2019 Mediterranean Beach Games
{{Infobox games
| name = II Mediterranean Beach Games
| logo = Patras_2019_MBG.png
| size =
| caption =
| nations = 26
| athletes = 700
| events = 55 in 11 sports
| medals =
| opening = 25 August 2019
| closing = 31 August 2019
| opened_by = Eleftherios Avgenakis
Deputy Minister for Sports
| athlete_oath =
| torch_lighter =
| ceremony_venue =
| website = [https://www.mbgpatras2019.gr mbgpatras2019.gr]
| next = 2023
| previous = 2015
}}
File:Patras, GRE, 31 Aug 2019, II Mediterranean Beach Games, Beach Soccer 3rd Place Final.jpg = 1-5. Patras, GRE, 31 Aug 2019.]]
The 2019 Mediterranean Beach Games (Greek: Μεσογειακοί Παράκτιοι Αγώνες 2019) is the second edition of the Mediterranean Beach Games. It was held from 25 to 31 August 2019 in Patras, Greece.
Host city selection
The Greek city of Patras was elected as host city of the second edition of the Mediterranean Beach Games (2019) during the ordinary General Assembly of the ICMG which was held in 2017 at Tarragona, Spain.{{cite web |title=Patras, host city of the MBG 2019 |url=http://cijm.org.gr/patras-host-city-of-the-mbg-2019/ |website=International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM) |publisher=cijm.org.gr |accessdate=13 April 2019}}
Sports
Eleven sports featured in these Games.{{cite web |title=Sports |url=https://www.mbgpatras2019.gr/?section=2070&language=en_US |website=Patras 2019 |accessdate=13 April 2019}}{{cite web |title=Rankings |url=https://medbeachgames.innoven.gr/journalist/rankings/3 |website=medbeachgames}}{{cite web |title=Medals by Country|url=https://medbeachgames.innoven.gr/journalist/medal|website=medbeachgames}}{{cite web| title=Final report|url=https://cijm.org.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/mbgpatras2019_results.pdf|date=1 September 2019|website=medbeachgames}}
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- {{GamesSport|Images=Yes|Aquathlon}} (2)
- {{GamesSport|Images=Yes|Beach handball}} (2)
- {{GamesSport|Images=Yes|Beach soccer}} (1)
- {{GamesSport|Images=Yes|Beach tennis}} (3)
- {{GamesSport|Images=Yes|Beach volleyball}} (2)
- {{GamesSport|Images=Yes|Beach wrestling}} (6)
- {{GamesSport|Images=Yes|Canoe ocean racing|Image=No}} (2)
- {{GamesSport|Images=Yes|Finswimming}} (16+5) (Pool+Open Water)
- {{GamesSport|Images=Yes|Open water swimming}} (3)
- {{GamesSport|Images=Yes|Rowing beach sprint|Image=No}} (7)
- {{GamesSport|Images=Yes|Water skiing}} (6)
}}
Participating nations
26 member nations of the International Committee for the Mediterranean Games competed in the II Mediterranean Beach Games. To the countries that participated in 2015 there was an addition of two more: Portugal and Kosovo.
