2010 European Women's Handball Championship Explained

Tourney Name:EHF European Women's Handball Championship
Year:2010
Size:200px
Country:Denmark
Country2:Norway
Dates:7–19 December
Num Teams:16
Confederations:1
Venues:5
Cities:5
Count:5
Matches:47
Goals:2388
Top Scorer:
(53 goals)
Previous:2008 European Women's Handball Championship
Next:2012 European Women's Handball Championship

The 2010 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Denmark and Norway from 7 to 19 December. It was the first European Championship hosted by two countries.[1] Norway won their overall 5th gold medal, when they defeated first time finalist Sweden in the final. Romania claimed the bronze medal.

Venues

Three Danish and two Norwegian cities have been selected to host the 2010 Championship. The venues in Aalborg, Aarhus and Larvik were only used during the preliminary round. The fourth venue to be used in this round is located in Lillehammer, and was also one of the two venues in the main round. The other being MCH Indoor Arena in Herning, which was the only venue to be used in the final round.[2] [3]

Lillehammer
Håkons Hall
Capacity: 11,500
LarvikMapAalborg
Arena Larvik
Capacity: 4,000		Gigantium
Capacity: 7,600
HerningAarhus
Jyske Bank Boxen
Capacity: 12,000		NRGi Arena
Capacity: 4,740

Competition format

Ranking in preliminary and main round

If two or more teams were equal on points in the preliminary or main round, their ranking was determined as follows:[4]

During the preliminary or main round matches:

  1. higher goal difference in all matches
  2. greater number of plus goals in all matches
  3. alphabetic order

After the completion of the preliminary and main round matches:

  1. better results in points gained in the direct encounter of the teams
  2. higher goal difference in the direct encounter of the teams
  3. greater number of plus goals in the direct encounter of the teams
  4. goal difference in all matches (achieved by subtraction)
  5. greater number of plus goals in all matches

Qualification

See main article: 2010 European Women's Handball Championship qualification.

Qualification matches were played from September 2009 to May 2010. Following the new system introduced for the 2010 Men's Championship, all teams were included in the qualification round, except host Denmark and defending champion and host Norway. Teams were divided in 7 groups and the two top ranked teams from each group qualified.

Qualified teams

width=17%Country !width=17%Qualified as!width=17%Date qualification was secured !width=49%Previous appearances in tournament1
00Co-hosts 005 May 2006 80 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
01Co-hosts 005 May 2006 80 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
02Group 2 winner 014 April 2010 80 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
03Group 3 winner 014 April 2010 50 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
04Group 4 winner 014 April 2010 80 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
05Group 5 winner 014 April 2010 50 (1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
06Group 6 winner 014 April 2010 00 (debut)
07014 April 2010 80 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
08Group 7 winner 014 April 2010 50 (1994, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2008)
080226 May 2010 70 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008)
08Group 1 winner 0226 May 2010 80 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
080229 May 2010 00 (debut)
080230 May 2010 30 (2002, 2004, 2006)
30 May 201030 (1998, 2002, 2006)
30 May 201060 (1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
30 May 201020 (2006, 2008)

1 Bold indicates champion for that year

Squads

See main article: 2010 European Women's Handball Championship squads. Each nation had to submit an initial squad of 28 players by 3 November 2010,[5] but 12 of them became reserves when the final squad of 16 players was announced the day before the tournament starts.[6]

Referees

13 Referee pairs were selected:[7]

Seeding

The draw for the final tournament took place 17:00 CET on 5 June 2010 in Odense.[8]

width=25%Pot 1width=25%Pot 2width=25%Pot 3width=25%Pot 4
  • (assigned to D1)
      • (assigned to C1)
      • (assigned to A2)
    • (assigned to B3)

Preliminary round

Group A (Aalborg)

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Group B (Aarhus)

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Group C (Larvik)

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Group D (Lillehammer)

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Main round

Top 2 teams from each group advanced to the Semifinals, while the third placed team from each group competed in a 5th/6th place play-off.

Group I (Herning)

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Group II (Lillehammer)

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Final round

Semifinals

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Final

Final ranking and statistics

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Rank width=170Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Source: EuroHandball.com

All-Star Team

Chosen by team officials and EHF experts: EHF-Euro.com

Other awards

Chosen by team officials and EHF experts: EHF-Euro.com

Top goalkeepers

RankNameTeam%SavesShots
1Katrine Lunde Haraldsen47%96 205
2Amandine Leynaud44%88 198
3Kari Aalvik Grimsbø42%27 64
Cecilia Grubbström57 137
Mariya Sidorova71 168
Talida Tolnai95 227
7Karin Mortensen41%99 241
Clara Woltering18 44
9Silvia Navarro39%59 151
Katalin Pálinger70 178
Source: SportResult.com

Top goalscorers

RankNameTeamGoalsShots%
1Cristina Neagu53105 50%
2Linnea Torstensson4890 53%
3Bojana Popović4685 54%
4Heidi Løke4047 85%
5Isabelle Gulldén3665 55%
Maura Visser65 55%
7Zita Szucsánszki3463 54%
8Marija Jovanović3176 41%
Andrea Penezić62 50%
10Ionela Stanca2834 82%
Source: SportResult.com

Best defender

RankNameTeamBlockStealsTotal
1Tonje Larsen13 922
2Linnea Torstensson9 1120
3Isabelle Gulldén10 717
Gro Hammerseng11 6
5Marit Malm Frafjord7 916
6Aurelia Brădeanu9 514
Andrea Penezić11 3
Maria Tivadar5 9
9Milena Knežević5 712
Mette Melgaard2 10
Allison Pineau5 7
Maura Visser5 7
Source: SportResult.com

Most assists

RankNameTeamAssists
1Cristina Neagu36
2Isabelle Gulldén30
3Linnea Torstensson26
4Bojana Popović24
5Gro Hammerseng21
6Maura Visser20
7Tonje Larsen19
8Trine Troelsen18
9Pearl van der Wissel17
10Tonje Nøstvold16
Source: SportResult.com

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women's EHF EURO 2010 Qualification Draw. 19 March 2009. European Handball Federation. 2009-03-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20090322043236/http://www.eurohandball.com/article/12194. 22 March 2009 . live.
  2. Web site: EM-håndball i Larvik og Lillehammer. 19 March 2009. TV 2 Sporten. no. 2009-03-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20090322080134/http://www.tv2sporten.no/handball/article2634571.ece. 22 March 2009 . live.
  3. Web site: EHF EURO 2010: playing schedule published. 25 June 2010. European Handball Federation. 2010-06-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20100630101448/http://www.eurohandball.com/article/13220. 30 June 2010 . live.
  4. Web site: EHF EURO Regulations . Statues of the European Handball Federation (EHF) . European Handball Federation (EHF) . 13–14 . 15 December 2010.
  5. http://www.ehf-euro.com/fileadmin/ehfeuro/EChW2010/PDF/Official_Squads/28_player_lists/all_teams_Official_Squad__28_Players.pdf Official 28 player Squad List
  6. http://ebook.eurohandball.com/DENNOR_2010Guide/ 9th Women's EHF Euro Championship Guide
  7. Web site: EHF EURO 2010 referees. 2010-11-09. ehf-euro.com. 2010-12-07.
  8. http://www.eurohandball.com/article/013184/EHF+EURO+2010+Draw+Results Draw results

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