Football at the 2013 Mediterranean Games

Football at the 2013 Mediterranean Games took place between 19 and 27 June. The tournament was held at the Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, and Tarsus City Stadium. The final was held at the Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium on 27 June. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their men's U-19 national teams. There was no women's tournament on this occasion.[1]

Men's football tournament at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
Tournament details
Host countryTurkey
Dates19–27 June
Teams8 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Morocco (2nd title)
Runners-up Turkey
Third place Tunisia
Fourth place Libya
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored74 (3.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)Morocco Hicham Khaloua (5 goals)
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2018

Participating nations

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Eight nations applied to compete in men's tournament, four less than at the previous games. At least six nations competing is the requirement for tournament to be held. None of the Asian nations opted to compete.

Men
Federation Nation
CAF Africa   Libya
  Morocco
  Tunisia
AFC Asia None
UEFA Europe   Albania
  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Italy
  Macedonia
  Turkey

Format

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  • Eight teams were split into 2 preliminary round groups of 4 teams each. The top 2 teams from each group qualify for the main knockout stage, other team qualify for placement matches.
  • In the semifinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B2 and B1 vs. A2
  • The winning teams from the semifinals play for the gold medal. The losing teams compete for the bronze medal.

Squads

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Preliminary round

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All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3).

Qualified for the semifinals

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Morocco 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 9
  Turkey 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6
  Albania 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 0 1 2 4 10 −6 1
Source: [citation needed]
Morocco  3–0  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ennaffati   14'
El Karti   17'
Khaloua   73'
Report[permanent dead link]


Albania  2–2  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Turtulli   61'
Rrahmani   73'
Report Bajić   44', 52'

Turkey  1–2  Morocco
Yazici   57' Report El Karti   11'
El-Neoualy   73' (pen.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina  2–5  Turkey
Bajić   18', 30' Report Sazdagi   14'
Unsal   39'
Aydın   43'
Coskun   82'
Cicek   86'

Morocco  2–1  Albania
Khaloua   33' (pen.)
El Hassouni   58'
Report Gino   47'

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Tunisia 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
  Libya 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
  Italy 3 1 1 1 8 5 +3 4
  Macedonia 3 0 1 2 3 9 −6 1
Source: [citation needed]
Macedonia  2–2  Libya
Imeri   52'
Markoski   66'
Elmangoush   70'
Elhouni   80'

Italy  2–2  Tunisia
Gomez   50'
Cataldi   63'
Report Mhirsi   49',   87'

Italy  5–1  Macedonia
Canotto   47'
Iotti   76'
Gomez   79', 82'
Aveni   90+1'
Report Markoski   20'

Tunisia  2–1  Libya
Rjaibi   2'
Kablouti   76'
Elmangoush   32'

Libya  2–1  Italy
Nasr   19'
Alshadi   71'
Palma   90'

Macedonia  0–2  Tunisia
Report Mhirsi   40'
Kamarji   75'

Classification stage

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Classification 5–8 matches

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Italy  0–3  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report Bajić   61'
Hodzic   75', 90+4'

Albania  1–2 (a.e.t.)  Macedonia
Kastrati   85' (pen.) Report Kostovski   50'
Imeri   96'

Seventh place match

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Albania  1–3  Italy
Hyseni   82' Report Canotto   20'
Bollino   47'
Gomez   54' (pen.)

Fifth place match

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Macedonia  2–4  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Imeri   50'
Markoski   52'
Report Jpikic   11'
Maric   54'
Markovic   88'
Hodzic   89'

Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
25 June 18:00 – Mersin
 
 
  Tunisia0
 
27 June 22:00 – Mersin
 
  Turkey2
 
  Turkey2 (2)
 
25 June 21:00 – Tarsus
 
  Morocco (p)2 (3)
 
  Morocco3
 
 
  Libya1
 
Third place
 
 
27 June 18:00 – Mersin
 
 
  Tunisia4
 
 
  Libya0

Semifinals

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Tunisia  0–2  Turkey
Report Bardakci   50'
Niyaz   77'

Morocco  3–1  Libya
Khaloua   10', 72'
Ennaffati   80'
Report Elhouni   36'

Bronze medal match

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Libya  0–4  Tunisia
Report Rjaibi   2', 36', 78'
Khalfaoui   90'

Gold medal match

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Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
    Morocco 5 4 1 0 12 5 +7 13 Gold Medal
    Turkey (H) 5 3 1 1 12 6 +6 10 Silver Medal
    Tunisia 5 3 1 1 10 5 +5 10 Bronze Medal
4   Libya 5 1 1 3 6 12 −6 4 Fourth place
5   Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 2 1 2 11 12 −1 7 5th place match
6   Macedonia 5 1 1 3 7 14 −7 4
7   Italy 5 2 1 2 11 9 +2 7 7th place match
8   Albania 5 0 1 4 5 11 −6 1
Source: rsssf
(H) Hosts

Medal Winning Squads

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
  Morocco (MAR)
Badreddine Benrachour
Omar Boutayeb
Mohamed Saidi
Hamza Moussadak
Mohammed El Jaaouani
Adam Ennaffati
Adnane El Ouardy
Reda En-Neoualy
Youssef Es Saiydy
Mohamed Cheikhi
Walid El Karti
Ayman El Hassouni
El Mehdi Moufaddal
Hamza Mouatamid
Elmehdi Dghoughi
Reda Hajhouj
Mohamed El Makahasi
Hicham Khaloua
  Turkey (TUR)
Cantuğ Temel
Ozan Tufan
Abdülkerim Bardakcı
Muhammed Serdar Yazıcı
Süheyl Çetin
Kubilay Aktaş
Kubilay Dursun Sönmez
İbrahim Coşkun
Berk İsmail Ünsal
Recep Niyaz
Okan Aydın
Emre Selen
İsmail Güven
Gökhan Sazdağı
Metin Sevinç
Atabey Çiçek
Sedat Yüce
Haydar Deniz
  Tunisia (TUN)
Seifedine Lahwel
Rami Haj Selem
Khalim Sassi
Walid Dhaouedi
Idriss Mhirsi
Radhouene Khalfaoui
Rafik Kamarji
Edem Rjaïbi
Mehdi Ben Nsib
Bechir Kablouti
Ayoub Jirtila
Sedik Mejri
Oualid Bouzidi
Zied Ounali
Slimen Kchok
Ahmed Khlil
Achref Mnani
Azer Ghali

References

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  1. ^ "Med Games Football 2013". 2013.
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