Handball has been played consistently at the Mediterranean Games since the year 1967 for men except in 1971 and since the year 1979 for women except 1983. The Yugoslavian national handball team is the most successful men's team and the French women's national handball team is the most successful team for women.

Men's tournaments YearHostGold medal gameBronze medal game Gold medalistScore Silver medalist Bronze medalistScoreFourth place1967Details Tunis 1971Details İzmirCancelledCancelled1975Details Algiers 1979Details Split32 – 825 – 18 1983Details Casablanca17 – 11 1987Details Latakia24 – 23 Overtime 25 – 23 1991Details Athens 1993Details Languedoc-Roussillon26 – 1924 – 23 1997Details Bari21 – 2031 – 27 2001Details Tunis25 – 24"Updates on Mediterranean Games" (2008-04-24) Tunisia Online. Archived from the original. Retrieved on 2012-08-09.22 – 21"Updates on Mediterranean Games" (2008-04-24) Tunisia Online. Archived from the original. Retrieved on 2012-08-09. 2005Details Almería28 – 2132 – 262009Details Pescara35 – 31 28 – 24 2013Details Mersin28 – 2332 – 26 2018Details Tarragona24 – 2330 – 19 2022Details Oran28 – 2734 – 29 2026Details Taranto31 – 2936 – 33 2030Details Pristina

A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Men's medal table

Women's tournaments YearHostGold medal gameBronze medal game Gold medalistScore Silver medalist Bronze medalistScoreFourth place1979Details Split18 – 16 1983Details CasablancaCancelledCancelled1987Details Latakia 1991Details Athens 1993Details Languedoc-Roussillon 1997Details Bari FR Yugoslavia2001Details Tunis26 – 21"Updates on Mediterranean Games" (2008-04-24) Tunisia Online. Archived from the original. Retrieved on 2012-08-09.32 – 26"Updates on Mediterranean Games" (2008-04-24) Tunisia Online. Archived from the original. Retrieved on 2012-08-09.FR Yugoslavia2005Details Almería30 – 29 Serbia & Montenegro26 – 22 2009Details Pescara33 – 32 Overtime30 – 25 2013Details Mersin25 – 1925 – 24 2018Details Tarragona27 – 23 30 – 29 2022Details Oran29 – 2526 – 22 2026Details Taranto25-2329-25 2030Details Pristina

Women's medal table

All-time medal table

Results :fr:Handball aux Jeux m%C3%A9diterran%C3%A9ens See also Mediterranean Handball Confederation

Footnotes

External links Mediterranean Games - Men's Handball (goalzz.com) Mediterranean Games - Women's Handball (goalzz.com)