# Handball at the 2022 Mediterranean Games – Women's tournament

The women's handball tournament at the 2022 Mediterranean Games was held from 30 June to 6 July in Aïn El Turk and Bir El Djir.

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 64 | +21 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Croatia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 78 | +4 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 75 | −8 | 2 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Algeria (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 77 | −17 | 0 | Seventh place game |
| 30 June 2022 17:15 | Spain | 26–20 | Algeria | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Ilievski, Ilievski (MKD) |
| 30 June 2022 17:15 | Valdivia 7 | (14–9) | five players 3 | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Ilievski, Ilievski (MKD) |
| 30 June 2022 17:15 | 1× 3× | Report | 3× | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Ilievski, Ilievski (MKD) |
| 30 June 2022 19:15 | Tunisia | 26–28 | Croatia | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Rodrigues, Pinherio (POR) |
| 30 June 2022 19:15 | Hamrouni 8 | (14–17) | Pavlović 12 | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Rodrigues, Pinherio (POR) |
| 30 June 2022 19:15 | 5× | Report | 1× 5× 1× | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Rodrigues, Pinherio (POR) |
| 1 July 2022 17:15 | Algeria | 21–31 | Croatia | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Sá, Sá (POR) |
| 1 July 2022 17:15 | three players 4 | (8–14) | Pavlović 9 | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Sá, Sá (POR) |
| 1 July 2022 17:15 | 1× 6× | Report | 1× 6× | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Sá, Sá (POR) |
| 1 July 2022 19:15 | Spain | 28–21 | Tunisia | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Jakovljević, Kovačević (SRB) |
| 1 July 2022 19:15 | Arrojeria 7 | (11–8) | Bouri 4 | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Jakovljević, Kovačević (SRB) |
| 1 July 2022 19:15 | 1× 3× | Report | 3× | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Jakovljević, Kovačević (SRB) |
| 2 July 2022 17:00 | Algeria | 19–20 | Tunisia | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Ilievski, Ilievski (MKD) |
| 2 July 2022 17:00 | Makhloufi 7 | (9–10) | Masri 7 | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Ilievski, Ilievski (MKD) |
| 2 July 2022 17:00 | 1× 5× | Report | 2× 6× | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Ilievski, Ilievski (MKD) |
| 2 July 2022 19:15 | Croatia | 23–31 | Spain | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Hamidi, Belkhiri (ALG) |
| 2 July 2022 19:15 | Posavec 8 | (12–18) | Campos 7 | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Hamidi, Belkhiri (ALG) |
| 2 July 2022 19:15 | 2× 3× | Report | 3× 3× | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Hamidi, Belkhiri (ALG) |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Serbia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 64 | +14 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 64 | +5 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Turkey | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 86 | 88 | −2 | 2 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | North Macedonia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 79 | −17 | 0 | Seventh place game |
| 30 June 2022 12:00 | North Macedonia | 27–34 | Turkey | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Deche, Guarda (ALG) |
| 30 June 2022 12:00 | Kiprijanovska 6 | (16–19) | Türkoglu 8 | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Deche, Guarda (ALG) |
| 30 June 2022 12:00 | 2× | Report | 4× 6× | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Deche, Guarda (ALG) |
| 30 June 2022 14:15 | Serbia | 21–20 | Portugal | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Kahouadji, Farsi (ALG) |
| 30 June 2022 14:15 | Jovović 11 | (13–12) | Sabino 6 | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Kahouadji, Farsi (ALG) |
| 30 June 2022 14:15 | 1× 2× 1× | Report | 3× | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Kahouadji, Farsi (ALG) |
| 1 July 2022 12:00 | Turkey | 26–30 | Portugal | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Farsi, Kahouadji (ALG) |
| 1 July 2022 12:00 | Türkoglu 5 | (14–12) | Sabino 9 | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Farsi, Kahouadji (ALG) |
| 1 July 2022 12:00 | 5× | Report | 3× | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Farsi, Kahouadji (ALG) |
| 1 July 2022 14:15 | North Macedonia | 18–26 | Serbia | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Hamidi, Belkhiri (ALG) |
| 1 July 2022 14:15 | Dukoska, Kiprijanovska 5 | (8–10) | Jovović 8 | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Hamidi, Belkhiri (ALG) |
| 1 July 2022 14:15 | 1× 6× | Report | 2× 5× | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Hamidi, Belkhiri (ALG) |
| 2 July 2022 12:00 | Turkey | 26–31 | Serbia | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Deche, Ghouarda (ALG) |
| 2 July 2022 12:00 | İskit 5 | (14–17) | three players 5 | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Deche, Ghouarda (ALG) |
| 2 July 2022 12:00 | 2× 7× | Report | 3× 4× | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Deche, Ghouarda (ALG) |
| 2 July 2022 14:15 | Portugal | 19–17 | North Macedonia | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Ghoul, Chergui (ALG) |
| 2 July 2022 14:15 | Sabino 8 | (13–11) | Dukovska 10 | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Ghoul, Chergui (ALG) |
| 2 July 2022 14:15 | 1× 3× | Report | 1× 5× | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Ghoul, Chergui (ALG) |

