Handball at the 2022 Mediterranean Games – Men's tournament

Men's handball
at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
Tournament details
Host country	Algeria
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	26 June – 6 July
Teams	10 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (2nd title)
Runner-up	Egypt
Third place	Serbia
Fourth place	North Macedonia
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Last updated April 08, 2024

The men's handball tournament at the 2022 Mediterranean Games was held from 26 June to 6 July in Arzew and Bir El Djir.^[1]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	4	4	0	113	89	+24	8	Semifinals
2	Serbia	4	3	1	107	97	+10	6	Semifinals
3	Tunisia	4	2	2	99	94	+5	4	Fifth place game
4	Italy	4	1	3	107	106	+1	2	Seventh place game
5	Slovenia ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	4	0	4	0	40	−40	0	Ninth place game

Source: Oran 2022
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:

↑ Slovenia withdrew from the tournament due to several positive COVID-19 cases.^[2] The matches were counted as a 10–0 win for the opposing team.

27 June 2022 14:00	Slovenia	0–10 (27–31)	Serbia	24 February Indoor Hall, Arzew Referees: Deche, Guarda (ALG)
	Pipp 5	(15–15)	Grozdanić 8
	1× 2×	Report	2× 9× 1×

27 June 2022 16:00	Egypt	38–35	Italy	24 February Indoor Hall, Arzew Referees: Ilievski, Ilievski (MKD)
	Kaddah 9	(20–14)	Parisini 8
	3×	Report	1×

28 June 2022 14:00	Serbia	28–35	Egypt	24 February Indoor Hall, Arzew Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
	Grozdanić 7	(12–16)	El-Ahmar 6
	2× 6×	Report	3× 1×

28 June 2022 16:00	Tunisia	10–0 (36–34)	Slovenia	24 February Indoor Hall, Arzew Referees: Díaz-Flores, Pérez (ESP)
	Maaref 8	(22–12)	Slatinek-Jovičič 7
	5×	Report	6×

30 June 2022 12:00	Egypt	30–26	Tunisia	24 February Indoor Hall, Arzew Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
	Mesilhy 6	(15–13)	Boughanmi 6
	4×	Report	2× 6× 1×

30 June 2022 14:00	Italy	33–34	Serbia	24 February Indoor Hall, Arzew Referees: Ghoul, Chergui (ALG)
	Arcieri 7	(16–15)	Milić 8
	1×	Report	2× 6× 1×

1 July 2022 12:00	Tunisia	34–29	Italy	24 February Indoor Hall, Arzew Referees: Ilievski, Ilievski (MKD)
	Bhar, Boughanmi 8	(18–15)	Prantner 7
	1× 2×	Report	1× 5×

Cancelled	Slovenia	0–10	Egypt	24 February Indoor Hall, Arzew

Cancelled	Italy	10–0	Slovenia	24 February Indoor Hall, Arzew

2 July 2022 14:15	Serbia	35–29	Tunisia	24 February Indoor Hall, Arzew Referees: Díaz-Flores, Pérez (ESP)
	Vorkapić 7	(19–13)	Rzig 8
	1× 3×	Report	1× 4×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	4	4	0	0	154	81	+73	8	Semifinals
2	North Macedonia	4	2	1	1	116	98	+18	5	Semifinals
3	Algeria (H)	4	2	1	1	110	107	+3	5	Fifth place game
4	Turkey	4	1	0	3	96	135	−39	2	Seventh place game
5	Greece	4	0	0	4	93	148	−55	0	Ninth place game

Source: Oran 2022
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

27 June 2022 18:00	Turkey	27–32	Algeria	24 February Indoor Hall, Arzew Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
	Pehlivan 5	(14–15)	Berkous 6
	5× 2×	Report	1× 5× 1×

27 June 2022 20:00	North Macedonia	39–21	Greece	24 February Indoor Hall, Arzew Referees: Jakovljević, Sando Kovačević (SRB)
	Serafimov 7	(20–13)	Pagiatis 5
	1×	Report	1× 3× 1×

28 June 2022 18:00	Algeria	24–24	North Macedonia	24 February Indoor Hall, Arzew Referees: Rodrigues, Pinherio (POR)
	Saker 7	(15–15)	Serafimov 5
	5× 1×	Report	2× 5×

28 June 2022 20:00	Spain	46–19	Turkey	24 February Indoor Hall, Arzew Referees: Hamidi, Belkhiri (ALG)
	Serrano 7	(26–7)	Durmaz, Pehlivan 4
	2×	Report	1× 4×

