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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Men's medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Yugoslavia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 |  Italy | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 |  Spain | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 |  Turkey | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 |  Greece | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 |  Croatia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 |  Egypt | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 |  France | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 |  Serbia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  FR Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (11 entries) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 | |
Women's tournaments
edit| Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold medalist
|
Score |  Silver medalist
|
 Bronze medalist
|
Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1987 Details |
 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
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Croatia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Italy | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Turkey | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Spain | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 |  Albania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | France | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Serbia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Syria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
All-time medal table
editUpdated with 2013 results.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Italy | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 |  Yugoslavia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 |  Spain | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 |  Turkey | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 |  Croatia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 |  Greece | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 |  Egypt | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 |  Albania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 |  France | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 |  Serbia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | FR Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Syria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (14 entries) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Cumhuriyet Newspaper, 17.09.1967, p. 8
- ^ Milliyet Newspaper, 12.07.1991, p. 19
- ^ "Updates on Mediterranean Games" (2008-04-24) Tunisia Online. Archived from the original. Retrieved on 2012-08-09.
- ^ "Historik -".
- ^ Milliyet Newspaper, 26.06.1997, p. 32
- ^ "Updates on Mediterranean Games" (2008-04-24) Tunisia Online. Archived from the original. Retrieved on 2012-08-09.
- ^ "Updates on Mediterranean Games" (2008-04-24) Tunisia Online. Archived from the original. Retrieved on 2012-08-09.