Football at the 1955 Mediterranean Games

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1955 Mediterranean Games
football tournament
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
CityBarcelona
Dates15–25 July 1955
Teams4 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Egypt (1st title)
Runners-upSpain Spain B
Third placeFrance France Amateurs
Fourth place Syria
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored21 (3.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)Egypt El-Sayed El-Dhizui
(4 goals)
1951
1959

The 1955 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 2nd edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Barcelona, Spain between the 15–25 July 1955 as part of the 1955 Mediterranean Games.[1]

Participating teams

The following countries have participated for the final tournament:

Federation Nation
CAF Africa  Egypt
AFC Asia  Syria
UEFA Europe France France Amateurs
Spain Spain B (hosts)

Venues

Cities Venues Capacity
Barcelona Camp de Les Corts 60,000
Estadio de Montjuic 55,000

Squads

Final tournament

All times local :

UTC+1
)

Matches

Egypt 6–2 France Amateurs
El-Mekkawi
Baheeg
Abdel Fattah
Spain B 3–0 Syria

Spain B 1–1 Egypt
Vilches Baheeg 70'
France Amateurs 4–0 Syria

Egypt 3–0 Syria
El-Dhizui 17', 25'
Abdel Fattah 84'

Tournament classification

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Egypt 3 2 1 0 10 3 +7 5
2 Spain Spain B 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 5
3 France France Amateurs 3 1 0 2 7 8 –1 2
4  Syria 3 0 0 3 0 10 –10 0

Winner

 1955 Mediterranean Games 

Egypt

First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 23 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 3.83 goals per match.

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

  • Spain Vilches

References

  1. RSSSF
    . Dinant Abbink & Erik Garin. 21 January 2001. Retrieved 6 September 2017.