The 2010 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Denmark and Norway from 7 to 19 December.

[1] Norway won their overall 5th gold medal, when they defeated first time finalist Sweden in the final.

The other being MCH Indoor Arena in Herning, which was the only venue to be used in the final round.

If two or more teams were equal on points in the preliminary or main round, their ranking was determined as follows:[4] During the preliminary or main round matches: After the completion of the preliminary and main round matches: Qualification matches were played from September 2009 to May 2010.

[6] 13 Referee pairs were selected:[7] The draw for the final tournament took place 17:00 CET on 5 June 2010 in Odense.