Handball at the 2001 Mediterranean Games

Handball at the 2001 Mediterranean Games
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Handball was contested at the 2001 Mediterranean Games in El Menzah and Ariana.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Croatia Ivano Balic Tihomir Baltic Davor Dominikovic Mirza Dzomba Slavko Goluza Bozidar Jovic Mario Kelentric Igor Kos Blazenko Lackovic Valter Matosevic Petar Metlicic Diego Modrusan Goran Sprem Renato Sulic Vedran Zrnic Zvonimir Bilic	Tunisia Riadh Sanaa Moez Bahri Iteb Bouali Walid Ben Amor Sobhi Sioud Sahbi Ben Aziza Wissem Hmam Heykel Megannem Wissem Bousnina Mohamed Messaoudi Zouhair Ben Messaoud Anouar Ayed Issam Tej Ali Madi Makram Jerou Dhaker Seboui	France Thierry Omeyer Jerome Fernandez Didier Dinart Cedric Burdet Guillaume Gille Bertrand Gille Daniel Narcisse Andrej Golic Olivier Girault Laurent Puigsegur Jackson Richardson Stephane Plantin Christophe Kempe Yohann Ploquin Mickael Grossman Nicolas Lemmonne
Women	France Valerie Nicolas Marie Annick Dezert Joanne Dudziak Sonia Cendier Leila Lejeune-Duchemann Stephanie Norval-Tabard Myriam Korfanty Nodjialem Myaro Stephanie Moreau Mezuela Servier-Prandi Stephanie Cano Isabelle Wendling Chantal Maio-Roussel Stephanie Ludwig Nathalie Selambarom Seynabou Benga	Spain Aitziber Elejaga Vargas Elizabeth Lopez Valledor Cristina E. Lopez Quiros Anna Voytsekhoyska Ana Isabel Ruiz Perez Diana Box Alonso Maria Teresa Andreu Rodriguez Cristina Gomez Arquer Noelia Oncina Moreno Tatiana Garmendia Lopez Montserrat Puche Diaz Susana Fraile Celaya Silvia Del Olmo Escudero Izaskun Mugica Zozaya Veronica Cuadrado Dehesa Patricia Alonso Jimenez	Slovenia Nada Tutnjic Mira Vincic Sergeja Stefanisin Vesna Vincic Nadiza Plesko Spela Cerar Tanja Dajcman Mojca Dercar Deja Doler Inna Dolgun Sonja Durkovic Anja Freser Barbara Gorski Silvana Ilic Branka Mijatovic Tatjana Oder

Men's Competition

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	France	4	2	2	0	0	52	29	+23
2.	Spain	2	2	1	0	1	45	43	+2
3.	Greece	0	2	0	0	2	33	58	–25

• September 8, 2001

Spain	28 – 21	Greece

• September 9, 2001

France	30 – 12	Greece

• September 10, 2001

France	22 – 17	Spain

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Slovenia	3	2	1	1	0	63	52	+11
2.	FR Yugoslavia	3	2	1	1	0	57	49	+8
3.	Morocco	0	2	0	0	2	53	72	–19

• September 8, 2001

Slovenia	39 – 28	Morocco

• September 9, 2001

FR Yugoslavia	33 – 25	Morocco

• September 10, 2001

FR Yugoslavia	24 – 24	Slovenia

Group C

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Croatia	4	2	2	0	0	60	52	+8
2.	Algeria	2	2	1	0	1	58	49	+9
3.	Turkey	0	2	0	0	2	53	70	–17

• September 8, 2001

Croatia	35 – 29	Turkey

• September 9, 2001

Algeria	35 – 24	Turkey

• September 10, 2001

Croatia	25 – 23	Algeria

Group D

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Tunisia	4	2	2	0	0	57	44	+17
2.	Italy	2	2	1	0	1	52	54	–2
3.	Syria	0	2	0	0	2	48	59	–11

• September 8, 2001

Italy	30 – 26	Syria

• September 9, 2001

Tunisia	29 – 22	Syria

• September 10, 2001

Tunisia	28 – 22	Italy

Standing Games

For 5th to 8th rank

FR Yugoslavia played with Slovenia in the match for 5th place, while Italy played with Algeria in the match for 7th place.

