2017 Mediterranean Games

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XVIII Mediterranean Games
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Host city Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
Nations participating 25
Opening ceremony 30 June
Closing ceremony 9 July
Officially opened by King Felipe VI
Main venue Nou Estadi
Website Official Website
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The XVIIIth Mediterranean Games, commonly known as the 2017 Mediterranean Games will be the 18th Mediterranean Games. The Games will be held in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain over 10 days from 30 June to 9 July 2017.

Candidate cities[edit]

The host city was announced during the ICMG General Assembly scheduled which took place in Mersin, Turkey (host of the 2013 Mediterranean Games) on 15 October 2011.[1] The final candidates were Alexandria and Tarragona, where Tarragona won by 34-36 during the voting.[2]

Alexandria hosted the first Mediterranean Games and planned to build a new Olympic Village for the 2017 Mediterranean Games in Burg al-Arab.

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.

Sports[edit]

The official event categories are listed below.

Nations[edit]

Kosovo and Portugal will compete for the first time in the Mediterranean Games. Portugal will compete as invited country, not as the member of ICMG. [5]

Competition Venues[edit]

Broadcasting[edit]

Territory Broadcaster Ref
 Albania RTSH
 Algeria EN TV
 Andorra RTVE
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Croatia HRT
 Cyprus CyBC
 France
 Greece ERT
 Italy RAI
 Kosovo
 Macedonia MRT
 MENA
 Montenegro RTCG
 Morocco SNRT
 Portugal
 San Marino RAI
 Serbia RTS
 Slovenia RTV Slovenija
 Spain [6][7]
 Tunisia ERTT
 Turkey TRT

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