Football at the 1979 Mediterranean Games

The 1979 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 8th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Split, Yugoslavia between 21 and 29 September 1979 as part of the 1979 Mediterranean Games and was contested by 8 teams.[1]

1979 Mediterranean Games
football tournament
Tournament details
Host countryYugoslavia
CitySplit
Dates21 – 29 September
Teams8 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia Ol. (2nd title)
Runners-up France B
Third place Algeria
Fourth place Greece Ol.
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored45 (2.81 per match)

Participating teams

Eight teams took part in the tournament.

FederationNation
CAF Africa Algeria (holders)
 Egypt
 Morocco
 Tunisia
AFC AsiaNo team
UEFA Europe France B
 Greece Ol.
Turkey B
 Yugoslavia Ol. (hosts)

Squads

Venues

CitiesVenuesCapacity
Split Stadion Poljud 35,000
Šibenik Stadion Rade Končar 8,000
Omiš Omiš Stadium

Tournament

All times local : Time zone (UTC+1)

Key to colours in group tables
Advance to the Semi-finals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Yugoslavia Ol. 3300102+86
 Greece Ol. 31116823
 Morocco 30212312
 Egypt 30122751
Morocco 1 – 1 Greece Ol.
Dolmy ?
Yugoslavia Ol. 3 – 0 Egypt
Primorac  21'
Slišković  38'
Zl. Vujović  74'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: René Vigliani (France)

Egypt 0 – 0 Morocco
Yugoslavia Ol. 5 – 1 Greece Ol.
Slišković  32'
Pašić  43'
Janjanin  62', 69'
Primorac  83'
Kourouzidis  79'
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Paolo Bergamo (Italy)

Greece Ol. 4 – 2 Egypt
? Nouh  3', 33'
Yugoslavia Ol. 2 – 1 Morocco
Zl. Vujović  43'
Šestić  76'
Boussati  50'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ozborgul (Turkey)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
France B 312043+14
 Algeria 312032+14
Turkey B 31112203
 Tunisia 30122421
Algeria 1 – 1 France B
Bensaoula  54' Ricort  8'
Omiš Stadium, Omiš
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Stjepan Glavina (Yugoslavia)
Turkey B 1 – 0 Tunisia
?

Algeria 1 – 1 Tunisia
Bousri  38' Bayari  5'
Omiš Stadium, Omiš
France B 1 – 1 Turkey B
? ?

Algeria 1 – 0 Turkey B
Fergani  68'
Omiš Stadium, Omiš
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Stjepan Glavina (Yugoslavia)
France B 2 – 1 Tunisia
? Hergal  75'

Knockout stage

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
27 September
 
 
France B2
 
29 September – Split
 
 Greece Ol.1
 
 Yugoslavia Ol.3
 
27 September – Šibenik
 
France B0
 
 Yugoslavia Ol.3
 
 
 Algeria2
 
Third place
 
 
29 September – Split
 
 
 Algeria2
 
 
 Greece Ol.1

Semi-finals

France B 2 – 1 Greece Ol.
? ?

Yugoslavia Ol. 3 – 2 Algeria
Primorac  4' (pen.)
Bogdan  84'
Šestić  88'
Belloumi  60'
Douadi  69'

Third place match

Algeria 2 – 1 Greece Ol.
Belloumi  10'
Assad  (pen.)
Cirikas  20'

Final

Yugoslavia Ol. 3 – 0 France B
Pašić  24'
Zl. Vujović  54', 77'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Paolo Bergamo (Italy)

Tournament classification

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Yugoslavia Ol. 5500164+1210
2 France B 522167–16
3  Algeria 522176+16
4  Greece Ol. 5113812–43
Eliminated in the group stage
5 Turkey B 31112203
6  Morocco 302123–12
7  Tunisia 301224–21
8  Egypt 301227–51

References

  1. "Split in History: 8th Mediterranean Games in 1979". Total Croatia News. Daniela Rogulj. May 4, 2017.
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