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1983 Mediterranean Games
football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Morocco
City	Casablanca
Dates	9–17 September
Teams	9 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Morocco (1st title)
Runners-up	Turkey B
Third place	Egypt
Fourth place	France Amateurs
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	26 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mustafa El Haddaoui (4 goals)
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The 1983 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 9th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Casablanca, Morocco between 9 and 17 September 1983 as part of the 1983 Mediterranean Games and was contested by 9 teams.

Participating teams

Nine teams took part in the tournament.

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

Squads

Venues

Tournament

All times local : Time zone (UTC+0)

Group stage

Morocco, Egypt and Turkey qualified for semifinals. France won the fourth semifinal place on lots.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Morocco	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	3
Greece Ol.	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3
Libya	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Morocco	0–0	Greece Ol.

Greece Ol.	2–1	Libya
Papachristou 5' Chatzopoulos 81'

Morocco	2–0	Libya
El Haddaoui Khalifa

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Egypt	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3
France Amateurs	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3
Syria	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0

France Amateurs	1–0	Syria

Egypt	1–0	Syria
El-Mashaqui 27'

Egypt	0–0	France Amateurs

Group C

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

Turkey B	3–1	Tunisia
Çalımbay 39' Akbaşlı 44', 51'	Report	Rakbaoui 21'

Tunisia	3–2	Algeria
Hergal 10' Rakbaoui 31' Ben Messaoud 43'		Belloumi 36' Guendouz 89' (pen.)

Turkey B	0–1	Algeria
	Report	Guendouz 31' Kouici  87'

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	15 September – Casablanca
	Morocco	2
					17 September – Casablanca
	Egypt	1
					Morocco	3
	15 September – Casablanca
					Turkey B	0
	Turkey B	1
	France Amateurs	0
					Third place
					17 September – Casablanca
					Egypt (p)	0 (5)
					France Amateurs	0 (2)

Semi-finals

Morocco	2–1	Egypt
El Haddaoui 16', 25'		Youssef 54'

Turkey B	1–0	France Amateurs
Özdemir 60'

Third place match

Egypt	0–0	France Amateurs
Penalties
	5–2

Final

Morocco	3–0	Turkey B
El Haddaoui 25' Souadi 45' Labied 80'

Tournament classification

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

References

1. "Mediterranean Games 1983 (Casablanca, Morocco)". RSSSF. Dinant Abbink & Erik Garin. 5 Apr 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
2. Tercüman Newspaper archive, September 1983
3. Milliyet Newspaper archive, September 1983
4. Cumhuriyet Newspaper archive, September 1983

• Football at the Mediterranean Games
• Sports at the 1983 Mediterranean Games
• 1983 in African football
• 1983 in Asian football
• International association football competitions hosted by Morocco