Football at the Mediterranean Games
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.
| Organising body | CIJM |
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| Founded | 1951 |
| Region | Mediterranean Sea (FIFA) |
| Number of teams | 8 (from 3 confederations) |
| Current champions |  France (2nd title) |
| Most successful team(s) |  Italy (4 titles) |
| Football tournaments |
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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 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Alexandria |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Greece |
n/a | Egypt |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Syria |
No Fourth | |||
| Senior / B / XI / Amateur / Olympic teams | |||||||||
| 1955 Details |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Barcelona |
Egypt |
n/a | Spain |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Tunis |
France / Italy Gold Medal Shared |
Spain |
2–1 | Turkey | ||||
| 1971 Details |
İzmir |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia |
1–0 | Tunisia |
Turkey |
1–0 (a.e.t.) | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} United Arab Republic | ||
| 1975 Details |
 Algiers |
Algeria |
3–2 (a.e.t.) | France |
Tunisia |
1–1 (4–3 p) |
Morocco | ||
| 1979 Details |
Split |
Yugoslavia |
3–0 | France |
Algeria |
2–1 |  Greece | ||
| 1983 Details |
Casablanca |
Morocco |
3–0 | Turkey |
 Egypt |
0–0 (5–2 p) |
France | ||
| 1987 Details |
 Latakia |
Syria |
2–1 | France |
Turkey |
1–0 (a.e.t.) | Greece | ||
| U23 teams | |||||||||
| 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 | ||
| U21 teams | |||||||||
| 2001 Details |
 Tunis |
Tunisia |
1–0 | Italy |
France |
2–0 | Turkey | ||
| U23 teams | |||||||||
| 2005 Details |
Almería |
Spain |
1–0 | Turkey |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Libya |
1–1 (4–3 p) |
Morocco | ||
| U20 teams | |||||||||
| 2009 Details |
Pescara |
Spain |
2–1 | Italy |
Libya |
0–0 (8–7 p) |
France | ||
| U19 teams | |||||||||
| 2013 Details |
Mersin |
Morocco |
2–2 (3–2 p) |
Turkey |
Tunisia |
4–0 |  Libya | ||
| U18 teams | |||||||||
| 2018 Details |
Tarragona |
Spain |
3–2 | Italy |
Morocco |
0–0 (7–6 p) |
Greece | ||
| 2022 Details |
Oran |
France |
1–0 | Italy |
Morocco |
4–2 | Turkey | ||
^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.
Medals (1951-2022)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | France | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Morocco | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Greece | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Yugoslavia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Turkey | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| 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 entries) | 20 | 18 | 19 | 57 | |
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 |
External links
- Mediterranean Cup and Mediterranean Games - Overview (www.rsssf.com)
- Mediterranean Games - General stats for all teams
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