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)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Spain*	2	0	0	2
2	Croatia	0	1	1	2
3	Serbia and Montenegro	0	1	0	1
4	Tunisia	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		2	2	2	6

Men's tournament

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	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Serbia & Montenegro	2	2	0	0	61	51	+10	4
France	2	1	0	1	57	50	+7	2
Turkey	2	0	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	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	2	2	0	0	60	50	+10	4
Slovenia	2	1	0	1	53	52	+1	2
Italy	2	0	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

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