The 2010 European Handball Championship for Men was held in Austria from January 19 to January 31, 2010 . This is the ninth tournament in a row.
| European Men's Handball Championship 2010 | |
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| Handball-Europameisterschaft 2010 | |
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| Championship details | |
| Location |  Austria |
| Cities | Vienna , Wiener Neustadt , Graz , Innsbruck , Linz |
| The timing of the qualifying tournament | October 29, 2008 - June 21, 2009 |
| Deadline for the final tournament | January 19 - January 31 |
| Number of participants | 38 |
| in the final stage | sixteen |
| Top places | |
 Champion |  France (2nd time) |
 Second place |  Croatia |
 Third place |  Iceland |
| Championship statistics | |
| Matches played | 47 |
| Goals scored | 2690 (57.23 per game) |
| Bombardier (s) |  Philip Yiha (53 goals) |
| Best player | Philip Yiha |
The tournament is qualifying for the 2011 World Cup . Three best teams get directly to the championship (except for Sweden and France, already qualified there as a host country and a reigning champion). The remaining eleven, already after the competition, will play butt matches with teams that did not make it to the European Championship.
The French team that won the tournament became the one-time holder of all the top handball titles: the 2008 Olympic Games champion , the reigning world and European champions.
Stadiums
The location of the cities in Austria where the matches were held
Competitions were held in five stadiums:
- Vienna - Wiener Stadthalle (11,000 people)
- Wiener Neustadt - Arena Nova (5000 people)
- Graz - Stadthalle Graz (5000 people)
- Innsbruck - Olympiaworth Innsbruck (10,000 people)
- Linz - Intersport Arena (6000 people)
Qualification
For the first time in the qualification, all teams except the host country ( Austria ) and the current champion ( Denmark ) were to take part in the European Handball Championship. All other countries were divided into six groups of five teams and one by six and held butt games with each other. The first and second places went to the European champion.
The qualifying draw took place on April 18, 2008 . Matches were held from October 29, 2008 to June 21, 2009 .
| A place | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 5 | Group 6 | Group 7 |
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| one | Sweden | Russia | Iceland | Croatia | Germany | France | Spain |
| 2 | Poland | Serbia | Norway | Hungary | Slovenia | Czech | Ukraine |
| 3 | Montenegro | Bosnia and Herzegovina | North Macedonia | Slovakia | Belorussia | Portugal | Netherlands |
| four | Romania | Switzerland | Estonia | Greece | Israel | Latvia | Lithuania |
| five | Turkey | Italy | Belgium | Finland | Bulgaria | Luxembourg | Republic of Cyprus |
| 6 | Faroe islands |
Initially, the teams of Georgia and Moldova should have participated in the qualification, placed in the 1st and 3rd groups, respectively, but later they refused to participate.
Draw
Championship logo and mascot
The draw for the final tournament was held on June 24, 2009 in Vienna .
| Cart 1 | Cart 2 | Basket 3 | Cart 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | Sweden | Austria | Slovenia |
| Croatia | Spain | Norway | Czech |
| France | Iceland | Poland | Ukraine |
| Germany | Russia | Hungary | Serbia |
Compositions
Competition
- Matches start time is local ( UTC + 1 ).
