Handball at the 2018 Mediterranean Games – Men's tournament

Men's handball
at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	23 June – 1 July
Teams	13 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Croatia (4th title)
Runners-up	Tunisia
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Turkey
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	1,570 (58.15 per match)
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Last updated September 13, 2025

The men's handball tournament at the 2018 Mediterranean Games was held from 23 June to 1 July at the Campclar Sports Palace in Tarragona.^[1]

Participating teams

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tunisia	2	2	0	73	57	+16	4	Quarterfinals
2	Slovenia	2	1	1	70	61	+9	2	Quarterfinals
3	Montenegro	2	0	2	56	81	−25	0

Source: Tarragona 2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.

23 June 2018 12:00	Slovenia	41–28	Montenegro	Campclar Sports Palace, Tarragona Referees: El-Moamly, Abdelaziz (EGY)
	Bratkovič 8	(21–11)	Kaluđerović, Radojević 8
	2× 4×	Report	3× 3×

24 June 2018 10:00	Slovenia	29–33	Tunisia	Campclar Sports Palace, Tarragona
		(13–13)	Chouiref 8
			3× 4×

25 June 2018 12:00	Montenegro	28–40	Tunisia	Campclar Sports Palace, Tarragona Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
	Radović 5	(10–16)	Majdoub 6
	3× 1×	Report	3× 1×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	2	2	0	67	52	+15	4	Quarterfinals
2	Algeria	2	1	1	64	69	−5	2	Quarterfinals
3	Italy	2	0	2	58	68	−10	0

Source: Tarragona 2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.

23 June 2018 10:00	Croatia	30–26	Italy	Campclar Sports Palace, Tarragona Referees: Hoz, Riloba (ESP)
	Jaganjac 8	(17–12)	Turkovic 6
	3× 3×	Report	2× 1×

24 June 2018 12:00	Croatia	37–26	Algeria	Campclar Sports Palace, Tarragona Referees: Macías, Ruiz (ESP)
	Mandić 7	(19–13)	Abdi 7
	1× 6×	Report	2× 4×

25 June 2018 10:00	Italy	32–38	Algeria	Campclar Sports Palace, Tarragona Referees: Jovandić, Sekulić (SRB)
	Marrochi 7	(15–16)	Berkous 11
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain (H)	2	2	0	0	80	39	+41	4	Quarterfinals
2	Portugal	2	0	1	1	50	62	−12	1^[a]	Quarterfinals
3	Greece	2	0	1	1	45	74	−29	1^[a]

Source: Tarragona 2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1 2 Greece 28–28 Portugal

23 June 2018 20:30	Spain	46–17	Greece	Campclar Sports Palace, Tarragona Referees: Ivanović, Vujisić (MNE)
	Fernández, Goñi 6	(21–6)	Iliopoulos, Karampourniotis 3
	2× 1×	Report	3× 4×

24 June 2018 20:30	Spain	34–22	Portugal	Campclar Sports Palace, Tarragona Referees: Jovandić, Sekulić (SRB)
	Fernández 6	(14–12)	Gomes 6
	2× 1×	Report	3× 2×

25 June 2018 20:30	Greece	28–28	Portugal	Campclar Sports Palace, Tarragona Referees: Soria, Monjo (ESP)
	Kritikos 6	(14–11)	D. Silva 8
	2× 6× 1×	Report	2× 5×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey	3	2	1	0	84	74	+10	5	Quarterfinals
2	Serbia	3	1	1	1	95	88	+7	3	Quarterfinals
3	Egypt	3	1	0	2	91	102	−11	2^[a]
4	North Macedonia	3	1	0	2	86	92	−6	2^[a]

Source: Tarragona 2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
Notes:

1 2 Egypt 34–29 Macedonia

23 June 2018 16:30	North Macedonia	26–29	Turkey	Campclar Sports Palace, Tarragona Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
	Kuzmanovski, Popovski 7	(13–15)	Pehlivan 10
	2× 1×	Report	2× 5× 1×

23 June 2018 18:30	Egypt	33–42	Serbia	Campclar Sports Palace, Tarragona Referees: Deche, Ghouarda (ALG)
	Mahmoud 13	(11–18)	Sretenović, Vorkapić 7
	2× 4×	Report	3× 7×

24 June 2018 16:30	Egypt	34–29	North Macedonia	Campclar Sports Palace, Tarragona Referees: Soria, Monjo (ESP)
	Hassanein 8	(19–18)	Popovski, Velkovski 6
	2× 2×	Report	1× 9× 1×

24 June 2018 18:30	Serbia	24–24	Turkey	Campclar Sports Palace, Tarragona Referees: Alperan, Scevola (ITA)
	Sretenović 8	(13–14)	Sarak 8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5×

