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Football at the 2022 Mediterranean Games

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]

2022 Men's Mediterranean Games Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryAlgeria
CityOran
Dates26 June – 5 July
Teams8 (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 played16
Goals scored37 (2.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)Italy Antonio Raimondo (6 goals)
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2026 →

Participating nations

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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

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Main article: Football at the 2022 Mediterranean Games – Men's team squads

Schedule

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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

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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
   
Sig Mers El Hadjadj
Abdelkrim Kerroum Stadium Mers El Hadjadj Stadium
Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 5,400
   

Group stage

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All match times are local, WAT, CET (UTC+1).

Group A

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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
Source: Oran 2022
(H) Hosts
Spain  0–1  Algeria
Report
Referee: Evangelos Manouchos (Greece)
France  1–0  Morocco
 Report
Referee: Luca Pairetto (Italy)
Algeria  0–2  Morocco
Report
Referee: Amir Loucif (Tunisia)
Spain  1–1  France
 Report
Referee: Zorbay Küçük (Turkey)
Morocco  1–1  Spain
 Report
Referee: Bruno José Costa (Portugal)
Algeria  2–3  France
 Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Luca Pairetto (Italy)

Group B

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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
Greece  1–2  Turkey
 Report
Referee: Jérémie Pignard (France)
Italy  1–0  Portugal
 Report
Referee: Karim Sabry (Morocco)
Italy  4–0  Greece
 Report
Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa (Algeria)
Portugal  2–0  Turkey
 Report
Referee: Youcef Gamouh (Algeria)
Portugal  0–2  Greece
Report
Referee: Lamia Atman (Algeria)
Turkey  0–0  Italy
Report
Referee: Amir Loucif (Tunisia)

Knockout stage

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
2 July – Sig
 
 
  France2
 
4 July – Bir El Djir
 
  Turkey0
 
  France1
 
2 July – Sig
 
  Italy0
 
  Italy2
 
 
  Morocco1
 
Third place
 
 
4 July – Bir El Djir
 
 
  Turkey2
 
 
  Morocco4

Semifinals

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France  2–0  Turkey
 Report
Referee: Youcef Gamouh (Algeria)
Italy  2–1  Morocco
 Report
Referee: Jérémie Pignard (France)

Bronze medal match

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Turkey  2–4  Morocco
 Report
Referee: Bruno José Costa (Portugal)

Gold medal match

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France  1–0  Italy
 Report
Attendance: 25,000 (official)
45,000[7]
Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa (Algeria)

Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
    France 5 4 1 0 8 3 +5 13 Gold medal
    Italy 5 3 1 1 7 2 +5 10 Silver medal
    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
Source: Oran2022
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

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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

1 goal

References

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  1. ^ "الألعاب المتوسطية وهران-2022 : اجراء عملية قرعة الرياضات الجماعية". aps.dz. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  2. ^ "JM Oran-2022: résultats du tirage au sort des sports collectifs". aps.dz. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  3. ^ "La liste pour les Jeux méditerranéens".
  4. ^ "Jogada do Mes » Equipa Portugal de Futebol estreia-se nos Jogos do Mediterrâneo".
  5. ^ "España Sub-18 jugará ante Marruecos con miras a los Juegos del Mediterráneo | Fútbol Juvenil". 19 April 2022.
  6. ^ "U18 Milli Takımı'nın 19. Akdeniz Oyunları'ndaki rakipleri belli oldu - U-18 Milli Takım Haber Detay Sayfası TFF".
  7. ^ "La finale du tournoi de football des Jeux Méditerranéens Italie - France a débuté avec 45 000 spectateurs". CIJM facebook official page. 4 July 2022.
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