Football at the 2015 Indian Ocean Island Games – Men's tournament

2015 Men's Indian Ocean Island Games Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryRéunion
Dates (2015-07-31) (2015-08-08)31 July – 8 August 2015
(8 days)
Teams7 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Réunion (4th title)
Runners-up Mayotte
Third place Mauritius
Fourth place Madagascar
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored36 (2.77 per match)
Top scorer(s)Réunion Jean-Michel Fontaine
Madagascar Jimmy Simouri
(3 goals each)
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The men's association football tournament at the 2015 Indian Ocean Island Games (French: Jeux des îles de l'océan Indien 2015) is held in Réunion. The draw for the football tournament was made at Saint-Denis on 14 May 2015.[1]

Teams

Squads

Further information: Football at the 2015 Indian Ocean Island Games – Men's team squads

Each association presented a list of at most twenty players to compete in the tournament.

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mayotte 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Madagascar 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
3  Seychelles 3 1 0 2 4 3 +1 3
4  Maldives 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3
Source: IOCS
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
Seychelles 3–0 1 Madagascar
Report
Referee: Réunion Steeve Dubec
Maldives 1–3 Mayotte
Umair 12' Report Ben Yahaya 54'
Rasolofo 83'
Noussoura 88'
Seychelles 1–2 Maldives
Esther 5' Report Umair 28' (pen.)
Imaz 43'
Mayotte 1–1 Madagascar
Faya 28' Report Vombola 77'
Referee: Réunion Steeve Dubec
Maldives 0–4 Madagascar
Report Simouri 44', 46'
Rakotoarimalala 70'
Vombola 90'
Seychelles 0–1 Mayotte
Report Rasolofo 66' (pen.)

1 Due to a scheduling error, Madagascar's team arrived on Friday night believing that the match was scheduled for the following afternoon, and thus failed to appear for the match.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Réunion (H) 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Mauritius 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2 3
3  Comoros 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
Source: IOCS
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
(H) Hosts
Réunion 1–0 Mauritius
Fontaine 19' Report
Attendance: 5000
Referee: Mayotte Omar Saïd
Comoros 0–3 1 Mauritius
Report
Referee: Maldives Zaeem Ali
Réunion 3–0 1 Comoros
Report
Referee: Mayotte Omar Saïd

1 Comoros withdrew from the tournament as their team were unable to enter Rèunion due to visa issues.

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
August 6
 
 
 Mayotte2
 
August 8
 
 Mauritius1
 
 Mayotte 1
 
August 6
 
 Réunion3
 
 Réunion (a.e.t.)1
 
 
 Madagascar0
 
Third place
 
 
August 7
 
 
 Mauritius 3
 
 
 Madagascar1

Semi-finals

Mayotte 2–1 Mauritius
Ben Yahaya 61'
Kamal 68'		 Report Sophie 55'
Referee: Réunion Steeve Dubec
Réunion 1–0 (a.e.t.) Madagascar
Loricourt 117' Report
Referee: Maldives Zaeem Ali

Third place match

Mauritius 3–1 Madagascar
Sophie 83', 86'
Perticot 89'		 Report Simouri 90+5'
Referee: Seychelles Nelson Emile

Final

Mayotte 1–3 Réunion
Attoumani 90+1' Report Fontaine 7', 17'
Boesso 67'
Referee: Madagascar Adboul Kanoso

Final ranking

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Réunion (H) 4 4 0 0 8 1 +7 12 Champions
2  Mayotte 5 3 1 1 8 6 +2 10 Runners-up
3  Mauritius 4 2 0 2 7 4 +3 6 Third place
4  Madagascar 5 1 1 3 6 8 −2 4 Fourth place
5  Seychelles 3 1 0 2 4 3 +1 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
6  Maldives 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3
7  Comoros 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
Source: IOCS
(H) Hosts

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

Statistics

Goalscorers

References

  1. ^ "Maldives in tough group". Maldivesoccer. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2015.