Football at the 2013 Mediterranean Games

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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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]

Participating nations

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

  • 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

Main article: Football at the 2013 Mediterranean Games – Men's team squads

Preliminary round

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

Qualified for the semifinals

Group A

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]
Turkey 2–0 Albania
Aydın 10'
Sazdağı 86'		 Report[permanent dead link‍]
Albania 2–2 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Turtulli 61'
Rrahmani 73'		 Report Bajić 44', 52'
Referee: Baris Simsek (Turkey)
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

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

Classification 5–8 matches

Italy 0–3 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report Bajić 61'
Hodzic 75', 90+4'
Referee: Baris Simsek (Turkey)
Albania 1–2 (a.e.t.) Macedonia
Kastrati 85' (pen.) Report Kostovski 50'
Imeri 96'

Seventh place match

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

Fifth place match

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

Knockout stage

 
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

Tunisia 0–2 Turkey
Report Bardakci 50'
Niyaz 77'
Morocco 3–1 Libya
Khaloua 10', 72'
Ennaffati 80'		 Report Elhouni 36'

Bronze medal match

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

Gold medal match

Morocco 2–2 (a.e.t.) Turkey
Khaloua 2'
Ennaffati 71'		 Bardakci 15'
Coskun 28'
Penalties
Khaloua soccer ball with check mark
Moufaddal soccer ball with red X
Moussadak soccer ball with red X
Ennaffati soccer ball with check mark
Hajhouj soccer ball with check mark		 3–2 soccer ball with red X Yazıcı
soccer ball with red X Aydın
soccer ball with check mark Bardakcı
soccer ball with check mark Coskun
soccer ball with red X Niyaz

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Morocco 5 4 1 0 12 5 +7 13 Gold Medal
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Turkey (H) 5 3 1 1 12 6 +6 10 Silver Medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

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

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