This page describes the qualifying procedure for the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship.
The two lowest ranked teams, Finland and Great Britain, participated in a pre-qualification tournament to decide the 28th spot.
[2] If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings.
Great Britain won 41–37 on aggregate score and advanced to qualification group 3.
A provisional match schedule was elaborated and distributed to all national federations taking part in this round.