Handball at the 1997 Mediterranean Games

Handball at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
Dates	14 – 22 June 1997
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Handball was contested at the 1997 Mediterranean Games in Bari.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Croatia	Italy	Spain
Women	France	Croatia	Slovenia

Men's Competition

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Spain	5	3	2	1	0	89	68	+21
2.	Slovenia	4	3	1	2	0	82	76	+6
3.	Turkey	3	3	1	1	1	74	74	0
4.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	3	0	0	3	70	97	–27

• June 16, 1997 ^{[1] [2]}

Slovenia	31 – 25	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Spain	25 – 21	Turkey

• June 17, 1997 ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Slovenia	24 – 24	Turkey
Spain	37 – 20	Bosnia and Herzegovina

• June 18, 1997 ^{[7] [8]}

Slovenia	27 – 27	Spain
Turkey	29 – 25	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	FR Yugoslavia	4	2	2	0	0	51	33	+18
2.	Egypt	2	2	1	0	1	41	44	–3
3.	Morocco	0	2	0	0	2	32	47	–15

• June 16, 1997

Egypt	22 – 18	Morocco

• June 17, 1997 ^{[9] [6]}

FR Yugoslavia	25 – 14	Morocco

• June 18, 1997 ^[7]

FR Yugoslavia	26 – 19	Egypt

Group C

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Algeria	4	2	2	0	0	54	38	+16
2.	Croatia	2	2	1	0	1	48	48	0
3.	Greece	0	2	0	0	2	44	60	–16

• June 16, 1997

Croatia	30 – 24	Greece

• June 17, 1997 ^[6]

Algeria	30 – 20	Greece

• June 18, 1997 ^[7]

Algeria	24 – 18	Croatia

Group D

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Tunisia	2	2	1	0	1	52	49	+3
2.	Italy	2	2	1	0	1	40	40	0
3.	France	2	2	1	0	1	46	49	–3

• June 16, 1997 ^{[1] [6]}

Italy	21 – 16	France

• June 17, 1997 ^[3]

Tunisia	24 – 19	Italy

• June 18, 1997 ^[7]

France	30 – 28	Tunisia

Standing Games

For 5th to 8th rank

• June 21, 1997 ^[10]

FR Yugoslavia	28 – 27	Tunisia
Egypt	25 – 18	Algeria

For 9th to 12th rank

• June 20, 1997 ^[11]

Morocco	20 – 18	Greece
France	25 – 21	Turkey

• June 21, 1997 ^{[12] [13]}

France	25 – 22	Morocco
Turkey	39 – 21	Greece

• June 22, 1997 ^[14]

Turkey	33 – 23	Morocco
France	30 – 25	Greece

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
9.	France	6	3	3	0	0	80	68	+12
10.	Turkey	4	3	2	0	1	93	69	+24
11.	Morocco	2	3	1	0	2	65	76	–11
12.	Greece	0	3	0	0	3	64	89	–25

Final round

Quarter finals

• June 20, 1997 ^{[11] [15] [10]}

Slovenia	25 – 24	FR Yugoslavia
Spain	29 – 16	Egypt
Croatia	29 – 26	Tunisia
Italy	27 – 20	Algeria

Semi finals

• June 21, 1997 ^{[12] [16]}

Italy	22 – 21	Spain
Croatia	23 – 21	Slovenia

Finals

• June 22, 1997 — Classification Match (7th/8th place) ^[14]

Algeria	28 – 23	Tunisia

• June 22, 1997 — Classification Match (5th/6th place) ^[14]

FR Yugoslavia	23 – 20	Egypt

• June 22, 1997 — Bronze Medal Match ^[17]

Spain	31 – 27	Slovenia

• June 22, 1997 — Gold Medal Match ^[14]

Croatia	21 – 20	Tunisia

Awards

1997 Men's Mediterranean Games champions
Croatia

Standings

Rank	Team
	Croatia
	Italy
	Spain
4	Slovenia
5	FR Yugoslavia
6	Egypt
7	Algeria
8	Tunisia
9	France
10	Turkey
11	Morocco
12	Greece
13	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Women's Competition

