2010 European Women's Handball Championship

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.

2010 EHF European Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host countries Denmark
 Norway
Dates7–19 December
Teams16 (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
Matches47
Goals scored2388 (50.81 per match)
Attendance215,752 (4,590 per match)
Top scorer(s) Cristina Neagu (ROU)
(53 goals)
Best player Linnea Torstenson (SWE)
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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
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
Main article: 2010 European Women's Handball Championship 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
 Denmark00Co-hosts005 May 200680 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
 Norway01Co-hosts005 May 200680 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
 Hungary02Group 2 winner014 April 201080 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
 France03Group 3 winner014 April 201050 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
 Germany04Group 4 winner014 April 201080 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
 Spain05Group 5 winner014 April 201050 (1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
 Montenegro06Group 6 winner014 April 201000 (debut)
 Russia072nd place in Group 6014 April 201080 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
 Croatia08Group 7 winner014 April 201050 (1994, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2008)
 Romania082nd place in Group 10226 May 201070 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008)
 Ukraine08Group 1 winner0226 May 201080 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
 Iceland082nd place in Group 30229 May 201000 (debut)
 Slovenia082nd place in Group 40230 May 201030 (2002, 2004, 2006)
 Netherlands2nd place in Group 730 May 201030 (1998, 2002, 2006)
 Sweden2nd place in Group 230 May 201060 (1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
 Serbia2nd place in Group 530 May 201020 (2006, 2008)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year

Squads
Main article: 2010 European Women's Handball Championship 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]

  • Matija Gubica and Boris Milošević
  • Jiří Opava and Pavel Válek
  • Martin Gjeding and Mads Hansen
  • Marlene Kroløkke Lythje and Karina Christiansen
  • Charlotte Bonaventura and Julie Bonaventura
  • Csaba Kékes and Pál Kékes
  • Slomo Cohen and Yoram Peretz
  • Zigmārs Stoļarovs and Renārs Līcis
  • Ivan Pavićević and Miloš Ražnatović
  • Kjersti Arntsen and Ida Cecilie Gullaksen
  • Diana-Carmen Florescu and Anamaria Duţă
  • Valerija Guseva and Stella Vartanyan
  • 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
     Advanced to the main round

Group A (Aalborg)
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 3 3 0 0 72 61 +11 6
 Romania 3 2 0 1 92 79 +13 4
 Spain 3 1 0 2 71 75 −4 2
 Serbia 3 0 0 3 71 91 −20 0
Source:

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
2× 3× Report 3× 3×
7 December
20:45		 Denmark  25 – 20  Serbia Gigantium Arena, Aalborg
Attendance: 6,223
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Kviesgaard 4 (14–6) Lekić 7
3× 2× Report 3× 1×
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
2× 1× Report  1×
9 December
20:45		 Romania  22 – 25  Denmark Gigantium Arena, Aalborg
Attendance: 6,476
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Neagu 8 (15–14) Norgaard 7
4× 1× Report 3× 1×
11 December
18:45		 Romania  40 – 28  Serbia Gigantium Arena, Aalborg
Attendance: 5,800
Referees: Cohen, Peretz (ISR)
Neagu 7 (20–14) Krpež 6
1× 3× Report 3× 4×
11 December
20:45		 Spain  19 – 22  Denmark Gigantium Arena, Aalborg
Attendance: 6,607
Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
Mangue 4 (9–12) Troelsen 6
4× 4× Report 3× 1×

Group B (Aarhus)
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Russia 3 2 0 1 82 69 +13 4
 Montenegro 3 2 0 1 78 74 +4 4
 Croatia 3 2 0 1 88 83 +5 4
 Iceland 3 0 0 3 69 91 −22 0
Source:

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
3× 4× 1× Report 3× 4×
7 December
20:15		 Croatia  35 – 25  Iceland NRGI Atletion Arena, Aarhus
Attendance: 300
Referees: Cohen, Peretz (ISR)
Franić 9 (19–12) Stefansdottir 6
3× 2× Report 3× 3×
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
2× 2× Report 2× 4×
9 December
20:15		 Russia  30 – 24  Croatia NRGI Atletion Arena, Aarhus
Attendance: 900
Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
Kochetova 6 (16–11) Pušić, Franić 7
3× 6× Report 3× 4×
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
3× 2× Report 2× 6×
11 December
20:15		 Montenegro  28 – 29  Croatia NRGI Atletion Arena, Aarhus
Attendance: 900
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Popović 11 (12–13) Penezić 10
3× 6× Report 2× 4×

Group C (Larvik)
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 3 3 0 0 85 68 +17 6
 Netherlands 3 1 0 2 70 68 +2 2
 Ukraine 3 1 0 2 71 81 −10 2
 Germany 3 1 0 2 78 87 −9 2
Source:

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
3× 3× Report 3× 5×
7 December
19:45		 Ukraine  13 – 25  Netherlands Arena Larvik, Larvik
Attendance: 607
Referees: Lythje, Christiansen (DEN)
Shymkute 5 (8–13) Visser 10
3× 1× Report 3× 5×
8 December
17:45		 Sweden  33 – 25  Ukraine Arena Larvik, Larvik
Attendance: 1,034
Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU)
Torstensson 7 (18–15) Vashchuk 6
3× 3× Report 2× 3×
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
3× 7× Report 3× 5×
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
3× 2× Report 2× 1×
10 December
19:45		 Germany  23 – 33  Ukraine Arena Larvik, Larvik
Attendance: 894
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Jurack 6 (10–15) Manaharova 8
3× 2× Report 3× 1×

Group D (Lillehammer)
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Norway 3 3 0 0 99 51 +48 6
 Hungary 3 2 0 1 62 71 −9 4
 France 3 1 0 2 69 73 −4 2
 Slovenia 3 0 0 3 54 89 −35 0
Source:

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
2× 5× Report 2× 2×
7 December
20:15		 Norway  33 – 22  France Håkons Hall, Lillehammer
Attendance: 5,145
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Riegelhuth 7 (19–10) Deroin 4
3× 3× Report 3× 3×
8 December
18:15		 France  18 – 21  Hungary Håkons Hall, Lillehammer
Attendance: 2,178
Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
Lacrabère 6 (7–12) Bulath 5
3× 2× Report 3× 6×
8 December
20:15		 Slovenia  16 – 32  Norway Håkons Hall, Lillehammer
Attendance: 2,674
Referees: Guseva, Vartanyan (RUS)
Gros 4 (6–19) Løke 7
3× 3× Report 2× 2×
10 December
18:15		 France  29 – 19  Slovenia Håkons Hall, Lillehammer
Attendance: 5,050
Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU)
Signate 7 (15–9) Jericek 8
3× 2× Report 3× 3×
10 December
20:15		 Norway  34 – 13  Hungary Håkons Hall, Lillehammer
Attendance: 10,185
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Løke 7 (19–7) Szucsánszki 6
3× 1× Report 3× 6×

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.

     Advanced to the semifinals
     Competed for the 5th place

Group I (Herning)
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 5 4 0 1 133 110 +23 8
 Romania 5 3 0 2 126 129 −3 6
 Montenegro 5 3 0 2 125 123 +2 6
 Russia 5 2 0 3 129 124 +5 4
 Croatia 5 2 0 3 117 142 −25 4
 Spain 5 1 0 4 117 119 −2 2
Source:

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
2× 3× Report 3× 4×
13 December
18:45		 Romania  31 – 22  Croatia MCH Indoor Arena, Herning
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
Neagu, Manea 7 (14–12) Penezić 6
1× Report 3× 4×
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
3× 2× Report 3× 1× 1×
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
1× 1× Report 3× 2×
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
3× 4× Report 3× 4×
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
3× 4× Report 3× 2×
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
2× 2× Report 2× 2×
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
3× 2× Report 3× 2×
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
3× 1× Report 2× 2×

Group II (Lillehammer)
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 5 4 0 1 127 103 +24 8
 Norway 5 4 0 1 153 91 +62 8
 France 5 3 0 2 116 115 +1 6
 Netherlands 5 2 0 3 104 115 −11 4
 Hungary 5 2 0 3 98 128 −30 4
 Ukraine 5 0 0 5 101 147 −46 0
Source:

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
3× 2× Report 3× 2×
12 December
18:15		 Ukraine  25 – 26  Hungary Håkons Hall
Attendance: 2,471
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Pidpalova 9 (12–14) Szucsánszki 6
3× 4× Report 2× 5×
12 December
20:15		 Sweden  24 – 19  Norway Håkons Hall
Attendance: 6,535
Referees: Guseva, Vartanyan (RUS)
Torstenson 7 (13–6) Alstad 5
2× 4× Report 2×
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
3× 4× 1× Report 3× 4× 1×
14 December
18:15		 Sweden  21 – 22  France Håkons Hall
Attendance: 2,150
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Torstenson 8 (9–11) Pineau, Signate 4
1× 3× 1× Report 3× 2×
14 December
20:15		 Ukraine  19 – 32  Norway Håkons Hall
Attendance: 3,527
Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU)
Laiuk, Zoria 3 (6–13) Løke 6
3× 2× Report 3× 1×
15 December
16:15		 Ukraine  19 – 31  France Håkons Hall
Attendance: 711
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Borshchenko 7 (13–16) Pineau 6
3× 1× Report 2× 2×
15 December
18:15		 Sweden  24 – 19  Hungary Håkons Hall
Attendance: 2,340
Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU)
Torstenson 8 (10–12) Szucsánszki 8
2× 1× Report 3× 4×
15 December
20:15		 Netherlands  13 – 35  Norway Håkons Hall
Attendance: 5,123
Referees: Guseva, Vartanyan (RUS)
Abbingh 4 (9–18) Løke 7
2× 2× Report 2× 1×

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
3× Report 2× 2×

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
3× 2× Report 3× 2×
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
3× 3× Report 2× 2×

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
3× 3× Report 2× 1×

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
1× 1× Report 3× 2×

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
6 Aurelia Bradeanu  Romania 95 14
Andrea Penezić  Croatia 113
Maria Tivadar  Romania 59
9 Milena Knežević  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

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