Basketball at the Mediterranean Games

Mediterranean games (basketball)

Basketball at the Mediterranean Games has been played consistently since 1951 for men, and 1987 for women. The Yugoslavia national team, which disbanded in 1992, was the most successful men's team, while the Croatia women's national team has been the most successful in the women's competition. Since 2018, the Mediterranean Games has exclusively featured 3x3 basketball.

## Men's tournaments

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Year  | Host  |  | Gold medal game  |  | Bronze medal game (or third place)

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Gold medalist  | Score  |  Silver medalist  |  Bronze medalist  | Score  | Fourth place
1951
Details |
Alexandria |
Egypt |  |
Spain |
Italy |  |
Greece
1955
Details |
Barcelona |
Spain | n/a |
Italy |
Greece | n/a |
Egypt
1959
Details |
Beirut |
Yugoslavia | n/a |
Spain |
United Arab Republic |  |
Lebanon
1963
Details |
Naples |
Italy | n/a |
Spain |
Yugoslavia |  |
United Arab Republic
1967
Details |
Tunis |
Yugoslavia | 85 – 76[1] |
Italy |
Turkey | 87 – 84[1] |
Greece
1971
Details |
İzmir |
Yugoslavia |  |
Turkey |
Greece |  |
United Arab Republic
1975
Details |
Algiers |
Yugoslavia |  |
France |
Italy |  |
Spain
1979
Details |
Split |
Greece | 85 – 74 |
Yugoslavia |
Egypt |  |
Turkey
1983
Details |
Casablanca |
Yugoslavia |  |
Italy |
Turkey | 77 – 73 |
Greece
1987
Details |
Latakia |
Turkey |  |
Spain |
Greece |  |
Tunisia
1991
Details |
Athens |
Italy | 97 − 91 |
Greece |
France | 63 − 59[2] |
Turkey
1993
Details |
Languedoc-Roussillon |
Italy |  |
Croatia |
France | 70 − 67 |
Greece
1997
Details |
Bari |
Spain | 82 − 72 |
Italy |
FR Yugoslavia | 84 − 75 |
Greece
2001
Details |
Tunis |
Spain | 72 − 61[3] |
Greece |
Italy |  |
FR Yugoslavia
2005
Details |
Almería |
Italy | 87 − 86 |
Greece |
Spain | 84 − 70 |
Turkey
2009
Details |
Pescara |
Croatia | 72 − 60 |
Greece |
Turkey | 88 − 71 |
Italy
2013
Details |
Mersin |
Turkey | 79 − 62 |
Serbia |
Tunisia | 63 − 58 |
Macedonia

### Men's medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Yugoslavia| 5| 1| 1| 7
2|  Italy| 4| 4| 3| 11
3|  Spain| 3| 4| 1| 8
4|  Turkey| 2| 1| 3| 6
5|  Greece| 1| 4| 3| 8
6|  Croatia| 1| 1| 0| 2
7|  Egypt| 1| 0| 2| 3
8|  France| 0| 1| 2| 3
9|  Serbia| 0| 1| 0| 1
10|  FR Yugoslavia| 0| 0| 1| 1
Tunisia| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (11 entries)| 17| 17| 17| 51

## Women's tournaments

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Year  | Host  |  | Gold medal game  |  | Bronze medal game

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Gold medalist  | Score  |  Silver medalist  |  Bronze medalist  | Score  | Fourth place
1987
Details |
Latakia |
Albania | 88– 52[4] |
Turkey |
Syria |  |
Lebanon
1991
Details |
Athens |
Spain |  |
France |
Greece | 66 – 61 |
Italy
1993
Details |
Languedoc-Roussillon |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |  |
Italy |
Spain |  |
Slovenia
1997
Details |
Bari |
Croatia | 74 − 69[5] |
Turkey |
France | 85 – 63 |
Greece
2001
Details |
Tunis |
Croatia | 71 – 62[6] |
Italy |
Spain | 72 – 71[7] |
Turkey
2005
Details |
Almería |
Turkey | 68 – 66 |
Croatia |
Spain | 68 – 51 |
Greece
2009
Details |
Pescara |
Italy | 70 – 54 |
Serbia |
Croatia | 77 – 62 |
Greece
2013
Details |
Mersin | Cancelled | Cancelled

