2010 European Women's Handball Championship

2010 EHF European Women's Handball Championship

File:2010 European Women's Handball Championship logo.svg
Tournament details
Host countries	Denmark Norway
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Dates	7–19 December
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Norway (5th title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Romania
Fourth place	Denmark
Tournament statistics
Matches played	47
Goals scored	2,388 (50.81 per match)
Attendance	215,752 (4,590 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cristina Neagu (ROU) (53 goals)
Best player	Linnea Torstensson (SWE)

The 2010 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Denmark and Norway from 7 to 19 December. It was the first European Championship hosted by two countries. 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.

Lillehammer
Håkons Hall Capacity: 11,500
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Larvik	Map	Aalborg
Arena Larvik Capacity: 4,000	2010 European Women's Handball Championship is located in Southwest Scandinavia Lillehammer Lillehammer Larvik Larvik Aalborg Aalborg Aarhus Aarhus Herning Herning	Gigantium Capacity: 7,600
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Herning		Aarhus
Jyske Bank Boxen Capacity: 12,000		NRGi Arena Capacity: 4,740
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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: 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. 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

Country	Qualified as	Date qualification was secured	Previous appearances in tournament1
Denmark	00Co-hosts	005 May 2006	80 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Norway	01Co-hosts	005 May 2006	80 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Hungary	02Group 2 winner	014 April 2010	80 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
France	03Group 3 winner	014 April 2010	50 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Germany	04Group 4 winner	014 April 2010	80 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Spain	05Group 5 winner	014 April 2010	50 (1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Montenegro	06Group 6 winner	014 April 2010	00 (debut)
Russia	072nd place in Group 6	014 April 2010	80 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Croatia	08Group 7 winner	014 April 2010	50 (1994, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Romania	082nd place in Group 1	0226 May 2010	70 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008)
Ukraine	08Group 1 winner	0226 May 2010	80 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Iceland	082nd place in Group 3	0229 May 2010	00 (debut)
Slovenia	082nd place in Group 4	0230 May 2010	30 (2002, 2004, 2006)
Netherlands	2nd place in Group 7	30 May 2010	30 (1998, 2002, 2006)
Sweden	2nd place in Group 2	30 May 2010	60 (1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Serbia	2nd place in Group 5	30 May 2010	20 (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, but 12 of them became reserves when the final squad of 16 players was announced the day before the tournament starts.

Referees

13 Referee pairs were selected:

• 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.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Norway (assigned to D1) Spain Montenegro Germany (assigned to C1)	Hungary Croatia Denmark (assigned to A2) Ukraine	France Russia (assigned to B3) Romania Sweden	Serbia Slovenia Netherlands Iceland

Preliminary round

Group A (Aalborg)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark (H)	3	3	0	0	72	61	+11	6	Main round
2	Romania	3	2	0	1	92	79	+13	4
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	71	75	−4	2
4	Serbia	3	0	0	3	71	91	−20	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

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)	Lekić 7
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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
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9 December 20:45	Romania	22 – 25	Denmark	Gigantium Arena, Aalborg Attendance: 6,476 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Neagu 8	(15–14)	Norgaard 7
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11 December 18:45	Romania	40 – 28	Serbia	Gigantium Arena, Aalborg Attendance: 5,800 Referees: Cohen, Peretz (ISR)
	Neagu 7	(20–14)	Krpež 6
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11 December 20:45	Spain	19 – 22	Denmark	Gigantium Arena, Aalborg Attendance: 6,607 Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
	Mangue 4	(9–12)	Troelsen 6
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Group B (Aarhus)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	2	0	1	82	69	+13	4	Main round
2	Montenegro	3	2	0	1	78	74	+4	4
3	Croatia	3	2	0	1	88	83	+5	4
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)	Kuznetsova, 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)	Stefánsdóttir 6
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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
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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
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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
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11 December 20:15	Montenegro	28 – 29	Croatia	NRGi Atletion Arena, Aarhus Attendance: 900 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
	Popović 11	(12–13)	Penezić 10
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Group C (Larvik)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	85	68	+17	6	Main round
2	Netherlands	3	1	0	2	70	68	+2	2
3	Ukraine	3	1	0	2	71	81	−10	2
4	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
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7 December 19:45	Ukraine	13 – 25	Netherlands	Arena Larvik, Larvik Attendance: 607 Referees: Lythje, Christiansen (DEN)
	Shymkute 5	(8–13)	Visser 10
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8 December 17:45	Sweden	33 – 25	Ukraine	Arena Larvik, Larvik Attendance: 1,034 Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU)
	Torstensson 7	(18–15)	Vashchuk 6
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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
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10 December 19:45	Germany	23 – 33	Ukraine	Arena Larvik, Larvik Attendance: 894 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Jurack 6	(10–15)	Manaharova 8
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Group D (Lillehammer)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway (H)	3	3	0	0	99	51	+48	6	Main round
2	Hungary	3	2	0	1	62	71	−9	4
3	France	3	1	0	2	69	73	−4	2
4	Slovenia	3	0	0	3	54	89	−35	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

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

Group I (Herning)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark (H)	5	4	0	1	133	110	+23	8	Semifinals
2	Romania	5	3	0	2	126	129	−3	6
3	Montenegro	5	3	0	2	125	123	+2	6	Fifth-place game
4	Russia	5	2	0	3	129	124	+5	4
5	Croatia	5	2	0	3	117	142	−25	4
6	Spain	5	1	0	4	117	119	−2	2

