Volleyball at the Mediterranean Games
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volleyball
has been played consistently at the Mediterranean Games
since the year 1959 for men and since the year 1975 for women . The Italy national volleyball team and Yugoslavia men's national volleyball team
are the most successful men's teams and the Italy women's national volleyball team
is the most successful team for women.
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Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
has been played consistently at the Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games
The Mediterranean Games are a multi-sport games held every four years, mainly for nations bordering the Mediterranean Sea, where Europe, Africa and Asia meet. The idea was proposed at the 1948 Summer Olympics by Muhammed Taher Pasha, chairman of the Egyptian Olympic Committee, and they were first...
since the year 1959 for men and since the year 1975 for women . The Italy national volleyball team and Yugoslavia men's national volleyball team
Serbia men's national volleyball team
The Serbia men's national volleyball team is the national team of Serbia.FIVB considers Serbia as the inheritor of the records of SFR Yugoslavia, FR Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro....
are the most successful men's teams and the Italy women's national volleyball team
Italy women's national volleyball team
The Italy women's national volleyball team is the national team of Italy that takes part in international volleyball competitions. It is governed by the Federazione Italiana di Pallavolo...
is the most successful team for women.
Men's tournaments
| Year | Host | Gold Medal | Silver Medal | Bronze Medal |
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| 1959 details Volleyball at the 1959 Mediterranean Games In the 1959 Mediterranean Games, one of the games played was volleyball. Italy won the men's division .-Medalists:-Men's competition:-External links:*... |
 Beirut Beirut Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan... |
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| 1963 details Volleyball at the 1963 Mediterranean Games In the 1963 Mediterranean Games, one of the games played was volleyball. Yougoslavia won the men's division .-Medalists:-Men's competition:-External links:*... |
 Naples Naples Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples... |
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| 1967 details Volleyball at the 1967 Mediterranean Games In the 1967 Mediterranean Games, one of the games played was volleyball. Yougoslavia won the men's division .-Medalists:-Men's competition:-External links:*... |
 Tunis Tunis Tunis is the capital of both the Tunisian Republic and the Tunis Governorate. It is Tunisia's largest city, with a population of 728,453 as of 2004; the greater metropolitan area holds some 2,412,500 inhabitants.... |
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| 1971 details Volleyball at the 1971 Mediterranean Games Volleyball was one of the games played at the 1971 Mediterranean Games. Yugoslavia won the men's division .-Medalists:-Men's competition:-External links:*... |
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| 1975 details Volleyball at the 1975 Mediterranean Games In the 1975 Mediterranean Games, one of the games played was volleyball. Yougoslavia won the men's and the women's division .-Medalists:-Men's competition:-Women's competition:-External links:*... |
 Algiers Algiers ' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000... |
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| 1979 details Volleyball at the 1979 Mediterranean Games In the 1979 Mediterranean Games, one of the games played was volleyball. Yougoslavia won the men's division and Italy won the women's division.-Medalists:-Men's competition:-Women's competition:-External links:*... |
 Split Split (city) Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and... |
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| 1983 details Volleyball at the 1983 Mediterranean Games In the 1983 Mediterranean Games, one of the games played was volleyball. Italy won the men's division and also won the women's division.-Medalists:-Men's competition:-Women's competition:-External links:*... |
 Casablanca Casablanca Casablanca is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca region.Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port. It is also the biggest city in the Maghreb. The 2004 census recorded a population of 2,949,805 in the prefecture... |
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| 1987 details Volleyball at the 1987 Mediterranean Games In the 1987 Mediterranean Games, one of the games played was volleyball. Spain won the men's division and Albania won the women's.-Medalists:-Men's competition:-Women's competition:-External links:*... |
 Latakia Latakia Latakia, or Latakiyah , is the principal port city of Syria, as well as the capital of the Latakia Governorate. In addition to serving as a port, the city is a manufacturing center for surrounding agricultural towns and villages... |
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| 1991 details Volleyball at the 1991 Mediterranean Games The Volleyball Tournament at the 1991 Mediterranean Games was held in Athens, Greece from June 11 to July 12, 1991.-Medalists:-Men's competition:-Women's competition:-External links:*... |
 Athens Athens Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state... |
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| 1993 details Volleyball at the 1993 Mediterranean Games -Medalists:-Men's Competition:-Women's Competition:-References:... |
 Languedoc-Roussillon Languedoc-Roussillon Languedoc-Roussillon is one of the 27 regions of France. It comprises five departments, and borders the other French regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes, Auvergne, Midi-Pyrénées on the one side, and Spain, Andorra and the Mediterranean sea on the other side.-Geography:The region is... |
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| 1997 details Volleyball at the 1997 Mediterranean Games -Medalists:-Men's Competition:-Women's Competition:-References:... |
Bari Bari Bari is the capital city of the province of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, in Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy after Naples, and is well known as a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas... |
