Mediterranean Beach Games

The Mediterranean Beach Games is a multi-sport event organized by the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM) since 2015.

The CIJM formed the games in a meeting on October 20, 2012 in Mersin, Turkey, and decided on a format of every 4 years starting from 2015. The Games consist only water sports and beach sports, which aim at bringing together young athletes of the Mediterranean area, giving them the opportunity to participate in sport events.^[1]

History

Pescara, Italy was awarded the rights to host the first edition of the Mediterranean Beach Games from 28 August to 6 September.^[2] The sports included in the program of the 1st Mediterranean Beach Games are the following: Aquathlon, Beach Handball, Beach Soccer, Beach Tennis, Beach Volley, Beach Wrestling, Finswimming, Canoe Ocean Racing, Open Water Swimming, Rowing Beach Sprint, Water Ski.

Patras, Greece hosted the 2019 games, and in October, 2021, Heraklion, Greece signed a contract to host the 2023 games.^[3]

Events

No	Year	Host country	Host city	Nations	Athletes	Sports	Top country on medal table
1	2015	Italy	Pescara	24	900	11	Italy
2	2019	Greece	Patras	26	700	11	Greece
3	2023	Greece	Heraklion	26	1500	13

All-time medal table 2015–2019


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	48	36	25	109
2	France	26	12	21	59
3	Greece	24	23	20	67
4	Spain	6	9	8	23
5	Algeria	2	4	4	10
6	Turkey	2	2	5	9
7	Tunisia	1	8	9	18
8	Egypt	1	6	4	11
9	Portugal	1	5	0	6
10	Syria	1	1	2	4
11	Serbia	1	1	0	2
12	Albania	1	0	1	2
13	Croatia	0	3	4	7
14	Cyprus	0	2	1	3
15	Slovenia	0	1	3	4
16	San Marino	0	0	3	3
17	Monaco	0	0	2	2
18	Libya	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 entries)		114	113	113	340

References

^ "International Committee of the Mediterranean Games".
^ "Pescara 2015 - Italia". www.pescara2015.it. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
^ Mackay, Duncan (October 23, 2021). "Host city contract for 2023 Mediterranean Beach Games in Crete signed". Inside the Games. Retrieved 2022-10-16.

External links

[1] "International Committee of the Mediterranean Games".

[2] "Pescara 2015 - Italia". www.pescara2015.it. Retrieved 15 March 2018.

[3] Mackay, Duncan (October 23, 2021). "Host city contract for 2023 Mediterranean Beach Games in Crete signed". Inside the Games. Retrieved 2022-10-16.

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History

Events

All-time medal table 2015–2019

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References

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