Football at the 1971 Mediterranean Games

1971 Mediterranean Games
football tournament
Tournament details
Host countryTurkey
Cityİzmir
Dates6–16 October
Teams8 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia Olympic (1st title)
Runners-up Tunisia
Third place Turkey B
Fourth place Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored24 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar Panajotović (5 goals)
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The 1971 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 6th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in İzmir, Turkey between the 6–16 October 1971 as part of the 1971 Mediterranean Games.[1][2][3]

Participating teams

The following countries have participated for the final tournament:

Federation Nation
CAF Africa  Egypt
 Morocco
 Tunisia
AFC Asia  Syria
UEFA Europe  France Amateurs (holders)
 Greece Olympic
 Turkey B (hosts)
 Yugoslavia Olympic

Venues

Cities Venues Capacity[4]
İzmir İzmir Atatürk Stadium 70,000
İzmir Alsancak Stadium 25,000
Manisa Manisa Stadium ?

Squads

Main article: Football at the 1971 Mediterranean Games – Men's team squads

Tournament

All times local : Time zone (UTC+3)

Key to colours in group tables
Advance to the Final
Advance to the Third place match
Advance to the Fifth place match

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tunisia 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 5
 Turkey B 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 5
 France Amateurs 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 2
 Syria 3 0 0 3 1 4 −3 0

Tunisia won group on draw.

Turkey B 2–1 Syria
Kurukaya 40'
Renklibay 65'		 Report Abdulghani Tatish 29'
Attendance: 30,000[5]
Referee: Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece)
France Amateurs 1–2 Tunisia
Di Caro 12' Adhouma 84'
Chakroun 85'
Attendance: 25,000
 Turkey B0–0 Tunisia
Attendance: 48,338[5]
Referee: Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece)
France Amateurs 1–0 Syria
Pierre Bouveresse 64'
Manisa Stadium, Manisa
Referee: Mohamed El Azari (Morocco)
Tunisia 1–0 Syria
Khouini 79'
Attendance: 60,000
France Amateurs 0–1 Turkey B
Report Ergücü 26'
Attendance: 62,825[5]
Referee: Mohamed El Azari (Morocco)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Yugoslavia Olympic 2 1 1 0 7 2 +5 3
 Egypt 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
 Greece Olympic 2 0 1 1 1 6 −5 1
 Morocco (disqualified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yugoslavia Olympic 6–1 Greece Olympic
Novak 8', 53'
Nalić 30'
Panajotović 34', 58', 80'		 Zafiropoulos 74'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ömer Karadağ (Turkey)
Egypt 0–1 Morocco
Faras 31'
Referee: Robert Frauciel (France)
Yugoslavia Olympic 1–1 Egypt
Panajotović 30' Mohammed 89'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Veli Necdet Arığ (Turkey)
Morocco 1–0 Greece Olympic
Abdelkader Ben Bouali 36'
Manisa Stadium, Manisa
Referee: Hédi Seoudi (Tunisia)
Yugoslavia Olympic 1–0
(Abandoned)		 Morocco
Novak 18' Report Faras Red card 8'
Lamrani Red card 44'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Robert Frauciel (France)

Match abandoned at 1–0, Morocco walked off after second player were sent off. Morocco disqualified and all their results annulled.

Greece Olympic 0–0 Egypt
Manisa Stadium, Manisa
Referee: Sedat Özselçuk (Turkey)

Knockout stage

Fifth place match

France Amateurs 3–1 Greece Olympic
Michel Granier 26', 32'
Imiéla 58'		 Zafiropoulos 6'
Referee: Sedat Özselçuk (Turkey)

Third place match

Turkey B 1–0 (a.e.t.) Egypt
Baykul Tüysüz 96' Report
Attendance: 45,250
Referee: Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece)

Final

Tunisia 0–1 Yugoslavia Olympic
Report Panajotović 51'
Attendance: 56,178
Referee: Muzaffer Sarvan (Turkey)

Tournament classification

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Yugoslavia Olympic 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 5
2  Tunisia 4 2 1 1 3 2 +1 5
3  Turkey B 4 3 1 0 4 1 +3 7
4  Egypt 3 0 2 1 1 2 –1 2
Eliminated in the group stage
5  France Amateurs 4 2 0 2 5 4 +1 4
6  Greece Olympic 3 0 1 2 2 9 –7 1
7  Syria 3 0 0 3 1 4 –3 0

References

  1. ^ Yeni Asır Newspaper archive, October 1971
  2. ^ Ege Ekspres Newspaper archive, October 1971
  3. ^ Demokrat İzmir Newspaper archive, October 1971
  4. ^ Cumhuriyetin 50. Yılında İzmir - 1973 İl Yıllığı, İzmir Valiliği, p. 371.
  5. ^ a b c Milliyet Newspaper, 14.10.1971, p. 8
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