Football at the 2009 Mediterranean Games

The 2009 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 16th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Pescara, Italy between 25 June and 5 July 2009 as part of the 2009 Mediterranean Games and was contested by 12 teams, all countries were represented by the U-20 teams. Spain won the gold medal.^[1]

2009 Mediterranean Games
football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Italy
City	Pescara
Dates	25 June – 5 July
Teams	12
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (2nd title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	Libya
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
Goals scored	44 (2.32 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Michalis Pavlis (4 goals) Khaled Ayari (4 goals)
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Participating teams

Federation	Nation
CAF Africa	Libya  Morocco  Tunisia
AFC Asia	Syria
UEFA Europe	Albania  France  Greece  Italy (hosts)  Malta  Montenegro  Spain (holders)  Turkey

System

The 12 teams were divided into four groups of three teams. Teams were awarded three points for a win and one for a draw. No points were awarded for a defeat. The top side in each group would advance to the semi-finals. If two or more teams were tied for a particular position, then the tie-breaking system would be as follows:^[1]

• Highest number of points obtained in all group matches;
• The result in the eventual direct match between two tied teams;
• Goal difference in all group matches;
• Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches.

Squads

Main article: Football at the 2009 Mediterranean Games – Men's team squads

Each team's eighteen-man squad had to consist of players born after January 1, 1989. The squads must have been submitted no later than June 11, 2009. Each member of the winning team was awarded a gold medal. The runners-up all received a silver medal, and the third-placed team all received a bronze medal. Each member of each side placed 4th-8th in the competition received a diploma.^[1]

Venues

6 stadia were allocated to host the matches^[1]

Stadium	City	Capacity
Stadio Adriatico	Pescara	25,000
Stadio Guido Angelini	Chieti	12,750
Stadio Comunale	Teramo	7,498
Stadio Guido Biondi	Lanciano	6,400
Stadio dei Marsi	Avezzano	3,692
Stadio Valle Anzuca	Francavilla al Mare	3,500

Draw

The draw for the groups was made on May 8, 2009, and was conducted by Eusebio Di Francesco^[2]

Tournament

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4
Greece	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	3
Syria	2	0	1	1	1	5	-4	1

Italy	1–1	Syria
Sciacca 38'	Report	Shahen 74'

25 June 2009

18:00 CET

Stadio dei Marsi, Avezzano

Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (Spain)

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Greece	4–0	Syria
Soiledis 29' Pavlis 42', 68' Niklitsiotis 75'	Report

27 June 2009

17:00 CET

Stadio dei Marsi, Avezzano

Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

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Italy	3 –1	Greece
Mustacchio 28', 55' Sciacca 76'	Report	Pavlis 34'

29 June 2009

20:00 CET

Stadio dei Marsi, Avezzano

Referee: Olivier Thual (France)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6
Turkey	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	3
Malta	2	0	0	2	0	6	-6	0

France	2–0	Turkey
Malonga 20' Joseph-Monrose 76'	Report

25 June 2009

17:00 CET

Stadio Comunale, Teramo

Referee: Gamail Embaia (Libya)

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Malta	0–5	Turkey
	Report	Aygunes 14' Albayrak 36', 49' Basdas 53' Gokoglan 54'

27 June 2009

17:00 CET

Stadio Comunale, Teramo

Referee: Vasilios Pamporidis (Greece)

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France	1–0	Malta
Lasimant 7'	Report

29 June 2009

17:00 CET

Stadio Comunale, Teramo

Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (Spain)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Libya	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Montenegro	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Morocco	Withdrew

Morocco withdrew from the competition so Libya and Montenegro ensured qualification to the next round. Their matches only determined group ranking.

