| Organising body | CIJM |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1951 |
| Region | Mediterranean Sea (FIFA) |
| Number of teams | 8 (from 3 confederations) |
| Current champions |  France (2nd title) |
| Most successful team(s) |  Italy (4 titles) |
| Football tournaments |
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Football has been played consistently at the Mediterranean Games since the year 1951 for men. Italy and Spain are the most successful teams. From 1991, national teams are not allowed, which means only youth teams participate in the tournament.
^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 |  Spain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | France | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 |  Morocco | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 |  Greece | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 |  Yugoslavia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 |  Turkey | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 |  Tunisia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 |  Algeria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Egypt | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 11 |  Syria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 |  Libya | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 |  Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | 20 | 18 | 19 | 57 | |
| Nation | 51 | 55 | 59 | 63 | 67 | 71 | 75 | 79 | 83 | 87 | 91 | 93 | 97 | 01 | 05 | 09 | 13 | 18 | 22 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Albania | 6 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Algeria | part of France | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | ||||||
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | part of Yugoslavia | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
 Croatia | part of Yugoslavia | 10 | 10 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
 Cyprus | 11 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||||||||||
| France | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | ||||||
| Greece | 1 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | |||||
| Italy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||
| Lebanon | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | 8 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||
 North Macedonia | part of Yugoslavia | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
 Malta | 9 | 9 | 11 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
 Montenegro | part of Yugoslavia | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | 4 | 7 | dq | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 4 | w/o | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | ||||
 Portugal | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
 San Marino | 7 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
 Serbia A | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
 Slovenia | part of Yugoslavia | 6 | 9 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Syria | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Tunisia | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 12 | |||||||
| Turkey | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 17 | ||
| Total nations (23) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 8 | |
Yugoslavia As end of 1987 Mediterranean Games. 10 editions compete between Senior teams but many teams not compete national A teams. All matches not between two A Senior team are not counted as A-level match by FIFA.
| Rank | Team | Part | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 7 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 27 | +17 | 56 |
| 2 | Turkey | 8 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 52 |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 6 | +26 | 32 |
| 4 | Algeria | 5 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 32 |
| 5 | Morocco | 7 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 32 |
| 6 | Egypt | 7 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 31 |
| 7 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 9 | +23 | 29 |
| 8 | Spain | 3 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 12 | +16 | 26 |
| 9 | Tunisia | 6 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 23 | –2 | 24 |
| 10 | Greece | 6 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 38 | –14 | 22 |
| 11 | Syria | 6 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 41 | –26 | 13 |
| 12 | Lebanon | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 26 | –22 | 4 |
| 13 | Libya | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 18 | –11 | 4 |
| 14 | San Marino | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | –7 | 1 |
| 15 | Malta | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18 | –14 | 0 |
| Rank | Team | Part | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkey | 17 | 72 | 35 | 13 | 24 | 99 | 78 | +21 | 118 |
| 2 | France | 13 | 55 | 29 | 12 | 14 | 80 | 51 | +29 | 99 |
| 3 | Italy | 12 | 47 | 30 | 7 | 10 | 96 | 34 | +62 | 97 |
| 4 | Spain | 8 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 63 | 32 | +31 | 67 |
| 5 | Greece | 14 | 46 | 19 | 6 | 21 | 64 | 66 | –2 | 63 |
| 6 | Morocco | 14 | 48 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 63 | 49 | +14 | 60 |
| 7 | Tunisia | 12 | 40 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 57 |
| 8 | Algeria | 12 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 52 | 60 | –8 | 50 |
| 9 | Yugoslavia | 5 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 15 | +34 | 42 |
| 10 | Egypt | 8 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 34 |
| 11 | Libya | 9 | 31 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 22 | 56 | –34 | 20 |
| 12 | Syria | 7 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 46 | –30 | 14 |
| 13 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 24 | –10 | 9 |
| 14 | Albania | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 27 | –19 | 4 |
| 15 | Lebanon | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 26 | –22 | 4 |
| 16 | Portugal | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 3 |
| 17 | Slovenia | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | –2 | 3 |
| 18 | Montenegro | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Croatia | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | –5 | 1 |
| 20 | North Macedonia | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | –8 | 1 |
| 21 | San Marino | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 32 | –31 | 1 |
| 22 | Cyprus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | –3 | 0 |
| 23 | Malta | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 31 | –27 | 0 |
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