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.

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

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

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

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

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
									02 July
	Spain	32
									Spain	28
	29 June
									Croatia	21
	Serbia & M	33
					30 June
	Slovenia	30
					Serbia & M	28			Third place
	29 June
					Croatia	29
	Croatia	33							Tunisia	32
	Greece	25							Serbia & M	26
									02 July

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

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

Women's competition

Teams

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Croatia	3	3	0	0	92	78	+14	6
France	3	2	1	0	97	89	+8	5
Italy	3	1	0	2	91	99	−8	2
Slovenia	3	0	0	3	86	100	−14	0

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

25 June 12:15	Slovenia	31 – 39	Italy	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar
	Hrnjič 8	(18–22)	di Fazzio 10
		(Report)

25 June 20:15	France	29 – 31	Croatia	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar
	Spincer 8	(15–17)	Arslanagić 9
		(Report)

26 June 13:30	Slovenia	26 – 27	Croatia	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar
	Hrnjič 7	(12–17)	Zebić 9
		(Report)

26 June 20:15	France	34 – 29	Italy	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar
	Spincer, Kamto 7	(12–12)	Pistelli 10
		(Report)

28 June 12:15	Croatia	34 – 23	Italy	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar
	Pasičnik 7	(15–8)	Anisenkova 7
		(Report)

28 June 20:15	France	34 – 29	Slovenia	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar
	Spincer, Legenty 6	(15–16)	Potočnik 10
		(Report)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	98	81	+17	6
Serbia & Montenegro	3	2	0	1	101	96	+5	4
Turkey	3	1	0	2	113	113	0	2
Greece	3	0	0	3	82	104	−22	0

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

25 June 10:00	Serbia & Montenegro	37 – 30	Greece	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar
	Erić 9	(15–18)	Gioupi 10
		(Report)

25 June 18:00	Spain	40 – 38	Turkey	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar
	Guerola 12	(21–18)	İskenderoğlu 12
		(Report)

26 June 15:45	Serbia & Montenegro	43 – 40	Turkey	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar
	Medved 13	(24–19)	Ozel 12
		(Report)

26 June 18:00	Spain	32 – 22	Greece	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar
	Alonso, Guerola 5	(15–10)	Gkolia, Gioupi 5
		(Report)

28 June 10:00	Turkey	35 – 30	Greece	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar
	Ozel 10	(19–15)	Poimenidou 9
		(Report)

28 June 18:00	Spain	26 – 21	Serbia & Montenegro	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar
	Mangué 5	(13–8)	Medved 7
		(Report)

Placement matches

7th-8th

30 June 10:30	Slovenia	41 – 32	Greece	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar
	Potočnik 16	(20–11)	Skoutela 9
		(Report)

5th-6th

30 June 13:00	Italy	33 – 39	Turkey	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar
	Pistelli, di Fazzio 9	(14–21)	Ozel 13
		(Report)

Final round

	Semifinal				Final
	29 June - 10:30
	Spain	31
	France	24
					1 July - 13:00
					Spain	30
					Serbia & M	29
					Bronze Match
	29 June - 13:00			1 July - 10:30
	Croatia	33		Croatia	26
	Serbia & M	40			France	22

Semifinals

29 June 10:30	Spain	31 – 24	France	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar
	Aguilar 7	(16–9)	Kamto 9
		(Report)

29 June 13:00	Croatia	33 – 40	Serbia & Montenegro	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar
	Pasičnik 9	(19–20)	Erić 9
		(Report)

Bronze Match

1 July 10:30	France	22 – 26	Croatia	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar
	Spincer 8	(10–15)	Pasičnik 9
		(Report)

Final

	Spain	30 – 29	Serbia & Montenegro	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar
	Ortuño 8	(15–17)	Medved 7
		(Report)

Ranking and statistics

Final standings

01 !	Spain
02 !	Serbia & Montenegro
03 !	Croatia
4	France
5	Turkey
6	Italy
7	Slovenia
8	Greece

Source: Almería 2005

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Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	Team	%	Saves	Shots
1	Sevilay İmamoğlu	Turkey	39%	54	150
2	María Eugenia Sánchez	Spain	38%	18	48
3	Ivana Jelčić	Croatia	36%	65	180
4	Sladjana Djerić	Serbia & Montenegro	35%	45	130
5	Elisabeth López	Spain	32%	42	132
6	Lorena Bassi	Italy	31%	43	137
7	Urška Wertl	Slovenia	31%	25	81
8	Johana Bouveret	France	29%	25	87
9	Linda Pradel	France	28%	33	117
10	Ana Vojčić	Serbia & Montenegro	27%	22	83

Source: Almería 2005

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Shots	%
1	Tatjana Medved	Serbia & Montenegro	42	69	61%
2	Yeliz Ozel	Turkey	40	64	63%
3	Nina Potočnik	Slovenia	37	57	65%
4	Luana Pistelli	Italy	33	49	67%
5	Angélique Spincer	France	32	48	67%
6	Svitlana Pasičnik	Croatia	31	45	69%
7	Serpil İskenderoğlu	Turkey	30	42	71%
8	Rocío Guerola	Spain	30	45	67%
9	Jelena Erić	Serbia & Montenegro	30	50	60%
10	Giorgia di Fazzio	Italy	29	53	55%

Source: Almería 2005

References

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