2010 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Outside of the two bids, the following bids were withdrawn: On the 5 May 2006, in Vilamoura, Portugal, Austria was given the hosting rights for the first time ever.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.
 * 🇩🇪 Germany
 * 🇮🇸 Iceland
 * Croatia
 * 🇲🇰 Macedonia
 * 🇭🇺 Hungary

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.

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

 * 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.

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, 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)

Group I
Venue: Stadthalle, Vienna

Group II
Venue: Olympiaworld, Innsbruck

Final round
Venue: Stadthalle, Vienna

All Star Team

 * Goalkeeper: 🇵🇱 Sławomir Szmal (POL)
 * Left Wing: Manuel Štrlek
 * Left Back: 🇨🇿 Filip Jicha (CZE)
 * Playmaker: 🇫🇷 Nikola Karabatic (FRA)
 * Pivot: Igor Vori
 * Right Back: 🇮🇸 Ólafur Stefánsson (ISL)
 * Right Wing: 🇫🇷 Luc Abalo (FRA)

Other awards
Source: ehf-euro.com
 * Best Defence Player : Jakov Gojun
 * Most Valuable Player: 🇨🇿 Filip Jícha (CZE)

Top goalkeepers
Source: EHF

Top goalscorers
Source: EHF