Football at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games

Tournament details
Host country| Turkey
Dates| 8 – 16 August
Teams| 8 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)| 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  Turkey (1st title)
Runners-up|  Saudi Arabia
Third place|  Azerbaijan
Fourth place|  Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 12
Goals scored| 24 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Chemseddine Bekkouche
Ahmed Al-Ghamdi
Meleye Diagne
Muhammed Gümüşkaya
(2 goals each)

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International football competition

Football at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games was a football competition held between 8-16 August 2022 at Konya Metropolitan Municipality Stadium and Karatay Mehmet Otkut Football Field in Konya, Turkey. Under the rules, only players born on or after 1 January 1998 (U23) were eligible to participate in the preliminary and final competitions of the tournament. However, up to three players who exceeded this age limit might also be included in the official list of athletes for the final competition. The eight teams was divided into 2 groups of 4 teams each.[1][2]

Turkey won the first gold medal in the tournament, by beating Saudi Arabia 1–0 in the final.

## Participating teams

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Eight participated teams. All teams are of Under-23.[3]

Men
Confederation | Nation

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CAF (Africa) |  Algeria
Cameroon
Morocco
Senegal
AFC (Asia) |  Iran
Saudi Arabia
UEFA (Europe) |  Azerbaijan
Turkey (hosts)

## Venues

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Cities | Venues | Capacity

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Konya | Selcuk University 15 July Stadium  | 5,000
Cumhuriyet Stadium  | 1,500

## Squads

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Main article: Football at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games – Men's team squads

## Group stage

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### Group A

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

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1  |  Turkey (H) | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 5  | 3  | +2  | 7  | Advance to
knockout stage
2  |  Algeria | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 5  | 2  | +3  | 5
3  |  Senegal | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 2  | +1  | 4  |
4  |  Cameroon | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 2  | 8  | −6  | 0

Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

8 August 2022

12:30

Algeria | 3–0
(w/o)|  Cameroon

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Selcuk University 15 July Stadium, Konya

8 August 2022

16:00

Turkey | 1–0|  Senegal

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* Gümüşkaya 27'

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Selcuk University 15 July Stadium, Konya

* * *

10 August 2022

12:30

Turkey | 3–2|  Cameroon

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* Karadağ 45'
* Aydın 60'
* Sanuç 80'

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* Marou 24'
* Wassou 85'

Selcuk University 15 July Stadium, Konya

Referee: Metehan Alpat (Turkey)

10 August 2022

16:00

Senegal | 1–1|  Algeria

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* Sambou 63'

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* Bekkouche 84' (pen.)

Selcuk University 15 July Stadium, Konya

* * *

12 August 2022

12:30

Cameroon | 0–2|  Senegal

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* Diagne 32', 65'

Selcuk University 15 July Stadium, Konya

12 August 2022

16:00

Turkey | 1–1|  Algeria

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* Cherifi 13' (o.g.)

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* Temine 19'

Selcuk University 15 July Stadium, Konya

Referee: Hasan Kaçar (Turkey)

### Group B

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

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1  |  Saudi Arabia | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 6  | 0  | +6  | 9  | Advance to
knockout stage
2  |  Azerbaijan | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 5  | 3  | +2  | 4
3  |  Morocco | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 5  | 4  | +1  | 4  |
4  |  Iran | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 9  | −9  | 0

Source: [citation needed]

8 August 2022

12:30

Morocco | 3–0
(w/o)|  Iran

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Cumhuriyet Stadium, Konya

8 August 2022

16:00

Saudi Arabia | 1–0|  Azerbaijan

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* Al-Ghamdi 90+6'

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Cumhuriyet Stadium, Konya

* * *

10 August 2022

12:30

Morocco | 0–2|  Saudi Arabia

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* Al-Johani 45+2'
* Al-Mutairi 90+1'

Cumhuriyet Stadium, Konya

10 August 2022

16:00

Azerbaijan | 3–0
(w/o)|  Iran

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Cumhuriyet Stadium, Konya

* * *

12 August 2022

12:30

Azerbaijan | 2–2|  Morocco

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* Ibrahimli 6'
* Abdullazade 47' (pen.)

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* Slim 10'
* Regragui 90+3'

Cumhuriyet Stadium, Konya

12 August 2022

16:00

Iran | 0–3
(w/o)|  Saudi Arabia

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Cumhuriyet Stadium, Konya

## Knockout stage

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| Semifinals| | Final

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| 14 August – Konya| |

|  Turkey| 1

| 16 August – Konya

|  Azerbaijan| 0 |

|  Turkey| 1

| 14 August – Konya

| |  Saudi Arabia| 0

|  Saudi Arabia| 2

|  Algeria| 1 |

| Third place

| 16 August – Konya

|  Azerbaijan (p)| 0 (4)

|  Algeria| 0 (3)

### Semifinals

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14 August 2022

Turkey | 1–0|  Azerbaijan

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* Gümüşkaya 43'

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Selcuk University 15 July Stadium, Konya

Referee: Cihan Aydın (Turkey)

* * *

14 August 2022

17:00

Saudi Arabia | 2–1|  Algeria

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* Asiri 14'
* Al-Ghamdi 20'

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* Bekkouche 37' (pen.)

Cumhuriyet Stadium, Konya

### Bronze medal match

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16 August 2022

14:00

Azerbaijan | 0–0 (a.e.t.)|  Algeria

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Penalties
| 4–3 |

Cumhuriyet Stadium, Konya

### Gold medal match

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16 August 2022

17:00

Turkey | 1–0|  Saudi Arabia

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* Altunbaş 26'

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Selcuk University 15 July Stadium, Konya

Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (Romania)

## Final ranking

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result

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1  |  Turkey | 5  | 4  | 1  | 0  | 7  | 3  | +4  | 13  | Gold medal
2  |  Saudi Arabia | 5  | 4  | 0  | 1  | 8  | 2  | +6  | 12  | Silver medal
3  |  Azerbaijan | 5  | 1  | 2  | 2  | 5  | 4  | +1  | 5  | Bronze medal
4  |  Algeria | 5  | 1  | 3  | 1  | 6  | 4  | +2  | 6  | Fourth place
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
5  |  Morocco | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 5  | 4  | +1  | 4  | Eliminated in
group stage
6  |  Senegal | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 2  | +1  | 4
7  |  Cameroon | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 2  | 8  | −6  | 0
8  |  Iran | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 9  | −9  | 0

Source: [citation needed]

## Goalscorers

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There were 24 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match.

2 goals

* Chemseddine Bekkouche
* Ahmed Al-Ghamdi
* Meleye Diagne
* Muhammed Gümüşkaya

1 goal

* Mounder Temine
* Rufat Abdullazade
* Ismayil Ibrahimli
* Souaibou Marou
* Patient Wassou
* Hamza Regragui
* Reda Slim
* Ziyad Al-Johani
* Turki Al-Mutairi
* Haitham Asiri
* Bouly Junior Sambou
* Metehan Altunbaş
* Eren Aydın
* Eren Karadağ
* Tayyip Talha Sanuç

1 own goal

* Toufik Cherifi (against Turkey)

## References

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1. ^ "Football at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games". konya2021.com. Archived from the original on June 1, 2022. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
2. ^ "SPOR EL KİTABI Futbol" (PDF) (in Turkish). konya2021.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 1, 2022. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
3. ^ "Team sport draw results announced". konya2021.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved July 4, 2022.

## External links

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* Official website Archived 2022-06-02 at the Wayback Machine

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