30 June 2022 17:00	North Macedonia	22–31	Spain	24 February Indoor Hall, Arzew Referees: Sando Kovačević, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Serafimov 8	(8–14)	three players 4
	2× 3×	Report	3×

30 June 2022 19:00	Greece	25–35	Algeria	24 February Indoor Hall, Arzew Referees: Díaz-Flores, Pérez (ESP)
	Dikaioulias 4	(13–17)	Naïm 7
	4×	Report	1× 2×

1 July 2022 17:00	Spain	46–21	Greece	24 February Indoor Hall, Arzew Referees: Rodrigues, Pinherio (POR)
	Folqués, Odriozola 6	(24–10)	three players 4
	2×	Report	2×

1 July 2022 19:15	Turkey	22–31	North Macedonia	24 February Indoor Hall, Arzew Referees: Díaz-Flores, Pérez (ESP)
	Durmaz 5	(12–13)	Petkovski 11
	1× 8× 2×	Report	3×

2 July 2022 17:00	Greece	26–28	Turkey	24 February Indoor Hall, Arzew Referees: Farsi, Kahouadji (ALG)
	Stefanitsis 4	(14–11)	Şirin 7
	6×	Report	2× 3× 1×

2 July 2022 19:15	Algeria	19–31	Spain	24 February Indoor Hall, Arzew Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
	Saker 4	(7–22)	Márquez 5
	1× 2×	Report	2×

Playoffs

Bracket

Semifinals		Gold medal

4 July

Egypt	34
		6 July
North Macedonia	20
		Egypt	27
4 July
		Spain	28
Spain	42

Serbia	38
		Bronze medal

		6 July

		North Macedonia	29

		Serbia	34

Semifinals

4 July 2022 13:00	Egypt	34–20	North Macedonia	Miloud Hadefi Complex Omnisport Arena, Bir El Djir Referees: Ghouarda, Deche (ALG)
	Sanad 8	(16–10)	four players 4
	1× 4×	Report	3× 4×

4 July 2022 18:00	Spain	42–38	Serbia	Miloud Hadefi Complex Omnisport Arena, Bir El Djir Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	three players 6	(22–21)	three players 7
	1× 1×	Report	2× 5×

Ninth place game

Cancelled	Slovenia	0–10	Greece	24 February Indoor Hall, Arzew

Seventh place game

4 July 2022 12:30	Italy	34–25	Turkey	24 February Indoor Hall, Arzew Referees: Jakovljević, Sando Kovačević (SRB)
	Mengon, Moretti 6	(22–11)	İlanç 8
		Report	1× 5×

Fifth place game

4 July 2022 15:00	Tunisia	39–35 (ET)	Algeria	24 February Indoor Hall, Arzew Referees: Ilievski, Ilievski (MKD)
	Boughanmi 8	(13–12)	Naim 10
	6×	Report	6×
	FT: 26–26 ET: 5–5, 8–4

Bronze medal game

6 July 2022 11:30	North Macedonia	29–34	Serbia	Miloud Hadefi Complex Omnisport Arena, Bir El Djir Referees: Deche, Ghouarda (ALG)
	Pe. Atanasijevikj, Petrov 5	(13–15)	Vorkapić 6
	7×	Report	1× 13× 1×

Gold medal game

6 July 2022 16:30	Egypt	27–28	Spain	Miloud Hadefi Complex Omnisport Arena, Bir El Djir Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Sanad 7	(16–13)	Tarrafeta 10
	3×	Report	1× 5×

Final standings

Rank	Team^[3]
	Spain
	Egypt
	Serbia
4	North Macedonia
5	Tunisia
6	Algeria
7	Italy
8	Turkey
9	Greece
10	Slovenia

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References

↑ "Handball – Competition Schedule" (PDF). Oran 2022. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
↑ "Slovenski rokometaši predčasno zaključujejo nastope na sredozemskih igrah" (in Slovenian). Handball Federation of Slovenia. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
↑ "Handball – Men – Brackets" (PDF). Oran 2022. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.

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[table_note_SVN0.34509736641548-3] Slovenia withdrew from the tournament due to several positive COVID-19 cases.^[2] The matches were counted as a 10–0 win for the opposing team.

[1] "Handball – Competition Schedule" (PDF). Oran 2022. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

[2] "Slovenski rokometaši predčasno zaključujejo nastope na sredozemskih igrah" (in Slovenian). Handball Federation of Slovenia. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

[4] "Handball – Men – Brackets" (PDF). Oran 2022. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.

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