Football at the 2009 Maccabiah Games – Men's tournament

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2009 Men's Maccabiah football tournament
Tournament details
Host countryIsrael
Dates12 July – 22 July
Teams17 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Runners-up Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Third place Flag of Israel.svg Israel
Fourth place Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played40
Goals scored145 (3.63 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Israel.svg Tzahi Elihan (4 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Hakim

The men's association football tournament at the 2009 Maccabiah Games was held in Haifa, Israel from 12 July to 22 July.

Contents

For these Games, the men competed in a 17-team tournament. Preliminary matches commenced on 12 July, the day before the Games' Opening Ceremony. The teams were grouped into four pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. The top two teams in each pool will advance to an eight-team single-elimination bracket. The Netherlands pulled out just one month before the competition. [1]

Venues

The city of Haifa served as the venue for the 2009 Maccabiah Games – men's open football tournament.

Haifa Haifa Haifa Haifa
Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Neve She'anan Stadium Ketzef Field Avi Ran Field
Capacity: 14,002Capacity: n/aCapacity: n/aCapacity: n/a
Qiryat Eliezer Stadium Facade.jpg

Originally, Neve She'anan Stadium was chosen to host the final. However, once the draw took place for Maccabi Haifa's UEFA Champions League qualifiers and there was no conflict with the tournament end date, the venue was changed to Kiryat Eliezer Stadium.

All times are Israel Standard Time (UTC+2).

Preliminaries

Group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Israel.svg Israel 430193+69
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 430185+39
Flag of Russia.svg Russia 4211172+157
Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland 411278−14
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 4004124−230


Canada Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 0–3 Flag of Israel.svg Israel
(Report) Haleili Soccerball shade.svg44'
Atdjanov Soccerball shade.svg64'
Elihan Soccerball shade.svg88'
Avi Ran Field, Haifa
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg 4–1 Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Neve She'anan Stadium, Haifa

Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg 1–1 Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Avi Ran Field, Haifa
Germany Flag of Germany.svg 0–3 Flag of Israel.svg Israel
(Report) Elihan Soccerball shade.svg26'
Maman Soccerball shade.svg57'
Soccerball shade.svg66' (o.g.)
Avi Ran Field, Haifa

Israel Flag of Israel.svg 3–0 Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland
Moshe Soccerball shade.svg64'
Haleili Soccerball shade.svg73'
Elkabetz Soccerball shade.svg88'
(Report)
Avi Ran Field, Haifa
Russia Flag of Russia.svg 0–1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Avi Ran Field, Haifa

Russia Flag of Russia.svg 13–0 Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Avi Ran Field, Haifa
Canada Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 3–2 Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland
Neve She'anan Stadium, Haifa

Germany Flag of Germany.svg 0–4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Neve She'anan Stadium, Haifa
Israel Flag of Israel.svg 0–3 Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Avi Ran Field, Haifa

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of the United States.svg United States 321090+97
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 321031+27
Flag of Chile.svg Chile 310248−43
Flag of Peru.svg Peru 3003310−70


Peru Flag of Peru.svg 0–4 Flag of the United States.svg United States
Neve She'anan Stadium, Haifa

Chile Flag of Chile.svg 0–1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
(Report) Bloch Soccerball shade.svg90'
Avi Ran Field, Haifa

United States Flag of the United States.svg 5–0 Flag of Chile.svg Chile
Ketzef Field, Haifa
Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2–1 Flag of Peru.svg Peru
Ritz Soccerball shade.svg
Rischin Soccerball shade.svg
Ketzef Field, Haifa

Peru Flag of Peru.svg 2–4 Flag of Chile.svg Chile
Avi Ran Field, Haifa

United States Flag of the United States.svg 0–0 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Neve She'anan Stadium, Haifa

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 3210123+97
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 321051+47
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 301259−41
Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 3012514−91


Mexico Flag of Mexico.svg 8–1 Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela
Ketzef Field, Haifa

Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg 0–2 Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa

Mexico Flag of Mexico.svg 3–1 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Neve She'anan Stadium, Haifa
South Africa Flag of South Africa.svg 2–0 Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela
Zadikov Soccerball shade.svg70'
Cohen Soccerball shade.svg78'
Neve She'anan Stadium, Haifa

Venezuela Flag of Venezuela.svg 4–4 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Neve She'anan Stadium, Haifa

