Basketball at the Mediterranean Games

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

Men's tournaments[edit]

Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game (or third place)
Gold medalist Score Silver medalist Bronze medalist Score Fourth place
1951
Details
Egypt
Alexandria

Egypt

Spain

Italy

Greece
1955
Details
Spain
Barcelona

Spain
n/a
Italy

Greece

Egypt
1959
Details
Lebanon
Beirut

Yugoslavia
n/a
Spain

United Arab Republic

Lebanon
1963
Details
Italy
Naples

Italy
n/a
Spain

Yugoslavia

United Arab Republic
1967
Details
Tunisia
Tunis

Yugoslavia

Italy

Turkey
87 – 84
Greece
1971
Details
Turkey
İzmir

Yugoslavia

Turkey

Greece

United Arab Republic
1975
Details
Algeria
Algiers

Yugoslavia

France

Italy

Spain
1979
Details
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Split

Greece
85 – 74
Yugoslavia

Egypt

Turkey
1983
Details
Morocco
Casablanca

Yugoslavia

Italy

Turkey
77 – 73
Greece
1987
Details
Syria
Latakia

Turkey

Spain

Greece

Tunisia
1991
Details
Greece
Athens

Italy
97 − 91
Greece

France

Turkey
1993
Details
France
Languedoc-Roussillon

Italy

Croatia

France
70 − 67
Greece
1997
Details
Italy
Bari

Spain
82 − 72
Italy

FR Yugoslavia
84 − 75
Greece
2001
Details
Tunisia
Tunis

Spain
72 − 61[1]
Greece

Italy

FR Yugoslavia
2005
Details
Spain
Almería

Italy
87 − 86
Greece

Spain
84 − 70
Turkey
2009
Details
Italy
Pescara

Croatia
72 − 60
Greece

Turkey
88 − 71
Italy
2013
Details
Turkey
Mersin

Turkey
79 − 62
Serbia

Tunisia
63 − 58
Macedonia

3x3 Basketball men's tournament[edit]

Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game (or third place)
Gold medalist Score Silver medalist Bronze medalist Score Fourth place
2018
Details
Spain
Tarragona

France
16 − 14 (OT)
Italy

Slovenia
18 − 11
Greece
2022
Details
Algeria
Oran

France
19 − 13
Serbia

Spain
16 − 13
Turkey

Men's medal table[edit]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Yugoslavia5117
2 Italy45312
3 Spain3429
4 Turkey2136
5 France2125
6 Greece1438
7 Croatia1102
8 Egypt1023
9 Serbia0202
10Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia0011
 Slovenia0011
 Tunisia0011
Totals (12 entries)19191957

Women's tournaments[edit]

Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold medalist Score Silver medalist Bronze medalist Score Fourth place
1987
Details
Syria
Latakia

Albania
88– 52[2]
Turkey

Syria

Lebanon
1991
Details
Greece
Athens

Spain

France

Greece
66 – 61
Italy
1993
Details
France
Languedoc-Roussillon

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Italy

Spain

Slovenia
1997
Details
Italy
Bari

Croatia

Turkey

France
85 – 63
Greece
2001
Details
Tunisia
Tunis

Croatia
71 – 62[3]
Italy

Spain
72 – 71[4]
Turkey
2005
Details
Spain
Almería

Turkey
68 – 66
Croatia

Spain
68 – 51
Greece
2009
Details
Italy
Pescara

Italy
70 – 54
Serbia

Croatia
77 – 62
Greece
2013
Details
Turkey
Mersin
Cancelled Cancelled

3x3 Basketball women's tournament[edit]

Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game (or third place)
Gold medalist Score Silver medalist Bronze medalist Score Fourth place
2018
Details
Spain
Tarragona

France
10 − 8
Spain

Portugal
21 − 20
Serbia
2022
Details
Algeria
Oran

Spain
12 − 11
France

Italy
14 − 12
Turkey

Women's medal table[edit]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Spain2136
2 Croatia2114
3 France1214
 Italy1214
5 Turkey1203
6 Albania1001
 Bosnia and Herzegovina1001
8 Serbia0101
9 Greece0011
 Portugal0011
 Syria0011
Totals (11 entries)99927

All-time medal table[edit]

Updated with 2022 results.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy57416
2 Spain55515
3 Yugoslavia5117
4 France3339
 Turkey3339
6 Croatia3216
7 Greece1449
8 Egypt1023
9 Albania1001
 Bosnia and Herzegovina1001
11 Serbia0303
12Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia0011
 Portugal0011
 Slovenia0011
 Syria0011
 Tunisia0011
Totals (16 entries)28282884

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Updates on Mediterranean Games" (2008-04-24) Tunisia Online. Archived from the original. Retrieved on 2012-08-09.
  2. ^ "Historik -".
  3. ^ "Updates on Mediterranean Games" (2008-04-24) Tunisia Online. Archived from the original. Retrieved on 2012-08-09.
  4. ^ "Updates on Mediterranean Games" (2008-04-24) Tunisia Online. Archived from the original. Retrieved on 2012-08-09.

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