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Football at the 1979 Mediterranean Games

Summary

The 1979 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 8th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Split, Yugoslavia between 21 and 29 September 1979 as part of the 1979 Mediterranean Games and was contested by 8 teams.[1]

1979 Mediterranean Games
football tournament
Tournament details
Host countryYugoslavia
CitySplit
Dates21–29 September
Teams8 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia Ol. (2nd title)
Runners-upFrance France Amateurs
Third place Algeria
Fourth place Greece Ol.
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored45 (2.81 per match)
← 1975
1983 →

Participating teams edit

Eight teams took part in the tournament.

Federation Nation
CAF Africa   Algeria (holders)
  Egypt
  Morocco
  Tunisia
AFC Asia No team
UEFA Europe   France Amateurs
  Greece Ol.
  Turkey B
  Yugoslavia Ol. (hosts)

Squads edit

Venues edit

Cities Venues Capacity
Split Stadion Poljud 35,000
Šibenik Stadion Rade Končar 8,000
Omiš Omiš Stadium

Tournament edit

All times local : Time zone (UTC+1)

Key to colours in group tables
Advance to the Semi-finals

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Yugoslavia Ol. 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 6
  Greece Ol. 3 1 1 1 6 8 −2 3
  Morocco 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
  Egypt 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Morocco  1–1  Greece Ol.
Dolmy   ?  
Yugoslavia Ol.  3–0  Egypt
Primorac   21'
Slišković   38'
Zl. Vujović   74'
Attendance: 18,000
Egypt  0–0  Morocco
Yugoslavia Ol.  5–1  Greece Ol.
Slišković   32'
Pašić   43'
Janjanin   62', 69'
Primorac   83'		 Kourouzidis   79'
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Paolo Bergamo (Italy)
Greece Ol.  4–2  Egypt
?         Nouh   3', 33'
Yugoslavia Ol.  2–1  Morocco
Zl. Vujović   43'
Šestić   76'		 Boussati   50'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ozborgul (Turkey)

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  France Amateurs 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 4
  Algeria 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 4
  Turkey B 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3
  Tunisia 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
Algeria  1–1  France Amateurs
Bensaoula   54' Ricort   8'
Omiš Stadium, Omiš
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Stjepan Glavina (Yugoslavia)
Turkey B  1–0  Tunisia
?  
Algeria  1–1  Tunisia
Bousri   38' Bayari   5'
Omiš Stadium, Omiš
France Amateurs  1–1  Turkey B
?   ?  
Algeria  1–0  Turkey B
Fergani   68'
Omiš Stadium, Omiš
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Stjepan Glavina (Yugoslavia)
France Amateurs  2–1  Tunisia
?     Hergal   75'

Knockout stage edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
27 September
 
 
  France Amateurs2
 
29 September – Split
 
  Greece Ol.1
 
  Yugoslavia Ol.3
 
27 September – Šibenik
 
  France Amateurs0
 
  Yugoslavia Ol.3
 
 
  Algeria2
 
Third place
 
 
29 September – Split
 
 
  Algeria2
 
 
  Greece Ol.1

Semi-finals edit

France Amateurs  2–1  Greece Ol.
?     ?  
Yugoslavia Ol.  3–2  Algeria
Primorac   4' (pen.)
Bogdan   84'
Šestić   88'		 Belloumi   60'
Douadi   69'
Attendance: 12,000

Third place match edit

Algeria  2–1  Greece Ol.
Belloumi   10'
Assad   (pen.)		 Cirikas   20'

Final edit

Yugoslavia Ol.  3–0  France Amateurs
Pašić   24'
Zl. Vujović   54', 77'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Paolo Bergamo (Italy)

Tournament classification edit

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Yugoslavia Ol. 5 5 0 0 16 4 +12 10
2   France Amateurs 5 2 2 1 6 7 –1 6
3   Algeria 5 2 2 1 7 6 +1 6
4   Greece Ol. 5 1 1 3 8 12 –4 3
Eliminated in the group stage
5   Turkey B 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3
6   Morocco 3 0 2 1 2 3 –1 2
7   Tunisia 3 0 1 2 2 4 –2 1
8   Egypt 3 0 1 2 2 7 –5 1

References edit

  1. ^ "Split in History: 8th Mediterranean Games in 1979". Total Croatia News. Daniela Rogulj. May 4, 2017. Archived from the original on February 23, 2022. Retrieved November 19, 2017.

External links edit

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