Handball at the 2009 Mediterranean Games – Women's tournament

Women's handball
at the 2009 Mediterranean Games

Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	26 June – 4 July
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	France (3rd title)
Runner-up	Turkey
Third place	Montenegro
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	1,176 (53.45 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Serpil İskenderoğlu (46 goals)

The women's handball tournament at the 2009 Mediterranean Games was held from 26 June to 4 July in Chieti.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey	4	4	0	0	128	92	+36	8	Semifinals
2	Spain	4	3	0	1	134	77	+57	6
3	Croatia	4	2	0	2	111	115	−4	4	Fifth place game
4	Italy (H)	4	1	0	3	102	147	−45	2	Seventh place game
5	Greece	4	0	0	4	90	134	−44	0

Source: Pescara 2009
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

26 June 2009 15:00	Croatia	28–24	Greece	Santa Filomena Sports Hall, Chieti Referees: Mondin, Cropanise (ITA)
	Peraica 11	(15–8)	Foteiadou, Kazaki 6
	2× 1×	Report	3× 5× 1×

26 June 2009 17:00	Turkey	26–24	Spain	Santa Filomena Sports Hall, Chieti Referees: Stojković, Nikolić (SRB)
	İskenderoğlu 8	(10–12)	Alberto 8
	3× 10× 1×	Report	3× 4×

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27 June 2009 15:00	Greece	19–35	Turkey	Santa Filomena Sports Hall, Chieti Referees: Alperan, Scevola (ITA)
	Kazaki 8	(9–14)	Özel 7
	3× 6×	Report	3× 3×

27 June 2009 17:00	Italy	26–38	Croatia	Santa Filomena Sports Hall, Chieti Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
	Di Fazio, Lampis 6	(13–19)	Maruščec 8
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

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28 June 2009 14:00	Turkey	36–21	Italy	Santa Filomena Sports Hall, Chieti Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
	Gündar 5	(18–7)	Di Fazio 6
	3× 5×	Report	2× 4×

28 June 2009 18:00	Spain	36–14	Greece	Santa Filomena Sports Hall, Chieti Referees: Dentz, Reibel (FRA)
	Alberto 8	(17–6)	Strataki 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 8×

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29 June 2009 14:00	Italy	20–40	Spain	Santa Filomena Sports Hall, Chieti Referees: Stojković, Nikolić (SRB)
	Popescu 4	(13–19)	Alberto 9
	3× 8× 1×	Report	3× 6×

29 June 2009 18:00	Croatia	28–31	Turkey	Santa Filomena Sports Hall, Chieti Referees: Dentz, Reibel (FRA)
	Maruščec 6	(14–17)	İskenderoğlu 8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 6× 1×

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30 June 2009 14:00	Spain	34–17	Croatia	Santa Filomena Sports Hall, Chieti Referees: Mondin, Cropanise (ITA)
	three players 6	(15–8)	Nikšić 4
	3× 5×	Report	3× 5×

30 June 2009 18:00	Greece	33–35	Italy	Santa Filomena Sports Hall, Chieti Referees: Beji, Farah (TUN)
	Poimenidou 12	(16–19)	Popescu 14
	3× 8× 1×	Report	3× 4×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	2	0	1	96	75	+21	4	Semifinals
2	Montenegro	3	2	0	1	81	82	−1	4
3	Serbia	3	2	0	1	82	91	−9	4	Fifth place game
4	Slovenia	3	0	0	3	72	83	−11	0	Seventh place game

Source: Pescara 2009
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.
Notes:

28 June 2009 16:00	Serbia	24–40	France	Santa Filomena Sports Hall, Chieti Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	three players 6	(12–20)	Goudjo, Piejos 6
	2× 5×	Report	3× 2×

28 June 2009 20:00	Slovenia	25–26	Montenegro	Santa Filomena Sports Hall, Chieti Referees: Bekhoukhe, Benabderrahmane (ALG)
	Šon 8	(11–13)	Radičević 8
	3× 6×	Report	2× 4×

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29 June 2009 16:00	Montenegro	25–28	Serbia	Santa Filomena Sports Hall, Chieti Referees: Mondin, Cropanise (ITA)
	Radičević 7	(12–14)	Števin, Trifunović 6
	3× 6×	Report	3× 8× 1×

29 June 2009 20:00	France	27–21	Slovenia	Santa Filomena Sports Hall, Chieti Referees: Bekhoukhe, Benabderrahmane (ALG)
	Dembélé, Pineau 6	(13–11)	Gros 8
	3× 4×	Report	2× 6×

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30 June 2009 16:00	Serbia	30–26	Slovenia	Santa Filomena Sports Hall, Chieti Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Trifunović 8	(15–12)	Mavsar 7
	3× 5×	Report	3× 6× 1×

30 June 2009 20:00	France	29–30	Montenegro	Santa Filomena Sports Hall, Chieti Referees: Repenšek, Požežnik (SLO)
	Baudouin 7	(19–13)	Jovanović 7
	3× 5×	Report	3× 4×

Playoffs

Bracket

	Semifinals				Gold medal
	2 July
	Turkey	30
					4 July
	Montenegro	29
					Turkey	32
	2 July
					France (OT)	33
	Spain	23
	France	24
					Bronze medal
					4 July
					Montenegro	30
					Spain	25

Semifinals

2 July 2009 16:00	Turkey	30–29	Montenegro	Santa Filomena Sports Hall, Chieti Referees: Mondin, Cropanise (ITA)
	İskenderoğlu 11	(14–13)	Radičević 8
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

2 July 2009 18:30	Spain	23–24	France	Santa Filomena Sports Hall, Chieti Referees: Stojković, Nikolić (SRB)
	Fernández 5	(11–11)	Ayglon, Piejos 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

Seventh place game

1 July 2009 16:00	Italy	27–44	Slovenia	Santa Filomena Sports Hall, Chieti Referees: Bekhoukhe, Benabderrahmane (ALG)
	Popescu 7	(11–19)	Zrnec 8
	3× 5×	Report	3× 8×

Fifth place game

1 July 2009 18:30	Croatia	23–25	Serbia	Santa Filomena Sports Hall, Chieti Referees: Alperan, Scevola (ITA)
	Nikšić 5	(12–16)	Števin 7
	3× 1×	Report	3× 2×

Bronze medal game

4 July 2009 16:00	Montenegro	30–25	Spain	Santa Filomena Sports Hall, Chieti Referees: Beji, Farah (TUN)
	Jovanović 9	(12–11)	Fernández 9
	3× 7×	Report	2× 4×

Gold medal game

4 July 2009 18:30	Turkey	32–33 (ET)	France	Santa Filomena Sports Hall, Chieti Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	İskenderoğlu 13	(9–14)	Pineau 7
	3× 8× 1×	Report	3× 6×
	FT: 24–24 ET: 4–4, 4–5

Final standings

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