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.

Women's handball
at the 2022 Mediterranean Games

Tournament details
Host country	Algeria
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	30 June – 6 July
Teams	8 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (3rd title)
Runner-up	Croatia
Third place	Serbia
Fourth place	Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	910 (50.56 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Katarina Pavlović (44 goals)

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
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

Source: Oran 2022
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

30 June 2022 17:15	Spain	26–20	Algeria	El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Ilievski, Ilievski (MKD)
	Valdivia 7	(14–9)	five players 3
	1× 3×	Report	3×

30 June 2022 19:15	Tunisia	26–28	Croatia	El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Rodrigues, Pinherio (POR)
	Hamrouni 8	(14–17)	Pavlović 12
	5×	Report	1× 5× 1×

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1 July 2022 17:15	Algeria	21–31	Croatia	El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
	three players 4	(8–14)	Pavlović 9
	1× 6×	Report	1× 6×

1 July 2022 19:15	Spain	28–21	Tunisia	El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Jakovljević, Kovačević (SRB)
	Arrojeria 7	(11–8)	Bouri 4
	1× 3×	Report	3×

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2 July 2022 17:00	Algeria	19–20	Tunisia	El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Ilievski, Ilievski (MKD)
	Makhloufi 7	(9–10)	Masri 7
	1× 5×	Report	2× 6×

2 July 2022 19:15	Croatia	23–31	Spain	El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Hamidi, Belkhiri (ALG)
	Posavec 8	(12–18)	Campos 7
	2× 3×	Report	3× 3×

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
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

Source: Oran 2022
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.

30 June 2022 12:00	North Macedonia	27–34	Turkey	El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Deche, Guarda (ALG)
	Kiprijanovska 6	(16–19)	Türkoglu 8
	2×	Report	4× 6×

30 June 2022 14:15	Serbia	21–20	Portugal	El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Kahouadji, Farsi (ALG)
	Jovović 11	(13–12)	Sabino 6
	1× 2× 1×	Report	3×

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1 July 2022 12:00	Turkey	26–30	Portugal	El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Farsi, Kahouadji (ALG)
	Türkoglu 5	(14–12)	Sabino 9
	5×	Report	3×

1 July 2022 14:15	North Macedonia	18–26	Serbia	El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Hamidi, Belkhiri (ALG)
	Dukoska, Kiprijanovska 5	(8–10)	Jovović 8
	1× 6×	Report	2× 5×

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2 July 2022 12:00	Turkey	26–31	Serbia	El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Deche, Ghouarda (ALG)
	İskit 5	(14–17)	three players 5
	2× 7×	Report	3× 4×

2 July 2022 14:15	Portugal	19–17	North Macedonia	El Hachemí Hantaz Hall, Aïn El Turk Referees: Ghoul, Chergui (ALG)
	Sabino 8	(13–11)	Dukovska 10
	1× 3×	Report	1× 5×

Playoffs

Bracket

	Semifinals				Gold medal
	4 July
	Spain	26
					6 July
	Portugal	24
					Spain	29
	4 July
					Croatia	25
	Serbia	20
	Croatia	31
					Bronze medal
					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)
	Campos 10	(12–13)	Minciuna 6
	1× 4×	Report	1× 4×

4 July 2022 15:30	Serbia	20–31	Croatia	Miloud Hadefi Complex Omnisport Arena, Bir El Djir Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
	Vukajlović 8	(12–16)	Barišić, Pavlović 8
	1× 3×	Report	2× 3×

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)
	Zazai 7	(12–17)	Dukoska 10
	5×	Report	3×

Fifth place game

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

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)
	three players 4	(12–10)	Jovović, Vukajlović 7
	3×	Report	2× 6×

Gold medal game

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

Final standings

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