# Handball at the 2001 Mediterranean Games

Handball was contested at the 2001 Mediterranean Games in El Menzah and Ariana.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | CroatiaIvano Balic Tihomir Baltic Davor Dominikovic Mirza Dzomba Slavko Goluza Bozidar Jovic Mario Kelentric Igor Kos Blazenko Lackovic Valter Matosevic Petar Metlicic Diego Modrusan Goran Sprem Renato Sulic Vedran Zrnic Zvonimir Bilic | TunisiaRiadh Sanaa Moez Bahri Iteb Bouali Walid Ben Amor Sobhi Sioud Sahbi Ben Aziza Wissem Hmam Heykel Megannem Wissem Bousnina Mohamed Messaoudi Zouhair Ben Messaoud Anouar Ayed Issam Tej Ali Madi Makram Jerou Dhaker Seboui | FranceThierry Omeyer Jerome Fernandez Didier Dinart Cedric Burdet Guillaume Gille Bertrand Gille Daniel Narcisse Andrej Golic Olivier Girault Laurent Puigsegur Jackson Richardson Stephane Plantin Christophe Kempe Yohann Ploquin Mickael Grossman Nicolas Lemmonne |
| Women | FranceValerie Nicolas Marie Annick Dezert Joanne Dudziak Sonia Cendier Leila Lejeune-Duchemann Stephanie Norval-Tabard Myriam Korfanty Nodjialem Myaro Stephanie Moreau Mezuela Servier-Prandi Stephanie Cano Isabelle Wendling Chantal Maio-Roussel Stephanie Ludwig Nathalie Selambarom Seynabou Benga | SpainAitziber Elejaga Vargas Elizabeth Lopez Valledor Cristina E. Lopez Quiros Anna Voytsekhoyska Ana Isabel Ruiz Perez Diana Box Alonso Maria Teresa Andreu Rodriguez Cristina Gomez Arquer Noelia Oncina Moreno Tatiana Garmendia Lopez Montserrat Puche Diaz Susana Fraile Celaya Silvia Del Olmo Escudero Izaskun Mugica Zozaya Veronica Cuadrado Dehesa Patricia Alonso Jimenez | SloveniaNada Tutnjic Mira Vincic Sergeja Stefanisin Vesna Vincic Nadiza Plesko Spela Cerar Tanja Dajcman Mojca Dercar Deja Doler Inna Dolgun Sonja Durkovic Anja Freser Barbara Gorski Silvana Ilic Branka Mijatovic Tatjana Oder |

## Men's Competition
### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| | Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff |
| 1. | France | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 29 | +23 |
| 2. | Spain | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 43 | +2 |
| 3. | Greece | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 58 | –25 |
* September 8, 2001
| Spain | 28 – 21 | Greece |
* September 9, 2001
| France | 30 – 12 | Greece |
* September 10, 2001
| France | 22 – 17 | Spain |

#### Group B

| | Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff |
| 1. | Slovenia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 52 | +11 |
| 2. | FR Yugoslavia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 49 | +8 |
| 3. | Morocco | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 72 | –19 |
* September 8, 2001
| Slovenia | 39 – 28 | Morocco |
* September 9, 2001
| FR Yugoslavia | 33 – 25 | Morocco |
* September 10, 2001
| FR Yugoslavia | 24 – 24 | Slovenia |

#### Group C

| | Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff |
| 1. | Croatia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 52 | +8 |
| 2. | Algeria | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 49 | +9 |
| 3. | Turkey | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 70 | –17 |
* September 8, 2001
| Croatia | 35 – 29 | Turkey |
* September 9, 2001
| Algeria | 35 – 24 | Turkey |
* September 10, 2001
| Croatia | 25 – 23 | Algeria |

#### Group D

| | Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff |
| 1. | Tunisia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 44 | +17 |
| 2. | Italy | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 54 | –2 |
| 3. | Syria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 59 | –11 |
* September 8, 2001
| Italy | 30 – 26 | Syria |
* September 9, 2001
| Tunisia | 29 – 22 | Syria |
* September 10, 2001
| Tunisia | 28 – 22 | Italy |

