24.06.2009, 08:27
2010 Men’s European Championship Draw

The Preliminary Groups of the EHF EURO 2010 are known after the first draw event of the gala evening.


2010 Men’s European Championship Draw

The DRAW for the EHF Euro 2010 Final Round, which will be held from 19 to 31 January 2009 in Austria, took place in the Museum Liechtenstein in Vienna at 19:00hrs tonight.

The preliminary round and main round matches of the EHF Euro 2010 will be played in Graz, Innsbruck, Linz and Wr. Neustadt, the main round matches in Wien and Innsbruck and the Final Weekend in Wien.

The lots were drawn by three national team coaches preparing for the EURO 2010, Dagur Sigurdsson, Austria, Heiner Brand, Germany and Ulrik Wilbek, Denmark. Here are the results of the draw together with the assignment of the respective venues:

Group A
Venue: Graz

Group B
Venue: Linz

Group C
Venue: Innsbruck

Group D
Venue: Wr. Neustadt

Croatia

Denmark

Germany

France

Russia

Iceland

Sweden

Spain

Norway

Austria

Poland

Hungary

Ukraine

Serbia

Slovenia

Czech Republic

The preliminary round matches will be the following (groups A and B on 19, 21 and 23 January 2009, groups C and D on 19, 20 and 22 January 2009):

Day

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

19. 01. 2010

CRO v NOR 
RUS v UKR

DEN v AUT 
ISL v SRB

GER v POL
SWE v SLO

FRA v HUN 
ESP v CZE

20./21. 01. 2010

UKR v CRO 
NOR v RUS

SRB v DEN
AUT v ISL

SLO v GER 
POL v SWE

CZE v FRA 
HUN v ESP

22../23.01.2010

CRO v RUS 
NOR v UKR

DEN v ISL 
AUT v SRB

GER v SWE
POL v SLO

FRA v ESP 
HUN v CZE

The detailed match schedule, with the individual match details and the exact playing times will be published by the EHF in the second half of July following the coordination of TV requirements.

The teams ranked 1 to 3 in each group qualify for the main round. The results from the matches against teams which also qualify for the main round remain valid for the ranking of the main round.

Each team in the main round plays against each team which qualified from the parallel group.

For more details on the 2010 Men's European Championship in Austria check out www.ehf-euro.com.

Photo service

For photos from the Champions Draw please click below:

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TEXT: Eurohandball.com


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