Basketball at the Mediterranean Games

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

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Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game (or third place)
  Gold medalist Score   Silver medalist   Bronze medalist Score Fourth place
1951
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Alexandria
 
Egypt
 
Spain
 
Italy
 
Greece
1955
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Barcelona
 
Spain
n/a  
Italy
 
Greece
n/a  
Egypt
1959
Details
 
Beirut
 
Yugoslavia
n/a  
Spain
 
United Arab Republic
 
Lebanon
1963
Details
 
Naples
 
Italy
n/a  
Spain
 
Yugoslavia
 
United Arab Republic
1967
Details
 
Tunis
 
Yugoslavia
85 – 76[1]  
Italy
 
Turkey
87 – 84[1]  
Greece
1971
Details
 
İzmir
 
Yugoslavia
 
Turkey
 
Greece
 
United Arab Republic
1975
Details
 
Algiers
 
Yugoslavia
 
France
 
Italy
 
Spain
1979
Details
 
Split
 
Greece
85 – 74  
Yugoslavia
 
Egypt
 
Turkey
1983
Details
 
Casablanca
 
Yugoslavia
 
Italy
 
Turkey
77 – 73  
Greece
1987
Details
 
Latakia
 
Turkey
 
Spain
 
Greece
 
Tunisia
1991
Details
 
Athens
 
Italy
97 − 91  
Greece
 
France
63 − 59[2]  
Turkey
1993
Details
 
Languedoc-Roussillon
 
Italy
 
Croatia
 
France
70 − 67  
Greece
1997
Details
 
Bari
 
Spain
82 − 72  
Italy
 
FR Yugoslavia
84 − 75  
Greece
2001
Details
 
Tunis
 
Spain
72 − 61[3]  
Greece
 
Italy
 
FR Yugoslavia
2005
Details
 
Almería
 
Italy
87 − 86  
Greece
 
Spain
84 − 70  
Turkey
2009
Details
 
Pescara
 
Croatia
72 − 60  
Greece
 
Turkey
88 − 71  
Italy
2013
Details
 
Mersin
 
Turkey
79 − 62  
Serbia
 
Tunisia
63 − 58  
Macedonia

Men's medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Yugoslavia5117
2  Italy44311
3  Spain3418
4  Turkey2136
5  Greece1438
6  Croatia1102
7  Egypt1023
8  France0123
9  Serbia0101
10  FR Yugoslavia0011
  Tunisia0011
Totals (11 entries)17171751

Women's tournaments

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Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
  Gold medalist Score   Silver medalist   Bronze medalist Score Fourth place
1987
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Latakia
 
Albania
88– 52[4]  
Turkey
 
Syria
 
Lebanon
1991
Details
 
Athens
 
Spain
 
France
 
Greece
66 – 61  
Italy
1993
Details
 
Languedoc-Roussillon
 
Bosnia and Herzegovina
 
Italy
 
Spain
 
Slovenia
1997
Details
 
Bari
 
Croatia
74 − 69[5]  
Turkey
 
France
85 – 63  
Greece
2001
Details
 
Tunis
 
Croatia
71 – 62[6]  
Italy
 
Spain
72 – 71[7]  
Turkey
2005
Details
 
Almería
 
Turkey
68 – 66  
Croatia
 
Spain
68 – 51  
Greece
2009
Details
 
Pescara
 
Italy
70 – 54  
Serbia
 
Croatia
77 – 62  
Greece
2013
Details
 
Mersin
Cancelled Cancelled

Women's medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Croatia2114
2  Italy1203
  Turkey1203
4  Spain1034
5  Albania1001
  Bosnia and Herzegovina1001
7  France0112
8  Serbia0101
9  Greece0011
  Syria0011
Totals (10 entries)77721

All-time medal table

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Updated with 2013 results.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Italy56314
2  Yugoslavia5117
3  Spain44412
4  Turkey3339
5  Croatia3216
6  Greece1449
7  Egypt1023
8  Albania1001
  Bosnia and Herzegovina1001
10  France0235
11  Serbia0202
12  FR Yugoslavia0011
  Syria0011
  Tunisia0011
Totals (14 entries)24242472

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Cumhuriyet Newspaper, 17.09.1967, p. 8
  2. ^ Milliyet Newspaper, 12.07.1991, p. 19
  3. ^ "Updates on Mediterranean Games" (2008-04-24) Tunisia Online. Archived from the original. Retrieved on 2012-08-09.
  4. ^ "Historik -".
  5. ^ Milliyet Newspaper, 26.06.1997, p. 32
  6. ^ "Updates on Mediterranean Games" (2008-04-24) Tunisia Online. Archived from the original. Retrieved on 2012-08-09.
  7. ^ "Updates on Mediterranean Games" (2008-04-24) Tunisia Online. Archived from the original. Retrieved on 2012-08-09.
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