The 2023 Mediterranean Beach Games (MBG) (Greek: Μεσογειακοί Παράκτιοι Αγώνες 2023) is the third edition of the Mediterranean Beach Games. It will be held from 9 to 16 September 2023 in Heraklion, Greece. The MBG are celebrated every four years bringing together the athletes of the Mediterranean Olympic Committees, members of the ICMG, from three continents: Africa, Asia and Europe.
Host city selection
The Greek city of Heraklion was elected as host city of the third edition of the Mediterranean Beach Games (2023) during the ordinary General Assembly of the ICMG which was held in 2021 via Zoom Video Communications meeting.[1][2]
Mascots
There are 2 mascots of the games: Ariadne and Minotaur. Four different versions of Ariadne and four different versions of the Minotaur were created and put to a vote. More than 7.700 people participated in the online voting, choosing the final Mascots, between the following four versions of each character:
Ariadne
She is a princess of the Cretan Mythology, daughter of King Minos and Pasiphae and the mother goddess in the Minoan pantheon, worshipped as goddess of fertility. She remains still a symbol of the womens’ independence, strongly represented in many archeological findings.
Minotaur
The mythical creature with the human body and the head of a bull, is the most iconic symbol of the Minoan Era and the Cretan Mythology. Together with the famous “Horns of Consecration” found in Knossos Palace, they form a global figure of strength and prosperity.The different sports editions
Croatia Luka Jurički Borna Antolić Roko Sedlar Jakov Jacović
Slovenia Martin Gerbec Matevž Žižmond Elmir Haskič Jaka Oberlajt
Women
Greece Ioanna Chatzivasileiou Zoi Korre Eleftheria Mangina Christina Anastasopoulou
Slovenia Tiana Meglič Šteharnik Eliza Pintar Zala Pavlič Yeisy Alexandra Perez
Croatia Ivana Ujević Nina Prnjak Nikolina Dujić Marija Soldo
Beach handball
Event
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Men
Croatia Jan Terihaj Tomislav Lauš Antonio Fabek Ivan Jurić Filip Mlinarić Fran Cvjetičanin Noa Klarić Matej Jakeljić Sebastian Lučić Stjepan Babić
Italy Ivan Ilic Thomas Postogna Luigi Arena Nicolas Balogh Sedda Alessio D'Attis Gregorio Mazzanti Nicolas Dieguez Davide Notarangelo Marco Beltrami Christian Mitterrutzner
Spain Carlos Donderis Vegas Elhji Touré Jabby Antoine Miranda Sirvent Pablo Martín Ruiz Sergio Venegas Rodríguez Adriá Ortolá López Carlos González Cobo Adrián Hidalgo Torrecilla Javier Delgado Sánchez
Women
Spain Mónica Cámara Heras Asunción Batista Portero Remei Prat Riera Míriam Sempere Agulló Sara Hernández Torrico Alba Díaz González Paula Quiles Vera Violeta González Poudereux Malena Díaz Coppens Gemma Sánchez Florentino
Portugal Sofia Goncalves Joana Delgado Helena Corro Daniela Mendes Maria Marques Catarina Oliveira Sofia Alexandra Rego Sara Inês Pinho Catarina Teixeira Maria Antunes