Football at the 2009 Mediterranean Games

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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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]

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

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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

5–8 Places

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Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Third place match

Final

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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