Handball at the 2005 Mediterranean Games – Women's tournament

The women's handball tournament at the 2005 Mediterranean Games was held from 25 June to 1 July in Vícar.

Women's handball
at the 2005 Mediterranean Games

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	25 June – 1 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runner-up	Serbia and Montenegro
Third place	Croatia
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	1,140 (63.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tatjana Medved (42 goals)

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	3	0	0	92	78	+14	6	Semifinals
2	France	3	2	0	1	97	89	+8	4
3	Italy	3	1	0	2	91	99	−8	2	Fifth place game
4	Slovenia	3	0	0	3	86	100	−14	0	Seventh place game

Source: Almeria 2005
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.

25 June 2005 12:15	Slovenia	31–39	Italy	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar Referees: Tsakonas, Chaskis (GRE)
	Hrnjič 8	(18–22)	Di Fazzio 10
	3× 4× 1×	Report	3× 5×

25 June 2005 20:15	France	29–31	Croatia	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar Referees: Fernández, Permuy (ESP)
	Spincer 8	(15–17)	Arslanagić 9
	2× 6×	Report	4× 4× 1×

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26 June 2005 13:30	Slovenia	26–27	Croatia	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar Referees: Stanojević, Višekruna (SCG)
	Hrnjič 7	(12–17)	Zebić 9
	4× 8×	Report	3× 4×

26 June 2005 20:15	France	34–29	Italy	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar
	Kamto Njitam, Spincer 7	(12–12)	Pistelli 10
	2× 7×	Report	2× 4×

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28 June 2005 12:15	Croatia	34–23	Italy	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar Referees: Zidan, Ahmed (EGY)
	Pasičnik 7	(15–8)	Anisenkova 7
	3× 8×	Report	3× 3×

28 June 2005 20:15	France	34–29	Slovenia	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar Referees: Al-Arayedh, Al-Askafi (BHR)
	Legenty, Spincer 6	(15–16)	Potočnik 10
	3× 11× 1×	Report	4× 9×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain (H)	3	3	0	0	98	81	+17	6	Semifinals
2	Serbia and Montenegro	3	2	0	1	101	96	+5	4
3	Turkey	3	1	0	2	113	113	0	2	Fifth place game
4	Greece	3	0	0	3	82	104	−22	0	Seventh place game

Source: Almeria 2005
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

25 June 2005 10:00	Serbia and Montenegro	37–30	Greece	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar Referees: Borrotti, Marcet (FRA)
	Erić 9	(15–18)	Gioupi 10
	4×	Report	3× 3×

25 June 2005 18:00	Spain	40–38	Turkey	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar Referees: Zuhif, Al-Haj (SYR)
	Guerola 12	(21–18)	İskenderoğlu 12
	1× 11×	Report	3× 7× 1×

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26 June 2005 15:45	Serbia and Montenegro	43–40	Turkey	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar Referees: Požežnik, Repenšek (SLO)
	Medved 13	(24–19)	Özel 12
	4× 8×	Report	4× 5×

26 June 2005 18:00	Spain	32–22	Greece	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar Referees: Jomhouri, Ben Fraj (TUN)
	Alonso, Guerola 5	(15–10)	Gkolia, Gioupi 5
	3× 7× 1×	Report	3× 2×

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28 June 2005 10:00	Turkey	35–30	Greece	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar Referees: Al-Haj, Zuhif (SYR)
	Özel 10	(19–15)	Poimenidou 9
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

28 June 2005 18:00	Spain	26–21	Serbia and Montenegro	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar Referees: Ben Fraj, Jomhouri (TUN)
	Mangué 5	(13–8)	Medved 7
	3× 4×	Report	4× 9×

Playoffs

Bracket

	Semifinals				Gold medal
	29 June
	Spain	31
					1 July
	France	24
					Spain	30
	29 June
					Serbia and Montenegro	29
	Croatia	33
	Serbia and Montenegro	40
					Bronze medal
					1 July
					France	22
					Croatia	26

Semifinals

29 June 2005 10:30	Spain	31–24	France	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar Referees: Beňo, Rančík (SVK)
	Aguilar 7	(16–9)	Kamto Njitam 9
	3× 5×	Report	3× 2×

29 June 2005 13:00	Croatia	33–40	Serbia and Montenegro	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar Referees: Muro, Rodríguez (ESP)
	Pasičnik 9	(19–20)	Erić 9
	3× 4×	Report	2× 6×

Seventh place game

30 June 2005 10:30	Slovenia	41–32	Greece	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar
	Potočnik 16	(20–11)	Skoutela 9
	4× 7×	Report	3× 1×

Fifth place game

30 June 2005 13:00	Italy	33–39	Turkey	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar Referees: Marcet, Reveret (FRA)
	Di Fazzio, Pistelli 9	(14–21)	Özel 13
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

Bronze medal game

1 July 2005 10:30	France	22–26	Croatia	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar Referees: Fernández, Permuy (ESP)
	Spincer 8	(10–15)	Pasičnik 9
	3× 2×	Report	2× 7×

Gold medal game

1 July 2005 13:00	Spain	30–29	Serbia and Montenegro	Vícar Sports Hall, Vícar Referees: Vukušić, Sarajlić (CRO)
	Ortuño 8	(15–17)	Medved 7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 6×

Ranking and statistics

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Spain
	Serbia and Montenegro
	Croatia
4	France
5	Turkey
6	Italy
7	Slovenia
8	Greece

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals	Shots	%
1	Tatjana Medved	42	69	61
2	Yeliz Özel	40	64	63
3	Nina Potočnik	37	57	65
4	Luana Pistelli	33	49	67
5	Angélique Spincer	32	48	67
6	Svitlana Pasičnik	31	45	69
7	Serpil İskenderoğlu	30	42	71
	Rocío Guerola		45	67
	Jelena Erić		50	60
10	Giorgia di Fazzio	29	53	55

Source: Almeria 2005

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	%	Saves	Shots
1	Sevilay İmamoğlu	39	54	150
2	María Eugenia Sánchez	38	18	48
3	Ivana Jelčić	36	65	180
4	Sladjana Đerić	35	45	130
5	Elisabeth López	32	42	132
6	Lorena Bassi	31	43	137
	Urška Wertl		25	81
8	Johana Bouveret	29	25	87
9	Linda Pradel	28	33	117
10	Ana Vojčić	27	22	83

Source: Almeria 2005