Libya	0–0	Montenegro
	Report

25 June 2009

17:00 CET

Stadio Guido Biondi, Lanciano

Referee: Olivier Thual (France)

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Montenegro	0–0	Libya
	Report
Penalties
Novović Durutović Savić Vuković	2–4	Mansor Gagom Altriki Ahmed

29 June 2009

17:00 CET

Stadio Guido Biondi, Lanciano

Referee: Mauro Bergonzi (Italy)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	4
Tunisia	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4
Albania	2	0	0	2	1	5	-4	0

Spain	2–2	Tunisia
Sassi 29' (o.g.) Aarón 67'	Report	Ayari 57', 59'

25 June 2009

17:00 CET

Stadio Valle Anzuca, Francavilla al Mare

Referee: Mauro Bergonzi (Italy)

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Albania	1–2	Tunisia
Shehaj 23'	Report	Ben Messaoud 27' Ayari 35'

27 June 2009

17:00 CET

Stadio Valle Anzuca, Francavilla al Mare

Referee: Fırat Aydınus (Turkey)

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Spain	3–0	Albania
Kike 11' Aarón 12' Botía 77'	Report

29 June 2009

17:00 CET

Stadio Valle Anzuca, Francavilla al Mare

Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	1 July – Francavilla
	Italy	1
					4 July – Pescara
	Libya	0
					Italy	1
	1 July – Teramo
					Spain	2
	France	1
	Spain	2
					Third place
					4 July – Chieti
					Libya	0 (8)
					France	0 (7)

Semi-finals

Italy	1–0	Libya
Garibaldi 3'	Report

1 July 2009

17:00 CET

Stadio Valle Anzuca, Francavilla al Mare

Referee: Vasilios Pompiridis (Greece)

France	1–2	Spain
Tabanou 87'	Report	Nsue 42' Laguardia 51'

1 July 2009

20:30 CET

Stadio Comunale, Teramo

Referee: Nikola Dabanovic (Montenegro)

5–8 Places

Greece	2–1	Montenegro
Pavlis 66' Barboudis 81'	Report	Bogdanović 59'

1 July 2009

17:00 CET

Stadio dei Marsi, Avezzano

Referee: Fırat Aydınus (Turkey)

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Turkey	2–1	Tunisia
Aygunes 46' Calik 79'	Report	Jebbari 17'

1 July 2009

17:00 CET

Stadio Valle Anzuca, Francavilla al Mare

Referee: Gamail Embaia (Libya)

Seventh place match

Montenegro	0–1	Tunisia
	Report	Ayari 77'

3 July 2009

17:00 CET

Stadio Guido Biondi, Lanciano

Referee: Olivier Thual (France)

Fifth place match

Greece	1–1	Turkey
Barboudis 62'	Report	Simsek 19'
Penalties
	6–5

3 July 2009

20:30 CET

Stadio Comunale, Teramo

Third place match

Libya	0–0	France
	Report
Penalties
Mansor Gagom Altriki Ahmed Zrimeg Elmhashhash Issa Abubaker Elgarmadi Elzaredi	8–7	Ravet Pied Bakar Mustivar Guidileye Malonga Coubronne Kone Theophile Catherine Abenzoar

4 July 2009

19:00 CET

Stadio Guido Angelini, Chieti

Referee: Mauro Bergonzi (Italy)

Final

Italy	1–2	Spain
Mustacchio 89'	Report	Nsue 76' Calderoni 90+5' (o.g.)

4 July 2009

21:00 CET

Stadio Adriatico, Pescara

Referee: Gamail Embaia (Libya)

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	Spain	4	3	1	0	9	4	+5	10
	Italy (H)	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	7
	Libya	4	1	2	1	0	1	−1	5
4	France	4	2	0	2	4	2	+2	6
5	Greece	4	3	0	1	8	5	+3	9
6	Turkey	4	2	0	2	8	4	+4	6
7	Tunisia	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7
8	Montenegro	4	0	2	2	1	3	−2	2
9	Syria	2	0	1	1	1	5	−4	1
10	Albania	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0
11	Malta	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0

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