Football at the 2001 Mediterranean Games

2001 Mediterranean Games
football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Tunisia
City	Tunis
Dates	6–15 September
Teams	9
Venue(s)	5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Tunisia (1st title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	France
Fourth place	Turkey
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	36 (2.77 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Selim Benachour Gaël Hiroux Bouabid Bouden Grégory Pujol (2 goals)
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The 2001 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 14th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Tunis, Tunisia between 6 and 15 September 2001 as part of the 2001 Mediterranean Games and was contested by 9 teams, all countries were represented by the U-21 teams. ^[1] Tunisia won the gold medal.

Participating teams

Nine teams for under-21 took part in the tournament, 4 teams from Africa and 5 teams from Europe.

Federation	Nation
CAF Africa	Algeria   Libya   Morocco   Tunisia (hosts)
AFC Asia	None
UEFA Europe	France   Greece   Italy (holders)   San Marino   Turkey

Squads

Main article: Football at the 2001 Mediterranean Games – Men's team squads

Venues

Cities	Venues	Capacity
Radès	Stade du 7 Novembre	60,000
Tunis	Stade El Menzah	45,000
Sousse	Stade Olympique de Sousse	28,000
Sfax	Stade Taïeb Mhiri	22,000
Bizerte	Stade 15 Octobre	20,000

Tournament

All times local: CEST (UTC+1)

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners advance to the Semi-finals

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	6
Tunisia	2	1	0	1	5	1	+4	3
San Marino	2	0	0	2	0	11	−11	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

6 September 2001

Tunisia	5–0	San Marino
Benachour 4' Sliti 24' (pen.) Daâssi 30' Dalhoum 60' (pen.) Khanchil 67'	Report

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

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9 September 2001

Tunisia	0–1	France
		Sahnoun 11'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

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11 September 2001

France	6–0	San Marino
Sahnoun 14' (pen.) Hiroux 24', 31' (pen.) Pontal 29', 84' Delporte 68'	Report

Stade 15 Octobre, Bizerte

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Turkey	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
Greece	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
Libya	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

6 September 2001

Greece	1–2	Turkey
Vakouftsis 10'	Report	Şanlı 9' Yalçınkaya 44'

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse

Referee: Mohamed Gennokza (Tunisia)

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9 September 2001

Turkey	1–1	Libya
Aydın 60'		?

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse

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11 September 2001

Greece	1–0	Libya
Kyriazis 51' (pen.)

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	6
Morocco	2	1	0	1	6	4	+2	3
Algeria	2	0	0	2	3	7	−4	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

5 September 2001

Morocco	5–2	Algeria
Kherrazi 35' Bouden 59', 77' Laïfaoui 73' (o.g.) El Ouardi 85' (pen.)	Report	El Hadi 23' Bouras 43' Ouasti

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax

Referee: Atef Yacoubi (Tunisia)

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8 September 2001

Italy	2–1	Morocco
Sculli 42' Ferro 81'	Report	Aboub 25'

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax

Referee: ? (Greece)

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10 September 2001

Italy	2–1	Algeria
Calaiò 20', 52'	Report	Zouaghi 90+3'

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Moulin (France)

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	13 September – Bizerte
	France	0
					15 September – Radès
	Italy	1
					Italy	0
	13 September – Tunis
					Tunisia	1
	Turkey	0
	Tunisia (a.e.t.)	1
					Third place
					15 September – Radès
					France	2
					Turkey	0

Semi-finals

13 September 2001

France	0–1	Italy
Grondin  7' Delporte  48'	Report	Cardinale 59'

Stade 15 Octobre, Bizerte

Referee: Mohamed Abdalla (Libya)

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13 September 2001

Turkey	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Tunisia
		Benachour 96'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)

Third place match

15 September 2001

France	2–0	Turkey
Pujol 52', 73'	Report

Stade du 7 Novembre, Radès

Referee: Adel Zahmoul (Tunisia)

Final

15 September 2001

Italy	0–1	Tunisia
Cardinale  7'	Report	Zitouni 76' (pen.)

Stade du 7 Novembre, Radès

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Ali Aydın (Turkey)

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Tunisia Walid Ben Hassine Saïf Ghezal Ali Zitouni Imed Bouthouri Karim Hamida Ahmed Hammi Ahmed Khanchil Chokri Zaalani Bassam Daasi Karim Dalhoum Mohamed Sliti Lassaad Ouertani Slim Ben Achour Alaeddine Yahia Anis Ayari Anis Zitouni Anis Boussaidi Achraf Khalfaoui	Italy Vitangelo Spadavecchia Cristian Zaccardo Christian Maggio Riccardo Fissore Roberto Cardinale Andrea Dossena Simone Pacini Emanuele Calaiò Marco Mancinelli Giuseppe Sculli Gianluca Pegolo Luca Del Chiaro Simonluca Agazzone Federico Balzaretti Angelo Palombo Franco Semioli Marco Ferro Alessandro Pellicori	France Loïc Vincent Mickaël Natchimie Nicolas Sahnoun Mickaël Pontal Cyril Guyot David Grondin Grégory Pujol Loris Reina Gael Hiroux Ludovic Delporte Cyril Yapi Sebastien Squillacci Florent Balmont Loic Pailleres Nicolas Douchez David Vandenbossche Julien Stephan Guillaume Laval

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	Tunisia (H)	4	3	0	1	7	1	+6	9	Gold Medal
	Italy	4	3	0	1	5	3	+2	9	Silver Medal
	France	4	3	0	1	9	1	+8	9	Bronze Medal
4	Turkey	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	4	Fourth place
5	Morocco	2	1	0	1	6	4	+2	3	Eliminated in group stage
6	Greece	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
7	Libya	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
8	Algeria	2	0	0	2	3	7	−4	0
9	San Marino	2	0	0	2	0	11	−11	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(H) Hosts

References

1. Mediterranean Games 2001 (Tunis) - rsssf.com