Football_at_the_2021_Islamic_Solidarity_Games
Football at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
International football competition
Football at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games was a football competition that held between 8-16 August 2022 at Konya Metropolitan Municipality Stadium and Karatay Mehmet Otkut Football Field in Konya, Turkey. All players participating in the preliminary and final competitions of the tournament must be born on or after 1 January 1998 (U23). However, up to three male athletes who do not meet this age limit might also be included in the official list of athletes for the final competition. A maximum of 8 teams competed. Teams was divided into 2 groups and there were 4 teams in each group.[1] [2]
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Turkey |
Dates | 8 – 16 August |
Teams | 8 (from 3 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Turkey (1st title) |
Runners-up | Saudi Arabia |
Third place | Azerbaijan |
Fourth place | Algeria |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 12 |
Goals scored | 24 (2 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Chemseddine Bekkouche Ahmed Al-Ghamdi Meleye Diagne Muhammed Gümüşkaya (2 goals each) |
← 2017 |
Turkey won the first gold medal in the tournament, by beating Saudi Arabia 1–0 in the final.
Eight participated teams. All teams are of Under-23.[3]
- Men
Cities | Venues | Capacity |
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Konya | Selcuk University 15 July Stadium | 5,000 |
Cumhuriyet Stadium | 1,500 |
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Turkey (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Algeria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | |
3 | Senegal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
4 | Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Azerbaijan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
3 | Morocco | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | |
4 | Iran | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
Azerbaijan | 2–2 | Morocco |
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Semifinals | Final | |||||
14 August – Konya | ||||||
Turkey | 1 | |||||
16 August – Konya | ||||||
Azerbaijan | 0 | |||||
Turkey | 1 | |||||
14 August – Konya | ||||||
Saudi Arabia | 0 | |||||
Saudi Arabia | 2 | |||||
Algeria | 1 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
16 August – Konya | ||||||
Azerbaijan (p) | 0 (4) | |||||
Algeria | 0 (3) |
Semifinals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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1 | Turkey | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 13 | Gold medal |
2 | Saudi Arabia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 12 | Silver medal |
3 | Azerbaijan | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | Bronze medal |
4 | Algeria | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | Fourth place |
5 | Morocco | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
6 | Senegal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
7 | Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 | |
8 | Iran | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
There were 24 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match.
2 goals
- Chemseddine Bekkouche
- Ahmed Al-Ghamdi
- Meleye Diagne
- Muhammed Gümüşkaya
1 goal
- Mounder Temine
- Rufat Abdullazade
- Ismayil Ibrahimli
- Souaibou Marou
- Patient Wassou
- Hamza Regragui
- Reda Slim
- Ziyad Al-Johani
- Turki Al-Mutairi
- Haitham Asiri
- Bouly Junior Sambou
- Metehan Altunbaş
- Eren Aydın
- Eren Karadağ
- Tayyip Talha Sanuç
1 own goal
- "Football at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games". konya2021.com. Archived from the original on June 1, 2022. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
- "SPOR EL KİTABI Futbol" (PDF) (in Turkish). konya2021.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 1, 2022. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
- "Team sport draw results announced". konya2021.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
- Official website Archived 2022-06-02 at the Wayback Machine