Football at the Mediterranean Games

Association Football at the Mediterranean Games

Founded	1951
Region	Mediterranean Sea (FIFA)
Number of teams	8 (from 3 confederations)
Current champions	Spain (3rd title)
Most successful team(s)	(4 titles)

Football has been played consistently at the Mediterranean Games since the year 1951 for men. Italy is the most successful team. From 1991, national teams are not allowed, which means only youth teams participate in the tournament.

Tournament[]

Men's[]

Year	Host		Gold medal game				Bronze medal game
			Gold medalist	Score	Silver medalist		Bronze medalist	Score	Fourth place
1951 Details	Alexandria		Greece	n/a	Egypt		Syria		No Fourth
1955 Details	Barcelona		Egypt	n/a	Spain		France	n/a	Syria
1959 Details	Beirut		Italy	n/a	Turkey		Lebanon		No Fourth
1963 Details	Naples		Italy	3 − 0	Turkey		Spain	2 − 1	Morocco
1967 Details	Tunis		France /  Italy Gold Medal Shared				Spain	2 − 1	Turkey
1971 Details	İzmir		Yugoslavia	1 − 0	Tunisia		Turkey	1 − 0 aet	United Arab Republic
1975 Details	Algiers		Algeria	3 − 2 aet	France		Tunisia	1 − 1 pen (4−3)	Morocco
1979 Details	Split		Yugoslavia	3 − 0	France		Algeria	2 − 1	Greece
1983 Details	Casablanca		Morocco	3 − 0	Turkey		Egypt	0 − 0 pen (5−2)	France
1987 Details	Latakia		Syria	2 − 1	France		Turkey	1 − 0 aet	Greece
1991 Details	Athens		Greece	3 − 1	Turkey		Morocco	3 − 2	Yugoslavia
1993 Details	Languedoc-Roussillon		Turkey	2 − 0	Algeria		France	2 − 1	Italy
1997 Details	Bari		Italy	5 − 1	Turkey		Greece	1 − 0	Spain
2001 Details	Tunis		Tunisia	1 − 0	Italy		France	2 − 0	Turkey
2005 Details	Almería		Spain	1 − 0	Turkey		Libya	1 − 1 pen (4−3)	Morocco
2009 Details	Pescara		Spain	2 − 1	Italy		Libya	0 − 0 pen (8−7)	France
2013 Details	Mersin		Morocco	2 – 2 pen (3–2)	Turkey		Tunisia	4 – 0	Libya
2018 Details	Tarragona		Spain	3 – 2	Italy		Morocco	0 – 0 pen (7–6)	Greece

Women's[]

Year	Host		Gold medal game				Bronze medal game
			Gold medalist	Score	Silver medalist		Bronze medalist	Score	Fourth place
2022	Oran

Medal table[]

As of 2018.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	4	3	0	7
2	Spain	3	1	2	6
3	Morocco	2	0	2	4
4	Greece	2	0	1	3
5	Yugoslavia	2	0	0	2
6	Turkey	1	7	2	10
7	France	1	3	3	7
8	Tunisia	1	1	2	4
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
Totals (13 nations)		19	17	18	54

Participating nations[]

Nation	51	55	59	63	67	71	75	79	83	87	91	93	97	01	05	09	13	18	Years
Albania											6		11			10	8		4
Algeria	part of France				6		1	3	6	8	9	2	8	8	6			6	11
Bosnia and Herzegovina	part of Yugoslavia											8	6				5	8	4
Croatia	part of Yugoslavia											10	10						2
Cyprus											11								1
Egypt	2	1		5		4	6	8	3		5								8
France		3			1	5	2	2	4	2		3	7	3		4		5	12
Greece	1					6	9	4	5	4	1	5	3	6	8	5		4	13
Italy			1	1	2						8	4	1	2	5	2	7	2	11
Lebanon			3	7						6									3
Libya					8		8		9				13	7	3	3	4	9	9
North Macedonia	part of Yugoslavia																6		1
Malta				9											9	11			3
Montenegro	part of Yugoslavia															8			1
Morocco				4	7	dq	4	6	1	5	3	9		5	4	w/o	1	3	13
San Marino										7	10		12	9					4
SerbiaA						1	5	1			4		5						5
Slovenia	part of Yugoslavia											6	9						2
Spain		2		3	3								4		1	1		1	7
Syria	3	4		8		7			8	1						9			7
Tunisia				6	5	2	3	7	7		7	7		1	7	7	3		12
Turkey			2	2	4	3	7	5	2	3	2	1	2	4	2	6	2	7	16
Total nations	3	4	3	9	8	7	9	8	9	8	11	10	13	9	9	12	8	9

^{^A} Includes four appearances as  Yugoslavia

General Statistics[]

Men's General Statistics (1951 - 1987)[]

As end of 1987 Mediterranean Games. 10 editions compete between Senior teams but many teams not compete national A teams.

All matches not between two A Senior team are not counted as A-level match by FIFA.

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
1	France	7	32	16	8	8	44	27	+17	56
2	Turkey	8	32	15	7	10	41	33	+8	52
3	Italy	3	13	10	2	1	32	6	+26	32
4	Algeria	5	19	10	2	7	29	25	+4	32
5	Morocco	7	22	8	8	6	23	21	+2	32
6	Egypt	7	24	8	7	9	42	33	+9	31
7	Yugoslavia	3	12	9	2	1	32	9	+23	29
8	Spain	3	13	7	5	1	28	12	+16	26
9	Tunisia	6	20	6	6	8	21	23	-2	24
10	Greece	6	21	6	4	11	24	38	-14	22
11	Syria	6	18	4	1	13	15	41	-26	13
12	Lebanon	3	11	1	1	9	4	26	-22	4
13	Libya	3	9	1	1	7	7	18	-11	4
14	San Marino	1	3	0	1	2	0	7	-7	1
15	Malta	1	4	0	0	4	4	18	–14	0

Men's General Statistics (1951 - 1987)+(1991 - 2018)[]

As end of 2018 Mediterranean Games.

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
1	Turkey	16	67	34	12	21	95	69	+26	114
2	Italy	11	42	27	6	9	89	32	+57	87
3	France	12	50	25	11	14	72	48	+24	86
4	Spain	7	31	19	8	4	61	29	+32	65
5	Greece	13	43	18	6	19	61	60	+1	60
6	Tunisia	12	40	15	12	13	50	47	+3	57
7	Morocco	13	43	17	14	12	55	43	+12	53
8	Algeria	11	36	13	8	15	49	55	-6	47
9	Yugoslavia	5	19	13	3	3	49	15	+34	42
10	Egypt	8	27	9	7	11	44	36	+8	34
11	Libya	9	31	3	11	17	22	56	-34	20
12	Syria	7	20	4	2	14	16	46	-30	14
13	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	11	2	3	6	14	24	-10	9
14	Albania	4	10	1	1	8	8	27	-19	4
15	Lebanon	3	11	1	1	9	4	26	–22	4
16	Slovenia	2	5	0	3	2	5	7	–2	3
17	Montenegro	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
18	Croatia	2	5	0	1	4	6	11	–5	1
19	North Macedonia	1	4	0	1	3	5	13	–8	1
20	San Marino	4	9	0	1	8	1	32	–31	1
21	Cyprus	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	–3	0
22	Malta	3	8	0	0	8	4	31	–27	0

Women'sGeneral Statistics[]

See also[]

• Football at the African Games
• Football at the Asian Games

External links[]

• Mediterranean Cup and Mediterranean Games - Overview (www.rsssf.com)
• Mediterranean Games - General stats for all teams