2010 European Women's Handball Championship qualification

This page describes the qualifying procedure for the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship. Qualification system Seeding The draw for the qualification round was held on 24 March 2009 at the EHF headquarters, in Vienna.http://www.ehf-euro.com/Qualification-Draw.1725.0.html EURO 2010 Qualification Draw EHF 14 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091018080956/http://www.ehf-euro.com/Qualification-Draw.1725.0.html 18 October 2009 dead dmy-all The host countries, Norway and Denmark, are directly qualified. The remaining 29 teams were divided into several pots according to the "EHF Women's National Team Ranking", and were successfully drawn so that each qualification group contained one team from each pot. The two lowest ranked teams, Finland and Great Britain, participated in a pre-qualification tournament to decide the 28th spot.http://www.ehf-euro.com/Singe-News.1705.0.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2161&cHash=5417370526 Qualification groups 24 March 2009 EHF 14 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090721054520/http://www.ehf-euro.com/Singe%2DNews.1705.0.html?%26tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D%3D2161%26cHash%3D5417370526 21 July 2009 dead dmy-all Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4 RUSGERESPHUNFRACROROU SWEMKD MacedoniaPOLUKRAUTSRBBLR NEDSLOPORTURSVKCZEISL LTUITAMNESUIAZEGREFIN/GBR Playing dates Pre-qualification: September 2009 Rounds 1 and 2: 14–18 October 2009 Rounds 3 and 4: 31 March – 4 April 2010 Rounds 5 and 6: 26–30 May 2010 Tiebreakers If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings. Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question. Superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question. Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question. If, after applying criteria 1) to 3) to several teams, two or more teams still have an equal ranking, the criteria 1) to 3) will be reapplied to determine the ranking of these teams. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5), 6) and 7) will apply. Superior goal difference from all group matches played. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches played. Drawing of lots. Pre-Qualification The two pre-qualification matches were played on 23 and 26 September. Great Britain won 41–37 on aggregate score and advanced to qualification group 3. 23 September 2009 19:00 FIN 14 – 17 7-9 GBR (Report) Roos, Tallqvist, Wiberg 3 Hegelund, Jensen Cannon 3 Pirkkola, Helsinki 500 Rakytina, Tkachuk UKR 26 September 2009 18:00 GBR 24 – 23 13-8 FIN (Report) Goodwin 7 Johansson, Tallqvist 5 Liverpool Echo Arena, Liverpool 2000 van Dijk, Wijtenburg NED Groups The draw for the qualification round defined the groups shown below. A provisional match schedule was elaborated and distributed to all national federations taking part in this round.http://www.ehf-euro.com/fileadmin/ehfeuro/downloads/Euro_2010/BasicSchedule__EURO_Quali_DEN-NOR.pdf Draw and Basic Playing Schedule 2010 Women's EHF EURO Qualification 24 March 2009 EHF 14 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20131124125855/http://www.ehf-euro.com/fileadmin/ehfeuro/downloads/Euro_2010/BasicSchedule__EURO_Quali_DEN-NOR.pdf 24 November 2013 dead dmy-all Key: Teams highlighted in green qualified for the tournament. Group 1 2010 European Women's Handball Championship qualification – Group 1 y Group 2 2010 European Women's Handball Championship qualification – Group 2 y Group 3 2010 European Women's Handball Championship qualification – Group 3 y Group 4 2010 European Women's Handball Championship qualification – Group 4 y Group 5 2010 European Women's Handball Championship qualification – Group 5 y Group 6 2010 European Women's Handball Championship qualification – Group 6 y Group 7 2010 European Women's Handball Championship qualification – Group 7 y References Category:European Women's Handball Championship qualification qual