First event | 2018 |
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Occur every | Four years |
Last event | 2022 |
3x3 basketball has been a discipline of the Mediterranean Games event since the first edition in 2018 in Tarragona, Spain. It had replaced the 5-on-5 basketball since this edition.
Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
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Gold medalist | Score | Silver medalist | Bronze medalist | Score | Fourth place | ||||
2018 Details | Tarragona | France | 16 − 14 (OT) | Italy | Slovenia | 18 − 11 | Greece | ||
2022 Details | Oran | France | 19 − 13 | Serbia | Spain | 16 − 13 | Turkey |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | France | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Serbia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
4 | Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game (or third place) | ||||||
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Gold medalist | Score | Silver medalist | Bronze medalist | Score | Fourth place | ||||
2018 Details | Tarragona | France | 10 − 8 | Spain | Portugal | 21 − 20 | Serbia | ||
2022 Details | Oran | Spain | 12 − 11 | France | Italy | 14 − 12 | Turkey |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | France | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Spain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
3 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Updated with 2022 results.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
2 | Spain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
3 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Serbia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (6 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
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