Preliminary round
Support Group Speech
Group A
| A place | Team | AT | H | P | Gz | GP | +/- | Glasses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Croatia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 76 | +7 | 6 |
| 2 | Norway | 2 | 0 | one | 82 | 78 | +4 | four |
| 3 | Russia | one | 0 | 2 | 89 | 91 | −2 | 2 |
| four | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 3 | 87 | 96 | −9 | 0 |
| January 19 18:10 | Report | Russia | 37:33 (21:16) | Ukraine | Stadthalle Graz , Graz Spectators : 3000 Judges: Ivan Kakador , Euriko Nicolau |
| Konstantin Igropulo - 11 | Goals | Sergey Burka , Sergey Onufrienko - 9 |
| January 19 20:10 | Report | Croatia | 25:23 (11:10) | Norway | Stadthalle Graz , Graz Spectators : 4000 Judges: Gregorio Muro , Alfonso Rodriguez |
| Drago Vukovich - 7 | Goals | Howard Twedten - 9 |
| January 21 18:10 | Report | Ukraine | 25:28 (14:12) | Croatia | Stadthalle Graz , Graz Spectators : 4200 Judges: Ricard Kanbro , Mikael Clesson |
| Sergey Onufrienko - 11 | Goals | Igor Vori - 6 |
| January 21 20:10 | Report | Norway | 28: 24 (16:13) | Russia | Stadthalle Graz , Graz Spectators : 4200 Judges: Norden Lazar , Lauren Revere |
| Christian Helling - 8 | Goals | Dmitry Kovalev , Alexey Rastvortsev - 4 |
| January 23 18:10 | Report | Croatia | 30:28 (17:16) | Russia | Stadthalle Graz , Graz Spectators : 4500 Judges: Berndt Mete , Rainer Mete |
| Ivan Chupich - 8 | Goals | Konstantin Igropulo - 12 |
| January 23 20:10 | Report | Norway | 31:29 (14:16) | Ukraine | Stadthalle Graz , Graz Spectators : 3500 Judges: Ivan Kakador , Euriko Nicolau |
| Lars Eric Björnsen - 7 | Goals | Sergey Burka , Sergey Onufienko - 7 |
Group B
| A place | Team | AT | H | P | Gz | GP | +/- | Glasses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Iceland | one | 2 | 0 | 93 | 88 | +5 | four |
| 2 | Denmark | 2 | 0 | one | 83 | 79 | +4 | four |
| 3 | Austria | one | one | one | 103 | 101 | 2 | 3 |
| four | Serbia | 0 | one | 2 | 83 | 94 | −11 | one |
| January 19 18:15 | Report | Denmark | 33: 29 (17:15) | Austria | Intersport Arena , Linz Viewers : 5500 Judges: Norden Lazar , Lauren Revere |
| Thomas Mogensen - 7 | Goals | Vytautas Zhura - 7 |
| January 19 20:15 | Report | Iceland | 29: 29 (15:11) | Serbia | Intersport Arena , Linz Spectators : 5000 Judges: Bernd Mete , Rainer Mete |
| Goodyon Valour Sigurdsson - 9 | Goals | Momir Ilic - 7 |
| January 21 18:15 | Report | Austria | 37: 37 (17:20) | Iceland | Intersport Arena , Linz Spectators : 6000 Judges: Constantin Din , Sorin-Laurentiu Dinu |
| Victor Siladi - 10 | Goals | Arnor Atlason - 8 |
| January 21 20:15 | Report | Serbia | 23:28 (9:15) | Denmark | Intersport Arena , Linz Spectators : 6000 Judges: Vaclav Goracek , Jiri Novotny |
| Momir Ilic , Zarko Sheshum , Ivan Stankovich - 4 | Goals | Anders Eggert Jensen - 10 |
| January 23 18:15 | Report | Austria | 37:31 (15:18) | Serbia | Intersport Arena , Linz Spectators : 6000 Judges: Gregorio Muro , Alfonso Rodriguez |
| Victor Siladi - 9 | Goals | Hot Sheshum - 8 |
| January 23 20:15 | Report | Denmark | 22:27 (13:15) | Iceland | Intersport Arena , Linz Viewers : 5500 Judges: Ricard Canbro , Michael Clesson |
| Lars Christiansen - 5 | Goals | Gudion Valur Sigurdsson - 6 |
Group C
| A place | Team | AT | H | P | Gz | GP | +/- | Glasses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Poland | 2 | one | 0 | 84 | 79 | +5 | five |
| 2 | Slovenia | one | 2 | 0 | 91 | 89 | +2 | four |
