2021 Mediterranean Games

XIX Mediterranean Games

Host city	Oran, Algeria
Main venue	Olympic Stadium
Website	Official Website
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The XIXth Mediterranean Games, commonly known as the 2021 Mediterranean Games will be the 19th Mediterranean Games. The Games will be held in Oran, Algeria in 2021.^[1]

Candidate cities

Five cities signed an official declaration of candidacy for hosting the 2021 Mediterranean Games:^[2]

Oran (Algeria) Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Dubrovnik (Croatia)

Kotor (Montenegro) Sfax (Tunisia)

The final candidates were Oran and Sfax, winning Oran by 51-17.^[3]

• Oran, Algeria^[4]

Oran planned to take the Games to Algeria for the second time after the 1975 Mediterranean Games in Algiers.

• Sfax, Tunisia^[5]

Sfax planned to take the Games to Tunisia for the third time after the 1967 Mediterranean Games and the 2001 Mediterranean Games, both in Tunis.

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

Competition Venues

Oran

• Football ()
• Volleyball ()
• Judo ()
• Table tennis ()

Bir El Djir

• Swimming ()
• Athletics
  • Athletics ()
  •   Paralympic Athletics ()
• Handball ()
• Basketball ()
• Cycling ()
• Judo ()
• Karate ()
• Water polo ()
• Tennis ()
• Taekwondo ()

Arzew

• Handball ()

Venues

List of venues, showing the city, venue, sport and venue capacity City Venue Sport Capacity Ref Bir El Djir Abdelkader Fréha Stadium Athletics 40,000 Oran Stade Ahmed Zabana Football 40,000 Oran Stade Habib Bouakeul Football 20,000 Oran Hamou Boutlélis Basketball 5,000 Arzew Salle Omnipsorts d'Arzew Handball 2,500 Bir El Djir Salle Omnisport Polyvalente Handball 6,000 Bir El Djir Oran Olympic Swimming Pool Swimming 6,000 Bir El Djir Oran Tennis Complex Tennis 3,000 , ,

References

1. "Oran host city of MG 2021". cijm.org.gr.
2. "Submission of the candidature of Sfax for the MG 2021". cijm.org.gr.
3. "Oran hosts Mediterranean Games 2021". Algeria Press Service (APS). Retrieved 27 August 2015.
4. "Official website of the candidate of Oran XVII Mediterranean Games". Oran 2021.
5. "Facebook page of the candidate of Sfax XVII Mediterranean Games". Sfax 2021.

External links

• Official Website