2010 European Women's Handball Championship

2010 EHF European Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host countries  Denmark
 Norway
Dates 7–19 December
Teams 16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Norway (5th title)
Runner-up  Sweden
Third place  Romania
Fourth place  Denmark
Tournament statistics
Matches 47
Goals scored 2388 (50.81 per match)
Attendance 215,752 (4,590 per match)
Top scorer(s)  Cristina Neagu (ROU)
(53 goals)
Best player  Linnea Torstenson (SWE)
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The 2010 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Denmark and Norway from 7–19 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
Larvik Map Aalborg
Arena Larvik
Capacity: 4,000
Location of venues used during the 2010 Championship
Gigantium
Capacity: 7,600
Herning Aarhus
Jyske Bank Boxen
Capacity: 12,000
NRGi Arena
Capacity: 4,740

Competition Format

  • Preliminary Round: 16 teams were divided into four groups. They played each other in a single round robin system, so each team played three matches. A win was worth two points, while a draw was worth one point. The top three teams from each group advanced to the Main Round.
  • Main Round: 12 teams were divided in two groups. They played against the teams they didn't play in the Preliminary Round, so each team played 3 matches. All points from the Preliminary Round, except the points gained against the 4th place team in the preliminary group, were carried forward into the Main Round. Same round robin rules applied as in the Preliminary Round. Top 2 teams from each group advanced to the Semifinals, while the third placed team from each group advanced to the 5th–6th Place Play-off.
  • Final Round: 6 teams play in the final weekend of the championships. 3rd place teams from the Main Round played in the 5th–6th Place Play-off. Other teams played in the Semi-finals. Losers of the Semi-finals advanced to the 3rd–4th Place Play-off, and winners advanced to the Final.

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

Qualification matches were played from September 2009 to May 2010.[1] 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

CountryQualified asDate qualification was securedPrevious appearances in tournament1
 DenmarkCo-hosts5 May 20068 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
 NorwayCo-hosts5 May 20068 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
 HungaryGroup 2 winner4 April 20108 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
 FranceGroup 3 winner4 April 20105 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
 GermanyGroup 4 winner4 April 20108 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
 SpainGroup 5 winner4 April 20105 (1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
 MontenegroGroup 6 winner4 April 20100 (debut)
 Russia2nd place in Group 64 April 20108 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
 CroatiaGroup 7 winner4 April 20105 (1994, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2008)
 Romania2nd place in Group 126 May 20107 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008)
 UkraineGroup 1 winner26 May 20108 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
 Iceland2nd place in Group 329 May 20100 (debut)
 Slovenia2nd place in Group 430 May 20103 (2002, 2004, 2006)
 Netherlands2nd place in Group 730 May 20103 (1998, 2002, 2006)
 Sweden2nd place in Group 230 May 20106 (1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
 Serbia2nd place in Group 530 May 20102 (2006, 2008)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year

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]

  • Croatia Matija Gubica and Boris Milošević
  • Czech Republic Jiří Opava and Pavel Válek
  • Denmark Martin Gjeding and Mads Hansen
  • Denmark Marlene Kroløkke Lythje and Karina Christiansen
  • France Charlotte Bonaventura and Julie Bonaventura
  • Hungary Csaba Kékes and Pál Kékes
  • Israel Slomo Cohen and Yoram Peretz
  • Latvia Zigmārs Stoļarovs and Renārs Līcis
  • Montenegro Ivan Pavićević and Miloš Ražnatović
  • Norway Kjersti Arntsen and Ida Cecilie Gullaksen
  • Romania Diana-Carmen Florescu and Anamaria Duţă
  • Russia Valerija Guseva and Stella Vartanyan
  • Slovakia Peter Brunovský and Vladimír Čanda

Seeding

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

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Preliminary round

     Team advances to the Main Round
     Team is eliminated from the tournament

Group A (Aalborg)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
 Denmark33007261+116
 Romania32019279+134
 Spain31027175−42
 Serbia30037191−200

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

7 December
18:15
Spain  26 – 30  Romania Gigantium Arena, Aalborg
Attendance: 4,231
Referees: Arntsen, Gullaksen (NOR)
Pena 6 (10–15) Vărzaru 9
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7 December
20:45
Denmark  25 – 20  Serbia Gigantium Arena, Aalborg
Attendance: 6,223
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Kviesgaard 4 (14–6) Lekic 7
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

