Volleyball has been played consistently at the Mediterranean Games since the year 1959 for men and since the year 1975 for women . The Italy men's national volleyball team are the most successful men's team and also the Italy women's national volleyball team is the most successful team for women.
Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
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Gold medalist | Score | Silver medalist | Bronze medalist | Score | Fourth place | ||||
1959 Details | Beirut | Italy | Turkey | Lebanon | |||||
1963 Details | Naples | Yugoslavia | Italy | Turkey | |||||
1967 Details | Tunis | Yugoslavia | France | Turkey | |||||
1971 Details | İzmir | Yugoslavia | Turkey | Greece | Tunisia | ||||
1975 Details | Algiers | Yugoslavia | Italy | France | Greece | ||||
1979 Details | Split | Yugoslavia | Greece | France | Italy | ||||
1983 Details | Casablanca | Italy | France | Greece | Yugoslavia | ||||
1987 Details | Latakia | Spain | Turkey | Italy | Syria | ||||
1991 Details | Athens | Italy | Yugoslavia | Spain | France | ||||
1993 Details | Languedoc-Roussillon | France | Spain | Turkey | Greece | ||||
1997 Details | Bari | France | Turkey | Croatia | Italy | ||||
2001 Details | Tunis | Italy | 3–1 | Tunisia | Turkey | 3–0 | France | ||
2005 Details | Almería | Egypt | 3–2 | Spain | Serbia and Montenegro | 3–0 | Tunisia | ||
2009 Details | Pescara | Italy | 3–1 | Spain | Slovenia | 3–0 | Tunisia | ||
2013 Details | Mersin | Italy | 3–2 | Tunisia | France | 3–2 | Turkey | ||
2018 Details | Tarragona | Italy | 3–1 | Spain | Greece | 3–2 | Egypt | ||
2022 Details | Oran | Croatia | 3–0 | Spain | Italy | 3–1 | France |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Italy | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
2 | Yugoslavia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
3 | France | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
4 | Spain | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
5 | Croatia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
6 | Egypt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
7 | Turkey | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
8 | Tunisia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
9 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
10 | Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Serbia and Montenegro | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (12 entries) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 |
Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
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Gold medalist | Score | Silver medalist | Bronze medalist | Score | Fourth place | ||||
1975 Details | Algiers | Yugoslavia | Italy | Turkey | Egypt | ||||
1979 Details | Split | Italy | Yugoslavia | France | Turkey | ||||
1983 Details | Casablanca | Italy | France | Yugoslavia | Morocco | ||||
1987 Details | Latakia | Albania | 3–0 [1] | Turkey | Italy | Greece | |||
1991 Details | Athens | Italy | Turkey | Greece | 3-0 [2] | Albania | |||
1993 Details | Languedoc-Roussillon | Croatia | France | Turkey | Greece | ||||
1997 Details | Bari | Italy | Turkey | France | Yugoslavia | ||||
2001 Details | Tunis | Italy | 3–0 | Turkey | France | 3–1 | Greece | ||
2005 Details | Almería | Turkey | 3–0 | Greece | Italy | 3–1 | Croatia | ||
2009 Details | Pescara | Italy | 3–2 | Turkey | Croatia | 3–0 | Greece | ||
2013 Details | Mersin | Italy | 3–1 | Turkey | Croatia | 3–2 | Slovenia | ||
2018 Details | Tarragona | Croatia | 3–1 | Greece | Turkey | 3–1 | France | ||
2022 Details | Oran | Italy | 3–1 | Turkey | Serbia | 3–2 | Spain |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Italy | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
2 | Croatia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
3 | Turkey | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 |
4 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
5 | Albania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | France | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
7 | Greece | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
8 | Serbia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (8 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Italy | 15 | 3 | 4 | 22 |
2 | Yugoslavia | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
3 | Croatia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
4 | France | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
5 | Turkey | 1 | 11 | 7 | 19 |
6 | Spain | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
7 | Albania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Egypt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
9 | Greece | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
10 | Tunisia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
11 | Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Serbia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Serbia and Montenegro | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (14 entries) | 30 | 30 | 30 | 90 |
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