Football at the 1963 Mediterranean Games

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1963 Mediterranean Games
football tournament
Turkey Amateurs
Third place Spain Amateurs
Fourth place Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored45 (2.65 per match)
1959

The 1963 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 4th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Naples, Italy between the 18–28 September 1963 as part of the 1963 Mediterranean Games.[1]

Participating teams

The following countries have participated for the final tournament:

Federation Nation
CAF Africa  Morocco
 Tunisia
 United Arab Republic
AFC Asia  Lebanon
 Syria
UEFA Europe  
Turkey Amateurs

Venues

Cities Venues Capacity
Naples
Stadio San Paolo
100,000
Caserta Stadio Alberto Pinto 12,000
Benevento Stadio Comunale
Salerno Stadio Comunale 9,000

Squads

Group stage

All times local :

UTC+1
)

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners advance to the Final
Group runners-up advance to the Third place match

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 
Italy Amateurs
3 3 0 0 12 1 +11 6
 Morocco 3 2 0 1 3 4 −1 4
 Tunisia 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 2
 Syria 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Morocco 1–0 Syria
Italy Amateurs 
2–0 Tunisia
Ferrario
Attendance: 12,000

Morocco 1–0 Tunisia
Ben Dayan
Attendance: 2,000
Italy Amateurs 
6–0 Syria
Volpato
Lodetti
Ferrario
Petroni

Italy Amateurs 
4–1 Morocco
Bercellino I
Bercellino II
Volpato
Riadh
Tunisia 3–1 Syria
Henia 12'
Jedidi 50', 80'
Aleyan
Attendance: 1,000

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 
Turkey Amateurs
4 3 1 0 12 4 +8 7
 Spain Amateurs 4 2 2 0 13 4 +9 6
 United Arab Republic 4 2 1 1 10 8 +2 5
 Lebanon 4 1 0 3 2 7 −5 2
 Malta Amateurs 4 0 0 4 0 18 −18 0
Spain Amateurs 1–1 United Arab Republic
Vidal
El-Shazly 49'
Stadio Comunale, Salerno
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)
Turkey Amateurs 
4–0 Lebanon

United Arab Republic 6–0 Malta Amateurs
Reyadh 21'
Badawi 23', 29', 41'
El-Shazly 49', 71'
Spain Amateurs 1–0 Lebanon
Grosso
Stadio Comunale, Benevento
Referee: ? (Italy)

Turkey Amateurs 
3–3 Spain Amateurs
Grosso
Stadio San Paolo, Naples
Referee: ... (Italy
)

Turkey Amateurs 
2–0 Malta Amateurs
United Arab Republic 2–0
(Lebanon withdrew)
 Lebanon

Spain Amateurs 8–0 Malta Amateurs
Velázquez
Uriarte
Valls
Grosso
Stadio Comunale, Benevento
Turkey Amateurs 
3–1 United Arab Republic
Ismail 31'
Stadio Comunale, Benevento

Knockout stage

 
Final
 
  
 
28 September –
Italy Amateurs
3
 
 
 
 
 
Third place
 
 
28 September – Naples
 
 
 Morocco1
 
 
 Spain Amateurs2
 

Third place match

Morocco 1–2 Spain Amateurs
Ben Dayan
30'
Grosso 9'
Velázquez 84'
Stadio San Paolo, Naples

Final

Tournament classification

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  
Italy Amateurs
4 4 0 0 14 2 +12 8
2  
Turkey Amateurs
5 3 1 1 12 7 +5 7
3  Spain Amateurs 5 3 2 0 15 5 +10 8
4  Morocco 4 2 0 2 4 6 –2 4
Eliminated in the group stage
5  United Arab Republic 4 2 1 1 10 8 +2 5
6  Tunisia 3 1 0 2 3 4 –1 2
7  Lebanon 4 1 0 3 2 7 –5 2
8  Syria 3 0 0 3 1 10 –9 0
9  Malta Amateurs 4 0 0 4 4 18 –14 0

References

  1. RSSSF
    . Dinant Abbink & Erik Garin. January 21, 2001.