9 December
18:45
Serbia  23 – 26  Spain Gigantium Arena, Aalborg
Attendance: 4,625
Referees: Kékes, Kékes (HUN)
Lekić, Damnjanović 6 (9–14) Alberto 5
 Yellow card Report

9 December
20:45
Romania  22 – 25  Denmark Gigantium Arena, Aalborg
Attendance: 6,476
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Neagu 8 (15–14) Norgaard 7
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

11 December
18:45
Romania  40 – 28  Serbia Gigantium Arena, Aalborg
Attendance: 5,800
Referees: Cohen, Peretz (ISR)
Neagu 7 (20–14) Krpez 6
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

11 December
20:45
Spain  19 – 22  Denmark Gigantium Arena, Aalborg
Attendance: 6,607
Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
Mangue 4 (9–12) Troelsen 6
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

Group B (Aarhus)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
 Russia32018269+134
 Montenegro32017874+44
 Croatia32018883+54
 Iceland30036991–220

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

7 December
18:15
Montenegro  24 – 22  Russia NRGI Atletion Arena, Aarhus
Attendance: 600
Referees: Kékes, Kékes (HUN)
Popović 9 (10–15) Kuznetcova, Turey 4
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7 December
20:15
Croatia  35 – 25  Iceland NRGI Atletion Arena, Aarhus
Attendance: 300
Referees: Cohen, Peretz (ISR)
Franić 9 (19–12) Stefansdottir 6
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

9 December
18:15
Iceland  23 – 26  Montenegro NRGI Atletion Arena, Aarhus
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Arntsen, Gullaksen (NOR)
Skúladóttir 8 (10–14) Radičević, Savić 6
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

9 December
20:15
Russia  30 – 24  Croatia NRGI Atletion Arena, Aarhus
Attendance: 900
Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
Kochetova 6 (16–11) Pusić, Franić 7
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

11 December
18:15
Russia  30 – 21  Iceland NRGI Atletion Arena, Aarhus
Attendance: 1,150
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Kochetova 6 (16–9) Bragadóttir 5
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

11 December
20:15
Montenegro  28 – 29  Croatia NRGI Atletion Arena, Aarhus
Attendance: 900
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Popović 11 (12–13) Penezić 10
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

Group C (Larvik)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
 Sweden33008568+176
 Netherlands31027068+22
 Ukraine31027181−102
 Germany31027887–92

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

7 December
17:45
Germany  25 – 27  Sweden Arena Larvik, Larvik
Attendance: 1,956
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Mietzner 6 (14–12) Gulldén 7
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

7 December
19:45
Ukraine  13 – 25  Netherlands Arena Larvik, Larvik
Attendance: 607
Referees: Lythje, Christiansen (DEN)
Shymkute 5 (8–13) Visser 10
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

8 December
17:45
Sweden  33 – 25  Ukraine Arena Larvik, Larvik
Attendance: 1,034
Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU)
Torstensson 7 (18–15) Vashchuk 6
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

8 December
19:45
Netherlands  27 – 30  Germany Arena Larvik, Larvik
Attendance: 1,058
Referees: Lythje, Christiansen (DEN)
van der Heijden 7 (18–17) Lörper 7
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10 December
17:45
Sweden  25 – 18  Netherlands Arena Larvik, Larvik
Attendance: 1,205
Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
Gulldén 6 (14–6) van der Wissel 6
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

10 December
19:45
Germany  23 – 33  Ukraine Arena Larvik, Larvik
Attendance: 894
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Jurack 6 (10–15) Manaharova 8
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

Group D (Lillehammer)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
 Norway33009951+486
 Hungary32016271–94
 France31026973–42
 Slovenia30035489−350

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

7 December
18:15
Hungary  28 – 19  Slovenia Håkons Hall, Lillehammer
Attendance: 4,300
Referees: Guseva, Vartanyan (RUS)
Bulath 6 (16–10) Zrnec 5
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

7 December
20:15
Norway  33 – 22  France Håkons Hall, Lillehammer
Attendance: 5,145
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Riegelhuth 7 (19–10) Deroin 4
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

