Handball at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games

The handball tournaments at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya occurred between 7 August and 14 August 2021. The handball competition took place at Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall in Konya. 4 teams in 2 groups played in a single round-robin system with a one-day interval between each other, and the group competitions were completed in the first 6 days. On Day 7, semi-finals are played an on day 8, the third place and final competitions were played. Group winners and runners-up were cross-matched in the quarter-finals A1-B2 and A2-B1, Winners compete for Gold, and losers for Bronze Medals.^[1][2]

Handball at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
Venue	Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall
Dates	7–14 August 2022
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The Games were originally scheduled to take place from 20 to 29 August 2021 in Konya, Turkey.^[3] In May 2020, the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF), who are responsible for the direction and control of the Islamic Solidarity Games, postponed the games as the 2020 Summer Olympics were postponed to July and August 2021, due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.^[4][5]

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Qatar Abdelrahman Abdalla Mohammed Abdelmageed Nour Ahmed Hamdi Ayed Zineeooine Boumendjel Faruk Colo Amir Denguir Ahmed Elmeniawy Amine Guehis Moustafa Heiba Salem Jedaied Hani Kakhi Rayan Laribi Ahmed Saleh Mohamed Soussi Rasheed Yusuff Ameen Zakkar Anis Zouaoui	Turkey Alper Aydın Hüseyin Bereket Enis Yatkın Enis Harun Hacıoğlu Baran Nalbantoğlu Fatih Çalkamış Sedat Yıldırım Gökay Bilim Atakan Şirin Eray Karakoç Durmuş Ali Tınkır Cemal Kütahya Doğukan Keser Şevket Yağmuroğlu Alper Aydın İlkan Keleşoğlu	Iran Ehsan Aboueimehrizi Younes Asari Afshin Sadeghi Askari Salaman Barbat Mohammadmahdi Behnamnia Sajad Esteki Milad Ghalandari Mojtaba Heidarpour Mohammadreza Kazemi Ali Kouhzad Seyedalireza Mousavighalehmirzamani Shahoo Nosrati Mohammadreza Oraei Ali Rahimikazerooni Shahab Sadeghzadeh Mohammad Siavoshishahenayati
Women	Turkey Merve Durdu Halime İslamoğlu Kübra Sarıkaya Elif Sıla Aydın Emine Gökdemir Bilgenur Öztürk Neslihan Çalışkan Betül Yılmaz Ayşenur Sormaz Yasemin Şahin Gülcan Tügel Beyza Karaçam Merve Özbolluk Cansu Akalın |Ceren Demirçelen Meryem Erdoğan	Azerbaijan Gunel Aliyeva Alyona Barbakadze Kamila Bayramova Milica Grbavcevic Azaliya Hasanova Rana Hasanova Elnara Ibrahimova Vlada Kosmina Minaya Mammadova Irina Mikhalkovich Madina Musayeva Milana Rzayeva Yelizaveta Salimova Ulviyya Sharifova Irana Shukurova Sabina Smagina	Cameroon Manga Benedicte Ngouoko Celeste Ebanga Cyrielle Efouba Farella Megaptche Flore Mbouchou Florette Eyenga Jossy Maffo Laure Awu Bessong-Epah Linda Feudji Lupin Tenang Dzoyem Marie Magba Michaella Nock Arlette Nadia Mben Noelle Nyamsi Orchelle Ateba Petronie Kongnyuy Sifan Nkomidio Prisca Therese Yuoh Yvette Ewodo Louise Yvonne

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Turkey)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Turkey*	1	1	0	2
2	Qatar	1	0	0	1
3	Azerbaijan	0	1	0	1
4	Cameroon	0	0	1	1
	Iran	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		2	2	2	6

Men's tournament

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	2	1	1	0	56	52	+4	3	Semifinals
2	Qatar	2	1	1	0	49	47	+2	3
3	Morocco	2	0	0	2	45	51	−6	0	Fifth place game

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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.