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- {{Flagcountry|ALB}}
- {{Flagcountry|ALG}}
- {{Flagcountry|AND}}
- {{Flagcountry|BIH}}
- {{Flagcountry|CRO}}
- {{Flagcountry|CYP}}
- {{Flagcountry|EGY}}
- {{Flagcountry|FRA}}
- {{Flagcountry|GRE}} (host country)
- {{Flagcountry|ITA}}
- {{Flagcountry|KOS}}
- {{Flagcountry|LIB}}
- {{Flagcountry|LBA}}
- {{Flagcountry|MKD}}
- {{Flagcountry|MLT}}
- {{Flagcountry|MON}}
- {{Flagcountry|MNE}}
- {{Flagcountry|MAR}}
- {{Flagcountry|POR}}
- {{Flagcountry|SMR}}
- {{Flagcountry|SRB}}
- {{Flagcountry|SLO}}
- {{Flagcountry|ESP}}
- {{Flagcountry|SYR|1980}}
- {{Flagcountry|TUN}}
- {{Flagcountry|TUR}}
}}
Medal table
Final medal standings are shown below, information from official website of 2019 Mediterranean Beach Games for 55 events. One share gold and one shared silver in finswimming.[https://www.mbgpatras2019.gr/medals/ MEDALS] Patras 2019, 26 August 2019
{{Medals table
| caption =
| host = GRE
| flag_template = Flagcountry
| event =
| team =
| gold_GRE =19 | silver_GRE =16 | bronze_GRE =11 | host_GRE = yes
| gold_ITA =15 | silver_ITA =13 | bronze_ITA =11
| gold_FRA =13 | silver_FRA =7 | bronze_FRA =12
| gold_ESP =6 | silver_ESP =5 | bronze_ESP =7
| gold_POR =1 | silver_POR =5 | bronze_POR =0
| gold_TUR =1 | silver_TUR =0 | bronze_TUR =3
| gold_ALB =1 | silver_ALB =0 | bronze_ALB =0
| gold_TUN =0 | silver_TUN =4 | bronze_TUN =2
| gold_CRO =0 | silver_CRO =3 | bronze_CRO =2
| gold_SYR =0 | silver_SYR =1 | bronze_SYR =2 |name_SYR = {{flagcountry|SYR|1980}}
| gold_ALG =0 | silver_ALG =1 | bronze_ALG =0
| gold_MON =0 | silver_MON =0 | bronze_MON =2
| gold_SMR =0 | silver_SMR =0 | bronze_SMR =1
| gold_CYP =0 | silver_CYP =0 | bronze_CYP =1
}}
Medalists
=Aquathlon=
{{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |
Men
| {{flagmedalist|Kevin Viñuela|ESP}} | {{flagmedalist|Pedro Mendes|POR}} | {{flagmedalist|Mohamad Maso|SYR|1980}} |
Women
|nowrap| {{flagmedalist|Sara Guerrero|ESP}} |nowrap| {{flagmedalist|Ana Luísa Ramos|POR}} |nowrap| {{flagmedalist|Stavroulla Pericleous|CYP}} |
=Beach handball=
{{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |
Men
|nowrap| {{bh|GRE}} |nowrap| {{bh|POR}} |nowrap| {{bh|CRO}} |
Women
| {{bhw|GRE}} | {{bhw|POR}} |nowrap| {{bhw|ITA}} |
=Beach soccer=
{{Main article|Beach soccer at the 2019 Mediterranean Beach Games}}
=Beach tennis=
{{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |
Men's doubles
|nowrap| {{ITA}} | {{ESP}} |nowrap| {{FRA}} |
Women's doubles
| {{ITA}} | {{ITA}} | {{ESP}} |
Mixed doubles
| {{ITA}} |nowrap| {{ITA}} | {{SMR}} |
=Beach volleyball=
{{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |
Men
|nowrap| {{FRA}} | {{FRA}} | {{ESP}} |
Women
|nowrap| {{FRA}} |nowrap| {{CYP}} |nowrap| {{GRE}} |
=Beach wrestling=
{{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |
Men's 70 kg
| {{flagmedalist|Quentin Sticker|FRA}} | {{flagmedalist|Fotios Papadakis|GRE}} | {{flagmedalist|Niko Arouzmanidis|GRE}} |
Men's 80 kg
| {{flagmedalist|Kyrillos Binenmpaoum|GRE}} |nowrap| {{flagmedalist|Georgios Koulouchidis|GRE}} | {{flagmedalist|Mhd Feda Aldin Alasta|SYR|1980}} |