• September 14, 2001

FR Yugoslavia	33 – 26	Slovenia

Algeria	27 – 24	Italy

For 9th to 12th rank

• September 11, 2001

Greece	32 – 31	Morocco
Turkey	30 – 28	Syria

After the first classement match, Syria withdrew from the tournament. ^[1] The ranking was based on the results of the tournament between the three participating countries: Morocco, Greece and Turkey.

• September 12, 2001

Morocco	34 – 32	Turkey

• September 13, 2001

Greece	30 – 23	Turkey

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
9.	Greece	4	2	2	0	0	62	54	+8
10.	Morocco	2	2	1	0	1	65	64	+1
11.	Turkey	0	2	0	0	2	55	64	–9
12.	Syria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Final round

Quarter finals

• September 12, 2001

France	26 – 20	FR Yugoslavia
Croatia	32 – 25	Italy
Spain	32 – 25	Slovenia
Tunisia	27 – 19	Algeria

Semi finals

• September 13, 2001

Croatia	32 – 26	France
Tunisia	28 – 27	Spain

Finals

• September 14, 2001 — Bronze Medal Match

France	22 – 21	Spain

• September 14, 2001 — Gold Medal Match

Croatia	24 – 23	Tunisia

Awards

2001 Men's Mediterranean Games champions
Croatia

Standings

Rank	Team
	Croatia
	Tunisia
	France
4	Spain
5	FR Yugoslavia
6	Slovenia
7	Algeria
8	Italy
9	Greece
10	Morocco
11	Turkey
12	Syria

Women's Competition

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Spain	3	2	1	1	0	61	40	+21
2.	France	3	2	1	1	0	51	40	+11
3.	Italy	0	2	0	0	2	34	66	–32
4.	Algeria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	−

  Algeria withdrew from the competition. ^[2]

• September 6, 2001

France	28 – 17	Italy

• September 7, 2001

Spain	38 – 17	Italy

• September 8, 2001

France	23 – 23	Spain

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Slovenia	7	4	3	1	0	135	101	+34
2.	FR Yugoslavia	5	4	2	1	1	133	120	+13
3.	Turkey	5	4	2	1	1	131	108	+23
4.	Tunisia	2	4	0	2	2	96	112	–16
5.	Greece	1	4	0	1	3	89	143	–54

• September 6, 2001

Slovenia	31 – 26	Tunisia
Turkey	33 – 20	Greece

• September 7, 2001

Slovenia	27 – 27	Turkey
FR Yugoslavia	23 – 23	Tunisia

• September 8, 2001

Turkey	36 – 25	Tunisia
FR Yugoslavia	47 – 26	Greece

• September 9, 2001

FR Yugoslavia	36 – 35	Turkey
Slovenia	41 – 21	Greece

• September 10, 2001

Slovenia	36 – 27	FR Yugoslavia
Tunisia	22 – 22	Greece

Final round

Semi finals

• September 11, 2001

France	23 – 16	Slovenia
Spain	25 – 24	FR Yugoslavia

Finals

• September 11, 2001 — Classification Match (5th/6th place)

Turkey	31 – 30	Italy

• September 12, 2001 — Bronze Medal Match

Slovenia	32 – 26	FR Yugoslavia

• September 12, 2001 — Gold Medal Match

France	26 – 21	Spain

Standings

Rank	Team
	France
	Spain
	Slovenia
4	FR Yugoslavia
5	Turkey
6	Italy
7	Tunisia
8	Greece

References

1. Αλλα τρία μετάλλια
2. "Tout sur le Handball aux jeux méditerranéens". handzone.net. Retrieved 24 January 2024.

• HANDBALL (Hommes), 8 au 14/9/2001, 14èmes Jeux Méditerranéens Tunis 2001, Resultats Techniques.
• HANDBALL (Dames), 6 au 12/9/2001, 14èmes Jeux Méditerranéens Tunis 2001, Resultats Techniques.
• Complete 2001 Mediterranean Games Standings
• "Updates on Mediterranean Games"