Handball at the 2009 Mediterranean Games – Men's tournament

The men's handball tournament at the 2009 Mediterranean Games was held from 27 June to 5 July in Pescara.^[2]

Men's handball
at the 2009 Mediterranean Games

Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	27 June – 5 July
Teams	9 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Serbia (1st title)
Runners-up	France
Third place	Tunisia
Fourth place	Turkey
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	1,303 (59.23 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ramazan Döne (49 goals)[1]
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Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	2	1	0	120	62	+58	5	Semifinals
2	Serbia	3	2	0	1	123	68	+55	4
3	Algeria	3	1	1	1	108	66	+42	3	Fifth place game
4	Albania	3	0	0	3	17	172	−155	0	Seventh place game

Source: Pescara 2009
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.

27 June 2009 14:00	Albania	5–48	Algeria	Giovanni Paolo II Sports Hall, Pescara Referees: Stojković, Nikolić (SRB)
	Nasi 2	(3–29)	Zouaoui 9
	4×	Report	3×

27 June 2009 18:00	Serbia	27–31	France	Giovanni Paolo II Sports Hall, Pescara Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	three players 5	(14–16)	Caucheteux 7
	3× 3×	Report	4× 5×

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29 June 2009 14:00	France	58–4	Albania	Giovanni Paolo II Sports Hall, Pescara Referees: Beji, Farah (TUN)
	Arive 8	(29–2)	four players 1
	2×	Report	3× 1× 1×

29 June 2009 18:00	Algeria	29–30	Serbia	Giovanni Paolo II Sports Hall, Pescara Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
	Chehbour 10	(18–13)	Nenadić 7
	4× 2×	Report	5× 8× 2×

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1 July 2009 14:00	Albania	8–66	Serbia	Giovanni Paolo II Sports Hall, Pescara Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
	three players 2	(1–32)	Tubić 12
	1× 7×	Report	2×

1 July 2009 18:00	Algeria	31–31	France	Giovanni Paolo II Sports Hall, Pescara Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Soudani 7	(14–16)	Accambray 10
	4× 5×	Report	3× 3×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey	4	3	0	1	119	105	+14	6[a]	Semifinals
2	Tunisia	4	3	0	1	113	109	+4	6[a]
3	Greece	4	2	0	2	113	114	−1	4	Fifth place game
4	Italy (H)	4	1	0	3	106	105	+1	2[b]	Seventh place game
5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	1	0	3	105	123	−18	2[b]

Source: Pescara 2009
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
Notes:

1. Turkey 32–28 Tunisia
2. Bosnia and Herzegovina 25–32 Italy

27 June 2009 16:00	Turkey	29–30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Giovanni Paolo II Sports Hall, Pescara Referees: Mondin, Cropanise (ITA)
	Döne 8	(15–12)	Divković 7
	3× 5×	Report	3× 3× 2×

27 June 2009 20:00	Tunisia	33–28	Greece	Giovanni Paolo II Sports Hall, Pescara Referees: Dentz, Reibel (FRA)
	Lagha 6	(13–15)	Riganas 10
	2× 3×	Report	4× 8× 1×

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28 June 2009 16:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	24–26	Tunisia	Giovanni Paolo II Sports Hall, Pescara Referees: Alperan, Scevola (ITA)
	Divković 8	(12–15)	Saïed 6
	4× 6× 1×	Report	4× 5×

28 June 2009 18:00	Italy	24–28	Turkey	Giovanni Paolo II Sports Hall, Pescara Referees: Repenšek, Požežnik (SLO)
	Di Maggio 5	(10–15)	Yalçıner 9
	3× 5×	Report	4× 5×

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29 June 2009 16:00	Tunisia	26–25	Italy	Giovanni Paolo II Sports Hall, Pescara Referees: Repenšek, Požežnik (SLO)
	Ayed 6	(12–13)	Radovcic 5
	3× 4×	Report	4× 5×

29 June 2009 20:00	Greece	36–26	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Giovanni Paolo II Sports Hall, Pescara Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Riganas 11	(13–12)	Buljugija 9
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

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30 June 2009 16:00	Italy	25–26	Greece	Giovanni Paolo II Sports Hall, Pescara Referees: Stojković, Nikolić (SRB)
	Tarafino, Tokić 5	(16–14)	Mastorogiannis, Tzoufras 4
	3× 8× 1×	Report	4× 6× 1×

30 June 2009 18:00	Turkey	32–28	Tunisia	Giovanni Paolo II Sports Hall, Pescara Referees: Dentz, Reibel (FRA)
	Döne 8	(14–12)	Mrabet 8
	3× 8× 1×	Report	3× 3×

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1 July 2009 16:00	Greece	23–30	Turkey	Giovanni Paolo II Sports Hall, Pescara Referees: Repenšek, Požežnik (SLO)
	Riganas, Tsatso 4	(11–14)	Yalçıner 9
	4× 5×	Report	3× 12×

1 July 2009 20:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25–32	Italy	Giovanni Paolo II Sports Hall, Pescara Referees: Beji, Farah (TUN)
	Buljugija 8	(12–16)	Tumbarello 6
	4× 7× 1×	Report	4× 6×

Playoffs

Bracket

	Semifinals				Gold medal
	3 July
	France	28
					5 July
	Tunisia	25
					France	31
	3 July
					Serbia	35
	Serbia (OT)	43
	Turkey	41
					Bronze medal
					5 July
					Tunisia	28
					Turkey	24

Semifinals

3 July 2009 16:30	France	28–25	Tunisia	Giovanni Paolo II Sports Hall, Pescara Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Cismondo 5	(18–10)	Saïed 6
	4× 5× 1×	Report	3× 3×

3 July 2009 19:00	Serbia	43–41 (ET)	Turkey	Giovanni Paolo II Sports Hall, Pescara
		(16–13)
	FT: 33–33 ET: 4–4, 6–4

Seventh place game

2 July 2009 17:00	Albania	14–62	Italy	Giovanni Paolo II Sports Hall, Pescara
		(5–30)

Fifth place game

2 July 2009 19:30	Algeria	27–21	Greece	Giovanni Paolo II Sports Hall, Pescara
		(12–8)

Bronze medal game

5 July 2009 14:30	Tunisia	28–24	Turkey	Giovanni Paolo II Sports Hall, Pescara Referees: Mondin, Cropanise (ITA)
	Gharbi 7	(16–11)	Döne 9
	3× 4× 1×	Report	3× 5× 1×

Gold medal game

5 July 2009 17:00	France	31–35	Serbia	Giovanni Paolo II Sports Hall, Pescara Referees: Repenšek, Požežnik (SLO)
	Anić 9	(14–14)	Rnić, Stojanović 7
	4× 5×	Report	3× 2×

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Serbia
	France
	Tunisia
4	Turkey
5	Algeria
6	Greece
7	Italy
8	Albania
9	Bosnia and Herzegovina