2022 Mediterranean Games

The 2022 Mediterranean Games (Arabic: ألعاب البحر الأبيض المتوسط 2022, romanized: ʾAlʿāb al-Baḥr al-ʾAbyaḍ al-Mutawassiṭ 2022), officially known as the XIX Mediterranean Games and commonly known as Oran 2022, was an international multi-sport event held from 25 June to 6 July 2022 in Oran, Algeria. Oran was announced as the host city at the ICMG General Assembly in Pescara, Italy, on 15 August 2015.^[1][2] 3,298 athletes (2,014 men and 1,284 women) took part in the games.^[3]

19th Mediterranean Games

Host city	Oran
Country	Algeria
Edition	19th
Nations	26
Athletes	3,390
Sport	24
Events	234
Opening	25 June 2022
Closing	6 July 2022
Opened by	Abdelmadjid Tebboune
Closed by	Aymen Benabderrahmane
Main venue	Miloud Hadefi Stadium
Website	oran2022.dz
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Bidding process

Five cities signed an official declaration of candidacy for hosting the 2021 Mediterranean Games, two from Africa and three from Europe:^[4]

The final candidates were Oran and Sfax. Oran^[5] planned to take the Games to Algeria for the second time after the 1975 Mediterranean Games in Algiers. Sfax^[6] planned to take the Games to Tunisia for the third time after the 1967 Mediterranean Games and the 2001 Mediterranean Games, both in Tunis. Oran won by 51-17 after voting.^[7]

 

 

Oran

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Location of Wahrān in Algeria

2022 Mediterranean Games bidding results
City	NOC	Round 1	Round 2
Oran	Algeria	Adv	51
Sfax	Tunisia	Adv	17
Mostar	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Elim	—
Dubrovnik	Croatia	Elim	—
Kotor	Montenegro	Elim	—

Host city selection

Cities from five countries submitted their bids to host the 2021 Mediterranean Games. Oran, Algeria, has been chosen to host the Games. The North African city was elected during the International Committee for the Mediterranean Games (ICMG) General Assembly, which took place on August 27, 2015, in Pescara, Italy.

Oran took the vote by a considerable margin, winning 51 to 17 over Sfax, Tunisia, which was the other final contender to host the 2021 Games. This is the second time that an Algerian city has hosted the Mediterranean Games, the first was in 1975, in Algiers, the country's capital. Oran is the 2nd largest city in Algeria, with a population of roughly 1.2 million.^[8]

Development and preparation

The Minister of Youth and Sports, El Hadi Ould Ali, inaugurated on October 30, 2016 at Oran, the headquarters of the organizing committee of the 19th Mediterranean Games 2021 in the presence of the Wali, Abdelghani Zaalane, the Presidents of the People's Provincial Assembly (APW), Fethallah Chaâbni, the Presidents of the People's Municipal Assembly (CPA), Nourredine Boukhatem and the President of the Algerian Olympic Committee, Mustapha Berraf. Several personalities from the world of sport took part in the inauguration as a legendary football star, Lakhdar Belloumi, and the boxer star, Mustapha Moussa, and also consuls of different Mediterranean countries.

The headquarters of the Committee was located in NLA boulevard in the old daïra completely renovated. It was Senator and Secretary General of the Organizing Committee of the Mediterranean Games (COMG), Abdelhak Kazi-Tani and Secretary General of the Algerian Sports and Olympic Committee, Abdelhafid Izem, who initialed the seat allocation paper.^[9]

Venues

The main stadium of the 2022 Mediterranean Games is the Oran Olympic Stadium (Miloud Hadefi Stadium) which is a part of the Miloud Hadefi Olympic Complex in Bir El Djir District, Oran. The stadium hosted both the opening and closing ceremonies.^[10]

Oran

•   Football (details)
•   Volleyball (details)
•   Judo (details)
•   Table tennis (details)

Bir El Djir

•   Swimming (details)
•   Athletics (details)
•   Handball (details)
•   Basketball (details)
•   Cycling (details)
  • Road
•   Judo (details)
•   Karate (details)
•   Water polo (details)
•   Tennis (details)
•   Taekwondo (details)
•   Archery (details)

