Football at the Mediterranean Games

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Association Football at the Mediterranean Games
Organising bodyCIJM
Founded1951
RegionMediterranean Sea (FIFA)
Number of teams8 (from 3 confederations)
Current champions France (2nd title)
Most successful team(s) Italy (4 titles)

Football has been played consistently at the Mediterranean Games since the year 1951 for men. Italy and Spain 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
Senior teams
1951
Details
Egypt
Alexandria

Greece
n/a
Egypt

Syria
No Fourth
Senior / B / XI / Amateur / Olympic teams
1955
Details
Spain
Barcelona

Egypt
n/a
Spain

France
n/a
Syria
1959
Details
Lebanon
Beirut

Italy
n/a
Turkey

Lebanon
No Fourth
1963
Details
Italy
Naples

Italy
3–0
Turkey

Spain
2–1
Morocco
1967
Details
Tunisia
Tunis
 France /  Italy
Gold Medal Shared

Spain
2–1
Turkey
1971
Details
Turkey
İzmir

Yugoslavia
1–0
Tunisia

Turkey
1–0 (a.e.t.)
United Arab Republic
1975
Details
Algeria
Algiers

Algeria
3–2 (a.e.t.)
France

Tunisia
1–1
(4–3 p)

Morocco
1979
Details
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Split

Yugoslavia
3–0
France

Algeria
2–1
Greece
1983
Details
Morocco
Casablanca

Morocco
3–0
Turkey

Egypt
0–0
(5–2 p)

France
1987
Details
Syria
Latakia

Syria
2–1
France

Turkey
1–0 (a.e.t.)
Greece
U23 teams
1991
Details
Greece
Athens

Greece
3–1
Turkey

Morocco
3–2
Yugoslavia
1993
Details
France
Languedoc-Roussillon

Turkey
2–0
Algeria

France
2–1
Italy
1997
Details
Italy
Bari

Italy
5–1
Turkey

Greece
1–0
Spain
U21 teams
2001
Details
Tunisia
Tunis

Tunisia
1–0
Italy

France
2–0
Turkey
U23 teams
2005
Details
Spain
Almería

Spain
1–0
Turkey

Libya
1–1
(4–3 p)

Morocco
U20 teams
2009
Details
Italy
Pescara

Spain
2–1
Italy

Libya
0–0
(8–7 p)

France
U19 teams
2013
Details
Turkey
Mersin

Morocco
2–2
(3–2 p)

Turkey

Tunisia
4–0
Libya
U18 teams
2018
Details
Spain
Tarragona

Spain
3–2
Italy

Morocco
0–0
(7–6 p)

Greece
2022
Details
Algeria
Oran

France
1–0
Italy

Morocco
4–2
Turkey

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Medals (1951-2022)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy4408
2 Spain3126
3 France2338
4 Morocco2035
5 Greece2013
6 Yugoslavia2002
7 Turkey17210
8 Tunisia1124
9 Algeria1113
 Egypt1113
11 Syria1012
12 Libya0022
13 Lebanon0011
Totals (13 entries)20181957

Participating nations

Nation 51 55 59 63 67 71 75 79 83 87 91 93 97 01 05 09 13 18 22 Years
 Albania 6 11 10 8 4
 Algeria part of France 6 1 3 6 8 9 2 8 8 6 6 6 12
 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 1 13
 Greece 1 6 9 4 5 4 1 5 3 6 8 5 4 7 14
 Italy 1 1 1 8 4 1 2 5 2 7 2 2 12
 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 3 14
 Portugal 5 1
 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 8 8
 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 4 17
Total nations (23) 3 4 3 9 8 7 9 8 9 8 11 10 13 9 9 12 8 9 8
^A Includes four appearances as  Yugoslavia

Summary

Men (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 M W D L GF GA GD Points
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 (1951–2022)

Rank Team Part M W D L GF GA GD Points
1  Turkey 17 72 35 13 24 99 78 +21 118
2  France 13 55 29 12 14 80 51 +29 99
3  Italy 12 47 30 7 10 96 34 +6 97
4  Spain 8 34 19 10 5 63 32 +31 67
5  Greece 14 46 19 6 21 64 66 –2 63
6  Morocco 14 48 19 15 14 63 49 +14 60
7  Tunisia 12 40 15 12 13 50 47 +3 57
8  Algeria 12 39 14 8 17 52 60 –8 50
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  Portugal 1 3 1 0 2 2 3 –1 3
17  Slovenia 2 5 0 3 2 5 7 –2 3
18  Montenegro 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
19  Croatia 2 5 0 1 4 6 11 –5 1
20  North Macedonia 1 4 0 1 3 5 13 –8 1
21  San Marino 4 9 0 1 8 1 32 –31 1
22  Cyprus 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 –3 0
23  Malta 3 8 0 0 8 4 31 –27 0

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