Football at the 2001 Mediterranean Games

2001 Mediterranean Games
football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Tunisia
City	Tunis
Dates	5–15 September
Teams	9
Venue(s)	5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	(1st title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	France
Fourth place	Turkey
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	36 (2.77 per match)
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The 2001 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 14th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Tunis, Tunisia between 5 and 18 September 2001 as part of the 2001 Mediterranean Games and was contested by 9 teams, all countries were represented by the U-21 teams.^[1] Tunisia won the gold medal.

Participating teams[]

Nine teams for under-23 took part in the tournament, 4 teams from Africa and 5 teams from Europe.

Federation	Nation
CAF Africa	(hosts)
AFC Asia	None
UEFA Europe	France  Greece  Italy (holders)  San Marino  Turkey

Squads[]

Venues[]

Cities	Venues	Capacity
Radès	Stade du 7 Novembre	60 000
Tunis	Stade El Menzah	40 000
Sousse	Stade Olympique de Sousse	28 000
Sfax	Stade Taïeb Mhiri	22 000
Bizerte	Stade 15 Octobre	20 000

Tournament[]

All times local: CEST (UTC+1)

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners advance to the Semi-finals

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	6
	2	1	0	1	5	1	+4	3
San Marino	2	0	0	2	0	11	−11	0

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Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Turkey	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
Greece	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

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Group C[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	6
	2	1	0	1	6	4	+2	3
	2	0	0	2	3	7	−4	0

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Knockout stage[]

	Semifinals				Final
	13 September–Bizerte
	France	0
					15 September–Radès
	Italy	1
					Italy	0
	13 September–Tunis
						1
	Turkey	0
	(a.e.t.)	1
					Third place
					15 September–Radès
					France	2
					Turkey	0

Semi-finals[]

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Third place match[]

Final[]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Tunisia Saïf Ghezal Ali Zitouni Ahmed Khanchil Lassaad Ouertani Slim Ben Achour Alaeddine Yahia Anis Ayari Anis Boussaidi	Vitangelo Spadavecchia Cristian Zaccardo Christian Maggio Riccardo Fissore Roberto Cardinale Andrea Dossena Simone Pacini Emanuele Calaiò Marco Mancinelli Giuseppe Sculli Gianluca Pegolo Simonluca Agazzone Federico Balzaretti Angelo Palombo Franco Semioli Alessandro Pellicori	France Loïc Vincent Nicolas Sahnoun Mickaël Pontal Cyril Guyot David Grondin Grégory Pujol Loris Reina Ludovic Delporte Cyril Yapi Florent Balmont Nicolas Douchez David Vandenbossche Julien Stephan

Final standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	Tunisia (H)	4	3	0	1	7	1	+6	9	Gold Medal
		4	3	0	1	5	3	+2	9	Silver Medal
	France	4	3	0	1	9	1	+8	9	Bronze Medal
4	Turkey	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	4	Fourth place
5	Morocco	2	1	0	1	6	4	+2	3	Eliminated in group stage
6	Greece	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
7		2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
8	Algeria	2	0	0	2	3	7	−4	0
9		2	0	0	2	0	11	−11	0

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