Men's 90 kg
| {{flagmedalist|Pedro Garcia|ESP}} | {{flagmedalist|Grigorios Kriaridis|GRE}} | {{flagmedalist|Carmelo Lumia|ITA}} |
Men's +90 kg
| {{flagmedalist|Paris Karepi|ALB}} | {{flagmedalist|Omar Sarem|SYR|1980}} | {{flagmedalist|Guglielmo Cecca|ITA}} |
Women's 70 kg
| {{flagmedalist|Sara da Col|ITA}} | {{flagmedalist|Zoi Chatsatourova|GRE}} | {{flagmedalist|Agoro Papavasileiou|GRE}} |
Women's +70 kg
|nowrap| {{flagmedalist|Aikaterini-Eirini Pitsiava|GRE}} | {{flagmedalist|Enrica Rinaldi|ITA}} |nowrap| {{flagmedalist|Parthena Nena Lykopoulou|GRE}} |
=Canoe ocean racing=
{{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |
Men
|nowrap| {{flagmedalist|Walter Sanchez|ESP}} |nowrap| {{flagmedalist|Victor Doux|FRA}} |nowrap| {{flagmedalist|Esteban Medina|ESP}} |
Women
| {{flagmedalist|Angie Le Roux|FRA}} |nowrap| {{flagmedalist|Judit Verges|ESP}} | {{flagmedalist|Amaia Osaba|ESP}} |
=Finswimming=
;Men
{{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |
50 m apnea
| {{flagmedalist|Ioannis Pipinias|GRE}} |nowrap| {{flagmedalist|Anastasios Mylonakis|GRE}} | {{flagmedalist|Filip Strikinac|CRO}} |
rowspan=2| 50 m bi-fins
|rowspan=2| {{flagmedalist|Christos Bonias|GRE}} | {{flagmedalist|Stefanos Antoniadis|GRE}} |rowspan=2| shared silver |
{{flagmedalist|Riccardo Romano|ITA}} |
100 m bi-fins
| {{flagmedalist|Stefanos Antoniadis|GRE}} | {{flagmedalist|Christos Bonias|GRE}} | {{flagmedalist|Youssef Naffeti|TUN}} |
200 m bi-fins
| {{flagmedalist|Konstantinos Drygoutis|GRE}} | {{flagmedalist|Youssef Naffeti|TUN}} |nowrap| {{flagmedalist|José Antonio Alonso|ESP}} |
Open water 2 km bi-fins
|nowrap| {{flagmedalist|Konstantinos Drygoutis|GRE}} | {{flagmedalist|José Antonio Alonso|ESP}} | {{flagmedalist|Youssef Naffeti|TUN}} |
100 m surface
| {{flagmedalist|Anastasios Mylonakis|GRE}} | {{flagmedalist|Ioannis Pipinias|GRE}} | {{flagmedalist|Tugcan Kaytar|TUR}} |
rowspan=2| 200 m surface
| {{flagmedalist|Tugcan Kaytar|TUR}} |rowspan=2| shared gold |rowspan=2| {{flagmedalist|Davide de Ceglie|ITA}} |
{{flagmedalist|Anastasios Mylonakis|GRE}} |
400 m surface
| {{flagmedalist|Stefano Figini|ITA}} | {{flagmedalist|Gianluca Allegretti|ITA}} | {{flagmedalist|Derin Toparlak|TUR}} |
Open water 4 km surface
| {{flagmedalist|Davide de Ceglie|ITA}} | {{flagmedalist|Marios Armoutsis|GRE}} | {{flagmedalist|Louis Dumard|FRA}} |
;Women
{{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |
50 m apnea
| {{flagmedalist|Sofia Ktena|GRE}} | {{flagmedalist|Dora Bassi|CRO}} | {{flagmedalist|Maëlle Lecoeur|FRA}} |
50 m bi-fins
| {{flagmedalist|Viola Magoga|ITA}} | {{flagmedalist|Silvia Barnes|ESP}} | {{flagmedalist|Elisa Mammi|ITA}} |
100 m bi-fins
| {{flagmedalist|Viola Magoga|ITA}} | {{flagmedalist|Sofia Ktena|GRE}} | {{flagmedalist|Alycia Klein|FRA}} |
200 m bi-fins
| {{flagmedalist|Elisa Mammi|ITA}} | {{flagmedalist|Evdoxia Thomakou|GRE}} | {{flagmedalist|Alycia Klein|FRA}} |
Open water 2 km bi-fins
| {{flagmedalist|Sonia Fargas|ESP}} | {{flagmedalist|Elisa Mammi|ITA}} |nowrap| {{flagmedalist|Evdoxia Thomakou|GRE}} |
