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Football at the 1971 Mediterranean Games

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1971 Mediterranean Games
football tournament
Tournament details
Host countryTurkey
Cityİzmir
Dates6–16 October
Teams8 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia Ol. (1st title)
Runners-up Tunisia
Third placeTurkey Turkey B
Fourth place Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored24 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar Panajotović (5 goals)
1967
1975

The 1971 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 6th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in İzmir, Turkey between the 6–16 October 1971 as part of the 1971 Mediterranean Games.

Participating teams[edit]

The following countries have participated for the final tournament:

Federation Nation
CAF Africa  Egypt
 Morocco
 Tunisia
AFC Asia  Syria
UEFA Europe France France Amateurs (holders)
 Greece Ol.
Turkey Turkey B (hosts)
 Yugoslavia Ol.

Venues[edit]

Cities Venues Capacity
İzmir İzmir Atatürk Stadium 70 000

Squads[edit]

Tournament[edit]

All times local : Time zone (UTC+3)

Key to colours in group tables
Advance to the Final
Advance to the Third place match
Advance to the Fifth place match

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tunisia 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 5
Turkey Turkey B 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 5
France France Amateurs 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 2
 Syria 3 0 0 3 1 4 −3 0

Tunisia won group on draw.

Turkey B Turkey2–1 Syria
Adem 40'
Ali Osman 65'
Report Abdel 29'
Referee: Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece)
France Amateurs France1–2 Tunisia
Chakroun 85', 86'

Turkey B Turkey0–0 Tunisia
Referee: Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece)

Tunisia 1–0 Syria
Khouini 79'
Attendance: 60,000

Group B[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Yugoslavia Ol. 2 1 1 0 7 2 +5 3
 Egypt 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
 Greece Ol. 2 0 1 1 1 6 −5 1
 Morocco (disqualified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Egypt 0–1 Morocco
Faras 34'

Morocco 1–0 Greece Ol.

Yugoslavia Ol. 1–0
(Abandoned)
 Morocco
Novak 18' Report Faras Red card 8'
Lamrani Red card 44'

Match abandoned at 1–0, Morocco walked off after two players sent off. Morocco disqualified and all their results annulled

Greece Ol. 0–0 Egypt

Knockout stage[edit]

Fifth place match[edit]

Third place match[edit]

Turkey B Turkey1–0 (a.e.t.) Egypt
Baykul 96' Report
Referee: Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece)

Final[edit]

Tunisia 0–1 Yugoslavia Ol.
Report Panajotović 51'
Attendance: 30,000

Tournament classification[edit]

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Yugoslavia Ol. 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 5
2  Tunisia 4 2 1 1 3 2 +1 5
3 Turkey Turkey B 4 3 1 0 4 1 +3 7
4  Egypt 3 0 2 1 1 2 –1 2
Eliminated in the group stage
5 France France Amateurs 4 2 0 2 5 4 +1 4
6  Greece Ol. 3 0 1 2 2 9 –7 1
7  Syria 3 0 0 3 1 4 –3 0

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