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| 2001 details Volleyball at the 2001 Mediterranean Games -Medalists:-Men's Competition:-Women's Competition:-References:... |
Tunis Tunis Tunis is the capital of both the Tunisian Republic and the Tunis Governorate. It is Tunisia's largest city, with a population of 728,453 as of 2004; the greater metropolitan area holds some 2,412,500 inhabitants.... |
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| 2005 details Volleyball at the 2005 Mediterranean Games The Volleyball Tournament at the 2005 Mediterranean Games was held in the Mediterranean Sports Palace and the Moisés Ruiz Sports Hall of the Diputación from Friday June 24 to Sunday July 3, 2005 in Almería, Spain.-Teams:Group AGroup B... |
 Almería Almería Almería is a city in Andalusia, Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the province of the same name.-Toponym:Tradition says that the name Almería stems from the Arabic المرية Al-Mariyya: "The Mirror", comparing it to "The Mirror of the Sea"... |
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| 2009 details Volleyball at the 2009 Mediterranean Games -Medalists:-Men's Competition:-Women's Competition:-References:* *... |
Pescara Pescara Pescara is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. As of January 1, 2007 it was the most populated city within Abruzzo at 123,059 residents, 400,000 with the surrounding metropolitan area... |
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Medals Summary
| 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | |
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women's tournaments
| Year | Host | Gold Medal | Silver Medal | Bronze Medal |
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| 1975 details Volleyball at the 1975 Mediterranean Games In the 1975 Mediterranean Games, one of the games played was volleyball. Yougoslavia won the men's and the women's division .-Medalists:-Men's competition:-Women's competition:-External links:*... |
Algiers Algiers ' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000... |
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| 1979 details Volleyball at the 1979 Mediterranean Games In the 1979 Mediterranean Games, one of the games played was volleyball. Yougoslavia won the men's division and Italy won the women's division.-Medalists:-Men's competition:-Women's competition:-External links:*... |
Split Split (city) Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and... |
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| 1983 details Volleyball at the 1983 Mediterranean Games In the 1983 Mediterranean Games, one of the games played was volleyball. Italy won the men's division and also won the women's division.-Medalists:-Men's competition:-Women's competition:-External links:*... |
Casablanca Casablanca Casablanca is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca region.Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port. It is also the biggest city in the Maghreb. The 2004 census recorded a population of 2,949,805 in the prefecture... |
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| 1987 details Volleyball at the 1987 Mediterranean Games In the 1987 Mediterranean Games, one of the games played was volleyball. Spain won the men's division and Albania won the women's.-Medalists:-Men's competition:-Women's competition:-External links:*... |
Latakia Latakia Latakia, or Latakiyah , is the principal port city of Syria, as well as the capital of the Latakia Governorate. In addition to serving as a port, the city is a manufacturing center for surrounding agricultural towns and villages... |
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| 1991 details Volleyball at the 1991 Mediterranean Games The Volleyball Tournament at the 1991 Mediterranean Games was held in Athens, Greece from June 11 to July 12, 1991.-Medalists:-Men's competition:-Women's competition:-External links:*... |
Athens Athens Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state... |
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| 1993 details Volleyball at the 1993 Mediterranean Games -Medalists:-Men's Competition:-Women's Competition:-References:... |
Languedoc-Roussillon Languedoc-Roussillon Languedoc-Roussillon is one of the 27 regions of France. It comprises five departments, and borders the other French regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes, Auvergne, Midi-Pyrénées on the one side, and Spain, Andorra and the Mediterranean sea on the other side.-Geography:The region is... |
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| 1997 details Volleyball at the 1997 Mediterranean Games -Medalists:-Men's Competition:-Women's Competition:-References:... |
Bari Bari Bari is the capital city of the province of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, in Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy after Naples, and is well known as a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas... |
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| 2001 details Volleyball at the 2001 Mediterranean Games -Medalists:-Men's Competition:-Women's Competition:-References:... |
Tunis Tunis Tunis is the capital of both the Tunisian Republic and the Tunis Governorate. It is Tunisia's largest city, with a population of 728,453 as of 2004; the greater metropolitan area holds some 2,412,500 inhabitants.... |
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| 2005 details Volleyball at the 2005 Mediterranean Games The Volleyball Tournament at the 2005 Mediterranean Games was held in the Mediterranean Sports Palace and the Moisés Ruiz Sports Hall of the Diputación from Friday June 24 to Sunday July 3, 2005 in Almería, Spain.-Teams:Group AGroup B... |
Almería Almería Almería is a city in Andalusia, Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the province of the same name.-Toponym:Tradition says that the name Almería stems from the Arabic المرية Al-Mariyya: "The Mirror", comparing it to "The Mirror of the Sea"... |
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| 2009 details Volleyball at the 2009 Mediterranean Games -Medalists:-Men's Competition:-Women's Competition:-References:* *... |
Pescara Pescara Pescara is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. As of January 1, 2007 it was the most populated city within Abruzzo at 123,059 residents, 400,000 with the surrounding metropolitan area... |
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Medals Summary
| 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Total | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
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