Football at the 2018 Mediterranean Games

Summary

Football at the 2018 Mediterranean Games took place between 22 June and 30 June at the Estadi Municipal de Reus, Estadi Municipal de La Pobla de Mafumet and Estadi Municipal de Calafell. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their men's U-18, U-19 and U-21 national teams. There was no women's tournament on this occasion.[1]

Men's football tournament at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
CityTarragona
Dates22–30 June
Teams9 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Spain (3rd title)
Runners-up Italy
Third place Morocco
Fourth place Greece
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored47 (3.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Abel Ruiz (7 goals)
2013
2022

Participating nations edit

Nine nations have applied to compete in men's tournament, one more than at the previous games. None of the Asian nations opted to compete.

Men
Federation Nation
CAF Africa   Algeria U18
  Libya U18
  Morocco U18
AFC Asia None
UEFA Europe   Bosnia and Herzegovina U18
  France U18
  Greece U18
  Italy U18
  Spain U18 (hosts)
  Turkey U18

Squads edit

Venues edit

3 stadiums were allocated to host the matches.

Stadium City Capacity
Estadi Municipal de Reus Reus 4,500
Estadi Municipal de La Pobla de Mafumet La Pobla de Mafumet 707
Estadi Municipal de Calafell Calafell 690

Group stage edit

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Spain (H) 2 2 0 0 6 2 +4 6 Semifinals
2   Algeria 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 3
3   Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
Source: Tarragona 2018
(H) Hosts
Algeria  1–4  Spain
  • Boutrif   74'
Report
Estadi Municipal de Calafell, Calafell
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

Spain  2–1  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report Hasić   50'
Referee: Hicham Tiazi (Morocco)

Algeria  2–0  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report
Estadi Municipal de La Pobla de Mafumet, La Pobla de Mafumet

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Italy 2 1 1 0 8 2 +6 4 Semifinals
2   Morocco 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4
3   Libya 2 0 0 2 1 8 −7 0
Source: Tarragona 2018
Italy  2–2  Morocco
Report
Estadi Municipal de Calafell, Calafell

Morocco  2–1  Libya
  • S. Drouich   6'
  • Mourid   64'
Report Shaldun   50'
Referee: Said Aouina (Algeria)

Libya  0–6  Italy
Report
Estadi Municipal de La Pobla de Mafumet, La Pobla de Mafumet
Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Greece)

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Greece 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6 Semifinals
2   France 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
3   Turkey 2 0 0 2 0 2 −2 0
Source: Tarragona 2018
France  1–0  Turkey
Report
Estadi Municipal de La Pobla de Mafumet, La Pobla de Mafumet

Turkey  0–1  Greece
Report
Estadi Municipal de Calafell, Calafell

France  1–3  Greece
  • Gassama   75'
Report

Ranking of second-placed teams edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Morocco 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4 Semifinals
2   Algeria 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 3
3   France 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
Source: Tarragona 2018

Classification stage edit

7th and 5th place brackets

Seventh place match edit

Turkey  4–2  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report
Estadi Municipal de La Pobla de Mafumet, La Pobla de Mafumet

Fifth place match edit

Algeria  0–1  France
Report Badu   90+1'
Estadi Municipal de Calafell, Calafell
Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Greece)

Knockout stage edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
28 June – Reus
 
 
  Italy3
 
30 June – Reus
 
  Greece0
 
  Italy2
 
28 June – La Pobla de Mafumet
 
  Spain3
 
  Spain2
 
 
  Morocco1
 
Third place
 
 
30 June – La Pobla de Mafumet
 
 
  Greece0 (6)
 
 
  Morocco (p)0 (7)

Semifinals edit

Italy  3–0  Greece
Report
Referee: Hicham Tiazi (Morocco)

Spain  2–1  Morocco
Report Tahif   13'
Estadi Municipal de La Pobla de Mafumet , La Pobla de Mafumet

Bronze medal match edit

Greece  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Morocco
Report
Penalties
6–7
Estadi Municipal de La Pobla de Mafumet, La Pobla de Mafumet

Gold medal match edit

Italy  2–3  Spain
Report Ruiz   26', 57', 90+4'
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

Final standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
    Spain (H) 4 4 0 0 11 5 +6 12 Gold medal
    Italy 4 2 1 1 13 5 +8 7 Silver medal
    Morocco 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5 Bronze medal
4   Greece 4 2 1 1 4 4 0 7 Fourth place
5   France 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6 5th place match
6   Algeria 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
7   Turkey 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3 7th place match
8   Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 0 0 3 3 8 −5 0
9   Libya 2 0 0 2 1 8 −7 0 Group stage
Source: Tarragona 2018
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers edit

7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References edit

  1. ^ "Jeux Méditerranéens 2018". dzfoot.com. Juba AT. 10 May 2018.

External links edit

  • 2018 Mediterranean Games – Football