Handball at the 2009 Mediterranean Games

The handball competition at the 2009 Mediterranean Games took place between June 26 and July 5, 2009[1] and both the men's and the women's tournaments were contested by 9 teams.

Men's tournament

Participating teams

•  Albania
•  Algeria
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina
•  France
•  Greece
•  Italy
•  Serbia
•  Tunisia
•  Turkey

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
France	3	2	1	0	120	62	58	5
Serbia	3	2	0	1	123	68	55	4
Algeria	3	1	1	1	108	66	42	3
Albania	3	0	0	3	17	172	-155	0

27 June	Albania	5 – 48	Algeria

27 June	Serbia	27 – 31	France

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29 June	France	58 – 4	Albania

29 June	Algeria	29 – 30	Serbia

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1 July	Albania	8 – 66	Serbia

1 July	Algeria	31 – 31	France

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Turkey	4	3	0	1	119	105	14	6
Tunisia	4	3	0	1	113	109	4	6
Greece	4	2	0	2	113	114	-1	4
Italy	4	1	0	3	106	105	1	2
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	1	0	3	105	123	-18	2

27 June	Turkey	29 – 30	Bosnia and Herzegovina

27 June	Tunisia	33 – 28	Greece

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28 June	Bosnia and Herzegovina	24 – 26	Tunisia

28 June	Italy	24 – 28	Turkey

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29 June	Tunisia	26 – 25	Italy

29 June	Greece	36 – 26	Bosnia and Herzegovina

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30 June	Italy	25 – 26	Greece

30 June	Turkey	32 – 28	Tunisia

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1 July	Greece	23 – 30	Turkey

1 July	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25 – 32	Italy

Classification

2 July	Albania	14 – 62	Italy

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2 July	Algeria	27 – 21	Greece

Medal round

	Semi-finals				Final
	3 July
	France	28
					5 July
	Tunisia	25
					France	31
	3 July
					Serbia	35
	Turkey	41
	Serbia	43
					Third place
					5 July
					Tunisia	28
					Turkey	24

Final rankings

Classification  Serbia  France  Tunisia 4  Turkey 5  Algeria 6  Greece 7  Italy 8  Albania 9  Bosnia and Herzegovina

Women's tournament

Participating teams

•  Croatia
•  France
•  Greece
•  Italy
•  Montenegro
•  Serbia
•  Slovenia
•  Spain
•  Turkey

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Turkey	4	4	0	0	128	92	36	8
Spain	4	3	0	1	134	77	57	6
Croatia	4	2	0	2	111	115	-4	4
Italy	4	1	0	3	102	147	-45	2
Greece	4	0	0	4	90	134	-44	0

26 June	Croatia	28 – 24	Greece

26 June	Turkey	26 – 24	Spain

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27 June	Greece	19 – 35	Turkey

27 June	Italy	26 – 38	Croatia

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28 June	Turkey	36 – 21	Italy

28 June	Spain	36 – 14	Greece

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29 June	Italy	20 – 40	Spain

29 June	Croatia	28 – 31	Turkey

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30 June	Spain	34 – 17	Croatia

30 June	Greece	33 – 35	Italy

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
France	3	2	0	1	96	75	21	4
Montenegro	3	2	0	1	81	82	-1	4
Serbia	3	2	0	1	82	91	-9	4
Slovenia	3	0	0	3	72	83	-11	0

28 June	Serbia	24 – 40	France

28 June	Slovenia	25 – 26	Montenegro

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29 June	Montenegro	25 – 28	Serbia

29 June	France	27 – 21	Slovenia

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30 June	Serbia	30 – 26	Slovenia

30 June	France	29 – 30	Montenegro

Classification

1 July	Italy	27 – 44	Slovenia

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1 July	Croatia	23 – 25	Serbia

Medal round

	Semi-finals				Final
	2 July
	Turkey	30
					4 July
	Montenegro	29
					Turkey	32
	2 July
					France (a.e.t.)	33
	France	24
	Spain	23
					Third place
					4 July
					Montenegro	30
					Spain	25

Final rankings

Classification  France  Turkey  Montenegro 4  Spain 5  Serbia 6  Croatia 7  Slovenia 8  Italy 9  Greece

References

1. Pescara 2009 - Handball - Technical Book Archived 2012-02-15 at the Wayback Machine (Published February 16, 2009)