Source:
(H) Hosts

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Group II (Lillehammer)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	5	4	0	1	127	103	+24	8	Semifinals
2	Norway (H)	5	4	0	1	153	91	+62	8
3	France	5	3	0	2	116	115	+1	6	Fifth-place game
4	Netherlands	5	2	0	3	104	115	−11	4
5	Hungary	5	2	0	3	98	128	−30	4
6	Ukraine	5	0	0	5	101	147	−46	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

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)	Dembélé, Deroin, Lacrabère, Signaté, 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
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12 December 20:15	Sweden	24 – 19	Norway	Håkons Hall Attendance: 6,535 Referees: Guseva, Vartanyan (RUS)
	Torstensson 7	(13–6)	Alstad 5
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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
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14 December 18:15	Sweden	21 – 22	France	Håkons Hall Attendance: 2,150 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Torstensson 8	(9–11)	Pineau, Signaté 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
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15 December 16:15	Ukraine	19 – 31	France	Håkons Hall Attendance: 711 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Borshchenko 7	(13–16)	Pineau 6
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15 December 18:15	Sweden	24 – 19	Hungary	Håkons Hall Attendance: 2,340 Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU)
	Torstensson 8	(10–12)	Szucsánszki 8
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15 December 20:15	Netherlands	13 – 35	Norway	Håkons Hall Attendance: 5,123 Referees: Guseva, Vartanyan (RUS)
	Abbingh 4	(9–18)	Løke 7
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Final round

Knockout map

	Semifinal				Final
	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)	Signaté 7
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Semifinals

18 December 14:30	Romania	23 – 25	Sweden	MCH Indoor Arena, Herning Attendance: 9,600 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
	Neagu 7	(13–14)	Torstensson 9
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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
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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
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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
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Final ranking and statistics

Qualified for the 2011 World Championship

Rank	Team
File:Gold medal icon.svg	Norway
File:Silver medal icon.svg	Sweden
File:Bronze medal icon.svg	Romania
4	Denmark
5	France
6	Montenegro
7	Russia
8	Netherlands
9	Croatia
10	Hungary
11	Spain
12	Ukraine
13	Germany
14	Serbia
15	Iceland
16	Slovenia

Source: EuroHandball.com

2010 Women's European Champions Norway Norway 5th title

All-Star Team

• Goalkeeper: Katrine Lunde Haraldsen (NOR)
• Left wing: Mie Augustesen (DEN)
• Left back: Cristina Neagu (ROU)
• Playmaker: Gro Hammerseng (NOR)
• Pivot: Heidi Løke (NOR)
• Right back: Nerea Pena (ESP)
• Right wing: Maibritt Kviesgaard (DEN)

Chosen by team officials and EHF experts: EHF-Euro.com

Other awards

• Most Valuable Player: Linnea Torstensson (SWE)
• Best Defence Player: Johanna Wiberg (SWE)

Chosen by team officials and EHF experts: EHF-Euro.com

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	Team	%	Saves	Shots
1	Katrine Lunde Haraldsen	Norway	47%	96	205
2	Amandine Leynaud	France	44%	88	198
3	Kari Aalvik Grimsbø	Norway	42%	27	64
	Cecilia Grubbström	Sweden		57	137
	Mariya Sidorova	Russia		71	168
	Talida Tolnai	Romania		95	227
7	Karin Mortensen	Denmark	41%	99	241
	Clara Woltering	Germany		18	44
9	Silvia Navarro	Spain	39%	59	151
	Katalin Pálinger	Hungary		70	178

Source: SportResult.com Archived 2011-12-29 at the Wayback Machine

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Shots	%
1	Cristina Neagu	Romania	53	105	50%
2	Linnea Torstensson	Sweden	48	90	53%
3	Bojana Popović	Montenegro	46	85	54%
4	Heidi Løke	Norway	40	47	85%
5	Isabelle Gulldén	Sweden	36	65	55%
	Maura Visser	Netherlands		65	55%
7	Zita Szucsánszki	Hungary	34	63	54%
8	Marija Jovanović	Montenegro	31	76	41%
	Andrea Penezić	Croatia		62	50%
10	Ionela Stanca	Romania	28	34	82%

Source: SportResult.com Archived 2011-12-29 at the Wayback Machine

Best defender

Rank	Name	Team	Block	Steals	Total
1	Tonje Larsen	Norway	13	9	22
2	Linnea Torstensson	Sweden	9	11	20
3	Isabelle Gulldén	Sweden	10	7	17
	Gro Hammerseng	Norway	11	6
5	Marit Malm Frafjord	Norway	7	9	16
6	Aurelia Brădeanu	Romania	9	5	14
	Andrea Penezić	Croatia	11	3
	Maria Tivadar	Romania	5	9
9	Milena Knežević	Montenegro	5	7	12
	Mette Melgaard	Denmark	2	10
	Allison Pineau	France	5	7
	Maura Visser	Netherlands	5	7

Source: SportResult.com Archived 2011-12-29 at the Wayback Machine

Most assists

Rank	Name	Team	Assists
1	Cristina Neagu	Romania	36
2	Isabelle Gulldén	Sweden	30
3	Linnea Torstensson	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 Archived 2011-12-29 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Official site
• Euro-EHF page
• European Handball Federation
• Danish Handball Association
• Norwegian Handball Federation