Getting ready for the 2026 Mediterranean Games 

Detailed final standings. Rows represent songs, columns represent juries.   Rank Nation Points FRA SWE IRL GRE SLO NZL ITA MLT POL DEN USA TUR ARG CHN INA ESP GUA MEX NED ALB POR GBR IND CZE ROU CAN TUN LTU SRB CHI BUL MDA BRA HUN 1 Czech Republic 160   11   8 12   4 11     12     12   9 9   11 11   8 10   11         9     12   2 Sweden 157       7 2   12 12   3 10   11 6   6 8     7   12     9 8     10 10 12     12 3 Albania 116         10     9 1   11   4 4               9 11   10     11   11   12 6 7 4 France 113   4       8           12               12 10   12 7 4   4 9 2 7   11 1 10 5 Greece 112     1   6 9 10     5     9   1   10 10     9     4   12 5   6   5 10     6 United States 109 9 2 9     3       10   11   2 10 5   12           1   1 3 12       8   11 7 Argentina 106     12 3     11     6   1   9 2 12   8 10     2           4 5 6 7 7   1 8 Denmark 103 7 9 7     11     9     9           3     3           10 8   12   6   9 9 Ireland 96   1       5 7 7       4 8   11           8     6   7 9 1 8   8   4 2 10 Spain 94 4     9 11       11   7     11     5   1 9 7       5       11   3       11 Bulgaria 93       10 5   2 6 8         7   3     5     10   11 6 5 2 6 4 3         11 Guatemala 93     2     6 8   10   5 5     5     9 7 8     4   1   11           8 4 13 Poland 90 10 12                 2   10   3   11 2     12     12   2         9     5 14 Hungary 89 11   11           7 9                   4   5   8   10   7 7 1     9   15 China 88 1   5 1   1       11   3       11 1 4   1     5 3 3 4 7 10     4   7 6 16 Chile 87 3   4     7 5 10   7   10 7 1   1   11       11 2         3         5   17 Mexico 83 12     12     6   12     7     4 10 2       4 3           5     6       17 Canada 83   10 10   1 4 9   2 8       8 6 4     8         2     8           3   19 Netherlands 76   5     4     1   12         12     1   5 11         6     1       10 8 20 Brazil 72 5     4 3             6 5 10         6   2 1 8 5         3 2 10 2     21 Lithuania 67   3         3   5           8     6     5   6 9 7           11 4     22 Tunisia 63 8 6         1   6     8   5 9   4           3   2               11   23 India 62   7   6 8     8 3   4         2       6 6       12                   24 Romania 61 2 8   11 7     5     1                     6 9     9           3     25 Slovenia 58                   2 8 2 12       12   9                   12   1       25 Great Britain 58     6                         7   5 3         10   11   2   5   9     27 Italy 45           2   4   1         7   6     10   4             9   2       28 Serbia 44     3         3     9   1       7   12                     8   1     29 Moldova 32         9           6           3   2           8         4         30 Indonesia 31 6   8 2       2                             1       12               30 New Zealand 31                   4     3     8   7 4                           2 3 32 Malta 29       5         4   3                 3   7 7                       33 Turkey 26           10             6               1         3 6               34 Portugal 25           12             2 3           2             1         5    

At the end of the 90s there was also a good period: qualification for the 1997 World Cup and the 1998 European Championship (held in Italy). Given the weak Italian league, the best solution is to send as many players as possible to Germany, Austria, France, etc. Then there is a chance that handball in Italy will not die after a few years. For now, the key is to play regularly at major events and that this qualification for the World Cup next year is not a one-off.

Congratulations to  on your medals!   Thanks @Cinnamon Bun for organizing   And thanks everyone for providing a great days worth of entertainment. It was a lot of fun. Already looking forward to the next edition!

Thanks @Cinnamon Bunfor a great contest!    Thank you also to the jury votes from @Erigert@brunamoura @Vektor @OlympicIRL @Griff88 @Fly_like_a_don @Pablita @SteveParker @Henry_Leon @mrv86 @heywoodu @Wanderer @IoNuTzZ @amen09 @Memo @rybak for !!!   Enjoyed many of the songs and discovered new artists. 

Sweden has already won, but it was before you came here! Good night and congrats on second place

How many more years will I have to give you points for it to become expected???  

Very happy with debut, thanks to everyone for voting Albanian entry! Congrats also to for winning and for giving a fight and make this edition exciting until the last voting.   Last but not least, thank you @Cinnamon Bun for your efforts!

Well it’s seems impossible for Sweden to win.     Now I go to bed and I will write more tomorrow. 

4th place after such a bad start is actually great (we often start off badly though I should be used to it by now ) Thank you to all the juries that voted for us! It means a lot this time because it's a song that is close to my heart, I'm glad you appreciated it