Handball at the 2013 Mediterranean Games – Men's tournament
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Turkey |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 23 June – 30 June |
| Teams | 10 (from 2 confederations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Egypt |
| Runner-up |  Croatia |
| Third place | Turkey |
| Fourth place |  Italy |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 27 |
| Goals scored | 1,439 (53.3 per match) |
The men's tournament of handball at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey, were held between June 23 and June 30. All games were held at the Lütfullah Aksungur Sports Hall.
Format
- TEn teams are divided into two preliminary groups. Each group have five teams.
- The top 2 teams from each group will qualify for Semifinals, other teams will qualify for the placement matches.
- Winners of the Semifinals contested the gold medal game and the losers the bronze medal game.
Participating teams
Group stage
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | TUR | ITA | SRB | MKD | ALG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey
|
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 113 | 107 | +6 | 6 | 34–30 | 23–24 | 30–29 | 26–24 | ||
| Italy
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 109 | 100 | +9 | 4 | 30–34 | 23–22 | 33–20 | 23–24 | ||
 Serbia
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 112 | 93 | +19 | 4 | 29–30 | 22–23 | 27–19 | 34–21 | ||
 North Macedonia
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 90 | 109 | −19 | 4 | 24–23 | 20–33 | 19–27 | 27–26 | ||
 Algeria
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 95 | 110 | −15 | 2 | 24–26 | 24–23 | 21–34 | 26–27 |
Source: [citation needed]
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | CRO | EGY | SLO | TUN | GRE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia
|
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 120 | 109 | +11 | 6 | 28–25 | 32–34 | 32–26 | 28–24 | ||
| Egypt
|
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 94 | +17 | 6 | 25–28 | 33–28 | 27–22 | 26–16 | ||
 Slovenia
|
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 134 | 117 | +17 | 5 | 34–32 | 28–33 | 32–32 | 40–20 | ||
 Tunisia
|
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 107 | 111 | −4 | 3 | 26–32 | 22–27 | 32–32 | 27–20 | ||
 Greece
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 80 | 121 | −41 | 0 | 24–28 | 16–26 | 20–40 | 20–27 |
Source: [citation needed]
Playoffs
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 29 June | ||||||
| Turkey | 22 | |||||
| 30 June | ||||||
| Egypt | 25 | |||||
| Egypt | 28 | |||||
| 29 June | ||||||
| Croatia | 23 | |||||
| Croatia | 23 | |||||
| Italy | 21 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 30 June | ||||||
| Turkey | 32 | |||||
| Italy | 26 | |||||
Semifinals
| June 29 16:00 |
Croatia
|
23–21 | Italy
|
Lütfullah Aksungur Spor Salonu Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR) |
| Matulić 8 | (11-11) | Tokic 7 | ||
| June 29 18:00 |
Turkey
|
22–25 | Egypt
|
Lütfullah Aksungur Spor Salonu Referees: A.Konjicanin, D.Konjicanin (BIH) |
| Catkin 6 | (11-13) | five players 4 | ||
9th/10th classification
| June 29 10:00 |
Greece
|
23–27 | Algeria
|
Lütfullah Aksungur Spor Salonu Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO) |
| Palasks 7 | (13-11) | Benali 8 | ||
7th/8th classification
| June 29 12:00 |
Tunisia
|
35–19 | North Macedonia
|
Lütfullah Aksungur Spor Salonu Referees: Ozdeniz, Erdogan (TUR) |
| Lazarov, Manaskov 4 | (16-10) | Boughanmi 13 | ||
5th/6th classification
| June29 14:00 |
Slovenia
|
29–26 | Serbia
|
Lütfullah Aksungur Spor Salonu Referees: Rashed,Elsayed (EGY) |
| Razgor 8 | (12-9) | Marković 7 | ||
Bronze medal match
| June 30 10:00 |
Turkey
|
32–26 | Italy
|
Lütfullah Aksungur Spor Salonu Referees: Jurinović, Mrvcia (CRO) |
| Done 11 | (18-14) | three players 5 | ||
Final
| June 30 12:00 |
Egypt
|
28–23 | Croatia
|
Lütfullah Aksungur Spor Salonu Referees: Ozdeniz, Erdogan (TUR) |
| Eid 7 | (14-11) | Matulic 7 | ||
