European Handball Championship 2010 / qualification

This page describes the qualification for the 2010 European Handball Championship for men.

qualification

mode

At the EHF Congress in Vilamoura in Portugal in 2006 it was decided to introduce a new qualification mode for European championships. This was officially adopted on January 26, 2008 at the 9th EHF Congress in Lillehammer ( Norway ).

Only the host ( Austria ) and the defending champion ( Denmark ) are directly qualified . All other nations must qualify for the tournament in a group system.

A total of 36 national teams - besides Austria and Denmark - registered for the qualifying round. These were divided into 7 groups at the draw on April 18, 2008, with one group with 6 teams and 6 groups with 5 teams. The teams now played a return match against each group opponent. The first two in each group qualified for the EM.

Initially, Georgia and Moldova also reported . Both nations later withdrew their participation.

Group 1

Results:

October 29, 2008	Poland	-	Montenegro	30:20
October 30, 2008	Turkey	-	Romania	29:35
November 2, 2008	Romania	-	Poland	33:29
November 2, 2008	Sweden	-	Turkey	42:18
November 26, 2008	Montenegro	-	Romania	35:33
November 27, 2008	Sweden	-	Poland	27:24
November 29, 2008	Turkey	-	Montenegro	31:37
November 30, 2008	Romania	-	Sweden	29:36
March 18, 2009	Montenegro	-	Sweden	29:33
March 19, 2009	Turkey	-	Poland	20:30

March 22, 2009	Poland	-	Turkey	32:21
March 22, 2009	Sweden	-	Montenegro	29:24
June 10, 2009	Montenegro	-	Turkey	33:26
June 11, 2009	Sweden	-	Romania	26:26
June 13, 2009	Poland	-	Sweden	32:32
June 13, 2009	Romania	-	Montenegro	27:28
June 17, 2009	Montenegro	-	Poland	23:31
June 17, 2009	Romania	-	Turkey	37:30
June 20, 2009	Poland	-	Romania	34:22
June 21, 2009	Turkey	-	Sweden	18:26

Final score:

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Sweden	8th	6th	2	0	251: 200	+51	14th
2.	Poland	8th	5	1	2	242: 198	+44	11
3.	Montenegro	8th	4th	0	4th	229: 240	−11	08th
4th	Romania	8th	3	1	4th	242: 247	- 05th	07th
5.	Turkey	8th	0	0	8th	193: 272	−79	00

Group 2

Results:

October 29, 2008	Russia	-	Bosnia Herzegovina	37:25
October 29, 2008	Faroe Islands	-	Serbia	20:41
October 30, 2008	Italy	-	Switzerland	23:30
November 1, 2008	Bosnia Herzegovina	-	Faroe Islands	45:28
November 1, 2008	Switzerland	-	Russia	30:31
November 2, 2008	Serbia	-	Italy	48:24
November 26, 2008	Russia	-	Faroe Islands	37:16
November 26, 2008	Switzerland	-	Serbia	32:32
November 27, 2008	Italy	-	Bosnia Herzegovina	25:25
November 29, 2008	Bosnia Herzegovina	-	Switzerland	34:23
November 30, 2008	Serbia	-	Russia	35:29
November 30, 2008	Italy	-	Faroe Islands	30:23
March 18, 2009	Italy	-	Russia	23:34
March 18, 2009	Faroe Islands	-	Switzerland	23:30
March 19, 2009	Bosnia Herzegovina	-	Serbia	31:28

March 21, 2009	Switzerland	-	Faroe Islands	35:21
March 22, 2009	Russia	-	Italy	38:19
March 22, 2009	Serbia	-	Bosnia Herzegovina	28:23
June 10, 2009	Serbia	-	Switzerland	35:27
June 11, 2009	Faroe Islands	-	Russia	18:34
June 11, 2009	Bosnia Herzegovina	-	Italy	31:28
June 13, 2009	Faroe Islands	-	Italy	22:28
June 14, 2009	Switzerland	-	Bosnia Herzegovina	31:34
June 14, 2009	Russia	-	Serbia	35:31
June 17, 2009	Serbia	-	Faroe Islands	39:20
June 17, 2009	Switzerland	-	Italy	28:20
June 18, 2009	Bosnia Herzegovina	-	Russia	23:29
June 20, 2009	Faroe Islands	-	Bosnia Herzegovina	21:27
June 20, 2009	Italy	-	Serbia	31:34
June 21, 2009	Russia	-	Switzerland	35:29

Final score:

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Russia	10	9	0	1	339: 249	+ 090	18th
2.	Serbia	10	7th	1	2	351: 272	+ 079	15th
3.	Bosnia Herzegovina	10	6th	1	3	298: 278	+ 020	13
4th	Switzerland	10	4th	1	5	295: 288	+ 700	09
5.	Italy	10	2	1	7th	251: 313	- 062	05
6th	Faroe Islands	10	0	0	10	212: 346	−134	00

Group 3

Results:

October 29, 2008	Estonia	-	Norway	25:33
October 29, 2008	Iceland	-	Belgium	40:21
November 1, 2008	Norway	-	Iceland	31:31
November 2, 2008	Belgium	-	Estonia	24:29
November 26, 2008	Belgium	-	Norway	29:37
November 27, 2008	Macedonia	-	Estonia	31:22
November 29, 2008	Norway	-	Belgium	35:24
November 29, 2008	Estonia	-	Macedonia	28:28
March 18, 2009	Estonia	-	Belgium	37:28
March 18, 2009	Macedonia	-	Iceland	26:29

June 6, 2009	Belgium	-	Macedonia	19:27
March 22, 2009	Iceland	-	Estonia	38:24
June 10, 2009	Norway	-	Macedonia	36:30
June 10, 2009	Belgium	-	Iceland	25:33
June 13, 2009	Macedonia	-	Belgium	33:26
June 14, 2009	Iceland	-	Norway	34:34
June 17, 2009	Iceland	-	Macedonia	34:26
June 17, 2009	Norway	-	Estonia	31:23
June 21, 2009	Estonia	-	Iceland	25:25
June 21, 2009	Macedonia	-	Norway	30:29

Final score:

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Iceland	8th	5	3	0	264: 212	+52	13
2.	Norway	8th	5	2	1	266: 226	+40	12
3.	Macedonia	8th	4th	1	3	231: 223	+ 08	09
4th	Estonia	8th	2	2	4th	213: 238	−25	06th
5.	Belgium	8th	0	0	8th	196: 271	−75	00

Group 4

Results:

October 29, 2008	Greece	-	Hungary	21:27
October 29, 2008	Croatia	-	Finland	39:20
November 2, 2008	Finland	-	Greece	25:30
November 2, 2008	Hungary	-	Croatia	30:28
November 26, 2008	Slovakia	-	Greece	28:27
November 27, 2008	Finland	-	Hungary	21:34
November 30, 2008	Hungary	-	Finland	34:15
November 30, 2008	Greece	-	Slovakia	27:24
March 18, 2009	Greece	-	Finland	31:26
March 18, 2009	Slovakia	-	Croatia	26:30

March 21, 2009	Finland	-	Slovakia	17:32
March 21, 2009	Croatia	-	Greece	32:20
June 9, 2009	Finland	-	Croatia	14:34
June 10, 2009	Hungary	-	Slovakia	29:30
June 13, 2009	Slovakia	-	Finland	34:21
June 14, 2009	Croatia	-	Hungary	26:25
June 17, 2009	Croatia	-	Slovakia	34:21
June 18, 2009	Hungary	-	Greece	32:19
June 21, 2009	Greece	-	Croatia	24:29
June 21, 2009	Slovakia	-	Hungary	7:30 p.m.

Final score:

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Croatia	8th	7th	0	1	252: 180	+ 072	14th
2.	Hungary	8th	6th	0	2	241: 179	+ 062	12
3.	Slovakia	8th	4th	0	4th	214: 215	- 100	08th
4th	Greece	8th	3	0	5	199: 223	- 024	06th
5.	Finland	8th	0	0	8th	159: 268	−109	00

Group 5

Results:

October 29, 2008	Israel	-	Slovenia	28:36
October 29, 2008	Germany	-	Bulgaria	42:11
November 2, 2008	Bulgaria	-	Israel	28:34
November 2, 2008	Slovenia	-	Germany	26:27
November 26, 2008	Bulgaria	-	Slovenia	23:40
November 26, 2008	Belarus	-	Israel	38:31
November 29, 2008	Israel	-	Belarus	28:31
November 30, 2008	Slovenia	-	Bulgaria	47:20
March 18, 2009	Belarus	-	Germany	23:25
March 18, 2009	Israel	-	Bulgaria	29:20

March 21, 2009	Bulgaria	-	Belarus	19:40
March 22, 2009	Germany	-	Israel	36:24
June 10, 2009	Bulgaria	-	Germany	29:54
June 10, 2009	Slovenia	-	Belarus	38:26
June 13, 2009	Belarus	-	Bulgaria	36:18
June 13, 2009	Germany	-	Slovenia	38:30
June 17, 2009	Slovenia	-	Israel	40:27
June 17, 2009	Germany	-	Belarus	38:27
June 21, 2009	Belarus	-	Slovenia	32:36
June 21, 2009	Israel	-	Germany	21:40

Final score:

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Germany	8th	8th	0	0	300: 191	+109	16
2.	Slovenia	8th	6th	0	2	293: 221	+ 072	12
3.	Belarus	8th	4th	0	4th	253: 233	+ 020	08th
4th	Israel	8th	2	0	6th	222: 269	- 047	04th
5.	Bulgaria	8th	0	0	8th	168: 322	−154	00

Group 6

Results:

