2010 European Men's Handball Championship Explained

Tourney Name:	EHF European Men's Handball Championship
Year:	2010
Other Titles:	Handball-Europameisterschaft 2010
Size:	300px
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
Top Scorer:	(53 goals)
Previous:	2008 European Men's Handball Championship
Next:	2012 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:

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Outside of the two bids, the following bids were withdrawn: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

Country

Votes
	28
	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
Olympiahalle Capacity: 10,000		Stadthalle Graz Capacity: 5,000

Qualification

See 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

width=17%	Country !	width=17%	Qualified as!	width=17%	Date qualification was secured !	width=49%	Previous appearances in tournament^1
	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.^[1]

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Squads

See main article: 2010 European Men's Handball Championship 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, GrazAll times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

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Group B

Venue: Intersport Arena, LinzAll times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

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Group C

Venue: Olympiaworld, InnsbruckAll times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

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Group D

Venue: Arena Nova, Wiener NeustadtAll times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

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Main round

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

Group I

Venue: Stadthalle, Vienna

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Group II

Venue: Olympiaworld, Innsbruck

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Final round

Venue: Stadthalle, Vienna

Semifinals

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Final

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

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	Team advanced to the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship^[2]
	Sweden and France are already qualified as hosts and reigning champions respectively.

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)!Rank!Name!Team!Shots!Saves!!

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)!Rank!Name!Team!Shots!Goals!!

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)
width=20%		ORF1 ORF Sport Plus
	HRT2
	ČT4
	TV 2 TV 2 Sport
	Canal+ Sport Sport+
	ARD ZDF DSF
	Sport TV
	RÚV
	Sportitalia
	Sport1
	TV 2 TV 2 Zebra TV 2 Sport
	Polsat Polsat Sport Polsat Sport Extra
	RTS 1 RTS 2
	TVS 2
	Teledeporte TVE Canal+
	TV4 TV4 Sport
High Definition (HDTV)
	ORF1 HB HD
	Polsat Sport HD
	TV4 HD

See also

• 2010 European Women's Handball Championship

Notes and References

1. News: Draw sets up heavyweight contests . ehf-euro.com/aut2010.com . 24 June 2009 . 24 June 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090621190940/http://www.ehf-euro.com/aut2010/news/singe-news/article/champions-draw-on-24-june.html . 21 June 2009 . dead .
2. Web site: Team Handball News: 2011 WC Qualification (Men). 31 January 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100220110444/http://teamhandballnews.com/page30.html. 20 February 2010. dead.