2010 European Men's Handball Championship


The 2010 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was held in Austria from 19–31 January, in the cities of Vienna, Graz, Innsbruck, Linz and Wiener Neustadt.

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].
ViennaLinzWiener Neustadt
Wiener Stadthalle
Capacity: 11,000		Intersport Arena
Capacity: 6,000		Arena Nova
Capacity: 5,000
InnsbruckGraz
Olympiaworld Innsbruck
Capacity: 10,000		Stadthalle Graz
Capacity: 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

Seeding

The draw for the final tournament took place 19:00 CET on 24 June 2009 at the Liechtenstein Museum in Vienna.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

    • Squads

    ;Group A
    ;Group B
    ;Group C
    ;Group D
    In the following tables:
    The teams placed first, second and third qualified to the main round.

    Group A

    Venue: Stadthalle, Graz
    All times are Central European Time
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    Group B

    Venue: Intersport Arena, Linz
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    Group C

    Venue: Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
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    Group D

    Venue: Arena Nova, Wiener Neustadt
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    Main round

    Group I

    Venue: Stadthalle, Vienna
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    Group II

    Venue: Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
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    Final round

    Venue: Stadthalle, Vienna

    5th/6th Place

    Semifinals

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    Bronze Medal Game

    Final

    Ranking and Statistics

    Final ranking

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

    All Star Team

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    Top goalkeepers

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    Top goalscorers

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    EHF Broadcasting rights