October 29, 2008	Latvia	-	Czech Republic	31:34
October 29, 2008	Luxembourg	-	France	21:30
November 2, 2008	Czech Republic	-	France	32:29
November 2, 2008	Luxembourg	-	Latvia	23:31
November 26, 2008	Portugal	-	Latvia	33:31
November 27, 2008	Luxembourg	-	Czech Republic	24:35
November 30, 2008	Latvia	-	Portugal	25:31
November 30, 2008	Czech Republic	-	Luxembourg	30:19
March 18, 2009	Latvia	-	Luxembourg	31:29
March 19, 2009	Portugal	-	France	24:31

March 22, 2009	France	-	Latvia	34:22
March 22, 2009	Luxembourg	-	Portugal	26:33
June 10, 2009	Czech Republic	-	Portugal	30:26
June 10, 2009	France	-	Luxembourg	35:18
June 13, 2009	Portugal	-	Luxembourg	33:22
June 14, 2009	France	-	Czech Republic	32:25
June 17, 2009	France	-	Portugal	36:23
June 17, 2009	Czech Republic	-	Latvia	41:29
June 20, 2009	Portugal	-	Czech Republic	31:28
June 21, 2009	Latvia	-	France	27:24

Final score:

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	France	8th	6th	0	2	251: 192	+59	12
2.	Czech Republic	8th	6th	0	2	255: 221	+34	12
3.	Portugal	8th	5	0	3	234: 229	+ 05	10
4th	Latvia	8th	3	0	5	227: 249	−22	06th
5.	Luxembourg	8th	0	0	8th	182: 258	−76	00

Group 7

Results:

October 29, 2008	Spain	-	Cyprus	32:20
October 30, 2008	Netherlands	-	Ukraine	24:19
November 1, 2008	Netherlands	-	Cyprus	40:16
November 2, 2008	Ukraine	-	Spain	25:23
November 26, 2008	Cyprus	-	Ukraine	23:38
November 27, 2008	Lithuania	-	Netherlands	19:19
November 30, 2008	Ukraine	-	Cyprus	28:21
November 30, 2008	Netherlands	-	Lithuania	25:25
March 18, 2009	Lithuania	-	Spain	22:28
March 18, 2009	Cyprus	-	Netherlands	19:34

March 21, 2009	Netherlands	-	Spain	26:35
March 21, 2009	Cyprus	-	Lithuania	20:28
June 10, 2009	Ukraine	-	Lithuania	24:23
June 10, 2009	Cyprus	-	Spain	25:36
June 13, 2009	Lithuania	-	Cyprus	26:22
June 14, 2009	Spain	-	Ukraine	30:21
June 17, 2009	Spain	-	Lithuania	31:21
June 18, 2009	Ukraine	-	Netherlands	25:18
June 21, 2009	Lithuania	-	Ukraine	30:25
June 21, 2009	Spain	-	Netherlands	32:29

Final score:

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Spain	8th	7th	0	1	247: 189	+58	14th
2.	Ukraine	8th	5	0	3	205: 192	+13	10
3.	Netherlands	8th	3	2	3	215: 190	+25	08th
4th	Lithuania	8th	3	2	3	194: 194	± 00	08th
5.	Cyprus	8th	0	0	8th	166: 262	−96	00

Qualified teams

country	Qualified as	Qualification date	Previous participation in European championships
Austria	host	May 5, 2006	0 (debut)
Denmark	European Champion 2008	January 27, 2008	7 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Sweden	Winner group 1	June 11, 2009	7 (1994, 1996,1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008)
Poland	Second group 1	June 20, 2009	4 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Russia	Winner group 2	June 18, 2009	8 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Serbia	Second group 2	June 18, 2009	5 (1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006)
Iceland	Winner group 3	June 17, 2009	5 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Norway	Second group 3	June 17, 2009	3 (2000, 2006, 2008)
Croatia	Winner group 4	June 17, 2009	8 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Hungary	Second group 4	June 21, 2009	6 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Germany	Winner group 5	June 13, 2009	8 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Slovenia	Second group 5	June 21, 2009	7 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
France	Winner group 6	June 17, 2009	8 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Czech Republic	Second group 6	June 17, 2009	5 (1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008)
Spain	Winner group 7	June 17, 2009	8 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Ukraine	Second group 7	June 18, 2009	4 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006)

Web links

• Qualification on ehf-euro.com
• Qualification on eurohandball.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ European Handball Federation: Qualification group 1 ( Memento of the original from December 30th, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed December 25, 2009) 
2. ↑ European Handball Federation: Qualification Group 2 ( Memento of the original from January 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed December 25, 2009) 
3. ↑ European Handball Federation: Qualification Group 3 ( Memento of the original from January 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed December 25, 2009) 
4. ↑ European Handball Federation: Qualification Group 4 ( Memento of the original from February 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed December 25, 2009) 
5. ↑ European Handball Federation: Qualification group 5 ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed December 25, 2009) 
6. ↑ European Handball Federation: Qualification Group 6 ( Memento of the original from January 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed December 25, 2009) 
7. ↑ European Handball Federation: Qualification Group 7 ( Memento of the original from January 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed December 25, 2009)