Football at the 1971 Mediterranean Games

The 1971 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 6th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in İzmir, Turkey between the 6–16 October 1971 as part of the 1971 Mediterranean Games.

1971 Mediterranean Games
football tournament
Tournament details
Host countryTurkey
Cityİzmir
Dates6–16 October
Teams8 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia Ol. (1st title)
Runners-up Tunisia
Third place Turkey B
Fourth place Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored24 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s) Aleksandar Panajotović (5 goals)

Participating teams

The following countries have participated for the final tournament:

FederationNation
CAF Africa Egypt
 Morocco
 Tunisia
AFC Asia Syria
UEFA Europe France Amateurs (holders)
 Greece Ol.
Turkey B (hosts)
 Yugoslavia Ol.

Venues

CitiesVenuesCapacity
İzmir İzmir Atatürk Stadium 70 000

Squads

Tournament

All times local : Time zone (UTC+3)

Key to colours in group tables
Advance to the Final
Advance to the Third place match
Advance to the Fifth place match

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tunisia 321031+25
Turkey B 321031+25
France Amateurs 310223−12
 Syria 300314−30

Tunisia won group on draw.

Turkey B 2–1 Syria
Adem 40'
Ali Osman 65'
Report Abdel 29'
Referee: Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece)
France Amateurs 1–2 Tunisia
Chakroun 85', 86'

Turkey B 0–0 Tunisia
Referee: Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece)

Tunisia 1–0 Syria
Khouini 79'
Attendance: 60,000
France Amateurs 0–1 Turkey B
Report Mustafa 26'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Yugoslavia Ol. 211072+53
 Egypt 20201102
 Greece Ol. 201116−51
 Morocco (disqualified) 00000000
Egypt 0–1 Morocco
Faras 34'

Morocco 1–0 Greece Ol.

Yugoslavia Ol. 1–0
(Abandoned)
 Morocco
Novak 18' Report Faras  8'
Lamrani  44'

Match abandoned at 1–0, Morocco walked off after two players sent off. Morocco disqualified and all their results annulled

Greece Ol. 0–0 Egypt

Knockout stage

Fifth place match

Third place match

Turkey B 1–0 (a.e.t.) Egypt
Baykul 96' Report
Referee: Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece)

Final

Tunisia 0–1 Yugoslavia Ol.
Report Panajotović 51'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Muzaffer Sarvan (Turkey)

Tournament classification

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Yugoslavia Ol. 321082+65
2  Tunisia 421132+15
3 Turkey B 431041+37
4  Egypt 302112–12
Eliminated in the group stage
5 France Amateurs 420254+14
6  Greece Ol. 301229–71
7  Syria 300314–30
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