88 +5 4
Denmark 3 2 0 1 83 79 +4 4
Austria 3 1 1 1 103 101 +2 3
Serbia 3 0 1 2 83 94 −11 1
Source:

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

19 January
18:00 		Denmark 33–29 Austria
Attendance: 5,500
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
Mogensen 7 (17–15) Ziura 7
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19 January
20:15 		Iceland 29–29 Serbia
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Methe, Methe (GER)
Sigurðsson 9 (15–11) Ilić 7
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21 January
18:00 		Austria 37–37 Iceland
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU)
Szilágyi 10 (17–20) Atlason 8
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21 January
20:15 		Serbia 23–28 Denmark
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Horacek, Novotny (CZE)
Ilić, Stanković, Šešum 4 (9–15) Eggert 10
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23 January
18:00 		Austria 37–31 Serbia
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Muro, Rodriguez (ESP)
Szilágyi 9 (15–18) Šešum 8
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23 January
20:15 		Denmark 22–27 Iceland
Attendance: 5,500
Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE)
Christiansen 5 (13–15) Sigurðsson 6
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Group C

Venue: Olympiaworld, Innsbruck

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Poland 3 2 1 0 84 79 +5 5
Slovenia 3 1 2 0 91 89 +2 4
Germany 3 1 1 1 89 90 −1 3
Sweden 3 0 0 3 78 84 −6 0
Source:

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

19 January
18:30 		Germany 25−27 Poland
Attendance: 6,800
Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
Kaufmann 7 (8−12) Bielecki 6
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19 January
20:30 		Sweden 25−27 Slovenia
Attendance: 4,800
Referees: Reisinger, Kaschütz (AUT)
Källman, Karlsson, Ekberg, Doder 5 (13−7) Žvižej 8
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20 January
18:30 		Slovenia 34−34 Germany
Attendance: 7,200
Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
Kavtičnik, Špiler 7 (16−11) Theuerkauf 7
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20 January
20:30 		Poland 27−24 Sweden
Attendance: 7,500
Referees: Nikolic, Stojkovic (SRB)
Jurecki, Rosiński 6 (15−14) Andersson 4
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22 January
18:15 		Germany 30−29 Sweden
Attendance: 8,200
Referees: Nikolic, Stojkovic (SRB)
Glandorf 8 (21−18) Andersson 7
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22 January
20:15 		Poland 30−30 Slovenia
Attendance: 7,500
Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
Lijewski 6 (12−13) Žvižej 9
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Group D

Venue: Arena Nova, Wiener Neustadt

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Spain 3 2 1 0 95 74 +21 5
France 3 1 2 0 74 73 +1 4
Czech Republic 3 1 0 2 78 84 −6 2
Hungary 3 0 1 2 80 96 −16 1
Source:

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

19 January
18:15 		Spain 37–25 Czech Republic
Attendance: 2,800
Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
Romero 14 (17–10) Jicha 8
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19 January
20:15 		France 29–29 Hungary
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Nikolic, Stojkovic (SRB)
Karabatić 7 (16–16) Ilyés 7
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20 January
18:15 		Czech Republic 20–21 France
Attendance: 3,800
Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
Jicha 6 (10–16) Abalo, Narcisse 4
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20 January
20:15 		Hungary 25–34 Spain
Attendance: 3,800
Referees: Reisinger, Kaschütz (AUT)
Gulyás, Krivokapic 5 (9–17) Alberto Entrerríos, González 7
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22 January
18:15 		France 24−24 Spain
Attendance: 3,800
Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
Karabatić 5 (10–10) Aguinagalde, Garcia 6
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22 January
20:15 		Hungary 26−33 Czech Republic
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
Császár 6 (13–14) Jicha 14
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Main round

     Team advanced to the Semifinals
     Team will compete for the 5th/6th place

Group I

Venue: Stadthalle, Vienna

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Croatia 5 4 1 0 134 123 +11 9
Iceland 5 3 2 0 163 149 +14 8
Denmark 5 3 0 2 136 134 +2 6
Norway 5 2 0 3 138 135 +3 4
Austria 5 1 1 3 147 156 −9 3
Russia 5 0 0 5 140 161 −21 0
Source:
25 January
16:00 		Croatia 26–26 Iceland
Attendance: 6,800
Referees: Horacek, Novotny (CZE)
Čupić 5 (12–15) Stefánsson 7
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25 January
18:00 		Norway 30–27 Austria
Attendance: 6,800
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
Myrhol, Tvedten 6 (12–11) Schlinger 6
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25 January
20:15 		Russia 28–34 Denmark
Attendance: 6,800
Referees: Muro, Rodriguez (ESP)
Igropulo 6 (13–18) Christiansen, Knudsen 6
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26 January
16:00 		Russia 30–38 Iceland
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
Chipurin 7 (10–19) Guðjónsson, Petersson 7
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26 January
18:00 		Croatia 26–23 Austria
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE)
Čupić 6 (11–10) Schlinger, Szilágy 5
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26 January
20:15 		Norway 23–24 Denmark
Attendance: 7,000
Referees: Methe, Methe (GER)
Kjelling 7 (15–11) Eggert Jensen, Hansen, Lindberg 5
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28 January
16:00 		Norway 34–35 Iceland
Attendance: 7,000
Referees: Muro, Rodriguez (ESP)
Tvedten 7 (16–18) Atlason 10
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28 January
18:00 		Russia 30–31 Austria
Attendance: 8,200
Referees: Methe, Methe (GER)
Chipurin 7 (15–17) Weber, Wilczynski, Schlinger 6
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28 January
20:15 		Croatia 27–23 Denmark
Attendance: 9,000
Referees: Horacek, Novotny (CZE)
Buntić 8 (14–11) Hansen, Knudsen 5
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Group II