8 August 2022 13:00	Qatar	22–20	Morocco	Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu
		(11–10)

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10 August 2022 11:00	Saudi Arabia	29–25	Morocco	Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu
		(11–13)

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12 August 2022 11:00	Qatar	27–27	Saudi Arabia	Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu
		(13–14)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	2	2	0	0	68	40	+28	4	Semifinals
2	Turkey (H)	2	1	0	1	49	45	+4	2
3	Azerbaijan	2	0	0	2	39	71	−32	0	Fifth place game

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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

8 August 2022 15:00	Turkey	20–26	Iran	Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu
		(9–11)

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10 August 2022 15:00	Azerbaijan	19–29	Turkey	Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu
		(9–11)

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12 August 2022 15:00	Iran	42–20	Azerbaijan	Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu
		(24–8)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	13 August – 15:00
	Saudi Arabia	25
					14 August –
	Turkey	26
					Turkey	23
	13 August – 17:00
					Qatar	26
	Iran	23
	Qatar	24
					Third place
					14 August –
					Saudi Arabia	21
					Iran	30

Semifinals

13 August 2022 15:00	Saudi Arabia	25–26	Turkey	Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu
		(15–16)

13 August 2022 17:00	Iran	23–24	Qatar	Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu
		(11–14)

Fifth place game

Cancelled	Azerbaijan	10–0	Morocco	Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu

Bronze medal game

14 August 2022 13:00	Saudi Arabia	21–30	Iran	Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu
		(9–10)

Gold medal game

14 August 2022 18:00	Turkey	23–26	Qatar	Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu
		(10–14)

Women's tournament

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey (H)	3	3	0	0	127	62	+65	6	Semifinals
2	Uzbekistan	3	2	0	1	99	89	+10	4
3	Senegal	3	1	0	2	95	87	+8	2	Fifth place game
4	Bangladesh	3	0	0	3	55	138	−83	0	Seventh place game

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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

7 August 2022 11:00	Senegal	27–28	Uzbekistan	Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu

7 August 2022 13:00	Bangladesh	10–51	Turkey	Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu
		(4–26)

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9 August 2022 11:00	Senegal	23–34	Turkey	Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu
		(14–16)

9 August 2022 13:00	Uzbekistan	42–20	Bangladesh	Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu

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11 August 2022 11:00	Senegal	45–25	Bangladesh	Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu

11 August 2022 13:00	Turkey	42–29	Uzbekistan	Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu
		(23–14)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Azerbaijan	3	3	0	0	79	26	+53	6	Semifinals
2	Cameroon	3	2	0	1	52	39	+13	4
3	Iran	3	1	0	2	89	74	+15	2	Fifth place game
4	Afghanistan	3	0	0	3	15	96	−81	0	Seventh place game

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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.

Cancelled	Cameroon	0–10[note 1]	Azerbaijan	Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu

7 August 2022 17:00	Afghanistan	6–43	Iran	Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu

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9 August 2022 15:00	Cameroon	42–29	Iran	Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu

9 August 2022 17:00	Azerbaijan	43–9	Afghanistan	Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu

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11 August 2022 15:00	Cameroon	10–0	Afghanistan	Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu

11 August 2022 17:00	Iran	17–26	Azerbaijan	Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	13 August
	Turkey	34
					14 August – 15:00
	Cameroon	23
					Turkey	30
	13 August
					Azerbaijan	24
	Azerbaijan	40
	Uzbekistan	27
					Third place
					14 August – 13:00
					Cameroon	40
					Uzbekistan	27

Semifinals

13 August 2022 11:00	Turkey	34–23	Cameroon	Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu
		(14–10)

13 August 2022 13:00	Azerbaijan	40–27	Uzbekistan	Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu
		(19–13)

Seventh place game

12 August 2022	Afghanistan	20–33	Bangladesh	Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu

Fifth place game

12 August 2022	Senegal	25–24	Iran	Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu

Bronze medal game

14 August 2022 13:00	Cameroon	40–27	Uzbekistan	Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu

Gold medal game

14 August 2022 15:00	Turkey	30–24	Azerbaijan	Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu
		(14–10)

Notes

1. The match, originally scheduled for 7 August 2022, was not played after the Cameroonian team did not arrive in time. It was counted as a 10–0 win for Azerbaijan.

References

1. "5th Islamic Solidarity Games" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-06-01. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
2. "Team sport draw results announced". konya2021.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
3. "Konya to host the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games". Daily Sabah. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
4. Ali, Muhammad (16 May 2020). "5th Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 in Turkey postponed". Daily Times. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
5. Iveson, Ali (17 May 2020). "Islamic Solidarity Games postponed to avoid Tokyo 2020 clash". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 26 May 2020.

External links

• Official website Archived 2022-06-02 at the Wayback Machine
• Results Archived 2022-08-28 at the Wayback Machine