Mediterranean Beach Games Pescara 2015

The first edition of the Mediterranean Beach Games Pescara 2015, concluded today. The Games started on August 28 and hosted athletes and delegations from the Olympic Committees of 24 Mediterranean countries.

The Organizing Committee Pescara 2015, composed of representatives of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI), the Municipality of Pescara, the Abruzzo Region, under the aegis of the International Committee of the Mediterranean Games (ICMG) offered the best in terms of hospitality and welcome towards delegations, fully respecting times and standard of the sports event and assuring appropriate visibility to the event and city, with approximately 30000 fans.

Four medals for Italy in Aquathlon…

In women’s and men of Mediterranean Beach Games Pescara 2015 once again Italy rejoices. Among men gold medal to Gianluca Pozzatti, far ahead of the other Italian Riccardo De Palma (silver medal) and the French Dylan Magnien (Bronze medal). Among women first place for Sara Papais, followed by the Spanish Anna Godoy (Silver medal) and the Italian Elisa Marcon.

Photos and results on: http://www.pescara2015.it/Sport/Aquathlon/Results#aresults

Italy dominates in Beach Soccer:

After the silver medal in Baku and the fourth place at the World Championships in Portugal, Italy won the gold medal at the Mediterranean Beach Games in Pescara concluded today, beating Egypt that takes deservedly the silver medal. Medal Bronze instead to Libya that beat 4-3 Morocco at the end of a hotly contested.

In the first match of the day Malta won by a slender margin on Algeria (7-6) and placed eleventh, while Greece could beat Albania by means of penalty kicks (3-3 at the end of the three halves) and placed ninth. Turkey exceeded 4-3 Tunisia and gained seventh place while France reached the final for fifth place against Lebanon: 3-2 the final result to French’s advantage.

Photos and results on: www.pescara2015.it/Sport/BeachSoccer/Results#aresults

Yesterday Beach Volley medals: two silver medals for Italy, gold medal to Serbia (W) and Turkey (M)

The Serbian pair Matic-Milosevic won the gold medal in women's Beach Volleyball on the Mediterranean Beach Games Pescara 2015. At the sold-out stadium (about 2,000 spectators and about a thousand following on big screen) the Serbs beat the girls of Italy Giombini-Toti (22-20; 21-19). France of Adelin-Cazalet completed the podium winning the bronze medal against Croatia of Rosko-Vrbanc (2-0).

In men's Beach Volleyball tournament Turkey of Giginoglu-Gogtepe won by exceeding in the final the Italians 2-0 Rossi-Caminati at Stadio del Mare (21-18; 21-17). Bronze medal for Croatia of Silic-Zeljkovic that exceeded in the final 2-0 the Serbian pair Galasev-Jovanovic.

Photos and results on: http://www.pescara2015.it/Sport/BeachVolley/Results#aresults

THE MEDALS OF ALL THE COUNTRIES

Italy 70 medals (33 gold, 23 silver, 14 bronze); France 27 medals (13, 5, 9); Greece 21 medals (5, 7, 9); Egypt11 medals (1, 6, 4); Algeria 10 medals (2, 4, 4); Tunisia 12 medals (1 ,4, 7); Turkey 5 medals (1, 2, 2); Serbia 2 medals (1 gold, 1 silver); Syria 1 gold; Spain 5 medals (4 silver, 1 bronze); Slovenia 4 medals (1 silver, 3 bronze); Cyprus 1 (silver); Croatia 2 (bronze); San Marino 2 (bronze); Libya 1 (bronze); Albania 1 (bronze).

(PROVISIONAL) STATISTICS AND CURIOSITY OF PESCARA 2015

24 Participating Countries: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Morocco, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey.

11 Sports: Aquathlon, Beach Handball, Beach Soccer, Beach Tennis, Beach Volley, Beach Wrestling, Finswimming, Canoe Ocean Racing, Open Water Swimming, Rowing Beach Sprint, Water Ski.

1230 Athletes and Olympic delegations Staff, 275 Referees and Judges, 306 Gests and Mediterranean Family, 66 award ceremonies for 400 medals, 10 days of competition.

Volunteers: 521 volunteers (242 men and 272 women), 350 of them aged over 18. Also from Argentina, Senegal, Canada, Romania, Albania, France, Palestine and Slovenia. From Italian regions: Abruzzo, Lazio, Puglia, Molise, Lombardy, Marche, Emilia Romagna, Sicily, Liguria and Campania. Volunteers have been recruited through social networks and through conventions with high schools, universities and events.

Media: 112 accredited journalists from Albania, Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Finland, Greece, Morocco, Norway, San Marino, Tunisia and Italy.

TV & Radio Coverage: 40 hours of live tv (Rai Sport 1 and Rai Sport 2 channels), approximately 50 hours of recordings and rebroadcasts. Three live appearances on Radio Rai 1.

Final data will be available in the final report produced by the Organizing Committee Pescara 2015, in accordance with international standards.

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