Handball at the 2013 Mediterranean Games – Men's tournament

Men's handball
at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
Tournament details
Host country Turkey
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates23 June – 30 June
Teams10 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Egypt
Runner-up Croatia
Third place Turkey
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored1,439 (53.3 per match)

The men's tournament of handball at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey, were held between June 23 and June 30. All games were held at the Lütfullah Aksungur Sports Hall.

Format

  • TEn teams are divided into two preliminary groups. Each group have five teams.
  • The top 2 teams from each group will qualify for Semifinals, other teams will qualify for the placement matches.
  • Winners of the Semifinals contested the gold medal game and the losers the bronze medal game.

Participating teams

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  TUR  ITA  SRB  MKD  ALG
 Turkey 4 3 0 1 113 107 +6 6 34–30 23–24 30–29 26–24
 Italy 4 2 0 2 109 100 +9 4 30–34 23–22 33–20 23–24
 Serbia 4 2 0 2 112 93 +19 4 29–30 22–23 27–19 34–21
 North Macedonia 4 2 0 2 90 109 −19 4 24–23 20–33 19–27 27–26
 Algeria 4 1 0 3 95 110 −15 2 24–26 24–23 21–34 26–27
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  CRO  EGY  SLO  TUN  GRE
 Croatia 4 3 0 1 120 109 +11 6 28–25 32–34 32–26 28–24
 Egypt 4 3 0 1 111 94 +17 6 25–28 33–28 27–22 26–16
 Slovenia 4 2 1 1 134 117 +17 5 34–32 28–33 32–32 40–20
 Tunisia 4 1 1 2 107 111 −4 3 26–32 22–27 32–32 27–20
 Greece 4 0 0 4 80 121 −41 0 24–28 16–26 20–40 20–27
Source: [citation needed]

Playoffs

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
29 June
 
 
 Turkey22
 
30 June
 
 Egypt25
 
 Egypt28
 
29 June
 
 Croatia23
 
 Croatia23
 
 
 Italy21
 
Third place
 
 
30 June
 
 
 Turkey32
 
 
 Italy26

Semifinals

June 29
16:00
Croatia  23–21  Italy Lütfullah Aksungur Spor Salonu
Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
Matulić 8 (11-11) Tokic 7

June 29
18:00
 Turkey 22–25  Egypt Lütfullah Aksungur Spor Salonu
Referees: A.Konjicanin, D.Konjicanin (BIH)
Catkin 6 (11-13) five players 4

9th/10th classification

June 29
10:00
Greece  23–27  Algeria Lütfullah Aksungur Spor Salonu
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
Palasks 7 (13-11) Benali 8

7th/8th classification

June 29
12:00
Tunisia  35–19  North Macedonia Lütfullah Aksungur Spor Salonu
Referees: Ozdeniz, Erdogan (TUR)
Lazarov, Manaskov 4 (16-10) Boughanmi 13

5th/6th classification

June 29
14:00
Slovenia  29–26  Serbia Lütfullah Aksungur Spor Salonu
Referees: Rashed,Elsayed (EGY)
Razgor 8 (12-9) Marković 7

Bronze medal match

June 30
10:00
Turkey  32–26  Italy Lütfullah Aksungur Spor Salonu
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvcia (CRO)
Done 11 (18-14) three players 5

Final

June 30
12:00
Egypt  28–23  Croatia Lütfullah Aksungur Spor Salonu
Referees: Ozdeniz, Erdogan (TUR)
Eid 7 (14-11) Matulic 7

References