## Playoffs
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| 4 July | 4 July |
| Spain | 26 |
| Spain | 26 | 6 July | 6 July |
| Portugal | 24 | 6 July | 6 July |
| Portugal | 24 | Spain | 29 |
| 4 July | 4 July | | Spain | 29 |
| 4 July | 4 July | Croatia | 25 |
| Serbia | 20 | Croatia | 25 |
| Croatia | 31 | | |
| Croatia | 31 | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| | | 6 July | 6 July |
| | | Portugal | 22 |
| | | Serbia | 26 |

### Semifinals

| 4 July 2022 10:30 | Spain | 26–24 | Portugal | Miloud Hadefi Complex Omnisport Arena, Bir El Djir Referees: Farsi, Kahouadji (ALG) |
| 4 July 2022 10:30 | Campos 10 | (12–13) | Minciuna 6 | Miloud Hadefi Complex Omnisport Arena, Bir El Djir Referees: Farsi, Kahouadji (ALG) |
| 4 July 2022 10:30 | 1× 4× | Report | 1× 4× | Miloud Hadefi Complex Omnisport Arena, Bir El Djir Referees: Farsi, Kahouadji (ALG) |
| 4 July 2022 15:30 | Serbia | 20–31 | Croatia | Miloud Hadefi Complex Omnisport Arena, Bir El Djir Referees: Sá, Sá (POR) |
| 4 July 2022 15:30 | Vukajlović 8 | (12–16) | Barišić, Pavlović 8 | Miloud Hadefi Complex Omnisport Arena, Bir El Djir Referees: Sá, Sá (POR) |
| 4 July 2022 15:30 | 1× 3× | Report | 2× 3× | Miloud Hadefi Complex Omnisport Arena, Bir El Djir Referees: Sá, Sá (POR) |

### Seventh place game

| 4 July 2022 10:00 | Algeria | 23–31 | North Macedonia | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Díaz-Flores, Pérez (ESP) |
| 4 July 2022 10:00 | Zazai 7 | (12–17) | Dukoska 10 | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Díaz-Flores, Pérez (ESP) |
| 4 July 2022 10:00 | 5× | Report | 3× | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Díaz-Flores, Pérez (ESP) |

### Fifth place game

| 4 July 2022 12:30 | Tunisia | 29–35 | Turkey | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Rodrigues, Pinherio (POR) |
| 4 July 2022 12:30 | Hachana 6 | (14–20) | İskit 6 | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Rodrigues, Pinherio (POR) |
| 4 July 2022 12:30 | 4× | Report | 1× 5× | El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Rodrigues, Pinherio (POR) |

### Bronze medal game

| 6 July 2022 09:00 | Portugal | 22–26 | Serbia | Miloud Hadefi Complex Omnisport Arena, Bir El Djir Referees: Pérez, Díaz-Flores (ESP) |
| 6 July 2022 09:00 | three players 4 | (12–10) | Jovović, Vukajlović 7 | Miloud Hadefi Complex Omnisport Arena, Bir El Djir Referees: Pérez, Díaz-Flores (ESP) |
| 6 July 2022 09:00 | 3× | Report | 2× 6× | Miloud Hadefi Complex Omnisport Arena, Bir El Djir Referees: Pérez, Díaz-Flores (ESP) |

### Gold medal game

| 6 July 2022 14:00 | Spain | 29–25 | Croatia | Miloud Hadefi Complex Omnisport Arena, Bir El Djir Referees: Sá, Sá (POR) |
| 6 July 2022 14:00 | Campos 9 | (17–13) | Pavlović 9 | Miloud Hadefi Complex Omnisport Arena, Bir El Djir Referees: Sá, Sá (POR) |
| 6 July 2022 14:00 | 3× | Report | 2× 3× | Miloud Hadefi Complex Omnisport Arena, Bir El Djir Referees: Sá, Sá (POR) |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Spain |
| | Croatia |
| | Serbia |
| 4 | Portugal |
| 5 | Turkey |
| 6 | Tunisia |
| 7 | North Macedonia |
| 8 | Algeria |