25 June 2018 16:30	Egypt	24–31	Turkey	Campclar Sports Palace, Tarragona Referees: Hoz, Riloba (ESP)
	Dahroug 6	(13–15)	Sarak 7
	1× 4×	Report	2× 7×

25 June 2018 18:30	Serbia	29–31	North Macedonia	Campclar Sports Palace, Tarragona Referees: Macías, Ruiz (ESP)
	Milić 6	(15–16)	Popovski 6
	2× 4×	Report	2× 3× 1×

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

27 June

Tunisia	30
		29 June
Algeria	25
		Tunisia	28
27 June
		Turkey	21
Turkey	31
				1 July
Portugal	29
				Tunisia	23
27 June
				Croatia	24
Croatia	17
		29 June
Slovenia	16
		Croatia (OT)	31
27 June
		Spain	29	Third place
Spain	35
				1 July
Serbia	25
				Spain	30

				Turkey	19

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

28 June

Algeria	32
		30 June
Portugal	33
		Portugal	25
28 June
		Slovenia	31
Slovenia	33

Serbia	26
		Seventh place

		30 June

		Algeria	30

		Serbia	28

Quarterfinals

27 June 2018 10:00	Tunisia	30–25	Algeria	Campclar Sports Palace, Tarragona Referees: Soria, Monjo (ESP)
	Chouiref 7	(14–12)	Hamoud 7
	2× 3×	Report	3× 6×

27 June 2018 12:30	Croatia	17–16	Slovenia	Campclar Sports Palace, Tarragona Referees: Ivanović, Vujisić (MNE)
	Božić Pavletić, Šipić 3	(9–7)	Marguč 5
	2× 4×	Report	2× 3×

27 June 2018 17:30	Spain	35–25	Serbia	Campclar Sports Palace, Tarragona Referees: Deche, Ghouarda (ALG)
	Odriozola 6	(20–11)	Milić 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

27 June 2018 20:00	Turkey	31–29	Portugal	Campclar Sports Palace, Tarragona Referees: Macías, Ruiz (ESP)
	Pehlivan 11	(17–12)	Fernandes 7
	2× 5× 1×	Report	3× 3×

5–8th place semifinals

28 June 2018 17:30	Algeria	32–33	Portugal	Campclar Sports Palace, Tarragona Referees: Chaskis, Tsakonas (GRE)
	Berriah, Hamoud 5	(15–18)	Gomes 12
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

28 June 2018 20:00	Slovenia	33–26	Serbia	Campclar Sports Palace, Tarragona Referees: Pinto, Santos (POR)
	Grzentič 6	(15–14)	Živković 7
	2× 3× 1×	Report	1× 4×

Semifinals

29 June 2018 10:00	Tunisia	28–21	Turkey	Campclar Sports Palace, Tarragona Referees: Ivanović, Vujisić (MNE)
	Bacha 8	(15–8)	Pehlivan 9
	2× 3×	Report	2× 4×

29 June 2018 12:30	Spain	29–31 (ET)	Croatia	Campclar Sports Palace, Tarragona Referees: Jovandić, Sekulić (SRB)
	Ariño 7	(12–15)	Jaganjac 9
	3× 2×	Report	2× 4×
	FT: 27–27 ET: 2–2, 0–2

Seventh place game

30 June 2018 10:00	Algeria	30–28	Serbia	Campclar Sports Palace, Tarragona Referees: Hoz, Riloba (ESP)
	Abdi 10	(16–14)	Matičić 7
	2× 5× 1×	Report	2× 5×

Fifth place game

30 June 2018 12:30	Portugal	25–31	Slovenia	Campclar Sports Palace, Tarragona Referees: El-Moamly, Abdelaziz (EGY)
	Gomes 8	(12–13)	Žabič 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 6×

Bronze medal game

1 July 2018 10:30	Spain	30–19	Turkey	Campclar Sports Palace, Tarragona Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
	Fernández 5	(15–8)	Pehlivan 10
	3×	Report	3× 1×

Final

1 July 2018 13:00	Tunisia	23–24	Croatia	Campclar Sports Palace, Tarragona Referees: Soria, Monjo (ESP)
	Sanaï 5	(12–9)	Mandić 6
	2× 4×	Report	1× 3× 1×

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Croatia
	Tunisia
	Spain
4	Turkey
5	Slovenia
6	Portugal
7	Algeria
8	Serbia
	Egypt
	North Macedonia
	Greece
	Italy
	Montenegro

References

↑ "2018 Mediterranean Games – Handball schedule" (PDF). tarragona2018.cat. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

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[table_hth_POR0.29188803876372-2] 1 2 Greece 28–28 Portugal

[table_hth_EGY0.54175742880523-3] 1 2 Egypt 34–29 Macedonia

[1] "2018 Mediterranean Games – Handball schedule" (PDF). tarragona2018.cat. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

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