Handball at the Mediterranean Games

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Handball

Handball has been played consistently at the Mediterranean Games since the year 1967 for men except in 1971 and since the year 1979 for women except 1983. The Yugoslavian national handball team is the most successful men's team and the French women's national handball team is the most successful team for women.

Men's tournaments[]

Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold medal MedGames.svg Gold medalist Score Silver medal MedGames.svg Silver medalist Bronze medal MedGames.svg Bronze medalist Score Fourth place
1967
Details
Tunisia
Tunis

Yugoslavia
n/a
Spain

Tunisia
n/a
Algeria
1971
Details
Turkey
İzmir
Cancelled Cancelled
1975
Algeria
Algiers

Yugoslavia

Spain

Algeria
20 – 16
Tunisia
1979
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Split

Yugoslavia
32 – 8
Italy

Tunisia
25 – 18
France
1983
Morocco
Casablanca

Yugoslavia
17 – 11
Algeria

Spain

Tunisia
1987
Syria
Latakia

Algeria
24 – 23
Overtime

France

Spain

Syria
1991
Greece
Athens

Yugoslavia
n/a
Egypt

Italy
n/a
Greece
1993
France
Languedoc-Roussillon

Croatia
26 – 19
France

Slovenia
24 – 23
Egypt
1997
Italy
Bari

Croatia
21 – 20
Italy

Spain
31 – 27
Slovenia
2001
Details
Tunisia
Tunis

Croatia
25 – 24[1]
Tunisia

France
22 – 21[2]
Spain
2005
Details
Spain
Almería

Spain
28 – 21
Croatia

Tunisia
32 – 26
Serbia and Montenegro
2009
Details
Italy
Pescara

Serbia
35 – 31
France

Tunisia
28 – 24
Turkey
2013
Details
Turkey
Mersin

Egypt
28 – 23
Croatia

Turkey
32 – 26
Italy
2018
Details
Spain
Tarragona

Croatia
24 – 23
Tunisia

Spain
30 – 19
Turkey
2022
Algeria
Oran

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Men's medal table[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Yugoslavia5005
2 Croatia4206
3 Spain1247
4 Algeria1113
5 Egypt1102
6 Serbia1001
7 France0314
8 Tunisia0246
9 Italy0213
10 Slovenia0011
 Turkey0011
Totals (11 nations)13131339

Women's tournaments[]

Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold medal MedGames.svg Gold medalist Score Silver medal MedGames.svg Silver medalist Bronze medal MedGames.svg Bronze medalist Score Fourth place
1979
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Split

Yugoslavia

Spain

Italy
18 – 16
Algeria
1983
Details
Morocco
Casablanca
Cancelled Cancelled
1987
Syria
Latakia

Italy
n/a
France

Spain
n/a
Syria
1991
Greece
Athens

Yugoslavia
n/a
France

Spain
n/a
Italy
1993
France
Languedoc-Roussillon

Croatia
n/a
France

Spain
n/a
Slovenia
1997
Italy
Bari

France

Croatia

Slovenia

FR Yugoslavia
2001
Details
Tunisia
Tunis

France
26 – 21[3]
Spain

Slovenia
32 – 26[4]
FR Yugoslavia
2005
Details
Spain
Almería

Spain
30 – 29
Serbia & Montenegro

Croatia
26 – 22
France
2009
Details
Italy
Pescara

France
33 – 32
Overtime

Turkey

Montenegro
30 – 25
Spain
2013
Details
Turkey
Mersin

Serbia
25 – 19
Slovenia

Croatia
25 – 24
Montenegro
2018
Details
Spain
Tarragona

Spain
27 – 23
Montenegro

Slovenia
30 – 29
North Macedonia
2022
Algeria
Oran

Women's medal table[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France3306
2 Spain2237
3 Yugoslavia2002
4 Croatia1124
5 Serbia1102
6 Italy1012
7 Slovenia0134
8 Montenegro0112
9 Turkey0101
Totals (9 nations)10101030

All-time medal table[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Yugoslavia7007
2 Croatia53210
3 France36110
4 Spain34714
5 Serbia2103
6 Italy1225
7 Algeria1113
8 Egypt1102
9 Tunisia0246
10 Slovenia0145
11 Montenegro0112
 Turkey0112
Totals (12 nations)23232369

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ "Updates on Mediterranean Games" (2008-04-24) Tunisia Online. Archived from the original. Retrieved on 2012-08-09.
  2. ^ "Updates on Mediterranean Games" (2008-04-24) Tunisia Online. Archived from the original. Retrieved on 2012-08-09.
  3. ^ "Updates on Mediterranean Games" (2008-04-24) Tunisia Online. Archived from the original. Retrieved on 2012-08-09.
  4. ^ "Updates on Mediterranean Games" (2008-04-24) Tunisia Online. Archived from the original. Retrieved on 2012-08-09.

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