Handball at the 1997 Mediterranean Games

Handball
at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
Dates14 – 22 June 1997

Handball was contested at the 1997 Mediterranean Games in Bari.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men[1]  Croatia
Silvio Ivandija
Goran Perkovac
Mario Bjeliš
Božidar Jović
Mladen Prskalo
Davor Dominiković
Mirza Džomba
Dragan Jerković
Neno Boban
Goran Jerković
Valner Franković
Valter Matošević 		 Italy
Michael Niederwieser
Marcello Schmidt Ricci
Jürgen Prantner
Zaime Kobilica
Michele Guerrazzi
Alessandro Fusina
Settimio Massotti
Marcello Fonti
Corrado Bronzo
Alessandro Tarafino
Leonardo Lopasso
Maurizio Tabanelli 		 Spain
José Javier Hombrados
David Rodríguez
Alberto Entrerríos
José Ángel Delgado
Mariano Ortega
Jesús Fernández
Juan Pedro Jiménez
Fernando Hernández
Alejandro Paredes
Vicente Alamo
Juancho Pérez
José Luis Pérez
Women[2]  France
Anne Loaec
Catherine Pibarot
Alexandra Castioni
Nodjialem Myaro
Véronique Pecqueux
Laëtitia Pierrot
Valérie Nicolas
Mézuela Servier
Isabelle Wendling
Nathalie Selambarom
Stéphanie Ludwig
Chantal Maïo 		 Croatia
Irina Maljko
Klaudija Bubalo
Marija Čelina
Samira Hasagić
Renata Pavličić
Helena Lulić
Paula Glavaš
Nataša Kolega
Vlatka Mihoci
Renata Damjanić
Snježana Petika
Božica Gregurić 		 Slovenia
Matejka Savicki
Nataša Mežek
Tatjana Polajner
Marjetka Marton
Sergeja Stefanišin
Darja Škopelja
Barbara Hudej
Deja Doler
Anja Frešer
Simona Šturm
Irma Kapidžič
Katja Kurent

Men's Competition

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Spain 5 3 2 1 0 89 68 +21
2.  Slovenia 4 3 1 2 0 82 76 +6
3.  Turkey 3 3 1 1 1 74 74 0
4.  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 3 0 0 3 70 97 –27
Slovenia  31 – 25  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Spain  25 – 21  Turkey
Slovenia  24 – 24  Turkey
Spain  37 – 20  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Slovenia  27 – 27  Spain
Turkey  29 – 25  Bosnia and Herzegovina

Group B

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia 4 2 2 0 0 51 33 +18
2.  Egypt 2 2 1 0 1 41 44 –3
3.  Morocco 0 2 0 0 2 32 47 –15
  • June 16, 1997
Egypt  22 – 18  Morocco
FR Yugoslavia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 25 – 14  Morocco
  • June 18, 1997[9]
FR Yugoslavia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 26 – 19  Egypt

Group C

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Algeria 4 2 2 0 0 54 38 +16
2.  Croatia 2 2 1 0 1 48 48 0
3.  Greece 0 2 0 0 2 44 60 –16
  • June 16, 1997
Croatia  30 – 24  Greece
  • June 17, 1997[8]
Algeria  30 – 20  Greece
  • June 18, 1997[9]
Algeria  24 – 18  Croatia

Group D

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Tunisia 2 2 1 0 1 52 49 +3
2.  Italy 2 2 1 0 1 40 40 0
3.  France 2 2 1 0 1 46 49 –3
Italy  21 – 16  France
  • June 17, 1997[5]
Tunisia  24 – 19  Italy
  • June 18, 1997[9]
France  30 – 28  Tunisia

Standing Games

For 5th to 8th rank

FR Yugoslavia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 28 – 27  Tunisia
Egypt  25 – 18  Algeria

