Handball at the Mediterranean Games

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.

Handball

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
1971
Details

İzmir
Cancelled Cancelled
1975
Details

Algiers

Yugoslavia

Spain

Algeria
20 – 16
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

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[1]
Tunisia

France
22 – 21[2]
Spain
2005
Details

Almería

Spain
28 – 21
Croatia

Tunisia
32 – 26
Serbia & 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

^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 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[3]
Spain

Slovenia
32 – 26[4]
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

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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