100 m surface
| {{flagmedalist|Eirini Deligianni|GRE}} | {{flagmedalist|Dora Bassi|CRO}} | {{flagmedalist|Erica Barbon|ITA}} |
200 m surface
| {{flagmedalist|Eirini Deligianni|GRE}} | {{flagmedalist|Dora Bassi|CRO}} | {{flagmedalist|Loren Baron|FRA}} |
400 m surface
| {{flagmedalist|Loren Baron|FRA}} |nowrap| {{flagmedalist|Ioanna Panagiotidou|GRE}} | {{flagmedalist|Silvia Sevignani|ITA}} |
Open water 4 km surface
|nowrap| {{flagmedalist|Anastasia Politou|GRE}} | {{flagmedalist|Loren Baron|FRA}} | {{flagmedalist|Mara Zaghet|ITA}} |
;Mixed
{{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |
4 × 100 m surface
|nowrap| {{GRE}} | {{FRA}} |nowrap| {{TUR}} |
Open water relay 2 km surface
| {{ITA}} | {{GRE}} | {{FRA}} |
4 × 50 m bi-fins
| {{ITA}} |nowrap| {{GRE}} |nowrap| {{ESP}} |
=Open water swimming=
{{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |
Men's 5 km
| {{flagmedalist|Andrea Manzi|ITA}} | {{flagmedalist|Hassaine Aymen|ALG}} | {{flagmedalist|Georgios Arniakos|GRE}} |
Women's 5 km
|nowrap| {{flagmedalist|Silvia Ciccarella|ITA}} |nowrap| {{flagmedalist|Ginevra Taddeucci|ITA}} | {{flagmedalist|Sofie Callo|ITA}} |
Mixed 5 km
|valign=top nowrap| {{POR}} |valign=top nowrap| {{ITA}} |nowrap| {{GRE}} |
=Rowing beach sprint=
{{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |
Men's C1x
| {{flagmedalist|Clément Thomas|FRA}} | {{flagmedalist|Mohamed Khalil Mansouri|TUN}} | {{flagmedalist|Adolfo Ferrer|ESP}} |
Men's C2x
| {{FRA}} | {{TUN}} | {{MON}} |
Men's C4x+
| {{GRE}} | {{FRA}} | {{ITA}} |
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Women's C1x
| {{flagmedalist|Jessica Berra|FRA}} | {{flagmedalist|Zoi Fitsiou|GRE}} | {{flagmedalist|Alice Rossi|ITA}} |
Women's C2x
| {{FRA}} | {{TUN}} | {{MON}} |
Women's C4x+
|nowrap| {{ITA}} | {{ESP}} |nowrap| {{FRA}} |
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Relay
| {{ESP}} |nowrap| {{GRE}} | {{FRA}} |
=Water skiing=
{{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |
Men's slalom
|nowrap| {{flagmedalist|Filippos Kyprios|GRE}} |nowrap| {{flagmedalist|Nicholas Benatti|ITA}} | {{flagmedalist|Tanguy Dailland|FRA}} |
Men's tricks
| {{flagmedalist|Nikolas Plytas|GRE}} | {{flagmedalist|Tanguy Dailland|FRA}} | {{flagmedalist|Alexandre Poteau|FRA}} |
Women's slalom
| {{flagmedalist|Ambre Franc|FRA}} | {{flagmedalist|Camille Poulain|FRA}} | {{flagmedalist|Angeliki Andriopoulou|GRE}} |
Women's tricks
|nowrap| {{flagmedalist|Camille Poulain|FRA}} | {{flagmedalist|Greta Tagliati|ITA}} | {{flagmedalist|Angeliki Andriopoulou|GRE}} |
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Men's wakeboard
| {{flagmedalist|Maxime Roux|FRA}} | {{flagmedalist|Igor Colombo|ITA}} | {{flagmedalist|Nikolas Plytas|GRE}} |
Women's wakeboard
| {{flagmedalist|Aurélie Godet|FRA}} | {{flagmedalist|Julia Molinari|ITA}} |nowrap| {{flagmedalist|Aikaterini Andreopoulou|GRE}} |
Venues
File:A._Pepanos_swimming_pool(3).jpg|Antonios Pepanos aquatic center
File:Agyia Patras8.jpg| Agyia seaside front (north)
File:Patras from Ferry 2003.jpg| Lighthouse & St Andrew seaside front (south)