### Standing Games
#### For 5th to 8th rank

FR Yugoslavia played with Slovenia in the match for 5th place, while Italy played with Algeria in the match for 7th place.
* September 14, 2001
| FR Yugoslavia | 33 – 26 | Slovenia |
| Algeria | 27 – 24 | Italy |

#### For 9th to 12th rank

* September 11, 2001
| Greece | 32 – 31 | Morocco |
| Turkey | 30 – 28 | Syria |
After the first classement match, Syria withdrew from the tournament. The ranking was based on the results of the tournament between the three participating countries: Morocco, Greece and Turkey.
* September 12, 2001
| Morocco | 34 – 32 | Turkey |
* September 13, 2001
| Greece | 30 – 23 | Turkey |
| | Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff |
| 9. | Greece | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 54 | +8 |
| 10. | Morocco | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 64 | +1 |
| 11. | Turkey | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 64 | –9 |
| 12. | Syria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

### Final round
#### Quarter finals

* September 12, 2001
| France | 26 – 20 | FR Yugoslavia |
| Croatia | 32 – 25 | Italy |
| Spain | 32 – 25 | Slovenia |
| Tunisia | 27 – 19 | Algeria |

#### Semi finals

* September 13, 2001
| Croatia | 32 – 26 | France |
| Tunisia | 28 – 27 | Spain |

#### Finals

* September 14, 2001 — Bronze Medal Match
| France | 22 – 21 | Spain |
* September 14, 2001 — Gold Medal Match
| Croatia | 24 – 23 | Tunisia |

### Awards

* 2001 Men's Mediterranean Games champions
* Croatia

### Standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Croatia |
| | Tunisia |
| | France |
| 4 | Spain |
| 5 | FR Yugoslavia |
| 6 | Slovenia |
| 7 | Algeria |
| 8 | Italy |
| 9 | Greece |
| 10 | Morocco |
| 11 | Turkey |
| 12 | Syria |

## Women's Competition
### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| | Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff |
| 1. | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 40 | +21 |
| 2. | France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 40 | +11 |
| 3. | Italy | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 66 | –32 |
| 4. | Algeria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | − |
Algeria withdrew from the competition.
* September 6, 2001
| France | 28 – 17 | Italy |
* September 7, 2001
| Spain | 38 – 17 | Italy |
* September 8, 2001
| France | 23 – 23 | Spain |

#### Group B

| | Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff |
| 1. | Slovenia | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 135 | 101 | +34 |
| 2. | FR Yugoslavia | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 133 | 120 | +13 |
| 3. | Turkey | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 131 | 108 | +23 |
| 4. | Tunisia | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 96 | 112 | –16 |
| 5. | Greece | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 89 | 143 | –54 |
* September 6, 2001
| Slovenia | 31 – 26 | Tunisia |
| Turkey | 33 – 20 | Greece |
* September 7, 2001
| Slovenia | 27 – 27 | Turkey |
| FR Yugoslavia | 23 – 23 | Tunisia |
* September 8, 2001
| Turkey | 36 – 25 | Tunisia |
| FR Yugoslavia | 47 – 26 | Greece |
* September 9, 2001
| FR Yugoslavia | 36 – 35 | Turkey |
| Slovenia | 41 – 21 | Greece |
* September 10, 2001
| Slovenia | 36 – 27 | FR Yugoslavia |
| Tunisia | 22 – 22 | Greece |

### Final round
#### Semi finals

* September 11, 2001
| France | 23 – 16 | Slovenia |
| Spain | 25 – 24 | FR Yugoslavia |

#### Finals

* September 11, 2001 — Classification Match (5th/6th place)
| Turkey | 31 – 30 | Italy |
* September 12, 2001 — Bronze Medal Match
| Slovenia | 32 – 26 | FR Yugoslavia |
* September 12, 2001 — Gold Medal Match
| France | 26 – 21 | Spain |

### Standings

| Rank | Team |
| | France |
| | Spain |
| | Slovenia |
| 4 | FR Yugoslavia |
| 5 | Turkey |
| 6 | Italy |
| 7 | Tunisia |
| 8 | Greece |