| 3 | Germany | one | one | one | 89 | 90 | −1 | 3 |
| four | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 3 | 78 | 84 | −6 | 0 |
| January 19 18:30 | Report | Germany | 25:27 (8:12) | Poland | Olympiaworld Innsbruck , Innsbruck Viewers : 6800 Judges: Per Olessen , Lars Elby Pedersen |
| Lars Kaufman - 7 | Goals | Karol Beletsky - 6 |
| January 19 20:30 | Report | Sweden | 25: 27 (13: 7) | Slovenia | Olympiaworld Innsbruck , Innsbruck Viewers : 4800 Judges: Gerhard Reising , Christian Kashiuts |
| Yunas Chelman , Lucas Karlsson , Niklas Ekberg , Dalibor Doder - 5 | Goals | Luka Zvizhey - 8 |
| January 20th 18:30 | Report | Slovenia | 34:34 (16:11) | Germany | Olympiaworld Innsbruck , Innsbruck Viewers : 7200 Judges: Andrey Gusko , Sergey Repkin |
| View Cavtichik , David Shpiler - 7 | Goals | Christoph Toyerkauf - 7 |
| January 20th 20:30 | Report | Poland | 27:24 (15:14) | Sweden | Olympiaworld Innsbruck , Innsbruck Viewers : 7500 Judges: Nenad Nikolic , Dusan Stoykovich |
| Tomash Rosinsky , Michal Yuretsky - 6 | Goals | Kim Andersson - 4 |
| January 22 18:15 | Report | Germany | 30:29 (21:18) | Sweden | Olympiaworld Innsbruck , Innsbruck Viewers : 8200 Judges: Nenad Nikolic , Dusan Stoykovich |
| Holger Glandorf - 8 | Goals | Kim Andersson - 7 |
| January 22 20:15 | Report | Poland | 30:30 (12:13) | Slovenia | Olympiaworld Innsbruck , Innsbruck Viewers : 7500 Judges: Kenneth Abrahamsen , Arne Christiansen |
| Krzysztof Lievsky - 6 | Goals | Luka Zwizhiei - 9 |
Group D
Match Czech Republic - France
| A place | Team | AT | H | P | Gz | GP | +/- | Glasses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Spain | 2 | one | 0 | 95 | 74 | +21 | five |
| 2 | France | one | 2 | 0 | 74 | 73 | +1 | four |
| 3 | Czech | one | 0 | 2 | 78 | 84 | −6 | 2 |
| four | Hungary | 0 | one | 2 | 80 | 96 | −16 | one |
| January 19 18:15 | Report | Spain | 37:25 (17:10) | Czech | Arena Nova , Wiener Neustadt Viewers : 2800 Judges: Constantin Din , Sorin-Laurentiu Dinu |
| Iker Romero - 14 | Goals | Philip Iha - 7 |
| January 19 20:15 | Report | France | 29: 29 (16:16) | Hungary | Arena Nova , Wiener Neustadt Viewers : 3500 Judges: Nenad Nikolic , Dusan Stoykovich |
| Nikola Karabatich - 7 | Goals | Ferenc Iyesh - 7 |
| January 20th 18:15 | Report | Czech | 20:21 (10:16) | France | Arena Nova , Wiener Neustadt Viewers : 3800 Judges: Kenneth Abrahamsen , Arne Christiansen |
| Philip Iha - 6 | Goals | Luc Abalo , Daniel Narciss - 4 |
| January 20th 20:15 | Report | Hungary | 25: 34 (9:17) | Spain | Arena Nova , Wiener Neustadt Viewers : 3800 Judges: Gerhard Reising , Christian Kashiuts |
| Milorad Krivokapits , Peter Guiyash - 5 | Goals | Alberto Entrerrios , Victor Thomas - 7 |
| January 22 18:15 | Report | France | 24: 24 (10:10) | Spain | Arena Nova , Wiener Neustadt Viewers : 3800 Judges: Andrey Gusko , Sergey Repkin |
| Nikola Karabatich - 5 | Goals | Julen Aginagalde , Juan Antonio Garcia - 6 |
| January 22 20:15 | Report | Hungary | 26: 33 (13:14) | Czech | Arena Nova , Wiener Neustadt Spectators : 4000 Judges: Per Olesen , Lars Elby Pedersen |
| Gabor Chasar - 6 | Goals | Philip Iha - 14 |
Main Round
Group I
| A place | Team | AT | H | P | Gz | GP | +/- | Glasses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Croatia | four | one | 0 | 134 | 123 | +11 | 9 |
| 2 | Iceland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 163 | 149 | +14 | eight |
| 3 | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 2 | 136 | 134 | +2 | 6 |
