2022 Mediterranean Games

19th Mediterranean Games
Host city	Oran
Country	Algeria
Edition	19th
Nations participating	26
Athletes participating	~4,500
Sport(s)	24
Events	204
Opening ceremony	25 June 2022
Closing ceremony	5 July 2022
Officially opened by	Abdelmadjid Tebboune (expected)
Main venue	Olympic Stadium
Website	oran2022.dz
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The 2022 Mediterranean Games (Arabic: ألعاب البحر الأبيض المتوسط 2022), officially known as the 19th Mediterranean Games and commonly known as Oran 2022, is a forthcoming international multi-sport event that is scheduled to be held from 25 June to 5 July 2022 in Oran, Algeria. Oran was announced as the host city at the ICMG General Assembly in Pescara, Italy, on 15 August 2015.^[1]^[2]

Bidding process[]

Five cities signed an official declaration of candidacy for hosting the 2021 Mediterranean Games, two from Africa and three from Europe:^[3]

The final candidates were Oran and Sfax, Oran^[4] planned to take the Games to Algeria for the second time after the 1975 Mediterranean Games in Algiers. Sfax^[5] planned to take the Games to Tunisia for the third time after the 1967 Mediterranean Games and the 2001 Mediterranean Games, both in Tunis. Oran won by 51-17 after voting.^[6]

Oran

Location of Wahrān in Algeria

2022 Mediterranean Games bidding results
City	NOC name	Round 1	Round 2
Oran	Algeria	Adv	51
Sfax	Tunisia	Adv	17
Mostar	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Elim	—
Dubrovnik	Croatia	Elim	—
Kotor	Montenegro	Elim	—

Host city selection[]

Cities from five countries submitted their bids to host the 2021 Mediterranean Games. Oran, Algeria, has been chosen to host the Games. The North African city was elected during the International Committee for the Mediterranean Games (ICMG) General Assembly, which took place on August 27th, 2015, in Pescara, Italy.

Oran took the vote by a considerable margin, winning 51 to 17 over Sfax, Tunisia, which was the other final contender to host the 2021 Games. This is the second time that an Algerian city has hosted the Mediterranean Games, the first was in 1975, in Algiers, the country's capital. Oran is the 2nd largest city in Algeria, with a population of roughly 1.2 million.^[7]

Development and preparation[]

The Minister of Youth and Sports, El Hadi Ould Ali, inaugurated on October 30 2016 at Oran, the headquarters of the organizing committee of the 19th Mediterranean Games 2021 in the presence of the Wali, Abdelghani Zaalane, the Presidents of the People's Provincial Assembly (APW), Fethallah Chaâbni, the Presidents of the People's Municipal Assembly (CPA), Nourredine Boukhatem and the President of the Algerian Olympic Committee, Mustapha Berraf. Several personalities from the world of sport took part in the inauguration as a legendary football star, Lakhdar Belloumi, and the boxer star, Mustapha Moussa, and also consuls of different Mediterranean countries.

The headquarters of the Committee is located in NLA boulevard in the old daïra completely renovated. It was Senator and Secretary General of the Organizing Committee of the Mediterranean Games (COMG), Abdelhak Kazi-Tani and Secretary General of the Algerian Sports and Olympic Committee, Abdelhafid Izem, who initialed the seat allocation paper.^[8]

Venues[]

The main stadium of the 2022 Mediterranean Games is the Olympic Stadium in Bir El Djir District, Oran. The stadium will host both the opening and closing ceremonies.

Oran

Bir El Djir

Swimming ()
Athletics
- Athletics ()
- Paralympic Athletics ()
Handball ()
Basketball ()
Cycling ()
- Road (4)
- Track (10)
Judo ()
Karate ()
Water polo ()
Tennis ()
Taekwondo ()

Arzew

Handball ()

New Olympic Stadium

List of venues, showing the city, venue, sport and venue capacity^[9]
City	Venue	Sport	Capacity
Bir El Djir	Olympic Stadium		40,143
Oran (El Hamri)	Stade Ahmed Zabana		40,000
Mers El Hadjadj	Mers El Hadjadj Stadium		5,400
Sig	New stadium of Sig		20,000
Oran (Mdina Jdida)	Palais des Sports		5,000
Bir El Djir	Multipurpose Omnisport Hall		6,000
Arzew	24 February Hall		2,500
Aïn El Turk	El Hachemí Hantaz Hall
Bir El Djir	Oran Olympic Swimming Pool		6,000
Bir El Djir	USTO Mohamed Boudiaf University Swimming Pool		5,000
Bir El Djir	Oran Tennis Complex		3,000
Oran (Haï El Salam)	Habib Khelil Tennis Complex		1,000
Es Sénia	Antar Ibn Chaddad Equestrian Center		4,000
Es Sénia	The LOFA Complex
Oued Tlélat	Multipurpose Omnisport Hall		1,000
Les Andalouses	Nautical base	Aquatics
Hassi Ben Okba	Shooting Center

Costs[]

The Wilaya of Oran has allocated 5 billion DA for the construction of a large sports infrastructure program including an Olympic complex in Bir El Djir, the Olympic stadium, athletics stadium, multi-purpose sports halls, center hosting sports, playgrounds and green spaces, in addition to the Mediterranean village in progress. It is also planned rehabilitation of the old sports infrastructure of Oran. Everything must be ready in 2019.^[10]

Emblem and mascot[]

The Games[]

Sports[]

The 2022 Mediterranean Games sports program is scheduled to feature 29 sports encompassing 292 events.

2022 Mediterranean Games sports programme
Aquatics Diving (8) () Swimming (34) () Synchronized swimming (2) () Water polo (2) () Archery (4) () Athletics (43) () Badminton (4) () Basketball (2) () Bocce (10) () Boxing (10) () Canoeing () Slalom (4) Sprint (12) Cycling () Road (4) Track (10) Equestrian () Dressage (2) Eventing (2) Jumping (2) Fencing (6) () Football (2) () Golf (2) () Gymnastics () Artistic (14) Rhythmic (2) Trampoline (2) Handball (2) () Judo (14) () Karate (10) () Rowing (7) () Rugby union (1) () Sailing (4) () Shooting (13) () Table tennis (4) () Taekwondo (8) () Tennis (4) () Triathlon (2) () Volleyball () Volleyball (2) Beach volleyball (2) Waterskiing (2) () Weightlifting (14) () Wrestling (20) ()