Football at the 2018 Mediterranean Games

Men's football tournament at the 2018 Mediterranean Games

Tournament details
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
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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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]

Participating nations[]

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

Federation	Nation
CAF Africa	Algeria U18
AFC Asia	None
UEFA Europe	Bosnia and Herzegovina U18  France U18  Greece U18  Italy U18  Spain U18 (hosts)  Turkey U18

Squads[]

Venues[]

3 stadiums were allocated to host the matches.

Stadium	City	Capacity
Estadi Municipal de Reus	Reus	4,500
	La Pobla de Mafumet	707
	Calafell	690

Group stage[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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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Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	2	1	1	0	8	2	+6	4	Semifinals
2		2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4
3		2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0

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Group C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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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Ranking of second-placed teams[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1		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

Classification stage[]

7th and 5th place brackets

Seventh place match[]

Fifth place match[]

Knockout stage[]

	Semifinals				Final
	28 June – Reus
	Italy	3
					30 June – Reus
	Greece	0
					Italy	2
	28 June – La Pobla de Mafumet
					Spain	3
	Spain	2
		1
					Third place
					30 June – La Pobla de Mafumet
					Greece	0 (6)
					Morocco (p)	0 (7)

Semifinals[]

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Bronze medal match[]

Gold medal match[]

Final standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	Spain (H)	4	4	0	0	11	5	+6	12	Gold medal
	Italy	4	2	1	1	13	5	+8	7	Silver medal
		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		2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0	Group stage

Goalscorers[]

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

References[]

External links[]

• 2018 Mediterranean Games – Football