8 December
18:15
France  18 – 21  Hungary Håkons Hall, Lillehammer
Attendance: 2,178
Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
Lacrabère 6 (7–12) Bulath 5
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

8 December
20:15
Slovenia  16 – 32  Norway Håkons Hall, Lillehammer
Attendance: 2,674
Referees: Guseva, Vartanyan (RUS)
Gros 4 (6–19) Løke 7
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

10 December
18:15
France  29 – 19  Slovenia Håkons Hall, Lillehammer
Attendance: 5,050
Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU)
Signate 7 (15–9) Jericek 8
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

10 December
20:15
Norway  34 – 13  Hungary Håkons Hall, Lillehammer
Attendance: 10,185
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Løke 7 (19–7) Szucsánszki 6
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

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.

     Team advances to the Semifinals
     Team will compete for the 5th/6th place
     Team is eliminated from the tournament

Group I (Herning)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
 Denmark5401133110+238
 Romania5302126129−36
 Montenegro5302125123+26
 Russia5203129124+54
 Croatia5203117142–254
 Spain5104117119−22

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

13 December
16:45
Spain  20 – 22  Montenegro MCH Indoor Arena, Herning
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Kékes, Kékes (HUN)
Alberto 6 (12–12) Popović 6
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

13 December
18:45
Romania  31 – 22  Croatia MCH Indoor Arena, Herning
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
Neagu, Manea 7 (14–12) Penezic 6
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

13 December
20:45
Denmark  26 – 20  Russia MCH Indoor Arena, Herning
Attendance: 11,454
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Augustesen 7 (11–10) Kuznetcova 4
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card Red card

14 December
16:45
Romania  23 – 21  Montenegro MCH Indoor Arena, Herning
Attendance: 3,420
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Neagu 11 (13–12) Popović 7
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

14 December
18:45
Spain  30 – 22  Russia MCH Indoor Arena, Herning
Attendance: 9,430
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Pena 8 (16–12) Davydenko, Vetkova 5
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

14 December
20:45
Denmark  31 – 19  Croatia MCH Indoor Arena, Herning
Attendance: 11,304
Referees: Kékes, Kékes (HUN)
Kviesgaard 7 (16–10) Horvat 4
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

16 December
16:45
Romania  20 – 35  Russia MCH Indoor Arena, Herning
Attendance: 3,980
Referees: Arntsen, Gullaksen (NOR)
Geiger 6 (10–19) Sen 6
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

16 December
18:45
Spain  22 – 23  Croatia MCH Indoor Arena, Herning
Attendance: 7,630
Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
three players 5 (10–11) Penezić 8
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

16 December
20:45
Denmark  29 – 30  Montenegro MCH Indoor Arena, Herning
Attendance: 11,461
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Dalby 8 (18–14) Popović 8
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

Group II (Lillehammer)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
 Sweden5401127103+248
 Norway540115391+628
 France5302116115+16
 Netherlands5203104115–114
 Hungary520398128–304
 Ukraine5005101147−460

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

12 December
16:15
Netherlands  21 – 23  France Håkons Hall
Attendance: 2,133
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Visser 9 (10–13) Dembele, Deroin, Lacrabère, Signate, Spincer 3
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12 December
18:15
Ukraine  25 – 26  Hungary Håkons Hall
Attendance: 2,471
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Pidpalova 9 (12–14) Szucsánszki 6
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

12 December
20:15
Sweden  24 – 19  Norway Håkons Hall
Attendance: 6,535
Referees: Guseva, Vartanyan (RUS)
Torstenson 7 (13–6) Alstad 5
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

14 December
16:15
Netherlands  27 – 19  Hungary Håkons Hall
Attendance: 346
Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
Van der Heijden, Visser 6 (15–10) Szucsánszki 6
 Yellow card Red card Report  Yellow card Red card

14 December
18:15
Sweden  21 – 22  France Håkons Hall
Attendance: 2,150
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Torstenson 8 (9–11) Pineau, Signate 4
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14 December
20:15
Ukraine  19 – 32  Norway Håkons Hall
Attendance: 3,527
Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU)
Laiuk, Zoria 3 (6–13) Løke 6
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

15 December
16:15
Ukraine  19 – 31  France Håkons Hall
Attendance: 711
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Borshchenko 7 (13–16) Pineau 6
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

