Football at the 1971 Mediterranean Games

1971 Mediterranean Games
football tournamentTournament details

Host country| Turkey
City| İzmir
Dates| 6–16 October
Teams| 8 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  Yugoslavia Ol. (1st title)
Runners-up|  Tunisia
Third place|  Turkey B
Fourth place|  Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 12
Goals scored| 24 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Aleksandar Panajotović (5 goals)

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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

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The following countries have participated for the final tournament:

Federation | Nation

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

## Venues

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Cities | Venues | Capacity

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İzmir | İzmir Atatürk Stadium | 70 000

## Squads

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Main article: Football at the 1971 Mediterranean Games – Men's team squads

## Tournament

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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

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#### Group A

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Tunisia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5
Turkey B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5
France Amateurs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2
Syria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0

Tunisia won group on draw.

6 October 1971

Turkey B | 2–1|  Syria

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Adem 40'
Ali Osman 65' | Report | Abdel  29'

Atatürk Stadium, İzmir

Referee: Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece)

7 October 1971

France Amateurs | 1–2|  Tunisia

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Pierre Bouveresse  10' | Report | Chakroun 85', 86'

Atatürk Stadium, İzmir

Attendance: 25,000

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9 October 1971

Turkey B | 0–0|  Tunisia

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Atatürk Stadium, İzmir

Referee: Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece)

9 October 1971

France Amateurs | 1–0|  Syria

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Atatürk Stadium, İzmir

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12 October 1971

Tunisia | 1–0|  Syria

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Khouini 79' |  |

Atatürk Stadium, İzmir

Attendance: 60,000

12 October 1971

France Amateurs | 0–1|  Turkey B

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| Report | Mustafa 26'

Atatürk Stadium, İzmir

Attendance: 62,825[1]

#### Group B

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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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

8 October 1971

Yugoslavia Ol. | 6–1|  Greece Ol.

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Novak
Nalić
Panajotović | Report | Cevas

Atatürk Stadium, İzmir

Attendance: 10,000

8 October 1971

Egypt | 0–1|  Morocco

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|  | Faras 34'

Atatürk Stadium, İzmir

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10 October 1971

Yugoslavia Ol. | 1–1|  Egypt

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Panajotović | Report | Ahmed

Atatürk Stadium, İzmir

10 October 1971

Morocco | 1–0|  Greece Ol.

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Atatürk Stadium, İzmir

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13 October 1971

Yugoslavia Ol. | 1–0
(Abandoned)|  Morocco

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Novak 18' | Report | Faras 8'
Lamrani 44'

Atatürk Stadium, İzmir

Attendance: 15,000

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

13 October 1971

Greece Ol. | 0–0|  Egypt

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Atatürk Stadium, İzmir

### Knockout stage

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| Fifth place

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| 15 October – İzmir

|  France Amateurs| 3

|  Greece Ol.| 1

| Final

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| 15 October – İzmir

|  Tunisia| 0

|  Yugoslavia Ol.| 1

| Third place

| 16 October – İzmir

|  Turkey B (a.e.t.)| 1

|  Egypt| 0

#### Fifth place match

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15 October 1971

France Amateurs | 3–1|  Greece Ol.

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Atatürk Stadium, İzmir

#### Third place match

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15 October 1971

Turkey B | 1–0 (a.e.t.)|  Egypt

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Baykul 96' | Report |

Atatürk Stadium, İzmir

Referee: Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece)

#### Final

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16 October 1971

Tunisia | 0–1|  Yugoslavia Ol.

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| Report | Panajotović 51'

Atatürk Stadium, İzmir

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Muzaffer Sarvan (Turkey)

## Tournament classification

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Rank  | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  |  Yugoslavia Ol. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 5
2  |  Tunisia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5
3  |  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 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

## References

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1. ^ Cumhuriyet Newspaper, 14.10.1971, p. 8

## External links

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* Mediterranean Games 1971 (İzmir, Turkey) \- rsssf.com

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