The preliminary group stages saw Montenegro top Group A on 24 points with five wins, while Romania finished in second with 19 points (four wins) and Tunisia third with 15 points (three wins). Algeria (8.5 points), Saudi Arabia (8) and Libya (0.5) were 4-6th place respectively.

In Group B, France topped the table, with 23.5 points from five wins, followed by Egypt (19.5 points), Turkey (14), Italy (11), Morocco (7) and United Arab Emirates (0).

The quarter-finals saw host nation Egypt beat Tunisia comfortably while eventual champions France dispatched Algeria by 19 goals (28:9). Montenegro were made to work early on but overcame Italy eventually (21:16), and guest nation Romania beat Turkey 24:13.

A one-sided semi-final saw France beat Romania 22:15, but the other semi-final was extremely tight as Montenegro ended up with a one-goal (18:17) win over the hosts, who had won the second period.

Egypt did manage to pick themselves up for the bronze medal match though defeating Romania by five (21:16), while in the final Montenegro took the first period clearly (11:8) against France, but the French took the second period narrowly (10:9) to set up a third period with the Montenegrins knowing even a one-goal loss would be enough for the gold medal.

But in the end, France overpowered them to take a three-goal win (10:7) and squeeze past their opponents by one goal at the final buzzer, 28:27.

Following the final, trophy and medal presentations were made, including the All-Star Team.

For more information, please visit the official tournament Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/E.H.F.2019/ or the MHC website: http://www.mediterraneanhandballconfederation.org/

1 – France (FRA)

2 – Montenegro (MNE)

3 – Egypt (EGY)

4 – Romania (ROU)

5 – Algeria (ALG)

6 – Italy (ITA)

7 – Tunisia (TUN)

8 – Turkey (TUR)

9 – Morocco (MAR)

10 – Saudi Arabia (KSA)

11 – United Arab Emirates (UAE)

12 – Libya (LBA)

1 – France (FRA)

2 – Montenegro (MNE)

3 – Egypt (EGY)

4 – Algeria (ALG)

5 – Italy (ITA)

6 – Tunisia (TUN)

7 – Turkey (TUR)

8 – Morocco (MAR)

9 – Libya (LBA)

Monday 18 February

LBA vs TUN 12:33 (3:10, 2:12, 7:11)

UAE vs FRA 8:37 (4:12, 3:10, 1:15)

MNE vs KSA 23:17 (6:5, 9:7, 8:5)

ITA vs MAR 20:15 (6:8, 5:2, 9:5)

ROU vs ALG 23:8 (8:2, 9:3, 6:3)

EGY vs TUR 27:13 (8:3, 10:4, 9:6)

UAE vs ITA 13:34 (6:11, 4:10, 3:13)

LBA vs KSA 15:33 (4:10, 6:11, 5:12)

TUR vs FRA 22:27 (7:11, 7:5, 8:11)

TUN vs ALG 26:22 (9:8, 7:6, 10:8)

ROU vs MNE 23:27 (5:9, 9:9, 9:9)

EGY vs MAR 22:15 (6:5, 7:4, 9:6)

Tuesday 19 February

EGY vs UAE 26:15 (9:4, 6:3, 11:8)

LBA vs ROU 13:34 (7:12, 5:11, 1:11)

ITA vs FRA 13:26 (6:6, 5:10, 2:10)

MNE vs ALG 30:13 (8:5, 14:3, 8:5)

MAR vs TUR 14:17 (5:6, 4:7, 5:4)

KSA vs TUN 16:17 (3:5, 7:3, 6:9)

ALG vs LBA 13:8 (2:2, 6:5, 5:1)

FRA vs EGY 23:16 (9:4, 8:7, 6:5)

TUN vs MNE 19:28 (5:10, 6:8, 8:10)

TUR vs ITA 19:16 (4:5, 7:6, 8:5)

KSA vs ROU 21:22 (9:7, 5:6, 7:9)

MAR vs UAE 26:16 (7:6, 6:5, 13:5)

Wednesday 20 February

ITA vs EGY 14:17 (6:6, 5:6, 3:5)

MNE vs LBA 27:9 (8:2, 7:5, 12:2)

UAE vs TUR 12:24 (4:9, 2:6, 6:9)

ROU vs TUN 22:21 (8:7, 7:8, 7:6)

FRA vs MAR 29:19 (12:9, 8:4, 9:6)

ALG vs KSA 20:19 (6:10, 8:6, 6:3)

Thursday 21 February

KSA vs UAE 22:16 (9:6, 7:5, 6:5)

LBA vs MAR 11:17 (5:6, 4:8, 2:3)

MNE vs ITA 21:16 (5:5, 8:6, 8:5)

ROU vs TUR 24:13 (7:3, 7:3, 10:7)

TUN vs EGY 18:21 (4:7, 6:6, 8:8)

ALG vs FRA 9:28 (1:9, 4:11, 4:8)

Friday 22 February

LBA vs UAE 21:26 (6:11, 8:9, 7:6)

MAR vs KSA 24:21 (6:5, 7:9, 11:7)

ITA vs TUN 34:17 (14:4, 13:7, 7:6)

TUR vs ALG 18:17 (5:6, 5:6, 7:6)

MNE vs EGY 18:17 (8:7, 5:8, 5:2)

ROU vs FRA 15:22 (3:7, 7:8, 5:7)

Saturday 23 February

LBA vs KSA 15:29 (6:8, 3:10, 6:11)

MAR vs UAE 25:13 (11:4, 9:8, 5:3)

TUN vs TUR 22:18 (7:10, 8:5, 7:3)

ITA vs ALG 22:25 (6:10, 8:7, 8:8)

EGY vs ROU 21:16 (8:3, 5:6, 7:8)

FRA vs MNE 28:27 (8:11, 10:9, 10:7)