For 9th to 12th rank

Morocco  20 – 18  Greece
France  25 – 21  Turkey
France  25 – 22  Morocco
Turkey  39 – 21  Greece
Turkey  33 – 23  Morocco
France  30 – 25  Greece
Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
9.  France 6 3 3 0 0 80 68 +12
10.  Turkey 4 3 2 0 1 93 69 +24
11.  Morocco 2 3 1 0 2 65 76 –11
12.  Greece 0 3 0 0 3 64 89 –25

Final round

Quarter finals

Slovenia  25 – 24 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia
Spain  29 – 16  Egypt
Croatia  29 – 26  Tunisia
Italy  27 – 20  Algeria

Semi finals

Italy  22 – 21  Spain
Croatia  23 – 21  Slovenia

Finals

  • June 22, 1997 — Classification Match (7th/8th place)[16]
Algeria  28 – 23  Tunisia
  • June 22, 1997 — Classification Match (5th/6th place)[16]
FR Yugoslavia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 23 – 20  Egypt
  • June 22, 1997 — Bronze Medal Match[19]
Spain  31 – 27  Slovenia
  • June 22, 1997 — Gold Medal Match[16]
Croatia  21 – 20  Tunisia

Awards

 1997 Men's Mediterranean Games champions 

Croatia

Standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Croatia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Spain
4  Slovenia
5 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia
6  Egypt
7  Algeria
8  Tunisia
9  France
10  Turkey
11  Morocco
12  Greece
13  Bosnia and Herzegovina

Women's Competition

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Croatia 5 3 2 1 0 76 52 +24
2.  Slovenia 5 3 2 1 0 84 68 +16
3.  Turkey 2 3 1 0 2 58 76 –18
4.  Italy 0 3 0 0 3 52 74 –22
Slovenia  31 – 23  Turkey
Croatia  25 – 13  Italy
Croatia  28 – 16  Turkey
Slovenia  30 – 22  Italy
Turkey  19 – 17  Italy
Slovenia  23 – 23  Croatia

Group B

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  France 7 3 2 1 0 72 54 +18
2. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia 6 3 2 0 1 67 66 +1
3.  Spain 3 3 1 1 1 70 58 +12
4.  Algeria 0 3 0 0 3 54 85 –31
France  21 – 21  Spain
FR Yugoslavia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 27 – 24  Algeria
FR Yugoslavia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 19 – 16  Spain
France  25 – 12  Algeria
France  26 – 21 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia
Spain  33 – 18  Algeria

Semi finals

France  26 – 24  Slovenia
Croatia  22 – 20 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia

Finals

  • June 19, 1997 — Classification Match (7th/8th place)[29]
Italy  18 – 17  Algeria
  • June 19, 1997 — Classification Match (5th/6th place)[29][30]
Spain  24 – 20  Turkey
  • June 20, 1997 — Bronze Medal Match[13][12]
Slovenia  27 – 19 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia
  • June 20, 1997 — Gold Medal Match[13][31]
France  23 – 22  Croatia

Awards

 1997 Women's Mediterranean Games champions 

France

Standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Croatia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Slovenia
4  FR Yugoslavia
5  Spain
6  Turkey
7  Italy
8  Algeria

References

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  2. ^ "Handball, Women - 1997 Mediterranean Games". InterSportStats. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
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  6. ^ El Mundo Deportivo, 18.06.1997, p. 38
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  13. ^ a b c d La Gazzetta dello Sport, 21.06.1997
  14. ^ a b La Gazzetta dello Sport, 22.06.1997
  15. ^ Cumhuriyet, 22.06.1997, p. 16
  16. ^ a b c d La Gazzetta dello Sport, 23.06.1997
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  21. ^ Le Quotidien d'Oran, 16.06.1997, p. 23
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  26. ^ Borba newspaper, 18.06.1997, p. 11
  27. ^ El Mundo Deportivo, 17.06.1997, p. 45
  28. ^ Delo newspaper, 19.06.1997, p. 20
  29. ^ a b La Gazzetta dello Sport, 20.06.1997
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  31. ^ Delo newspaper, 21.06.1997, p. 6
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