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

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

Cities Venues Capacity[4]
İzmir İzmir Atatürk Stadium 70,000
İzmir Alsancak Stadium 25,000
Manisa Manisa Stadium ?

Squads

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

Tournament

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

Group A

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
Kurukaya 40'
Renklibay 65'		 Report Abdulghani Tatish 29'
Attendance: 30,000[5]
Referee: Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece)
France Amateurs France1–2 Tunisia
Di Caro 12' Adhouma 84'
Chakroun 85'
Attendance: 25,000
Turkey B Turkey0–0 Tunisia
Attendance: 48,338[5]
Referee: Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece)
France Amateurs France1–0 Syria
Pierre Bouveresse 64'
Manisa Stadium, Manisa
Referee: Mohamed El Azari (Morocco)
Tunisia 1–0 Syria
Khouini 79'
Attendance: 60,000
France Amateurs France0–1Turkey Turkey B
Report Ergücü 26'
Attendance: 62,825[5]
Referee: Mohamed El Azari (Morocco)

Group B

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
Yugoslavia Ol. 6–1 Greece Ol.
Novak 8', 53'
Nalić 30'
Panajotović 34', 58', 80'		 Zafiropoulos 74'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ömer Karadağ (Turkey)
Egypt 0–1 Morocco
Faras 31'
Referee: Robert Frauciel (France)
Yugoslavia Ol. 1–1 Egypt
Panajotović 30' Mohammed 89'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Veli Necdet Arığ (Turkey)
Morocco 1–0 Greece Ol.
Abdelkader Ben Bouali 36'
Manisa Stadium, Manisa
Referee: Hédi Seoudi (Tunisia)
Yugoslavia Ol. 1–0
(Abandoned)		 Morocco
Novak 18' Report Faras Red card 8'
Lamrani Red card 44'
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.

Greece Ol. 0–0 Egypt
Manisa Stadium, Manisa
Referee: Sedat Özselçuk (Turkey)

Knockout stage

Fifth place match

France Amateurs France3–1 Greece Ol.
Michel Granier 26', 32'
Imiéla 58'		 Zafiropoulos 6'
Referee: Sedat Özselçuk (Turkey)

Third place match

Turkey B Turkey1–0 (a.e.t.) Egypt
Baykul Tüysüz 96' Report
Attendance: 45,250
Referee: Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece)

Final

Tunisia 0–1 Yugoslavia Ol.
Report Panajotović 51'
Attendance: 56,178

Tournament classification

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

References

  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
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_at_the_1971_Mediterranean_Games
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