Football at the 2001 Mediterranean Games

Summary

The 2001 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 14th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Tunis, Tunisia between 5 and 15 September 2001 as part of the 2001 Mediterranean Games and was contested by 9 teams, all countries were represented by the U-21 teams.[1] Tunisia won the gold medal.

2001 Mediterranean Games
football tournament
Tournament details
Host countryTunisia
CityTunis
Dates5–15 September
Teams9
Venue(s)5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Tunisia (1st title)
Runners-up Italy
Third place France
Fourth place Turkey
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored36 (2.77 per match)
1997
2005

Participating teams edit

Nine teams for under-21 took part in the tournament, 4 teams from Africa and 5 teams from Europe.

Federation Nation
CAF Africa   Algeria
  Libya
  Morocco
  Tunisia (hosts)
AFC Asia None
UEFA Europe   France
  Greece
  Italy (holders)
  San Marino
  Turkey

Squads edit

Venues edit

Cities Venues Capacity
Radès Stade du 7 Novembre 60,000
Tunis Stade El Menzah 45,000
Sousse Stade Olympique de Sousse 28,000
Sfax Stade Taïeb Mhiri 22,000
Bizerte Stade 15 Octobre 20,000

Tournament edit

All times local: CEST (UTC+1)

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners advance to the Semi-finals

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  France 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7 6
  Tunisia 2 1 0 1 5 1 +4 3
  San Marino 2 0 0 2 0 11 −11 0
Source:[citation needed]
Tunisia  5–0  San Marino
         

Tunisia  0–1  France
Sahnoun   11'

France  6–0  San Marino
Sahnoun   15' (pen.)
Hiroux   21', 31' (pen.)
Pontal   29', 77'
Delporte   67'

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Turkey 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
  Greece 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
  Libya 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Source:[citation needed]
Greece  1–2  Turkey
     

Turkey  1–1  Libya
   

Greece  1–0  Libya
 

Group C edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Italy 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 6
  Morocco 2 1 0 1 6 4 +2 3
  Algeria 2 0 0 2 3 7 −4 0
Source:[citation needed]
Morocco  5–2  Algeria
          El Hadi  
Bouras  

Italy  2–1  Morocco
Sculli   42'
Ferro   72'
Aboud   69'

Italy  2–1  Algeria
    Zouaghi  

Knockout stage edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
13 September – Bizerte
 
 
  France0
 
15 September – Radès
 
  Italy1
 
  Italy0
 
13 September – Tunis
 
  Tunisia1
 
  Turkey0
 
 
  Tunisia (a.e.t.)1
 
Third place
 
 
15 September – Radès
 
 
  France2
 
 
  Turkey0

Semi-finals edit

France  0–1  Italy
Cardinale   60'

Turkey  0–1 (a.e.t.)  Tunisia
Ben Achour   98'

Third place match edit

France  2–0  Turkey
Pujol   25', 51'

Final edit

Italy  0–1  Tunisia
Zitouni   76' (pen.)

Medalists edit

Gold Silver Bronze
  Tunisia
Walid Ben Hassine
Saïf Ghezal
Ali Zitouni
Imed Bouthouri
Karim Hamida
Ahmed Hammi
Ahmed Khanchil
Chokri Zaalani
Bassam Daasi
Karim Dalhoum
Mohamed Sliti
Lassaad Ouertani
Slim Ben Achour
Alaeddine Yahia
Anis Ayari
Anis Zitouni
Anis Boussaidi
Achraf Khalfaoui

Final standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
    Tunisia (H) 4 3 0 1 7 1 +6 9 Gold Medal
    Italy 4 3 0 1 5 3 +2 9 Silver Medal
    France 4 3 0 1 9 1 +8 9 Bronze Medal
4   Turkey 4 1 1 2 3 5 −2 4 Fourth place
5   Morocco 2 1 0 1 6 4 +2 3 Eliminated in
group stage
6   Greece 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
7   Libya 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
8   Algeria 2 0 0 2 3 7 −4 0
9   San Marino 2 0 0 2 0 11 −11 0
Source:[citation needed]
(H) Hosts

References edit

  1. ^ Mediterranean Games 2001 (Tunis) - rsssf.com