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)
Runners-up	Egypt
Third place	Serbia
Fourth place	North Macedonia
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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	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	4	4	0	0	113	89	+24	8	Semifinals
2	Serbia	4	3	0	1	107	97	+10	6
3	Tunisia	4	2	0	2	99	94	+5	4	Fifth place game
4	Italy	4	1	0	3	107	106	+1	2	Seventh place game
5	Slovenia [a]	4	0	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:

1. 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×

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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×

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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×

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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

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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
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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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

References

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.
3. "Handball – Men – Brackets" (PDF). Oran 2022. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.