Football at the Mediterranean Games

At the Mediterranean Games, football is one of the sports that has been part of the program of the Games since 1951. The tournament takes place every four years in the year after the Summer Olympics, until 1991 in the year before. Participants are the national soccer teams of the Mediterranean countries from Africa, Asia and Europe, whereby the European representatives usually compete with B or amateur teams. Israel is excluded from participation for political reasons. Andorra, Serbia and San Marino also take part, although they are not on the Mediterranean. A tournament in women's football has not yet taken place.

The tournaments at a glance

year	host	final			Bronze game
		gold	Result	silver	bronze	Result	4th Place
1951 details	Alexandria ( Egypt )	Greece	League system	Egypt	Syria	League system	only three teams
1955 details	Barcelona ( Spain )	Egypt	League system	Spain	France	League system	Syria
1959 details	Beirut ( Lebanon )	Italy	League system	Turkey	Lebanon	League system	only three teams
1963 details	Naples ( Italy )	Italy	3-0	Turkey	Spain	2: 1	Morocco
1967 details	Tunis ( Tunisia )	France Italy	0: 0 a.d.		Spain	2: 1	Turkey
1971 details	Izmir ( Turkey )	Yugoslavia	1-0	Tunisia	Turkey	1: 0 a.d.	Egypt
1975 details	Algiers ( Algeria )	Algeria	2: 1 a.d.	France	Tunisia	1: 1 n.V. 4: 3 i. E.	Morocco
1979 details	Split ( Yugoslavia )	Yugoslavia	3-0	France	Algeria	2: 1	Greece
1983 details	Casablanca ( Morocco )	Morocco	3-0	Turkey	Egypt	0: 0 5: 2 i. E.	France
1987 details	Latakia ( Syria )	Syria	2: 1	France	Turkey	1: 0 a.d.	Greece
1991 details	Athens ( Greece )	Greece	3: 1	Turkey	Morocco	3: 2	Yugoslavia
1993 details	Languedoc-Roussillon ( France )	Turkey	2-0	Algeria	France	2: 1	Italy
1997 details	Bari ( Italy )	Italy	5: 1	Turkey	Greece	1-0	Spain
2001 details	Tunis ( Tunisia )	Tunisia	1-0	Italy	France	2-0	Turkey
2005 details	Almería ( Spain )	Spain	1-0	Turkey	Libya	1: 1 4: 3 i. E.	Morocco
2009 details	Pescara ( Italy )	Spain	4: 2	Italy	Libya	0: 0 8: 7 i. E.	France
2013 details	Mersin ( Turkey )	Morocco	3: 2	Turkey	Tunisia	4-0	Libya
2018 details	Tarragona ( Spain )	Spain	3: 2	Italy	Morocco	0: 0 7: 6 i. E.	Greece

Medal table

Flag of the Mediterranean Games

after 18 tournaments

rank	country				total
1	Italy	4th	3	0	7th
2	/ Spain	3	1	2	6th
3	/ Greece	2	0	1	3
	Morocco	2	0	2	4th
5	Yugoslavia	2	0	0	2
6th	Turkey	1	7th	2	10
7th	France	1	3	3	7th
8th	Tunisia	1	1	2	4th
9	Algeria	1	1	1	3
	/ / Egypt	1	1	1	3
11	/ Syria	1	0	1	2
12	Libya	0	0	2	2
13	Lebanon	0	0	1	1

Web links

• Details about the tournaments on rsssf.com