Basketball at the Mediterranean Games has been played consistently since 1951 for men, and 1987 for women. The Yugoslavia national team, which disbanded in 1992, was the most successful men's team, while the Croatia women's national team has been the most successful in the women's competition. Since 2018, the Mediterranean Games has exclusively featured 3x3 basketball.
Men's tournaments
| Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game (or third place) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold medalist | Score | Silver medalist | Bronze medalist | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1951 Details | Alexandria | Egypt | Spain | Italy | Greece | ||||
| 1955 Details | 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 | Italy | Turkey | 87 – 84 | 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 | Turkey | ||
| 1993 Details | Languedoc-Roussillon | Italy | 77 − 74 | Croatia | France | 70 − 67 | Greece | ||
| 1997 Details | Bari | Spain | 82 − 72 | Italy | FR Yugoslavia | 84 − 75 | Greece | ||
| 2001 Details | Tunis | Spain | 72 − 61 | 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
| 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
| Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold medalist | Score | Silver medalist | Bronze medalist | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1987 Details | Latakia | Albania | 88– 52 | 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 | Turkey | France | 85 – 63 | Greece | ||
| 2001 Details | Tunis | Croatia | 71 – 62 | Italy | Spain | 72 – 71 | 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
| 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
Updated 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
- 3x3 basketball at the Mediterranean Games
- Basketball at the Summer Olympics
- Basketball at the Summer Universiade
- Basketball at the Pan American Games
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