Football_at_the_2018_Mediterranean_Games
Football at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
International football competition
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]
Quick Facts Tournament details, Host country ...
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Spain |
| City | Tarragona |
| Dates | 22–30 June |
| Teams | 9 (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 played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 47 (3.13 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Abel Ruiz (7 goals) |
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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
More information Federation, Nation ...
| Federation | Nation |
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| 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 |
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3 stadiums were allocated to host the matches.
More information Stadium, City ...
| Stadium | City | Capacity |
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| 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 |
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All times are local (UTC+2).
Group A
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
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More information Algeria, 1–4 ...
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More information Spain, 2–1 ...
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Referee: Hicham Tiazi (Morocco)
More information Algeria, 2–0 ...
| Algeria | 2–0 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Estadi Municipal de La Pobla de Mafumet, La Pobla de Mafumet
Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)
Group B
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
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Source: Tarragona 2018
More information Italy, 2–2 ...
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Estadi Municipal de Calafell, Calafell
Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
More information Morocco, 2–1 ...
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Referee: Said Aouina (Algeria)
More information Libya, 0–6 ...
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Estadi Municipal de La Pobla de Mafumet, La Pobla de Mafumet
Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Greece)
Group C
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
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Source: Tarragona 2018
Estadi Municipal de La Pobla de Mafumet, La Pobla de Mafumet
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)
Estadi Municipal de Calafell, Calafell
Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández (Spain)
More information France, 1–3 ...
| France | 1–3 | Greece |
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Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)
Ranking of second-placed teams
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
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Source: Tarragona 2018
- 7th and 5th place brackets
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Seventh place match
Estadi Municipal de La Pobla de Mafumet, La Pobla de Mafumet
Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)
Fifth place match
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 28 June – Reus | ||||||
| Italy | 3 | |||||
| 30 June – Reus | ||||||
| Greece | 0 | |||||
| Italy | 2 | |||||
| 28 June – La Pobla de Mafumet | ||||||
| Spain | 3 | |||||
| Spain | 2 | |||||
| Morocco | 1 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 30 June – La Pobla de Mafumet | ||||||
| Greece | 0 (6) | |||||
| Morocco (p) | 0 (7) | |||||
Semifinals
More information Italy, 3–0 ...
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Referee: Hicham Tiazi (Morocco)
Estadi Municipal de La Pobla de Mafumet , La Pobla de Mafumet
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)
Bronze medal match
Estadi Municipal de La Pobla de Mafumet, La Pobla de Mafumet
Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández (Spain)
Gold medal match
More information Italy, 2–3 ...
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Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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Spain (H) |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 12 | Gold medal |
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Italy |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 7 | Silver medal |
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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 |
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- 7 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 2 goals
Idir Boutrif
Armin Imamović
Dimitrios Emmanouilidis
Sergio Gómez Martín
- 1 goal
- Adem Zorgane
- Ajdin Hasić
Bastian Badu- Mamadou Gassama
- Yaya Soumaré
- Alexandros Gkargkalatzidis
- Alexandros Voilis
Lorenzo Gavioli- Hans Nicolussi Caviglia
- Manolo Portanova
- Emanuel Vignato
Jihad Shaldun
Soulaiman Drouich- Aymane Mourid
- Azzedine Ounahi
- Achraf Rharib
- Adil Tahif
- Nacho Díaz
- Oihan Sancet
Sefa Akgün- Behlül Aydin
- Ozan Kabak
- Own goal
- Eldar Šehić (against Turkey)
- "Jeux Méditerranéens 2018". dzfoot.com. Juba AT. 10 May 2018.