The 2022 Mediterranean Games (), 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. They were supposed to take place in 2021, but they were delayed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 3,298 athletes (2,014 men and 1,284 women) took part in the games. When the event was held in 2022, it reset the 4-year cycle of the event.
Bidding process Five cities signed an official bidding declaration for hosting the 2021 Mediterranean Games, two from Africa and three from Europe:
The final bidding cities were Oran and Sfax. Oran planned to take the Games to Algeria for the second time after the 1975 Mediterranean Games in Algiers. Sfax 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.
2022 Mediterranean Games bidding results City NOC Round 1 Round 2 Oran Adv 51 Sfax Adv 17 Mostar Elim — Dubrovnik Elim — Kotor 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 27 August 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.
Development and preparation The Minister of Youth and Sports, El Hadi Ould Ali, inaugurated on 30 October 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.
Venues
The main stadium of the 2022 Mediterranean Games is the Miloud Hadefi Stadium which is a part of the Olympic Complex in Bir El Djir, Oran. The stadium hosted both the opening and closing ceremonies.
+ List of venues, showing the city, venue, sport and venue capacity City Venue Sport Capacity Status Aïn El TurkEl Hachemí Hantaz Hall Handball 1,000 Existing, renovated Arzew24 February Indoor Hall Handball 3,000 ExistingBir El DjirMiloud Hadefi Complex Annexial Stadium Archery 4,500 NewMiloud Hadefi Complex Omnisport Arena Gymnastics 7,000New HandballBelgaïd Multipurpose Omnisport Hall Volleyball 1,000 Existing, renovatedMiloud Hadefi Stadium Athletics40,143NewFootball Miloud Hadefi Complex Aquatic Center Swimming3,000New Water poloOran Tennis Complex Tennis 3,000 ExistingEs SéniaAntar Ibn Chaddad Equestrian Center Equestrian 4,000 ExistingThe LOFA Complex Boules 500 Existing, renovated Les Andalouses, El AnçorNautical Base Sailing Temporary Hassi Ben OkbaHassi Ben Okba Shooting Center Shooting 500 Existing Mers El HadjadjMers El Hadjadj Stadium Football 5,400 Existing, renovated Oran (Metropole)5th periph. Cycling Temporary Oran (Center)Sidi M’hamed Public Garden Court Basketball 3x3 300 Existing, renovated Oran (El Hamri)Ahmed Zabana Stadium Football 40,000 ExistingOran (Haï El Akid Lotfi)Convention Centre Mohammed Ben Ahmed HallsHall 1 & 2 Table tennis1,500Existing FencingHall 3 & 6 Karate1,500Existing Judo Taekwondo Oran (Haï El Salam)Habib Khelil Tennis Complex Tennis 1,000 Existing, renovatedOran (Mdina Jdida)EMEC Expositions Palace Hall Boxing1,000Existing Weightlifting WrestlingOran (Mdina Jdida)Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace Volleyball 5,000 ExistingOran Public Garden Swimming Pool Water polo 2,000 Existing Oued TlélatMultipurpose Omnisport Hall Badminton 1,000 Existing, renovatedSigAbdelkrim Kerroum Stadium Football 20,000 ExistingSports Olympic Swimming Pool Water polo Existing
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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.
Emblem and mascot The logo as well as the graphic charter of the Mediterranean Games Oran 2021 was redone in September 2019. 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
Road (4)
Jumping (2)
Gymnastics (14)
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.
Calendar ● Opening ceremony ● Competitions ● Event finals ● Closing ceremony June / JulyEvents Sport 24thFri 25thSat 26thSun 27thMon 28thTue 29thWed 30thThu 1stFri 2ndSat 3rdSun 4thMon 5thTue6thWedCeremonies● ● Archery ●●5 5 Artistic gymnastics 11210 14 Athletics 710912 38 Badminton ●2●●2 4 Basketball ●●●2 2 Boules ●●●12 12 Boxing ●●●●●15 15 Cycling 2 2 4 Equestrian 1 1 2 Fencing 222 6 Football ● ● ● ● 1 1 Handball ●● ●●● ● 2 2 Judo 545 14 Karate 64 10 Sailing ●●●●● 4 4 Shooting ●32222 11 Swimming 78878 38 Table tennis ●2●●2 4 Taekwondo 44 8 Tennis ●●●22 4 Volleyball ●●● ●●● 2 2 Water polo●●●●●●1 1 Weightlifting 4444 16 Wrestling ●566 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 234June / JulyTotalevents Sport 24thFri 25thSat 26thSun 27thMon 28thTue 29thWed 30thThu 1stFri 2ndSat 3rdSun 4thMon 5thTue 6thWed
Medal table Source: Medal Standings
Broadcasting The European Broadcasting Union subsidiary Eurovision Sport is the owner of the broadcasting rights according to a contract signed with CIJM. Territory Broadcaster Ref EPTV (Official broadcaster) RTSH RTVA BHRT CyBC ON Time Sports France Télévisions RAI ERT RTCG SNRT RTP RTVE TRT
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