Arzew

•   Handball (details)

List of venues, showing the city, venue, sport and venue capacity^[11]

City	Venue		Sport	Capacity	Ref
Aïn El Turk	El Hachemí Hantaz Hall		Handball	1,000
Arzew	24 February Indoor Hall		Handball	3,000
Bir El Djir	Miloud Hadefi Complex Annexial Stadium		Archery	4,500
	Miloud Hadefi Complex Omnisport Arena		Gymnastics (Art. gym. & Rhy. gym.)	7,000
			Handball
	Belgaïd Multipurpose Omnisport Hall		Volleyball	1,000
	Miloud Hadefi Stadium		Athletics	40,143
			Football (final)
	Miloud Hadefi Complex Aquatic Center		Swimming	3,000
			Water polo
	Oran Tennis Complex		Tennis	3,000
Es Sénia	Antar Ibn Chaddad Equestrian Center		Equestrian	4,000
	The LOFA Complex		Boules	500
Les Andalouses, El Ançor	Nautical Base		Sailing	–
Hassi Ben Okba	Hassi Ben Okba Shooting Center		Shooting	500
Mers El Hadjadj	Mers El Hadjadj Stadium		Football	5,400
Oran (Metropole)	5th periph.		Cycling	–
Oran (Center)	Sidi M’hamed Public Garden Court		Basketball 3x3	300
Oran (El Hamri)	Ahmed Zabana Stadium		Football	40,000
Oran (Haï El Akid Lotfi)	Convention Centre Mohammed Ben Ahmed Halls	Hall 1 & 2	Table tennis	1,500
			Fencing
		Hall 3 & 6	Karate	1,500
			Judo
			Taekwondo
Oran (Haï El Salam)	Habib Khelil Tennis Complex		Tennis	1,000
Oran (Mdina Jdida)	EMEC Expositions Palace Hall		Boxing	1,000
			Weightlifting
			Wrestling
Oran (Mdina Jdida)	Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace		Volleyball	5,000
	Oran Public Garden Swimming Pool		Water polo	2,000
Oued Tlélat	Multipurpose Omnisport Hall		Badminton	1,000
Sig	Abdelkrim Kerroum Stadium		Football	20,000
	Sports Olympic Swimming Pool		Water polo

Gallery

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  Miloud Hadefi Stadium
•  
  Ahmed Zabana Stadium
•  
  Oran Conventions Center
•  
  The Andalouses Touristic Complex
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  Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace
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  Miloud Hadefi Complex Omnisport Arena

Costs

The Wilaya of Oran has allocated 5 billion DA for the construction of a large sports infrastructure program including an Olympic complex in Bir El Djir, Miloud Hadefi Stadium, athletics stadium, multi-purpose sports halls, center hosting sports, playgrounds and green spaces, in addition to the Mediterranean village in progress. The planned rehabilitation of the old sports infrastructure of Oran was taken.^[12]

Emblem and mascot

The logo as well as the graphic charter of the Mediterranean Games Oran 2021 was redone in September 2019.^[13] Wihro, the mascot of the Mediterranean Games Oran 2021 represents a lion (symbol of the city of Oran) with the colors of the games and of the Mediterranean basin.

The Games

Sports

The 2022 Mediterranean Games sports program featured 24 sports encompassing 234 events.

2022 Mediterranean Games sports programme

Aquatics   Swimming (38) (details)   Water polo (1) (details)   Archery (5) (details)   Athletics (38) (details)   Badminton (4) (details)   Basketball (2) (details)   Boules (12) (details)   Boxing (15) (details)   Cycling (details) Road (4)   Equestrian (details) Jumping (2)   Fencing (6) (details)   Football (1) (details) Gymnastics   Artistic gymnastics (details) (14)   Handball (2) (details)   Judo (14) (details)   Karate (10) (details)   Sailing (4) (details)   Shooting (11) (details)   Table tennis (4) (details)   Taekwondo (8) (details)   Tennis (4) (details)   Volleyball (2) (details)   Weightlifting (16) (details)   Wrestling (17) (details)

