Football at the 2001 Mediterranean Games

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.

2001 Mediterranean Games
football tournament
Tournament details
Host countryTunisia
CityTunis
Dates5–15 September
Teams9
Venue(s)5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Tunisia (1st title)
Runners-up Italy
Third place France
Fourth place Turkey
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored36 (2.77 per match)

Participating teams

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

FederationNation
CAF Africa Algeria
 Libya
 Morocco
 Tunisia (hosts)
AFC AsiaNone
UEFA Europe France
 Greece
 Italy (holders)
 San Marino
 Turkey

Squads

Venues

CitiesVenuesCapacity
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 A

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

Tunisia 0–1 France
Sahnoun  11'

France 6–0 San Marino
Sahnoun  15' (pen.)
Hiroux  21', 31' (pen.)
Pontal  29', 77'
Delporte  67'

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
 Libya 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1
Source:
Greece 1–2 Turkey

Turkey 1–1 Libya

Greece 1–0 Libya

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 6
 Morocco 2 1 0 1 6 4 +2 3
 Algeria 2 0 0 2 3 7 4 0
Source:
Morocco 5–2 Algeria
El Hadi
Bouras

Italy 2–1 Morocco
Sculli  42'
Ferro  72'
Aboud  69'

Italy 2–1 Algeria
Zouaghi

Knockout stage

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
13 September–Bizerte
 
 
 France0
 
15 September–Radès
 
 Italy1
 
 Italy0
 
13 September–Tunis
 
 Tunisia1
 
 Turkey0
 
 
 Tunisia (a.e.t.)1
 
Third place
 
 
15 September–Radès
 
 
 France2
 
 
 Turkey0

Semi-finals

France 0–1 Italy
Cardinale  60'

Turkey 0–1 (a.e.t.) Tunisia
Ben Achour  98'

Third place match

France 2–0 Turkey
Pujol  25', 51'

Final

Italy 0–1 Tunisia
Zitouni  76' (pen.)

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Tunisia
Walid Ben Hassine
Saïf Ghezal
Ali Zitouni
Imed Bouthouri
Karim Hamida
Ahmed Hammi
Ahmed Khanchil
Chokri Zaalani
Bassam Daasi
Karim Dalhoum
Mohamed Sliti
Lassaad Ouertani
Slim Ben Achour
Alaeddine Yahia
Anis Ayari
Anis Zitouni
Anis Boussaidi
Achraf Khalfaoui
 Italy
Vitangelo Spadavecchia
Cristian Zaccardo
Christian Maggio
Riccardo Fissore
Roberto Cardinale
Andrea Dossena
Simone Pacini
Emanuele Calaiò
Marco Mancinelli
Giuseppe Sculli
Gianluca Pegolo
Luca Del Chiaro
Simonluca Agazzone
Federico Balzaretti
Angelo Palombo
Franco Semioli
Marco Ferro
Alessandro Pellicori
 France
Loïc Vincent
Mickaël Natchimie
Nicolas Sahnoun
Mickaël Pontal
Cyril Guyot
David Grondin
Grégory Pujol
Loris Reina
Gael Hiroux
Ludovic Delporte
Cyril Yapi
Sebastien Squillacci
Florent Balmont
Loic Pailleres
Nicolas Douchez
David Vandenbossche
Julien Stephan
Guillaume Laval

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
 Italy 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  Libya 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1
8  Algeria 2 0 0 2 3 7 4 0
9  San Marino 2 0 0 2 0 11 11 0
Source:
(H) Host.

References

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