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Football at the 2001 Mediterranean Games

The 2001 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 14th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Tunis, Tunisia between 6 and 15 September 2001 as part of the 2001 Mediterranean Games and was contested by 9 teams, all countries were represented by the U-21 teams.[1] Tunisia won the gold medal.

2001 Mediterranean Games
football tournament
Tournament details
Host countryTunisia
CityTunis
Dates6–15 September
Teams9
Venue5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Tunisia (1st title)
Runners-up Italy
Third place France
Fourth place Turkey
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored36 (2.77 per match)
Top scorer(s)Italy Emanuele Calaiò
Tunisia Selim Benachour
France Gaël Hiroux
France Grégory Pujol
France Nicolas Sahnoun
France Mickaël Pontal
Morocco Bouabid Bouden (2 goals each)
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Participating teams

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Nine teams for under-21 took part in the tournament, 4 teams from Africa and 5 teams from Europe.

FederationNation
CAF Africa Algeria
 Libya
 Morocco
 Tunisia (hosts)
AFC AsiaNone
UEFA Europe France
 Greece
 Italy (holders)
 San Marino
 Turkey

Squads

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Venues

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Tournament

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All times local: CEST (UTC+1)

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners advance to the Semi-finals

Group stage

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7 6
 Tunisia 2 1 0 1 5 1 +4 3
 San Marino 2 0 0 2 0 11 −11 0
Source: [citation needed]
Tunisia 5–0 San Marino
Benachour 4'
Sliti 24' (pen.)
Daâssi 30'
Dalhoum 60' (pen.)
Khanchil 67'		 Report
Tunisia 0–1 France
Sahnoun 11'
France 6–0 San Marino
Sahnoun 14' (pen.)
Hiroux 24', 31' (pen.)
Pontal 29', 84'
Delporte 68'		 Report

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Turkey 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
 Greece 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
 Libya 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Source: [citation needed]
Greece 1–2 Turkey
 Report
Referee: Mohamed Gennokza (Tunisia)
Turkey 1–1 Libya
Aydın 60' ?
Greece 1–0 Libya
Kyriazis 51' (pen.)

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 6
 Morocco 2 1 0 1 6 4 +2 3
 Algeria 2 0 0 2 3 7 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]
Morocco 5–2 Algeria
Kherrazi 35'
Bouden 59', 77'
Laïfaoui 73' (o.g.)
El Ouardi 85' (pen.)		 Report El Hadi 23'
Bouras 43'
Ouasti Red card
Referee: Atef Yacoubi (Tunisia)
Italy 2–1 Morocco
Sculli 42'
Ferro 81'		 Report Aboub 25'
Referee: ? (Greece)
Italy 2–1 Algeria
Calaiò 20', 52' Report Zouaghi 90+3'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Moulin (France)

Knockout stage

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
13 September – Bizerte
 
 
 France0
 
15 September – Radès
 
 Italy1
 
 Italy0
 
13 September – Tunis
 
 Tunisia1
 
 Turkey0
 
 
 Tunisia (a.e.t.)1
 
Third place
 
 
15 September – Radès
 
 
 France2
 
 
 Turkey0

Semi-finals

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France 0–1 Italy
Grondin Red card 7'
Delporte Red card 48'		 Report Cardinale 59'
Referee: Mohamed Abdalla (Libya)
Turkey 0–1 (a.e.t.) Tunisia
Benachour gold-colored soccer ball 96'

Third place match

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France 2–0 Turkey
Pujol 52', 73' Report
Referee: Adel Zahmoul (Tunisia)

Final

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Italy 0–1 Tunisia
Cardinale Red card 7' Report Zitouni 76' (pen.)
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Ali Aydın (Turkey)

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze

Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Tunisia (H) 4 3 0 1 7 1 +6 9 Gold Medal
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Italy 4 3 0 1 5 3 +2 9 Silver Medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  France 4 3 0 1 9 1 +8 9 Bronze Medal
4  Turkey 4 1 1 2 3 5 −2 4 Fourth place
5  Morocco 2 1 0 1 6 4 +2 3 Eliminated in
group stage
6  Greece 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
7  Libya 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
8  Algeria 2 0 0 2 3 7 −4 0
9  San Marino 2 0 0 2 0 11 −11 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

References

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