Mediterranean Cup (men's football)

Mediterranean Cup

Founded	1949
Abolished	1958
Region	Mediterranean
Number of teams	4 to 6 teams
Last champions	Spain B
Most successful club(s)	Italy B (2)

The Mediterranean Cup was an association football competition contested by men's national teams and national B teams of the states bordering the Mediterranean Sea. There have been three tournaments for the Mediterranean Cup: the first one was officially called Eastern Mediterranean Friendship Cup, the second was called Eastern Mediterranean Cup and the last one was just "Mediterranean Cup".^[1]

Italy, Egypt, Greece and Turkey were the four participants of the first two editions (Italy played with the national B team).^[2][3] Spain and France joined in the last edition (both with the national B team).^[4] The first edition, the only one with a permanent location, Athens, was played in 1949, lasted less than a month and was won by Italy B. The second edition, from 1950 to 1953, was won again by Italy B. The third and last edition, from 1953 to 1958, was won by Spain B.

Due to political/social reasons (tension between Greece and Turkey, troubles in Egypt) and the introduction of the European Championships in 1960, led to the abolition of further tournaments.^{[citation needed]}