2018 Mediterranean Games

XVIII Mediterranean Games
Host city Tarragona, Catalonia
Nations participating 25
Opening ceremony 22 June
Closing ceremony 1 July
Main venue Nou Estadi
Website Official Website
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The XVIIIth Mediterranean Games, commonly known as the 2017 Mediterranean Games will be the 18th Mediterranean Games. The Games will be held in Tarragona, Catalonia over 10 days from 22 June to 1 July 2018.

Candidate cities

The host city was announced during the ICMG General Assembly scheduled which took place in Mersin, Turkey (host of the 2013 Mediterranean Games) on 15 October 2011.[1] The final candidates were Alexandria and Tarragona, where Tarragona won by 34-36 during the voting.[2]

Alexandria hosted the first Mediterranean Games and planned to build a new Olympic Village for the 2017 Mediterranean Games in Burg al-Arab.

Under the motto "History making history", Tarragona planned to take the Games to Spain for the third time after the 1955 Mediterranean Games in Barcelona and the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería.

Change of Year

In 9 November 2016, is announced by the International Committee of the Mediterranean Games (ICMG) that Tarragona has postponed its hosting of the Mediterranean Games from 2017 to 2018 due to funding problems caused by Spanish political instability.[5]

Sports

The official event categories are listed below.

Nations

Kosovo and Portugal will compete for the first time in the Mediterranean Games. Portugal will compete as invited country, not as the member of ICMG.[6]

  • Albania Albania
  • Algeria Algeria
  • Andorra Andorra
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Croatia Croatia
  • Cyprus Cyprus
  • Egypt Egypt
  • France France
  • Greece Greece
  • Italy Italy
  • Kosovo Kosovo
  • Lebanon Lebanon
  • Libya Libya
  • Republic of Macedonia Macedonia
  • Malta Malta
  • Monaco Monaco
  • Montenegro Montenegro
  • Morocco Morocco
  • Portugal Portugal
  • San Marino San Marino
  • Serbia Serbia
  • Slovenia Slovenia
  • Spain Spain (host country)
  • Syria Syria
  • Tunisia Tunisia
  • Turkey Turkey

Competition Venues

Broadcasting

Territory Broadcaster Ref
 Albania RTSH
 Algeria EN TV
 Andorra and  Spain *TV3

RTVE Movistar+

 [7][8]
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Croatia HRT
 Cyprus CyBC
 France
 Greece ERT
 Italy RAI
 Kosovo
 Macedonia MRT
 MENA
 Montenegro RTCG
 Morocco SNRT
 Portugal
 San Marino RAI
 Serbia RTS
 Slovenia RTV Slovenija
 Tunisia ERTT
 Turkey TRT

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tarragona aparca los Juegos Mediterráneos hasta 2017" (in Spanish). mundodeportivo.com. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Tarragona és escollida per organitzar els Jocs del Mediterrani de l'any 2017" (in Catalan). 324.cat. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  3. ↑ "Alexandria launches promotional campaign for 2017 Mediterranean Games bid". Daily News Egypt. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  4. ↑ "Web oficial de la candidatura de Tarragona als XVIII Jocs Mediterranis". Tarragona 2017. Retrieved 21 Jun 2013.
  5. ↑ "Tarragona postpone Mediterranean Games until 2018 due to Spanish political problems". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Participation of Portugal in the MG Tarragona 2017". cijm.org.gr. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "The CCMA and the Tarragona 2017 Foundation sign a collaboration agreement to broadcast the Mediterranean Games". tarragona2017.cat. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Tarragona 2017 Foundation and RTVE sign an agreement to broadcast the MG". cijm.org.gr. Retrieved 14 August 2016.

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