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1971 Mediterranean Games
football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Turkey
City	İzmir
Dates	6–16 October
Teams	8 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia Ol. (1st title)
Runners-up	Tunisia
Third place	Turkey B
Fourth place	Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	24 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Aleksandar Panajotović (5 goals)
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The 1971 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 6th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in İzmir, Turkey between the 6–16 October 1971 as part of the 1971 Mediterranean Games.

Participating teams

The following countries have participated for the final tournament:

Federation	Nation
CAF Africa	Egypt  Morocco  Tunisia
AFC Asia	Syria
UEFA Europe	France Amateurs (holders)  Greece Ol. Turkey B (hosts)  Yugoslavia Ol.

Venues

Squads

Tournament

All times local : Time zone (UTC+3)

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	5
Turkey B	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	5
France Amateurs	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	2
Syria	3	0	0	3	1	4	−3	0

Tunisia won group on draw.

Turkey B	2–1	Syria
Kurukaya 40' Renklibay 65'	Report	Abdulghani Tatish 29'

France Amateurs	1–2	Tunisia
Di Caro 12'		Adhouma 84' Chakroun 85'

Turkey B	0–0	Tunisia

France Amateurs	1–0	Syria
Pierre Bouveresse 64'

Tunisia	1–0	Syria
Khouini 79'

France Amateurs	0–1	Turkey B
	Report	Ergücü 26'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia Ol.	2	1	1	0	7	2	+5	3
Egypt	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
Greece Ol.	2	0	1	1	1	6	−5	1
Morocco (disqualified)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Yugoslavia Ol.	6–1	Greece Ol.
Novak 8', 53' Nalić 30' Panajotović 34', 58', 80'		Zafiropoulos 74'

Egypt	0–1	Morocco
		Faras 31'

Yugoslavia Ol.	1–1	Egypt
Panajotović 30'		Mohammed 89'

Morocco	1–0	Greece Ol.
Abdelkader Ben Bouali 36'

Yugoslavia Ol.	1–0 (Abandoned)	Morocco
Novak 18'	Report	Faras  8' Lamrani  44'

Match abandoned at 1–0, Morocco walked off after second player were sent off. Morocco disqualified and all their results annulled.

Greece Ol.	0–0	Egypt

Knockout stage

Fifth place         15 October – İzmir     France Amateurs 3      Greece Ol. 1

Final         15 October – İzmir      Tunisia 0      Yugoslavia Ol. 1           Third place     16 October – İzmir     Turkey B (a.e.t.) 1      Egypt 0

Fifth place match

France Amateurs	3–1	Greece Ol.
Michel Granier 26', 32' Imiéla 58'		Zafiropoulos 6'

Third place match

Turkey B	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Egypt
Baykul Tüysüz 96'	Report

Final

Tunisia	0–1	Yugoslavia Ol.
	Report	Panajotović 51'

Tournament classification

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Yugoslavia Ol.	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	5
2	Tunisia	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1	5
3	Turkey B	4	3	1	0	4	1	+3	7
4	Egypt	3	0	2	1	1	2	–1	2
Eliminated in the group stage
5	France Amateurs	4	2	0	2	5	4	+1	4
6	Greece Ol.	3	0	1	2	2	9	–7	1
7	Syria	3	0	0	3	1	4	–3	0

References

1. Yeni Asır Newspaper archive, October 1971
2. Ege Ekspres Newspaper archive, October 1971
3. Demokrat İzmir Newspaper archive, October 1971
4. Cumhuriyetin 50. Yılında İzmir - 1973 İl Yıllığı, İzmir Valiliği, p. 371.
5. ^ Milliyet Newspaper, 14.10.1971, p. 8

External links

• Mediterranean Games 1971 (İzmir, Turkey) - rsssf.com

• Football at the 1971 Mediterranean Games
• Sports at the 1971 Mediterranean Games
• 1971–72 in French football
• 1971–72 in Yugoslav football
• 1971–72 in Turkish football
• 1971–72 in Greek football
• 1971 in African football
• 1971 in Asian football
• International association football competitions hosted by Turkey