2017 Mediterranean Games

XVIII Mediterranean Games

Host city	Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
Nations participating	25
Opening ceremony	30 June
Closing ceremony	9 July
Officially opened by	King Felipe VI
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, Spain over 10 days from 30 June to 9 July 2017.

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, winning Tarragona by 34-36.^[2]

• Alexandria, Egypt^[3]

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

• Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain^[4]

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.

Sports

The official event categories are listed below.

• Aquatics
  • Swimming ()
  •   Paralympic Swimming ()
  • Water polo ()
• Archery ()
• Athletics
  • Athletics ()
  •   Paralympic Athletics ()
• Badminton ()
• Basketball ()
• Bocce ()
• Boxing ()
• Canoeing ()
• Cycling ()
• Equestrian ()
• Fencing ()
• Football ()
• Golf ()
• Gymnastics
  • Artistic Gymnastics ()
  • Rhythmic Gymnastics ()
• Handball ()
• Judo ()
• Karate ()
• Rowing ()
• Sailing ()
• Shooting ()
• Taekwondo ()
• Table tennis ()
• Tennis ()
• Triathlon ()
• Volleyball
  • Beach Volleyball ()
  • Indoor Volleyball ()
• Waterskiing ()
• Weightlifting ()
• Wrestling ()

Nations

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

Competition Venues

Tarragona

• Athletics
  • Athletics ()
  •   Paralympic Athletics ()
• Basketball ()
• Football ()
• Golf ()
• Gymnastics ()
• Shooting ()
• Swimming ()
•   Paralympic Swimming ()
• Taekwondo ()
• Tennis ()
• Volleyball ()
• Water polo ()
• Waterskiing ()

Barcelona

• Equestrian ()

Calafell

• Fencing ()
• Football ()
• Table tennis ()

Cambrils

• Archery ()
• Judo ()
• Karate ()

Castelldefels

• Canoeing ()
• Rowing ()

Constantí

• Weightlifting ()

El Vendrell

• Boxing ()
• Football ()

La Selva del Camp

• Handball ()

Reus

• Handball ()
• Football ()

Salou

• Beach volleyball ()
• Sailing ()
• Triathlon ()

Torredembarra

• Badminton ()
• Volleyball ()

Valls

• Basketball ()

Vila-seca

• Bowls ()
• Cycling ()
• Wrestling ()

See also

• International Mediterranean Games Committee

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.

External links

• Tarragona 2017 Official Website
• Tarragona 2017 Official Facebook Website
• Tarragona 2017 Official Twitter