15 December
18:15
Sweden  24 – 19  Hungary Håkons Hall
Attendance: 2,340
Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU)
Torstenson 8 (10–12) Szucsánszki 8
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

15 December
20:15
Netherlands  13 – 35  Norway Håkons Hall
Attendance: 5,123
Referees: Guseva, Vartanyan (RUS)
Abbingh 4 (9–18) Løke 7
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

Final round

Knockout map

 
SemifinalFinal
 
      
 
18 December (Herning)
 
 
 Denmark 19
 
19 December (Herning)
 
 Norway 29
 
 Norway 25
 
18 December (Herning)
 
 Sweden 20
 
 Romania 23
 
 
 Sweden 25
 
Bronze Match
 
 
19 December (Herning)
 
 
 Denmark 15
 
 
 Romania 16

5th Place Match

18 December
11:30
Montenegro  19 – 23  France MCH Indoor Arena, Herning
Attendance: 3,320
Referees: Kekes, Kekes (HUN)
Popović 5 (5–12) Signate 7
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

Semifinals

18 December
14:30
Romania  23 – 25  Sweden MCH Indoor Arena, Herning
Attendance: 9,600
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Neagu 7 (13–14) Torstenson 9
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

18 December
17:00
Denmark  19 – 29  Norway MCH Indoor Arena, Herning
Attendance: 11,411
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Skov 5 (10–14) Sulland 7
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

Bronze Medal Match

19 December
14:30
Denmark  15 – 16  Romania MCH Indoor Arena, Herning
Attendance: 11,004
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Nørgaard, Skov 4 (7–9) Neagu 6
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

Final

19 December
17:00
Norway  25 – 20  Sweden MCH Indoor Arena, Herning
Attendance: 11,004
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Løke, Hammerseng 5 (10–11) Gulldén 7
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

Final ranking and statistics

Qualified for the 2011 World Championship
 

Top Goalkeepers

Rank Name Team % Saves Shots
1 Katrine Lunde Haraldsen  Norway 47% 96205
2 Amandine Leynaud  France 44% 88198
3 Kari Aalvik Grimsbø  Norway 42% 2764
Cecilia Grubbström  Sweden 57137
Maria Sidorova  Russia 71168
Talida Tolnai  Romania 95227
7 Karin Mortensen  Denmark 41% 99241
Clara Woltering  Germany 1844
9 Silvia Navarro  Spain 39% 59151
Katalin Pálinger  Hungary 70178

Source: SportResult.com

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Team Goals Shots %
1 Cristina Neagu  Romania 53 10550%
2 Linnea Torstenson  Sweden 48 9053%
3 Bojana Popović  Montenegro 46 8554%
4 Heidi Løke  Norway 40 4785%
5 Isabelle Gulldén  Sweden 36 6555%
Maura Visser  Netherlands 6555%
7 Zita Szucsánszki  Hungary 34 6354%
8 Marija Jovanović  Montenegro 31 7641%
Andrea Penezić  Croatia 6250%
10 Ionela Stanca  Romania 28 3482%

Source: SportResult.com

 

Best defender

Rank Name Team Block Steals Total
1 Tonje Larsen  Norway 139 22
2 Linnea Torstenson  Sweden 911 20
3 Isabelle Gulldén  Sweden 107 17
Gro Hammerseng  Norway 116
5 Marit Malm Frafjord  Norway 79 16
3 Aurelia Bradeanu  Romania 95 14
Andrea Penezić  Croatia 113
Maria Tivadar  Romania 59
9 Milena Knezevic  Montenegro 57 12
Mette Melgaard  Denmark 210
Allison Pineau  France 57
Maura Visser  Netherlands 57

Source: SportResult.com

Most assists

Rank Name Team Assists
1 Cristina Neagu  Romania 36
2 Isabelle Gulldén  Sweden 30
3 Linnea Torstenson  Sweden 26
4 Bojana Popović  Montenegro 24
5 Gro Hammerseng  Norway 21
6 Maura Visser  Netherlands 20
7 Tonje Larsen  Norway 19
8 Trine Troelsen  Denmark 18
9 Pearl van der Wissel  Netherlands 17
10 Tonje Nøstvold  Norway 16

Source: SportResult.com

References

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