Football at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
International football competition
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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]
Host countryTurkey
Dates19–27 June
Teams8 (from 2 confederations)
Venues2 (in 2 host cities)
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Turkey |
| Dates | 19–27 June |
| Teams | 8 (from 2 confederations) |
| Venues | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Morocco (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Turkey |
| Third place |  Tunisia |
| Fourth place |  Libya |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 20 |
| Goals scored | 74 (3.7 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Riad Bajić Hicham Khaloua(5 goals each) |
← 2009 2018 → | |
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
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 |
| Morocco | 3–0 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
|---|---|---|
Ennaffati  14'El Karti 17'Khaloua 73' |
Report[permanent dead link] |
Referee: Alain Bieri (Switzerland)
Referee: Andrea De Marco (Italy)
Referee: Andrea De Marco (Italy)
Referee: Alain Bieri (Switzerland)
Group B
Tarsus Şehir Stadı, Tarsus
Referee: Anatoliy Zhabchenko (Ukraine)
Referee: Khalid Ennouni (Morocco)
| Tunisia | 2–1 | Libya |
|---|---|---|
| Rjaibi 2' Kablouti 76' |
Elmangoush 32' |
Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Bulgaria)
Referee: Istvan Kovacs (Romania)
Classification stage
Classification 5–8 matches
| Italy | 0–3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Bajić 61' Hodzic 75', 90+4' |
Seventh place match
Fifth place match
Tarsus Şehir Stadı, Tarsus
Referee: Istvan Kovacs (Romania)
Knockout stage
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 25 June 18:00 – Mersin | ||||||
| Tunisia | 0 | |||||
| 27 June 22:00 – Mersin | ||||||
| Turkey | 2 | |||||
| Turkey | 2 (2) | |||||
| 25 June 21:00 – Tarsus | ||||||
| Morocco (p) | 2 (3) | |||||
| Morocco | 3 | |||||
| Libya | 1 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 27 June 18:00 – Mersin | ||||||
| Tunisia | 4 | |||||
| Libya | 0 | |||||
Semifinals
Referee: Anatoly Zhabchenko (Ukraine)
Bronze medal match
Referee: Mete Kalkavan (Turkey)
Gold medal match
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Morocco |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 13 | Gold Medal |
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Turkey (H) |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 10 | Silver Medal |
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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 |
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 |
Goalscorers
There were 74 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.7 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
Luigi Canotto
Mohamed Elmangoush- Hamdou Elhouni
Walid El Karti
Okan Aydın- Abdülkerim Bardakcı
- Ibrahim Coskun
- Gökhan Sazdağı
1 goal
Marvin Turtulli- Amir Rrahmani
- Klodian Gjino
- Ilir Kastrati
- Klaudio Hyseni
Jozo Jpikic- Mirko Marić
- Omar Markovic
- Danilo Cataldi
- Luca Iotti
- Fabio Aveni
- Giuseppe Palma
- Saleh Nasr
- Rabia Alshadi
- Ayman El Hassouni
- Reda El-Neoualy
Hristijan Kostovski
Bechir Kablouti- Rafik Kamarji
- Radhouene Khalfaoui
- Atabey Çiçek
- Recep Niyaz
- Berk İsmail Ünsal
- Muhammed Serdar Yazici