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.[1][2][3]

## 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[4]

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İzmir | İzmir Atatürk Stadium | 70,000
İzmir | Alsancak Stadium | 25,000
Manisa | Manisa Stadium  | ?

## 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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Kurukaya 40'
Renklibay 65' | Report | Abdulghani Tatish  29'

Atatürk Stadium, İzmir

Attendance: 30,000[5]

Referee: Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece)

7 October 1971

France Amateurs | 1–2|  Tunisia

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Di Caro 12' |  | Adhouma 84'
Chakroun 85'

Atatürk Stadium, İzmir

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Mohamed Diab Al-Attar (Egypt)

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9 October 1971

Turkey B | 0–0|  Tunisia

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Atatürk Stadium, İzmir

Attendance: 48,338[5]

Referee: Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece)

9 October 1971

France Amateurs | 1–0|  Syria

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Pierre Bouveresse  64' |  |

Manisa Stadium, Manisa

Referee: Mohamed El Azari (Morocco)

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12 October 1971

Tunisia | 1–0|  Syria

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Khouini 79' |  |

Alsancak Stadium, İzmir

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Mohamed Diab Al-Attar (Egypt)

12 October 1971

France Amateurs | 0–1|  Turkey B

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| Report | Ergücü 26'

Atatürk Stadium, İzmir

Attendance: 62,825[5]

Referee: Mohamed El Azari (Morocco)

#### 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 8', 53'
Nalić 30'
Panajotović 34', 58', 80' |  | Zafiropoulos  74'

Atatürk Stadium, İzmir

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Ömer Karadağ (Turkey)

8 October 1971

Egypt | 0–1|  Morocco

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|  | Faras 31'

Alsancak Stadium, İzmir

Referee: Robert Frauciel (France)

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10 October 1971

Yugoslavia Ol. | 1–1|  Egypt

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Panajotović 30' |  | Mohammed  89'

Atatürk Stadium, İzmir

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Veli Necdet Arığ (Turkey)

10 October 1971

Morocco | 1–0|  Greece Ol.

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Abdelkader Ben Bouali  36' |  |

Manisa Stadium, Manisa

Referee: Hédi Seoudi (Tunisia)

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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

Referee: Robert Frauciel (France)

Match abandoned at 1–0, Morocco walked off after second player were sent off. Morocco disqualified and all their results annulled.

13 October 1971

Greece Ol. | 0–0|  Egypt

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Manisa Stadium, Manisa

Referee: Sedat Özselçuk (Turkey)

### 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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Michel Granier  26', 32'
Imiéla 58' |  | Zafiropoulos  6'

Atatürk Stadium, İzmir

Referee: Sedat Özselçuk (Turkey)

#### Third place match

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15 October 1971

Turkey B | 1–0 (a.e.t.)|  Egypt

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Baykul Tüysüz  96' | Report |

Atatürk Stadium, İzmir

Attendance: 45,250

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: 56,178

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. ^ Yeni Asır Newspaper archive, October 1971
2. ^ Ege Ekspres Newspaper archive, October 1971
3. ^ Demokrat İzmir Newspaper archive, October 1971
4. ^ Cumhuriyetin 50. Yılında İzmir - 1973 İl Yıllığı, İzmir Valiliği, p. 371.
5. ^ a b c Milliyet Newspaper, 14.10.1971, p. 8

## External links

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

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