Football at the 2022 Mediterranean Games – Men's tournament took place between 26 June and 5 July 2022 at the Ahmed Zabana Stadium, Mers El Hadjadj Stadium and Abdelkrim Kerroum Stadium. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their men's U-18, U-19 and U-21 national teams. There was no women's tournament on this occasion.[1][2]
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Algeria |
| City | Oran |
| Dates | 26 June – 5 July |
| Teams | 8 (from 2 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  France (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Italy |
| Third place |  Morocco |
| Fourth place |  Turkey |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 37 (2.31 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Antonio Raimondo (6 goals) |
Participating nations edit
Nine nations have applied to compete in men's tournament, one more than at the previous games. None of the Asian nations opted to compete.
- Men
| Confederation | Nation |
|---|---|
| CAF (Africa) |  Algeria U18 Morocco U18
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| AFC (Asia) | None |
| UEFA (Europe) | France U18[3] Greece U18 Italy U18 Portugal U18[4] Spain U18[5] Turkey U18[6]
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Squads edit
Schedule edit
| P | Group stage | ½ | Semifinals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
| Event↓/Date → | 26 Sun | 27 Mon | 28 Tue | 29 Wed | 30 Thu | 1 Fri | 2 Sat | 3 Sun | 4 Mon | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | G | G | G | ½ | B | F | ||||
Venues edit
4 stadiums were allocated to host the matches.
| Bir El Djir (Oran) |
El Hamri (Oran) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Miloud Hadefi Stadium | Ahmed Zabana Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 40,143 | Capacity: 40,000 | ||
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| Sig | Mers El Hadjadj | ||
| Abdelkrim Kerroum Stadium | Mers El Hadjadj Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 5,400 | ||
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Group stage edit
Group A edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Morocco
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Algeria (H)
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Spain
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
| Spain | 0–1 | Algeria |
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| Report |
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Referee: Evangelos Manouchos (Greece)
Group B edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 7 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Turkey
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Portugal
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Greece
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 |
Source: Oran 2022
Knockout stage edit
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 2 July – Sig | ||||||
| France | 2 | |||||
| 4 July – Bir El Djir | ||||||
| Turkey | 0 | |||||
| France | 1 | |||||
| 2 July – Sig | ||||||
| Italy | 0 | |||||
| Italy | 2 | |||||
| Morocco | 1 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 4 July – Bir El Djir | ||||||
| Turkey | 2 | |||||
| Morocco | 4 | |||||
Semifinals edit
Bronze medal match edit
Gold medal match edit
Final standings edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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France
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 13 | Gold medal |
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Italy
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 10 | Silver medal |
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Morocco
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | Turkey
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5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 4 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Portugal
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | Group stage |
| 6 | Algeria (H)
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
| 7 | Greece
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |
| 8 | Spain
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
Goalscorers edit
There were 37 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.31 goals per match.
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
Habib Biçer
2 goals
Ikia Dimi
Georgios Koutsias
Yassine Khalifi- Abdellah Raihani
1 goal
Ivane Chegra- Mehdi Puch-Herrantz
- Salah Eddine Zaoui
- Badredine Bouanani
- Lenny Pirringuel
- Konstantinos Volakis
Luca D'Andrea- Hamza Anhari
- Othmane Boukhres
- Aïman Maurer
- Omar Sadik
Alves de Freitas- Mariano Falé
Álex Valle Gómez- Álvaro Daniel Rodríguez Muñoz
- Ali Şahin Yılmaz
References edit
- ^ "الألعاب المتوسطية وهران-2022 : اجراء عملية قرعة الرياضات الجماعية". aps.dz. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ "JM Oran-2022: résultats du tirage au sort des sports collectifs". aps.dz. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ "La liste pour les Jeux méditerranéens".
- ^ "Jogada do Mes » Equipa Portugal de Futebol estreia-se nos Jogos do Mediterrâneo".
- ^ "España Sub-18 jugará ante Marruecos con miras a los Juegos del Mediterráneo | Fútbol Juvenil". 19 April 2022.
- ^ "U18 Milli Takımı'nın 19. Akdeniz Oyunları'ndaki rakipleri belli oldu - U-18 Milli Takım Haber Detay Sayfası TFF".
- ^ "La finale du tournoi de football des Jeux Méditerranéens Italie - France a débuté avec 45 000 spectateurs". CIJM facebook official page. 4 July 2022.
External links edit
- Official site Archived 2022-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
- Results book