Participating nations

Participating National Committees

Albania (50)   Algeria (389) (host country)   Andorra (11)   Bosnia and Herzegovina (54)   Croatia (110)   Cyprus (113)   Egypt (191)   France (313)   Greece (176)   Italy (371)   Kosovo (40)   Lebanon (38)   Libya (14)   Malta (31)   Monaco (17)   Montenegro (32)   Morocco (137)   North Macedonia (79)   Portugal (163)   San Marino (20)   Serbia (160)   Slovenia (139)   Spain (282)   Syria (26)   Tunisia (175)   Turkey (324)   Vatican City (1)* * One athlete from the Vatican City participated in an unofficial ("non-scoring") manner in the women's half marathon event.^[14]

Calendar

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Opening ceremony

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Competitions

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Event finals

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Closing ceremony

	June / July													Events
Sport	24th Fri	25th Sat	26th Sun	27th Mon	28th Tue	29th Wed	30th Thu	1st Fri	2nd Sat	3rd Sun	4th Mon	5th Tue	6th Wed
Ceremonies		●											●
Archery						●	●	5						5
Artistic gymnastics			1	1	2	10								14
Athletics							7	10	9	12				38
Badminton			●	2	●	●	2							4
Basketball							●	●	●	2				2
Boules			●	●	●	12								12
Boxing			●	●	●	●	●	15						15
Cycling							2		2					4
Equestrian								1		1				2
Fencing										2	2	2		6
Football			●		●		●		●		1			1
Handball				●	●		●	●	●		●		2	2
Judo						5	4	5						14
Karate			6	4										10
Sailing				●	●	●	●	●		4				4
Shooting					●	3	2	2	2	2				11
Swimming								7	8	8	7	8		38
Table tennis			●	2	●	●	2							4
Taekwondo										4	4			8
Tennis				●	●	●	2	2						4
Volleyball			●	●	●		●	●	●		2			2
Water polo	●	●	●	●	●	●	1							1
Weightlifting								4	4	4	4			16
Wrestling			●	5	6	6								17
Total			7	14	8	36	22	51	25	39	20	10	2	234
Cumulative Total			7	21	29	65	87	138	163	202	222	232	234
	June / July													Total events
Sport	24th Fri	25th Sat	26th Sun	27th Mon	28th Tue	29th Wed	30th Thu	1st Fri	2nd Sat	3rd Sun	4th Mon	5th Tue	6th Wed

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Algeria)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	48	50	61	159
2	Turkey	45	26	37	108
3	France	21	24	36	81
4	Algeria*	20	17	16	53
5	Spain	16	25	25	66
6	Egypt	13	15	23	51
7	Serbia	13	7	11	31
8	Greece	10	11	10	31
9	Portugal	7	10	8	25
10	Tunisia	6	8	13	27
11	Slovenia	6	8	9	23
12	Croatia	6	7	10	23
13	Cyprus	5	2	7	14
14	Syria	4	3	0	7
15	Morocco	3	13	17	33
16	Kosovo	3	0	3	6
17	San Marino	2	1	3	6
18	Albania	2	1	1	4
19	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	6	8
20	Montenegro	1	4	2	7
21	North Macedonia	1	0	2	3
22	Monaco	1	0	0	1
23	Malta	0	1	0	1
24	Libya	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 entries)		235	233	301	769

Source: Medal Standings 24 June 2022 at the Wayback Machine

Broadcasting

The European broadcasting union subsidiary Eurovision Sport is the owner of the broadcasting rights according to a contract signed with CIJM.^[15][16]

Territory	Broadcaster	Ref
Algeria	EPTV (Official broadcaster)
Albania	RTSH
Andorra	RTVA
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BHRT
Cyprus	CyBC
Egypt	ON Time Sports
France	France Télévisions
Italy	RAI	^[17]
Greece	ERT
Montenegro	RTCG
Morocco	SNRT
Portugal	RTP
Spain	RTVE
Turkey	TRT

References

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Preceded by Tarragona

Mediterranean Games Oran 2022

Succeeded by Taranto

External links

 

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