Handball at the 2005 Mediterranean Games – Women's tournament

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)

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

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[1]
	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

References

1. "Handball – Women – Final Standings". juegosmediterraneos.ual.es. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2022.