### Women's medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Croatia| 2| 1| 1| 4
2|  Italy| 1| 2| 0| 3
Turkey| 1| 2| 0| 3
4|  Spain| 1| 0| 3| 4
5|  Albania| 1| 0| 0| 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina| 1| 0| 0| 1
7|  France| 0| 1| 1| 2
8|  Serbia| 0| 1| 0| 1
9|  Greece| 0| 0| 1| 1
Syria| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (10 entries)| 7| 7| 7| 21

## All-time medal table

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Updated with 2013 results.

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Italy| 5| 6| 3| 14
2|  Yugoslavia| 5| 1| 1| 7
3|  Spain| 4| 4| 4| 12
4|  Turkey| 3| 3| 3| 9
5|  Croatia| 3| 2| 1| 6
6|  Greece| 1| 4| 4| 9
7|  Egypt| 1| 0| 2| 3
8|  Albania| 1| 0| 0| 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina| 1| 0| 0| 1
10|  France| 0| 2| 3| 5
11|  Serbia| 0| 2| 0| 2
12|  FR Yugoslavia| 0| 0| 1| 1
Syria| 0| 0| 1| 1
Tunisia| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (14 entries)| 24| 24| 24| 72

## See also

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* 3x3 basketball at the Mediterranean Games
* Basketball at the Summer Olympics
* Basketball at the Summer Universiade

## References

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1. ^ a b Cumhuriyet Newspaper, 17.09.1967, p. 8
2. ^ Milliyet Newspaper, 12.07.1991, p. 19
3. ^ "Updates on Mediterranean Games" (2008-04-24) Tunisia Online. Archived from the original. Retrieved on 2012-08-09.
4. ^ "Historik -".
5. ^ Milliyet Newspaper, 26.06.1997, p. 32
6. ^ "Updates on Mediterranean Games" (2008-04-24) Tunisia Online. Archived from the original. Retrieved on 2012-08-09.
7. ^ "Updates on Mediterranean Games" (2008-04-24) Tunisia Online. Archived from the original. Retrieved on 2012-08-09.

## External links

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* Hellenic Basketball Federation Men's Mediterranean Games medals table
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Basketball at the Mediterranean Games

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| Tournaments|

* 1987
* 1991
* 1993
* 1997
* 2001
* 2005
* 2009
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| Men|

* 1951
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* 1959
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* 1967
* 1971
* 1975
* 1979
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Women|

* 1987
* 1991
* 1993
* 1997
* 2001
* 2005
* 2009
* 2013

3x3 basketball at the Mediterranean Games

Tournaments|

* 2018
* 2022

| Men|

* 2018
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Women|

* 2018
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Men's Basketball Mediterranean Games winners

* 1951:  Egypt
* 1955:  Spain
* 1959:  Yugoslavia
* 1963:  Italy
* 1967:  Yugoslavia
* 1971:  Yugoslavia
* 1975:  Yugoslavia
* 1979:  Greece
* 1983:  Yugoslavia
* 1987:  Turkey
* 1991:  Italy
* 1993:  Italy
* 1997:  Spain
* 2001:  Spain
* 2005:  Italy
* 2009:  Croatia
* 2013:  Turkey
* 2018:  France
* 2022:  France

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Women's Basketball Mediterranean Games winners

* 1987:  Albania
* 1991:  Spain
* 1993:  Bosnia
* 1997:  Croatia
* 2001:  Croatia
* 2005:  Turkey
* 2009:  Italy
* 2013: Cancelled
* 2018:  France

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