Venue: Olympiaworld, Innsbruck

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
France 5 4 1 0 135 118 +17 9
Poland 5 3 1 1 148 144 +4 7
Spain 5 3 1 1 152 133 +19 7
Czech Republic 5 1 1 3 142 154 −12 3
Germany 5 0 2 3 127 136 −9 2
Slovenia 5 0 2 3 159 178 −19 2
Source:
24 January
16:30 		Germany 22–24 France
Attendance: 8,200
Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
Jansen 5 (10–12) Joli 7
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24 January
18:30 		Poland 32–26 Spain
Attendance: 7,700
Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
Jurecki 6 (13–9) Romero 8
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24 January
20:30 		Slovenia 35–37 Czech Republic
Attendance: 5,600
Referees: Kaschütz, Reisinger (AUT)
Kavtičnik 8 (12–21) Jicha 12
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26 January
16:15 		Slovenia 28–37 France
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
Kavtičnik, Žvižej 6 (18–17) Guigou 10
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26 January
18:15 		Germany 20–25 Spain
Attendance: 7,000
Referees: Nikolic, Stojkovic (SRB)
Gensheimer 5 (9–14) Tomás 6
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26 January
20:15 		Poland 35–34 Czech Republic
Attendance: 5,100
Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
Bielecki 7 (18–19) Jicha 7
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28 January
16:30 		Germany 26–26 Czech Republic
Attendance: 5,200
Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
Kaufmann 7 (16–14) Jicha 6
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28 January
18:30 		Slovenia 32–40 Spain
Attendance: 6,400
Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
Žvižej 9 (14–20) Entrerrios 11
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28 January
20:30 		Poland 24–29 France
Attendance: 7,000
Referees: Nikolic, Stojkovic (SRB)
Bielecki 5 (10–15) Narcisse, Sorhaindo 6
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Final round

Venue: Stadthalle, Vienna

 
 Semifinal Final
 
            
 
 30 January – 14:00 (Vienna)
 
 
 Iceland 28
 
 31 January – 17:30 (Vienna)
 
 France 36
 
 France 25
 
 30 January – 16:30 (Vienna)
 
 Croatia 21
 
 Croatia 24
 
 
 Poland 21
 
 Bronze Match
 
 
 31 January – 15:00 (Vienna)
 
 
 Iceland 29
 
 
 Poland 26

5th/6th place

30 January
11:30 		Denmark 34–27 Spain
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Reisinger, Kaschütz (AUT)
Laen 8 (18–13) Malmagro 7
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Semifinals

30 January
14:00 		Iceland 28–36 France
Attendance: 9,000
Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
Pálmarsson 6 (14–16) Karabatić 9
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30 January
16:30 		Croatia 24–21 Poland
Attendance: 11,000
Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
Čupić 6 (9–10) Jurecki 7
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Bronze-medal game

31 January
15:00 		Poland 26–29 Iceland
Attendance: 9,000
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
B. Jurecki, M. Jurecki, Tłuczyński 4 (10–18) Sigurðsson 8
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Final

31 January
17:30 		Croatia 21–25 France
Attendance: 11,000
Referees: Methe, Methe (GER)
Zrnić 7 (12–12) Karabatić 6
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Ranking and statistics

Results

Final ranking

France
Croatia
Iceland
4 Poland
5 Denmark
6 Spain
7 Norway
8 Czech Republic
9 Austria
10 Germany
11 Slovenia
12 Russia
13 Serbia
14 Hungary
15 Sweden
16 Ukraine
     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

France
France
Second Title

All Star Team

Other awards

Source: ehf-euro.com

Top goalkeepers

Total Shots (Top 10)
Rank Name Team Shots Saves % MP
1 Sławomir Szmal Poland 316 123 39 8
2 Thierry Omeyer France 301 113 38 8
3 Mirko Alilović Croatia 271 98 36 8
3 Mattias Andersson Sweden 64 23 36 3
5 Thomas Bauer Austria 58 20 34 6
5 Johannes Bitter Germany 195 67 34 6
5 Martin Galia Czech Republic 174 59 34 6
5 Silvio Heinevetter Germany 56 19 34 6
5 Kasper Hvidt Denmark 176 59 34 7
5 Gennadiy Komok Ukraine 83 28 34 3

Source: EHF

Top goalscorers

Total Goals (Top 10)
Rank Name Team Shots Goals % MP
1 Filip Jícha Czech Republic 88 53 60 6
2 Luka Žvižej Slovenia 64 41 64 6
3 Nikola Karabatic France 73 40 55 8
4 Arnór Atlason Iceland 66 39 59 8
4 Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson Iceland 62 39 63 8
4 Håvard Tvedten Norway 58 39 67 6
7 Ivan Čupić Croatia 53 36 68 8
7 Snorri Steinn Guðjónsson Iceland 56 36 64 8
9 Konstantin Igropulo Russia 60 35 58 6
10 Róbert Gunnarsson Iceland 44 34 77 8

Source: EHF

EHF Broadcasting rights

See also