Football at the 1983 Mediterranean Games

Summary

The 1983 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 9th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Casablanca, Morocco between 9 and 17 September 1983 as part of the 1983 Mediterranean Games and was contested by 9 teams.[1]

1983 Mediterranean Games
football tournament
Tournament details
Host countryMorocco
CityCasablanca
Dates9–17 September
Teams9 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Morocco (1st title)
Runners-upTurkey Turkey B
Third place Egypt
Fourth placeFrance France Amateurs
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored26 (2 per match)
1979
1987

Participating teams edit

Nine teams took part in the tournament.

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

Squads edit

Venues edit

Cities Venues Capacity
Casablanca Stade Mohammed V 67,000
Rabat Moulay Abdellah Stadium 68,000
El Jadida Stade El Abdi 15,000

Tournament edit

All times local : Time zone (UTC+0)

Key to colours in group tables
Advance to the Semi-finals

Group stage edit

Morocco, Egypt and Turkey qualified for semifinals. France won the fourth semifinal place on lots.

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Morocco 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 3
  Greece Ol. 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 3
  Libya 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
Morocco  0–0  Greece Ol.

Greece Ol.  2–1  Libya
 

Morocco  2–0  Libya
El Haddaoui  
Khalifa  

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Egypt 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 3
  France Amateurs 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 3
  Syria 2 0 0 2 0 2 −2 0

Egypt  1–0  Syria
El-Mashaqui   27'

Group C edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Turkey B 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 2
  Algeria 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 2
  Tunisia 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 2
Turkey B  3–1  Tunisia
      Rakbaoui   21'

Tunisia  3–2  Algeria
Hergal   10'
Rakbaoui   31'
Ben Messaoud   43'
Belloumi   36'
Guendouz   89' (pen.)
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mohamed Hossam Eddine (Egypt)

Turkey B  0–1  Algeria
Guendouz   30'

Knockout stage edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
15 September – Casablanca
 
 
  Morocco2
 
17 September – Casablanca
 
  Egypt1
 
  Morocco3
 
15 September – Casablanca
 
  Turkey B0
 
  Turkey B1
 
 
  France Amateurs0
 
Third place
 
 
17 September – Casablanca
 
 
  Egypt (p)0 (5)
 
 
  France Amateurs0 (2)

Semi-finals edit

Morocco  2–1  Egypt
El Haddaoui     Youssef   54'

Third place match edit

Egypt  0–0  France Amateurs
Penalties
5–2

Final edit

Morocco  3–0  Turkey B
El Haddaoui   25'
Souadi   45'
Labied   80'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: ... Cárcel (Spain)

Tournament classification edit

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Morocco 4 3 1 0 8 2 +6 7
2   Turkey B 4 2 0 2 4 5 –1 4
3   Egypt 4 1 2 1 2 2 0 4
4   France Amateurs 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 4
Eliminated in the group stage
5   Greece Ol. 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 3
6   Algeria 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 2
7   Tunisia 2 1 0 1 4 5 –1 2
8   Syria 2 0 0 2 0 2 –2 0
9   Libya 2 0 0 2 2 5 –3 0

References edit

  1. ^ "Mediterranean Games 1983 (Casablanca, Morocco)". RSSSF. Dinant Abbink & Erik Garin. 5 Apr 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2022.