Host country Austria Champions France (2nd title) Fourth place Poland Dates 19 Jan 2010 – 31 Jan 2010 Match 47 Attendance 285,400 | Venue(s) 5 (in 5 host cities) Runner-up Croatia Matches 47 Best player Filip Jícha Teams 16 | |
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Champion France national handball team Third place Iceland national handball team | ||
The 2010 EHF European Men's Handball Championship (9th tournament) was held in Austria from 19–31 January, in the cities of Vienna, Graz, Innsbruck, Linz and Wiener Neustadt.
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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 qualifyd to European Championship.
Seeding
The draw for the final tournament took place 19:00 CET on 24 June 2009 at the Liechtenstein Museum in Vienna.
Preliminary round
In the following tables:
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
Other awards
Source: ehf-euro.com
Top goalkeepers
Source: EHF
Top goalscorers
Source: EHF