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}}
Theodoros Boskos
Stylianos Dimakis
Georgios Eleftheriadis
Kanellos Georgiou
Konstantinos Gourgoumis
Dionysios Karagkiozopoulos
Ioannis Kotsamarikoglou
Georgios Papavasilis
Konstantinos Theodorou
Chrysanthos Tsanaxidis

|nowrap| {{bh|POR}}
Nuno Almeida
Nuno Brito
Daniel Costa
Pedro Garcia
Goncalo Jesus
Vítor Pinhal
João Pinho
Rui Rodrigues
Rúben Serrano
Vasco Silva

|nowrap| {{bh|CRO}}
Mateo Budic
Nikola Finek
Filip Goričanec
Filip Dominik Hančić
Mario Lacković
Tomislav Laus
Josip Leko
Nikola Marcius
Josip Matezovic
Ivan Palac

Women

| {{bhw|GRE}}
Evgenia Diakogianni
Ntafina Dimitri
Anna Kaloidi
Eleni Kerlidi
Aliki Makri
Elisavet Mastaka
Eleni Mournou
Eleni Poimenidou
Niki Ratsika
Vasiliki Skara

| {{bhw|POR}}
Mariana Agostinho
Rita Alves
Carolina Gomes
Daniela Mendes
Catarina Oliveira
Sara Pinho
Patrícia Resende
Rosa Ribeiro
Maria Santos
Filipa Ventura

|nowrap| {{bhw|ITA}}
Carelle Djiogap
Vanessa Djiogap
Cristina Gheorghe
Diana Kobilica
Valentina Landri
Cyrielle Lauretti
Giovanna Lucarini
Monika Prünster
Anja Rossignoli
Matilde Tisato

=Beach soccer=

{{Main article|Beach soccer at the 2019 Mediterranean Beach Games}}

=Beach tennis=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event}}
Men's doubles

|nowrap| {{ITA}}
Tommaso Giovannini
Dennis Valmori

| {{ESP}}
Antonio Ramos
Gerard Rodriguez

|nowrap| {{FRA}}
Nicolas Gianotti
Mathieu Guegano

Women's doubles

| {{ITA}}
Nicole Nobile
Ninny Valentini

| {{ITA}}
Veronica Casadei
Greta Giusti

| {{ESP}}
Eva Fernandez
Sabrina Lopez

Mixed doubles

| {{ITA}}
Ninny Valentini
Diego Bollettinari

|nowrap| {{ITA}}
Nicole Nobile
Tommaso Giovannini

| {{SMR}}
Nicolò Bombini
Alice Grandi

=Beach volleyball=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event}}
Men

|nowrap| {{FRA}}
Olivier Barthelemy
Arnaud Loiseau

| {{FRA}}
Timothée Platre
Jérémy Silvestre

| {{ESP}}
Javier Huerta
Oscar Jimenez

Women

|nowrap| {{FRA}}
Aline Chamereau
Alexandra Jupiter

|nowrap| {{CYP}}
Mariota Angelopoulou
Manolina Konstantinou

|nowrap| {{GRE}}
Vassiliki Arvaniti
Peny Karagkouni

=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}}
Sofia Ktena
Anastasios Mylonakis
Ioannis Pipinias
Eirini Deligianni

| {{FRA}}
Maëlle Lecoeur
Stanys Caron
Loren Baron
Hugo Meyer

|nowrap| {{TUR}}
Tugcan Kaytar
Omer Faruk Saydam
Beril Ulker
Ayşe Ceren Yeşilbaş

Open water relay 2 km surface

| {{ITA}}
Gianluca Allegretti
Davide de Ceglie
Silvia Sevignani
Mara Zaghet

| {{GRE}}
Marios Armoutsis
Ioannis Pipinias
Anastasia Politou
Evdoxia Thomakou

| {{FRA}}
Louis Dumard
Maëlle Lecoeur
Colas Zugmeyer
Loren Baron

4 × 50 m bi-fins

| {{ITA}}
Viola Magoga
Elisa Mammi
Riccardo Romano
Michele Russo

|nowrap| {{GRE}}
Stefanos Antoniadis
Christos Bonias
Sofia Ktena
Evdoxia Thomakou

|nowrap| {{ESP}}
José Antonio Alonso
Silvia Barnes
Sonia Fargas
José Antonio Perez

=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}}
Tiago Campos
Rafael Gil
Angélica André

|valign=top nowrap| {{ITA}}
Andrea Manzi
Marcello Guidi
Silvia Ciccarella

|nowrap| {{GRE}}
Dimitrios Manios
Georgios Arniakos
Styliani Aplanti

=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}}
Gaëtan Delhon
Vincent Noirot

| {{TUN}}
Ghaith Gadri
Dhiaeddine Zoghlami

| {{MON}}
Maxime Maillet
Mathias Raymond

Men's C4x+

| {{GRE}}
Petros Ballis
Michail Kalentzis
Ioannis Pekopoulos
Panagiotis Ypsilantis
Panagiota Gkeka

| {{FRA}}
Ivan Bové
Vincent Devulder
Louis Droissart
Nicolas Gilbert
Maxence Tollet

| {{ITA}}
Stefano Gioia
Raffaele Giulivo
Niccolò Pagani
Aniello Sabbatino
Piero Sfiligoi

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|colspan=4|

Women's C1x

| {{flagmedalist|Jessica Berra|FRA}}

| {{flagmedalist|Zoi Fitsiou|GRE}}

| {{flagmedalist|Alice Rossi|ITA}}

Women's C2x

| {{FRA}}
Edwige Alfred
Joséphine Cornut

| {{TUN}}
Sahar Moumni
Sarra Zammali

| {{MON}}
Coline Caussin
Clara Stefanelli

Women's C4x+

|nowrap| {{ITA}}
Marta Barelli
Arianna Bini
Maria Benedetta Faravelli
Serena Lo Bue
Giorgia Pelacchi

| {{ESP}}
Maria Amores
Sofia Anton
Violeta Belda
Ana Navarro
Sergio Lopez

|nowrap| {{FRA}}
Justine Bandiera
Apolline Carmagnac
Anne-Élise Communal
Perrine Delaporte
Aurore Vandenbroucke

bgcolor=#dddddd

|colspan=4|

Relay

| {{ESP}}
Sofia Anton
Violeta Belda
Adolfo Ferrer
Marcelino Garcia
Ana Navarro
Alejandro Vera

|nowrap| {{GRE}}
Konstantinos Chatzipateras
Zoi Fitsiou
Efseveia Prigkou
Varvara Strati
Panagiotis Tsivoglou
Konstantinos Zintiridis

| {{FRA}}
Edwige Alfred
Jessica Berra
Joséphine Cornut
Gaëtan Delhon
Vincent Noirot
Clément Thomas

=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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|colspan=4|

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)

References