01.06.2010, 02:08
EHF EURO 2010: Draw Procedure

On 5 June 2010 at 16:55hrs, the Final Tournament draw will be carried out in Odense. Find the details of the draw procedure and the pots.

EHF EURO 2010: Draw Procedure

The Final Tournament Draw for the EHF EURO 2010 in Denmark/Norway will take place on 5 June 2010 at 16:55hrs in Arena Odense, Denmark. Below you can find the details of the draw procedure. 

Total number of participating teams:  16 

Directly Qualified for the
EHF EURO 2010: 

 NOR: Defending Champion/Organiser
DEN: Organiser
Qualified from Qualification groups:  CRO, ESP, FRA, GER, HUN, ISL, MNE, NED, ROU, RUS, SLO, SRB, SWE, UKR

Draw for EHF EURO 2010 Final Tournament – Preliminary Round:

The participating teams are seeded as follows on the basis of the qualification groups and the ranking of the EHF EURO 2008:

POT 1: 

NOR, ESP, MNE, GER
(Def. Champion + first ranked teams of qualification groups) 

POT 2:

CRO, HUN, UKR, DEN
(first ranked teams of qualification groups + Organiser) 

POT 3:

FRA, RUS, ROU, SWE
(one first and three second ranked teams of qualification groups)

POT 4: 

SRB, SLO, NED, ISL
(second ranked teams of qualification groups)

Procedure for the draw:


Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

 

 

Aalborg

Aarhus

Larvik

Lillehammer

 

 

 

 

GER*

NOR*

1st step

2 teams of pot 1 are drawn to row 1

DEN*

 

 

 

2nd step

4 teams of pot 4 are drawn to row 4

 

RUS*

 

 

3rd step

3 teams of pot 3 are drawn to row 3

 

 

 

 

4th step

3 teams of pot 2 are drawn to row 2

* The organiser has the right to assign one team to each of the groups/venues.

The EHF EURO 2010 Final Tournament will take place from 7 to 19 December 2010.

EHF EURO 2010 venues:

Preliminary Round:
Aalborg, Denmark
Aarhus, Denmark
Larvik, Norway
Lillehammer, Norway

Main Round:
Herning, Denmark
Lillehammer, Norway

Semi-finals, Finals and Placement match:
Herning, Denmark

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