| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Yugoslavia | 
| City | Split | 
| Dates | 21–29 September | 
| Teams | 8 (from 2 confederations) | 
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Yugoslavia Olympic  (2nd title) | 
| Runners-up |  France Amateurs | 
| Third place |  Algeria | 
| Fourth place |  Greece Olympic | 
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 | 
| Goals scored | 45 (2.81 per match) | 
| Top scorer(s) |  Zlatko Vujović (4 goals) | 
| ← 1975   1983 → | |
The 1979 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 8th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Split, Yugoslavia between 21 and 29 September 1979 as part of the 1979 Mediterranean Games and was contested by 8 teams. [1]
Eight teams took part in the tournament.
| Federation | Nation | 
|---|---|
| CAF Africa |  Algeria (holders)  Egypt  Morocco  Tunisia | 
| AFC Asia | No team | 
| UEFA Europe |  France Amateurs  Greece Olympic  Turkey B  Yugoslavia Olympic (hosts) | 
| Cities | Venues | Capacity | 
|---|---|---|
| Split | Stadion Poljud | 35,000 | 
| Šibenik | Stadion Rade Končar | 8,000 | 
| Omiš | Omiš Stadium | 
All times local : Time zone (UTC+1)
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Advance to the Semi-finals | |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Yugoslavia Olympic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 6 | 
|  Greece Olympic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | 
|  Morocco | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | 
|  Egypt | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 | 
| Morocco  | 1–1 |  Greece Olympic | 
|---|---|---|
| Dolmy  | Kouimtzidis  | 
| Yugoslavia Olympic  | 3–0 |  Egypt | 
|---|---|---|
| Primorac  21' Slišković  38' Zl. Vujović  74' | 
| Yugoslavia Olympic  | 5–1 |  Greece Olympic | 
|---|---|---|
| Slišković  32' Pašić  43' Janjanin  62', 69' Primorac  83' | Kourouzidis  79' | 
| Greece Olympic  | 4–2 |  Egypt | 
|---|---|---|
| Tsirikas  23' Gerothodoros  60', 71' Strantzalis  79' | Nouh  3', 33' | 
| Yugoslavia Olympic  | 2–1 |  Morocco | 
|---|---|---|
| Zl. Vujović  43' Šestić  76' | Boussati  50' | 
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  France Amateurs | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 
|  Algeria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 
|  Turkey B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 
|  Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | 
| Algeria  | 1–1 |  France Amateurs | 
|---|---|---|
| Bensaoula  54' | Ricort  8' | 
| France Amateurs  | 1–1 |  Turkey B | 
|---|---|---|
| Trivino  4' | Ulucan  57' (pen.) | 
| France Amateurs  | 2–1 |  Tunisia | 
|---|---|---|
| ?   | Hergal  75' | 
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 27 September | ||||||
|  France Amateurs | 2 | |||||
| 29 September – Split | ||||||
|  Greece Olympic | 1 | |||||
|  Yugoslavia Olympic | 3 | |||||
| 27 September – Šibenik | ||||||
|  France Amateurs | 0 | |||||
|  Yugoslavia Olympic | 3 | |||||
|  Algeria | 2 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 29 September – Split | ||||||
|  Algeria | 2 | |||||
|  Greece Olympic | 1 | |||||
| France Amateurs  | 2–1 |  Greece Olympic | 
|---|---|---|
| Raymond  Ricort  | Tsirikas  | 
| Algeria  | 2–1 |  Greece Olympic | 
|---|---|---|
| Belloumi  10' Assad  (pen.) | Tsirikas  20' | 
| Yugoslavia Olympic  | 3–0 |  France Amateurs | 
|---|---|---|
| Pašić  24' Zl. Vujović  54', 85' | 
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Yugoslavia Olympic | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 10 | ||||
| 2 |  France Amateurs | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | –1 | 6 | ||||
| 3 |  Algeria | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | ||||
| 4 |  Greece Olympic | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | –4 | 3 | ||||
| Eliminated in the group stage | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  Turkey B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 6 |  Morocco | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 2 | ||||
| 7 |  Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –2 | 1 | ||||
| 8 |  Egypt | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | –5 | 1 | ||||