Handball at the Mediterranean Games

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 medalist	Score	Silver medalist		Bronze medalist	Score	Fourth place
1967 Details	Tunis		Yugoslavia	n/a	Spain		Tunisia	n/a	Algeria
1971 Details	İzmir		Cancelled				Cancelled
1975 Details	Algiers		Yugoslavia	n/a	Spain		Algeria	n/a	Tunisia
1979 Details	Split		Yugoslavia	32 – 8	Italy		Tunisia	25 – 18	France
1983 Details	Casablanca		Yugoslavia	17 – 11	Algeria		Spain		Tunisia
1987 Details	Latakia		Algeria	24 – 23 Overtime	France		Spain	25 – 23	Syria
1991 Details	Athens		Yugoslavia	n/a	Egypt		Italy	n/a	Greece
1993 Details	Languedoc-Roussillon		Croatia	26 – 19	France		Slovenia	24 – 23	Egypt
1997 Details	Bari		Croatia	21 – 20	Italy		Spain	31 – 27	Slovenia
2001 Details	Tunis		Croatia	25 – 24	Tunisia		France	22 – 21	Spain
2005 Details	Almería		Spain	28 – 21	Croatia		Tunisia	32 – 26	Serbia and Montenegro
2009 Details	Pescara		Serbia	35 – 31	France		Tunisia	28 – 24	Turkey
2013 Details	Mersin		Egypt	28 – 23	Croatia		Turkey	32 – 26	Italy
2018 Details	Tarragona		Croatia	24 – 23	Tunisia		Spain	30 – 19	Turkey
2022 Details	Oran		Spain	28 – 27	Egypt		Serbia	34 – 29	North Macedonia
2026 Details	Taranto
2030 Details	Pristina

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

Men's medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Yugoslavia	5	0	0	5
2	Croatia	4	2	0	6
3	Spain	2	2	4	8
4	Egypt	1	2	0	3
5	Algeria	1	1	1	3
6	Serbia	1	0	1	2
7	France	0	3	1	4
8	Tunisia	0	2	4	6
9	Italy	0	2	1	3
10	Slovenia	0	0	1	1
	Turkey	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		14	14	14	42

Women's tournaments

Year	Host		Gold medal game				Bronze medal game
			Gold medalist	Score	Silver medalist		Bronze medalist	Score	Fourth place
1979 Details	Split		Yugoslavia		Spain		Italy	18 – 16	Algeria
1983 Details	Casablanca		Cancelled				Cancelled
1987 Details	Latakia		Italy	n/a	France		Spain	n/a	Syria
1991 Details	Athens		Yugoslavia	n/a	France		Spain	n/a	Italy
1993 Details	Languedoc-Roussillon		Croatia	n/a	France		Spain	n/a	Slovenia
1997 Details	Bari		France		Croatia		Slovenia		FR Yugoslavia
2001 Details	Tunis		France	26 – 21	Spain		Slovenia	32 – 26	FR Yugoslavia
2005 Details	Almería		Spain	30 – 29	Serbia & Montenegro		Croatia	26 – 22	France
2009 Details	Pescara		France	33 – 32 Overtime	Turkey		Montenegro	30 – 25	Spain
2013 Details	Mersin		Serbia	25 – 19	Slovenia		Croatia	25 – 24	Montenegro
2018 Details	Tarragona		Spain	27 – 23	Montenegro		Slovenia	30 – 29	North Macedonia
2022 Details	Oran		Spain	29 – 25	Croatia		Serbia	26 – 22	Portugal
2026 Details	Taranto
2030 Details	Pristina

Women's medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	3	3	0	6
2	Spain	3	2	3	8
3	Yugoslavia	2	0	0	2
4	Croatia	1	2	2	5
5	Serbia	1	1	1	3
6	Italy	1	0	1	2
7	Slovenia	0	1	3	4
8	Montenegro	0	1	1	2
9	Turkey	0	1	0	1
Totals (9 entries)		11	11	11	33

All-time medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Yugoslavia	7	0	0	7
2	Spain	5	4	7	16
3	Croatia	5	4	2	11
4	France	3	6	1	10
5	Serbia	2	1	2	5
6	Italy	1	2	2	5
7	Egypt	1	2	0	3
8	Algeria	1	1	1	3
9	Tunisia	0	2	4	6
10	Slovenia	0	1	4	5
11	Montenegro	0	1	1	2
	Turkey	0	1	1	2
Totals (12 entries)		25	25	25	75

External links

• Mediterranean Games - Men's Handball (goalzz.com)
• Mediterranean Games - Women's Handball (goalzz.com)