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1971 Mediterranean Games
football tournament
Tournament 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)
	← 1967 1975 →

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 edit

The following countries have participated for the final tournament:

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

Venues edit

Cities	Venues	Capacity
İzmir	İzmir Atatürk Stadium	70 000

Squads edit

Tournament edit

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 edit

Group A edit

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

İzmir

7 October 1971

France Amateurs	1–2	Tunisia
		Chakroun 85', 86'

9 October 1971

Turkey B	0–0	Tunisia

9 October 1971

France Amateurs	1–0	Syria

12 October 1971

Tunisia	1–0	Syria
Khouini 79'

Attendance: 60,000

12 October 1971

France Amateurs	0–1	Turkey B

Group B edit

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

8 October 1971

Yugoslavia Ol.	6–1	Greece Ol.
Novak Nalić Panajotović	Report	Cevas

8 October 1971

Egypt	0–1	Morocco
		Faras 34'

10 October 1971

Yugoslavia Ol.	1–1	Egypt
Panajotović	Report	Ahmet

10 October 1971

Morocco	1–0	Greece Ol.

13 October 1971

Yugoslavia Ol.	1–0 (Abandoned)	Morocco
Novak	Report

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

İzmir

Knockout stage edit

	Fifth place

	15 October – İzmir

	France Amateurs	3

	Greece Ol.	1

	Final

	15 October – İzmir

	Tunisia	0

	Yugoslavia Ol.	1




	Third place

	16 October – İzmir

	Turkey B (a.e.t.)	1

	Egypt	0

Fifth place match edit

15 October 1971

France Amateurs	3–1	Greece Ol.

Third place match edit

15 October 1971

Turkey B	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Egypt

Final edit

16 October 1971

Tunisia	0–1	Yugoslavia Ol.
	Report	Novak

Attendance: 30,000

Tournament classification edit

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 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