Water polo at the Mediterranean Games

Water polo
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...

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 1951. The Yugoslavia men's national water polo team

Serbia men's national water polo team

The Serbia men's national water polo team represents Serbia in international water polo competitions and is controlled by the Water Polo Association of Serbia...

is the most successful team.

Men's tournaments

Year	Host	Gold Medal	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal
1951 details Water polo at the 1951 Mediterranean Games -Medalists:-Men's Competition:-References:...	Alexandria Alexandria Alexandria is the second-largest city of Egypt, with a population of 4.1 million, extending about along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the north central part of the country; it is also the largest city lying directly on the Mediterranean coast. It is Egypt's largest seaport, serving...
1955 details Water polo at the 1955 Mediterranean Games -Medalists:-Men's Competition:-References:...	Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
1959 details Water polo at the 1959 Mediterranean Games -Medalists:-Men's Competition:-References:...	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...
1963 details Water polo at the 1963 Mediterranean Games -Medalists:-Men's Competition:-References:...	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...
1967 details Water polo at the 1967 Mediterranean Games -Medalists:-Men'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....
1971 details Water polo at the 1971 Mediterranean Games -Medalists:-Men's Competition:-References:...	İzmir Izmir Izmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...
1975 details Water polo at the 1975 Mediterranean Games -Medalists:-Men's Competition:-References:...	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...
1979 details Water polo at the 1979 Mediterranean Games -Medalists:-Men's Competition:-References:...	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...
1983 details Water polo at the 1983 Mediterranean Games -Medalists:-Men's Competition:-References:...	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...
1987 details Water polo at the 1987 Mediterranean Games -Medalists:-Men's Competition:-References:...	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...
1991 details Water polo at the 1991 Mediterranean Games -Medalists:-Men's Competition:-References:...	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...
1993 details Water polo at the 1993 Mediterranean Games -Medalists:-Men'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...
1997 details Water polo at the 1997 Mediterranean Games -Medalists:-Men'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...
2001 details Water polo at the 2001 Mediterranean Games -Medalists:-Men'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....
2005 details Water Polo at the 2005 Mediterranean Games The Men's Water Polo Tournament at the 2005 Mediterranean Games was held in the Las Almadrabillas Sports Centre from Wednesday June 29 to Sunday July 3, 2005 in Almería, Spain.-Group A:Wednesday June 29, 2005Thursday June 30, 2005...	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"...
2009 details Water Polo at the 2009 Mediterranean Games The water polo competition at the 2009 Mediterranean Games took place between June 30 and July 5, 2009 and was contested by 9 teams.-System:The 9 teams were divided into two groups of four and five teams. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw. No points were awarded for a...	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...

Medals Summary

1	7	3	1	11
2	6	6	2	14
3	3	3	6	12
4	0	2	0	2
5	0	1	2	3
6	0	1	1	2
7	0	0	3	3
8	0	0	1	1
Total	16	16	16	48

Footnotes

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