Football at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
International football competition
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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) |
| Venues | 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 | Antonio Raimondo (6 goals) |
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Participating nations
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 |
| AFC (Asia) | None |
| UEFA (Europe) | France U18[3] Greece U18 Italy U18 Portugal U18[4] Spain U18[5] Turkey U18[6] |
Squads
Schedule
| 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 | |
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| Men | G | G | G | ½ | B | F | ||||
Venues
4 stadiums were allocated to host the matches.
| Bir El Djir (Oran) |
El Hamri (Oran) | ||
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| 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
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Morocco |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Algeria (H) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Spain |
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)
Referee: Luca Pairetto (Italy)
Referee: Amir Loucif (Tunisia)
Referee: Bruno José Costa (Portugal)
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 7 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Turkey |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Portugal |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Greece |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 |
Source: Oran 2022
Referee: Jérémie Pignard (France)
Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa (Algeria)
Referee: Youcef Gamouh (Algeria)
Referee: Lamia Atman (Algeria)
Referee: Amir Loucif (Tunisia)
Knockout stage
| 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
Referee: Youcef Gamouh (Algeria)
Bronze medal match
Referee: Bruno José Costa (Portugal)
Gold medal match
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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France |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 13 | Gold medal |
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Italy |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 10 | Silver medal |
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Morocco |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | Turkey |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 4 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Portugal |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | Group stage |
| 6 | Algeria (H) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
| 7 | Greece |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |
| 8 | Spain |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
Goalscorers
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