Mexico Flag of Mexico.svg 1–1 Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Avi Ran Field, Haifa

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 321052+37
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 311143+14
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 310234−13
Flag of France.svg France 310235−23


France Flag of France.svg 0–3 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
Avi Ran Field, Haifa

Argentina Flag of Argentina.svg 1–1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Faes Soccerball shade.svg (Report) Hakim Soccerball shade.svg46'
Ketzef Field, Haifa

Brazil Flag of Brazil.svg 0–2 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
(Report) Rubin Soccerball shade.svg
Faes Soccerball shade.svg(pen.)
Neve She'anan Stadium, Haifa
Great Britain Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1–2 Flag of France.svg France
Kurrant Soccerball shade.svg (Report)
Neve She'anan Stadium, Haifa

France Flag of France.svg 1–2 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Faes Soccerball shade.svg(pen.)
Lipoff Soccerball shade.svg
Ketzef Field, Haifa

Brazil Flag of Brazil.svg 0–2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
(Report) Soutar Soccerball shade.svg52'
Hakim Soccerball shade.svg70'
Ketzef Field, Haifa

Stage 2

5th place bracket

 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
20 July – Neve Shaanan Stadium
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg United States 4
 
22 July – Avi Ran Field
 
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 1
 
Flag of the United States.svg United States 4
 
20 July – Neve Shaanan Stadium
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 1
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 0
 
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 2
 
Seventh place
 
 
22 July – Avi Ran Field
 
 
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 4
 
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 1

Championship bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
19 July – Avi Ran Field
 
 
Flag of Israel.svg Israel 1
 
20 July – Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
 
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 0
 
Flag of Israel.svg Israel 0
 
19 July – Neve She'anan Stadium
 
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 1
 
Flag of the United States.svg United States 0
 
22 July – Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
 
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 2
 
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 1
 
19 July – Avi Ran Field
 
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 2
 
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 3
 
20 July – Neve She'anan Stadium
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 0
 
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 0
 
19 July – Neve She'anan Stadium
 
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 3 Third place
 
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 3
 
22 July – Neve She'anan Stadium
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 1
 
Flag of Israel.svg Israel 7
 
 
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 1
 

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Israel Flag of Israel.svg 0–1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
(Report) Sloma Soccerball shade.svg21'

Bronze medal match

Israel Flag of Israel.svg 7–1 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
Avitan Soccerball shade.svg11'Soccerball shade.svg22'Soccerball shade.svg30'
Moshe Soccerball shade.svg55'
Elihan Soccerball shade.svg57'Soccerball shade.svg71'
Abd Elhamed Soccerball shade.svg64'
(Report)

Gold medal match

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's football Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina (ARG)
Matias Burstein
Rodrigo Kotik
Brian Gips
David Cohen
Andres Loterspil
Kevin Kogan
Nicolas Zuchowicki
Gustavo Umansky
Ariel Salomon
Eitan Silberstein
Nicolas Goldberg
Marcelo Felder
German Zylberberg
Martin Feldman
Ariel Kaplan
Andres Faes
Ezequiel Rubin
Martin Saban
Federico Lipoff
Matias Alazraki
Coach: Marcelo Katz
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (GBR)
Andrew Goldman
Danny Berliner
Daniel Cole
Guy Helman
Guy Morris
David Soutar
Michael Sacks
Sam Sloma
Alex Levack
Jonathan Kurrant
Scott Shulton
Craig Ellis
Ben Lauffer
Daniel Stanton
Michael Warwick
Mitchel Hahn
Daniel Berg
Paul Hakim
James Gershfield
Matt Stock
Coach: Jonathan Kestenbaum
Flag of Israel.svg Israel (ISR)
Arik Yanko
Orel Cohen Ne'eman
Hatem Abd Elhamed
Hana Nasser
Osher Zeitun
Sari Falah
Rahamim Daniel
Dor Malihi
Adir Maman
Muayan Halaili
Nir Biton
Barak Moshe
Arthur Atzhianov
Tzahi Elihan
Meir Elkabetz
Ilan Rankovitch
Philipe Abu-Mana
Samir Hakim
Alon Torjman
Temur Avitan
Coach: Eli Ohana

Statistics

Top Scorers

8 goals

Footnotes

  1. "Football Draw" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2009-06-14.

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