| four | Norway | 2 | 0 | 3 | 138 | 135 | +3 | four |
| five | Austria | one | one | 3 | 147 | 156 | −9 | 3 |
| 6 | Russia | 0 | 0 | five | 140 | 161 | −21 | 0 |
| The 25th of January 4:00 pm | Report | Croatia | 26:26 (12:15) | Iceland | Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna Viewers : 6800 Judges: Vaclav Goracek , Jiri Novotny |
| Ivan Chupich - 5 | Goals | Oulavur Stefownsson - 7 |
| The 25th of January 18:00 | Report | Norway | 30: 27 (12:11) | Austria | Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna Viewers : 6800 Judges: Norden Lazar , Lauren Revere |
| Bjarte Muerhol , Howard Tvedten - 6 | Goals | Roland Schlinger - 6 |
| The 25th of January 20:15 | Report | Russia | 28: 34 (13:18) | Denmark | Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna Viewers : 6800 Judges: Gregorio Muro , Alfonso Rodriguez |
| Konstantin Igropulo - 6 | Goals | Lars Christiansen , Michael Knudsen - 6 |
| January 26 4:00 pm | Report | Russia | 30: 38 (10:19) | Iceland | Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna Viewers : 4000 Judges: Norden Lazar , Lauren Revere |
| Mikhail Chipurin - 7 | Goals | Snorr Steinne Gudjonsson , Alexander Petersson - 7 |
| January 26 18:00 | Report | Croatia | 26:23 (11:10) | Austria | Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna Spectators : 8000 Judges: Ricard Canbro , Michael Clesson |
| Ivan Chupich - 6 | Goals | Victor Silady , Roland Schlinger - 5 |
| January 26 20:15 | Report | Norway | 23:24 (15:11) | Denmark | Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna Spectators : 7000 Judges: Berndt Mete , Rainer Mete |
| Christian Helling - 7 | Goals | Anders Eggert Jensen , Hans Lindberg , Mikkel Hansen - 5 |
| 28 January 4:00 pm | Report | Norway | 34:35 (16:18) | Iceland | Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna Spectators : 7000 Judges: Gregorio Muro , Alfonso Rodriguez |
| Howard Twedten - 7 | Goals | Arnor Atlason - 10 |
| 28 January 18:00 | Report | Russia | 30: 31 (15:17) | Austria | Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna Spectators : 8200 Judges: Berndt Mete , Rainer Mete |
| Mikhail Chipurin - 7 | Goals | Robert Weber , Konrad Wilchinski , Roland Schlinger - 6 |
| 28 January 20:15 | Report | Croatia | 27:23 (2:11 pm) | Denmark | Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna Viewers : 9000 Judges: Vaclav Goracek , Jiri Novotny |
| Denis Buntich - 8 | Goals | Michael Knudsen , Mikkel Hansen - 5 |
Group II
| A place | Team | AT | H | P | Gz | GP | +/- | Glasses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | France | four | one | 0 | 135 | 118 | +17 | 9 |
| 2 | Poland | 3 | one | one | 148 | 144 | +4 | 7 |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | one | one | 152 | 133 | +19 | 7 |
| four | Czech | one | one | 3 | 142 | 154 | −12 | 3 |
| five | Germany | 0 | 2 | 3 | 127 | 136 | −9 | 2 |
| 6 | Slovenia | 0 | 2 | 3 | 159 | 178 | −19 | 2 |
| January 24 16:30 | Report | Germany | 22:24 (10:12) | France | Olympiaworld Innsbruck , Innsbruck Viewers : 8200 Judges: Konstantin Dean , Sorin-Laurentiu Dinu |
| Thorsten Jansen - 5 | Goals | Guillaume Joly - 7 |
| January 24 18:30 | Report | Poland | 32: 26 (13: 9) | Spain | Olympiaworld Innsbruck , Innsbruck Viewers : 7700 Judges: Per Olessen , Lars Elby Pedersen |
| Bartosh Yuretsky - 6 | Goals | Iker Romero - 8 |
| January 24 20:30 | Report | Slovenia | 35: 37 (12:21) | Czech | Olympiaworld Innsbruck , Innsbruck Viewers : 5600 Judges: Gerhard Reising , Christian Kashiuts |