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Croatia	5	3	2	1	0	76	52	+24
2.	Slovenia	5	3	2	1	0	84	68	+16
3.	Turkey	2	3	1	0	2	58	76	–18
4.	Italy	0	3	0	0	3	52	74	–22

• June 14, 1997 ^{[18] [19]}

Slovenia	31 – 23	Turkey
Croatia	25 – 13	Italy

• June 15, 1997 ^{[20] [21]}

Croatia	28 – 16	Turkey
Slovenia	30 – 22	Italy

• June 16, 1997 ^{[1] [22]}

Turkey	19 – 17	Italy
Slovenia	23 – 23	Croatia

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	France	7	3	2	1	0	72	54	+18
2.	FR Yugoslavia	6	3	2	0	1	67	66	+1
3.	Spain	3	3	1	1	1	70	58	+12
4.	Algeria	0	3	0	0	3	54	85	–31

• June 14, 1997 ^{[18] [23]}

France	21 – 21	Spain
FR Yugoslavia	27 – 24	Algeria

• June 15, 1997 ^[20]

FR Yugoslavia	19 – 16	Spain
France	25 – 12	Algeria

• June 16, 1997 ^{[24] [25]}

France	26 – 21	FR Yugoslavia
Spain	33 – 18	Algeria

Semi finals

• June 18, 1997 ^[26]

France	26 – 24	Slovenia
Croatia	22 – 20	FR Yugoslavia

Finals

• June 19, 1997 — Classification Match (7th/8th place) ^[27]

Italy	18 – 17	Algeria

• June 19, 1997 — Classification Match (5th/6th place) ^{[27] [28]}

Spain	24 – 20	Turkey

• June 20, 1997 — Bronze Medal Match ^{[11] [10]}

Slovenia	27 – 19	FR Yugoslavia

• June 20, 1997 — Gold Medal Match ^{[11] [29]}

France	23 – 22	Croatia

Awards

1997 Women's Mediterranean Games champions
France

Standings

Rank	Team
	France
	Croatia
	Slovenia
4	FR Yugoslavia
5	Spain
6	Turkey
7	Italy
8	Algeria

References

1. La Gazzetta dello Sport, 17.06.1997
2. "Spain-Turkey, Official match report, June 17, 1997" (PDF). rfebm.com. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
3. La Gazzetta dello Sport, 18.06.1997
4. El Mundo Deportivo, 18.06.1997, p. 38
5. "Spain-Bosnia and Herzegovina, Official match report, June 17, 1997" (PDF). rfebm.com. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
6. Delo newspaper, 18.06.1997, p. 7
7. La Gazzetta dello Sport, 19.06.1997
8. "Spain-Slovenia, Official match report, June 18, 1997" (PDF). rfebm.com. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
9. Borba newspaper, 19.06.1997, p. 13
10. Borba newspaper, 23.06.1997, p. 11
11. La Gazzetta dello Sport, 21.06.1997
12. La Gazzetta dello Sport, 22.06.1997
13. Cumhuriyet, 22.06.1997, p. 16
14. La Gazzetta dello Sport, 23.06.1997
15. "Spain-Egypt, Official match report, June 20, 1997" (PDF). rfebm.com. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
16. "Spain-Italy, Official match report, June 21, 1997" (PDF). rfebm.com. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
17. "Spain-Slovenia, Official match report, June 22, 1997" (PDF). rfebm.com. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
18. La Gazzetta dello Sport, 15.06.1997
19. Le Quotidien d'Oran, 16.06.1997, p. 23
20. La Gazzetta dello Sport, 16.06.1997
21. Delo newspaper, 16.06.1997, p. 12
22. Delo newspaper, 17.06.1997, p. 6
23. "Spain-Turkey, Official match report, June 17, 1997" (PDF). rfebm.com. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
24. Borba newspaper, 18.06.1997, p. 11
25. El Mundo Deportivo, 17.06.1997, p. 45
26. Delo newspaper, 19.06.1997, p. 20
27. La Gazzetta dello Sport, 20.06.1997
28. "Spain-Turkey, Official match report, June 19, 1997" (PDF). rfebm.com. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
29. Delo newspaper, 21.06.1997, p. 6

• 1997 Competition Medalists