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2010 European Men's Handball Championship
2010 edition of the European Men's Handball Championship
2010 edition of the European Men's Handball Championship
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | EHF European Men's Handball Championship |
| year | 2010 |
| other_titles | Handball-Europameisterschaft 2010 |
| image | 2010 European Men's Handball Championship logo.svg |
| size | 300px |
| caption | EHF Euro 2010 official logo |
| country | Austria |
| dates | 19–31 January |
| num_teams | 16 |
| confederations | 1 |
| venues | 5 |
| cities | 5 |
| champion | FRA |
| count | 2 |
| second | CRO |
| third | ISL |
| fourth | POL |
| matches | 47 |
| goals | 2690 |
| attendance | |
| top_scorer | Filip Jícha |
| (53 goals) | |
| player | Filip Jícha |
| previous | 2008 European Men's Handball Championship |
| next | 2012 European Men's Handball Championship |
(53 goals)
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:
- AUT Austria
- GRE Greece
Outside of the two bids, the following bids were withdrawn:
- GER Germany
- ISL Iceland
- CRO Croatia
- MKD Macedonia
- HUN 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.
| Country | Votes | Total | 46 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | |||
| 18 |
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 | Innsbruck | Graz | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiener Stadthalle | |||||||||
| Capacity: 11,000 | Intersport Arena | ||||||||
| Capacity: 6,000 | Arena Nova | ||||||||
| Capacity: 5,000 | |||||||||
| [[File:Wiener Stadthalle Aussen 2008.jpg | 150px]] | [[File:Linz Donau.jpg | 280px]] | [[File:WrNeustadt Arena Nova.JPG | 190px]] | ||||
| {{location map+ | Austria | float=center | width=280 | caption= | places= | ||||
| Olympiahalle | |||||||||
| Capacity: 10,000 | Stadthalle Graz | ||||||||
| Capacity: 5,000 | |||||||||
| [[File:Olympiahalle Innsbruck 2018-09-08.jpg | 170px]] | [[File:Grazer Stadthalle.jpg | 190px]] |
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 tournament[1](1) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01Host | 005 May 2006 | 01 (debut) | |
| 2008 EC]] winner | 0027 January 2008 | 1994]], [1996](1996-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2000](2000-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2002](2002-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2004](2004-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2006](2006-european-men-s-handball-championship), **[2008](2008-european-men-s-handball-championship)**) | |
| Group 1]] winner | 0011 June 2009 | 1994]]**, [1996](1996-european-men-s-handball-championship), **[1998](1998-european-men-s-handball-championship)**, **[2000](2000-european-men-s-handball-championship)**, **[2002](2002-european-men-s-handball-championship)''', [2004](2004-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2008](2008-european-men-s-handball-championship)) | |
| Group 1]] runner-up | 0020 June 2009 | 2002]], [2004](2004-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2006](2006-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2008](2008-european-men-s-handball-championship)) | |
| Group 2]] winner | 0018 June 2009 | 1994]], **[1996](1996-european-men-s-handball-championship)**, [1998](1998-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2000](2000-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2002](2002-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2004](2004-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2006](2006-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2008](2008-european-men-s-handball-championship)) | |
| Group 2]] runner-up | 0018 June 2009 | 2]]''' | |
| Group 3]] winner | 0017 June 2009 | 2000]], [2002](2002-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2004](2004-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2006](2006-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2008](2008-european-men-s-handball-championship)) | |
| Group 3]] runner-up | 0017 June 2009 | 2000]], [2006](2006-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2008](2008-european-men-s-handball-championship)) | |
| Group 4]] winner | 0017 June 2009 | 1994]], [1996](1996-european-men-s-handball-championship), [1998](1998-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2000](2000-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2002](2002-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2004](2004-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2006](2006-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2008](2008-european-men-s-handball-championship)) | |
| Group 4]] runner-up | 0021 June 2009 | 1994]], [1996](1996-european-men-s-handball-championship), [1998](1998-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2004](2004-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2006](2006-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2008](2008-european-men-s-handball-championship)) | |
| Group 5]] winner | 0013 June 2009 | 1994]], [1996](1996-european-men-s-handball-championship), [1998](1998-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2000](2000-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2002](2002-european-men-s-handball-championship), **[2004](2004-european-men-s-handball-championship)**, [2006](2006-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2008](2008-european-men-s-handball-championship)) | |
| Group 5]] runner-up | 0021 June 2009 | 1994]], [1996](1996-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2000](2000-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2002](2002-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2004](2004-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2006](2006-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2008](2008-european-men-s-handball-championship)) | |
| Group 6]] winner | 0017 June 2009 | 1994]], [1996](1996-european-men-s-handball-championship), [1998](1998-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2000](2000-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2002](2002-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2004](2004-european-men-s-handball-championship), **[2006](2006-european-men-s-handball-championship)**, [2008](2008-european-men-s-handball-championship)) | |
| Group 6]] runner-up | 0017 June 2009 | 1996]], [1998](1998-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2002](2002-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2004](2004-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2008](2008-european-men-s-handball-championship)) | |
| Group 7]] winner | 0017 June 2009 | 1994]], [1996](1996-european-men-s-handball-championship), [1998](1998-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2000](2000-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2002](2002-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2004](2004-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2006](2006-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2008](2008-european-men-s-handball-championship)) | |
| Group 7]] runner-up | 0018 June 2009 | 2000]], [2002](2002-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2004](2004-european-men-s-handball-championship), [2006](2006-european-men-s-handball-championship)) |
: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
;Group A
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 will compete for the [5th/6th place](5th-6th-placement-match) |
|---|
Group I
Venue: Stadthalle, Vienna
Group II
Venue: Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
Final round
Venue: Stadthalle, Vienna |30 January – 14:00 (Vienna)||28||36 |30 January – 16:30 (Vienna)||24||21 |31 January – 17:30 (Vienna)||25||21 |31 January – 15:00 (Vienna)||29||26
5th/6th place
Semifinals
Bronze-medal game
Final
Ranking and statistics
Final ranking
| Sweden and France are already qualified as hosts and reigning champions respectively. |
|---|
| **2010 Men's Handball European Champions** |
|---|
All Star Team
- Goalkeeper: Sławomir Szmal
- Left Wing: Manuel Štrlek
- Left Back: Filip Jicha
- Playmaker: Nikola Karabatic
- Pivot: Igor Vori
- Right Back: Ólafur Stefánsson
- Right Wing: Luc Abalo
Other awards
- **Best Defence Player **: Jakov Gojun
- Most Valuable Player: Filip Jícha Source: ehf-euro.com
Top goalkeepers
| Rank | Name | Team | Shots | Saves | % | MP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **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
| Rank | Name | Team | Shots | Goals | % | MP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **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
EHF Broadcasting rights
| EHF Broadcasting rights |
|---|
| **Standard Definition (SDTV)** |
| **High Definition (HDTV)** |
References
References
- (24 June 2009). "Draw sets up heavyweight contests". ehf-euro.com/aut2010.com.
- "Team Handball News: 2011 WC Qualification (Men)".
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