Handball at the 2005 Mediterranean Games

The Handball Tournament at the 2005 Mediterranean Games was held in the Infanta Cristina Sports Hall and Vicar Sports Hall from Saturday 25 June to Saturday 2 July 2005 in Almería, Spain.

Medal summary

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Spain^[1]^[2] Julen Aguinagalde David Barrufet Jon Belaustegui David Davis Raúl Entrerríos Julio Fis Rubén Garabaya Juan García Lorenzana Roberto García Demetrio Lozano Viran Morros Mariano Ortega Carlos Prieto Albert Rocas José María Rodríguez José Manuel Sierra	Croatia^[2] Damir Bičanić Nikola Blažičko Denis Buntić Josip Čale Ivan Čupić Zlatko Horvat Tomislav Huljina Krešimir Ivanković Marin Knez Branimir Koloper Mario Obad Vladimir Ostarčević Ivan Pongračić Vjenceslav Somić Ljubo Vukić Drago Vuković	Tunisia^[1] Makram Missaoui Selim Hedoui ? Ben Abdallah Mahmoud Gharbi Issam Tej Wissem Hmam Ali Madi Marouen Maggaiz Marouen El Hadj Ahmed Dhaker Seboui Ouissem Bousnina Sahbi Ben Aziza Heykel Megannem Anouar Ayed ...
Women^[3]	Spain Macarena Aguilar Patricia Alonso Verónica Cuadrado Aitziber Elejada Begoña Fernández Soraya García Rocío Guerola Elisabeth López Marta Mangué Carmen Martín Beatriz Morales Noelia Oncina Isabel Ortuño Susana Pareja María Eugenia Sánchez Yolanda Sanromán	Serbia and Montenegro Katarina Bulatović Suzana Ćubela Slađana Đerić Ana Đokić Jelena Erić Dragica Kresoja Marija Lojpur Tatjana Medved Mirjana Milenković Ivana Milošević Jelena Nišavić Svetlana Ognjenović Jelena Popović Marina Rokić Marijana Trbojević Ana Vojčić	Croatia Maida Arslanagić Maja Čop Dijana Golubić Jelena Grubišić Lidija Horvat Ivana Jelčić Sanela Knezović Maja Kožnjak Svitlana Pasičnik Andrea Penezić Antonela Pensa Nikica Pušić Tihana Šarić Sandra Stojković Miranda Tatari Maja Zebić

Medal table

* Host nation (Spain)

Men's tournament

Participating teams

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Croatia	1	1	0	0	24	22	+2	2
Egypt	1	0	0	1	22	24	−2	0

Source:

25 June 2005	Croatia	24 – 22	Egypt
		(12–11)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	1	1	0	0	38	29	+9	2
Greece	1	0	0	1	29	38	−9	0

Source:

27 June 2005	Spain	38 – 29	Greece
		(19–15)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Serbia & Montenegro	2	2	0	61	51	+10	4
France	2	1	1	57	50	+7	2
Turkey	2	0	2	48	65	−17	0

Source:

25 June 2005	France	32 – 22	Turkey
		(16–14)

26 June 2005	Serbia & Montenegro	33 – 26	Turkey
		(15–13)

27 June 2005	Serbia & Montenegro	28 – 25	France
		(13–13)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	2	2	0	60	50	+10	4
Slovenia	2	1	1	53	52	+1	2
Italy	2	0	2	54	65	−11	0

Source:

25 June 2005	Tunisia	35 – 27	Italy
		(18–12)

26 June 2005	Slovenia	30 – 27	Italy
		(13–13)

27 June 2005	Tunisia	25 – 23	Slovenia
		(15–10)

Final round

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

29 June

Tunisia	29
		30 June
France	27
		Tunisia	27
29 June
		Spain	32
Egypt	28
				2 July
Spain	32
				Spain	28
29 June
				Croatia	21
Serbia & M	33
		30 June
Slovenia	30
		Serbia & M	28
29 June
		Croatia	29	Third place
Croatia	33
				2 July
Greece	25
				Tunisia	32

				Serbia & M	26

Quarter-finals

29 June 2005	Tunisia	29 – 27	France
		(15–14)

29 June 2005	Spain	32 – 28	Egypt
		(17–13)

29 June 2005	Serbia & Montenegro	33 – 30	Slovenia
		(15–14)

29 June 2005	Croatia	33 – 25	Greece
		(16–12)

Semi-finals

30 June 2005	Spain	32 – 27	Tunisia
		(14–15)

30 June 2005	Croatia	29 – 28	Serbia & Montenegro
		(18–12)

Bronze-medal match

2 July 2005	Tunisia	32 – 26	Serbia & Montenegro
		(15–13)

Gold-medal match

2 July 2005	Spain	28 – 21	Croatia
		(15–11)

Final standings

	Spain
	Croatia
	Tunisia
4	Serbia & Montenegro
5	Egypt
6	Slovenia
7	France
8	Greece
9	Italy
10	Turkey

References

^ ^a ^b "Official match report Spain-Tunisia" (PDF). rfebm.com. Retrieved 21 February 2023..
^ ^a ^b "Official match report Spain-Croatia" (PDF). rfebm.com. Retrieved 21 February 2023..
^ "Handball – Medals by Event – Women". juegosmediterraneos.ual.es. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2022.

External links

"Handball". Centro de Documentación y Exposición de los Juegos Mediterraneos. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
goalzz.com

[ESPTUN-1] "Official match report Spain-Tunisia" (PDF). rfebm.com. Retrieved 21 February 2023..

[ESPCRO-2] "Official match report Spain-Croatia" (PDF). rfebm.com. Retrieved 21 February 2023..

[3] "Handball – Medals by Event – Women". juegosmediterraneos.ual.es. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2022.

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