2018 Mediterranean Games


The XVIIIth Mediterranean Games, commonly known as the 2018 Mediterranean Games, were an international multi-sport event held from 22 June to 1 July 2018 in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. Kosovo took part for the first time.

Candidate cities

The host city was announced during the ICMG General Assembly scheduled which took place in Mersin, Turkey on 15 October 2011. The final candidates were Alexandria and Tarragona, where Tarragona won the vote 36–34.
Alexandria hosted the first Mediterranean Games and planned to build a new Olympic Village for the 2017 Mediterranean Games in the iconic South Mediterranean city.
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 and other crises

On 9 November 2016, it was announced by the International Committee of the Mediterranean Games that Tarragona was postponing its hosting of the Mediterranean Games from 2017 to 2018 due to funding problems caused by Spanish political and economical instability.
Some doubts were expressed in 2017 about the holding of the games due to the 2017 Spanish constitutional crisis after the Catalan government unilaterally declared independence on 27 October 2017.

Mascot

Tarracus, a humanoid character wearing a Roman helmet, was unveiled as the mascot for 2018 Mediterranean Games on May 2016. The pattern on the helmet plume is based on the flag of Tarragona.

Nations

Triathlon was the only new sport added to the Mediterranean Games program. Equestrian and Golf came back after being absent in Mersin. Disabled events will be held in swimming and athletics. Basketball tournament would be held in the 3x3 format. Boxing and football are going to hold only men's events, while Rhythmic Gymnastics would be women's only. The number in paratheses next to the sport is the number of medal events per sport.

Medal table


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