| Kavtichnik view - 8 | Goals | Philip Iha - 12 |
| January 26 16:15 | Report | Slovenia | 28: 37 (18:17) | France | Olympiaworld Innsbruck , Innsbruck Spectators : 4500 Judges: Per Olessen , Lars Elby Pedersen |
| Kavtichnik , Onion Slays - 6 | Goals | Michael Gigu - 10 |
| January 26 18:15 | Report | Germany | 20: 25 (9:14) | Spain | Olympiaworld Innsbruck , Innsbruck Judges: Nenad Nikolic , Dusan Stoykovich |
| Uwe Gensheimer - 5 | Goals | Victor Thomas - 6 |
| January 26 20:15 | Report | Poland | 35: 34 (18:19) | Czech | Olympiaworld Innsbruck , Innsbruck Viewers : 5100 Judges: Kenneth Abrahamsen , Arne Christiansen |
| Karol Beletsky - 7 | Goals | Philip Iha - 7 |
| 28 January 16:30 | Report | Germany | 26: 26 (16:14) | Czech | Olympiaworld Innsbruck , Innsbruck Viewers : 5200 Judges: Kenneth Abrahamsen , Arne Christiansen |
| Lars Kaufman - 7 | Goals | Philip Iha - 6 |
| 28 January 18:30 | Report | Slovenia | 32:40 (14:20) | Spain | Olympiaworld Innsbruck , Innsbruck Viewers : 6400 Judges: Konstantin Dean , Sorin-Laurentiu Dinu |
| Luka Zwizhiei - 9 | Goals | Alberto Entrerrios - 11 |
| 28 January 20:30 | Report | Poland | 24:29 (10:15) | France | Olympiaworld Innsbruck , Innsbruck Spectators : 7000 Judges: Nenad Nikolic , Dusan Stojkovic |
| Karol Beletsky - 5 | Goals | Daniel Narcisse , Cedric Sorendo - 5 |
Play Off
Semifinal Iceland — France
Semifinal Croatia — Poland
| Semifinals | The final | ||||||
| January 30 - Vienna | |||||||
| Iceland | 28 | ||||||
| France | 36 | ||||||
| January 31 - Vienna | |||||||
| France | 25 | ||||||
| Croatia | 21 | ||||||
| Third place | |||||||
| January 30 - Vienna | January 31 - Vienna | ||||||
| Croatia | 24 | Iceland | 29 | ||||
| Poland | 21 | Poland | 26 | ||||
Match for 5th place
| January 30 11:30 | Report | Denmark | 34:27 (18:13) | Spain | Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna Viewers : 4000 Judges: Gerhard Reisinger , Christian Kashyuts |
| Torsten Laen - 8 | Goals | Christian Malmagro - 7 |
Semifinal
| January 30 2:00 pm | Report | Iceland | 28: 36 (14:16) | France | Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna Viewers : 9000 Judges: Per Olessen , Lars Elby Pedersen |
| Aaron Palmarsson - 6 | Goals | Nikola Karabatich - 9 |
| January 30 16:30 | Report | Croatia | 24:21 (9:10) | Poland | Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna Spectators : 11,000 Judges: Kenneth Abrahamsen , Arne Christiansen |
| Ivan Chupich - 6 | Goals | Michal Yuretsky - 7 |
Match for 3rd place
| January 31 3:00 pm | Report | Iceland | 29:26 (18:10) | Poland | Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna Spectators : 9000 Judges: Norden Lazar , Lauren Revere |
| Goodyon Valour Sigurdsson - 8 | Goals | Tomash Tlucin , Bartosh Yuretsky , Michal Yuretsky - 4 |
Final
| January 31 5:30 pm | Report | France | 25:21 (12:12) | Croatia | Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna Spectators : 11,000 Judges: Bernd Mete , Rainer Mete |
| Nikola Karabatich - 6 | Goals | Vedran Zrnich - 7 |
Bombardiers
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Symbolic team
France national team at the award
- Goalkeeper - Slavomir Shmal
- Left Welterweight - Manuel Strleck
- Left extreme - Philip Iha
- Point guard - Nikola Karabatich
- Linear - Igor Vori
- Right Welterweight - Luke Abalo
- Right extreme - Olafur Stefaunsson
Individual Prizes
- Most Valuable Player (MVP) - Philip Iha
- Top scorer - Philip Iha
- The best defensive player - Jacob Goyun