Football at the 2001 Maccabiah Games

2001 Men's Maccabiah football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Israel
Dates	15 - 22 July
Teams	9
Venue(s)	5 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina
Runners-up	Mexico
Third place	Israel
Fourth place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	118 (5.9 per match)
Top scorer(s)	and
Best player(s)	Nicolas Valansi

The football tournament at the 2001 Maccabiah Games was played in Israel between 15 and 22 July.

The men's tournament was won by Argentina, who had beaten Mexico in the finals 2–1.

As well as a senior tournament, tournaments were held for junior boys (won by Israel), masters (won by Argentina) and junior girls (as a demonstration event).^[1]

Medal winners[]

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Australia	3	2	1	0	11	7	7
Israel	3	2	0	1	28	4	6
Brazil	3	1	1	1	6	18	4
Paraguay	3	0	0	3	4	36	0

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Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Argentina	4	4	0	0	23	3	12
Mexico	4	3	0	1	8	10	9
France	4	2	0	2	8	11	6
South Africa	4	1	0	3	5	9	3
Uruguay	4	0	0	4	2	13	0

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Competition bracket[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	July 20
	Australia	0
					July 22
	Mexico	1
					Argentina	2
	July 20
					Mexico	1
	Argentina	5
	Israel	4
					Third place
					July 22
					Israel	2
					Australia	1

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Semifinals[]

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Bronze medal match[]

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Final[]

Fair play award[]

• Paraguay

Top scorers[]

References[]