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1987 Mediterranean Games
football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Syria
City	Latakia
Dates	15–25 September
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Syria (1st title)
Runners-up	France Amateurs
Third place	Turkey Olympic
Fourth place	Greece XI
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	33 (2.06 per match)
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The 1987 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 10th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Latakia, Syria between 15 and 25 September 1987 as part of the 1987 Mediterranean Games and was contested by 8 teams. The host team Syria won the golden medal.

Participating teams

8 teams took part in the tournament.

Federation	Nation
CAF Africa	Algeria XI  Morocco XI (holders)
AFC Asia	Lebanon  Syria (hosts)
UEFA Europe	France Amateurs  Greece XI  San Marino  Turkey Olympic

System

The 8 teams were divided into two groups of four teams. Teams are awarded two points for a win and one for a draw. No points are awarded for a defeat. The top two sides in each group will advance to the semi-finals.

Squads

Venues

Tournament

All times local : CET (UTC+2)

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France Amateurs	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	5
Greece XI	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1	4
Morocco XI	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
Algeria XI	3	0	0	3	1	7	–6	0

Morocco XI	0–1	Greece XI
		Tsalouchidis 78'

Algeria XI	0–4	France Amateurs

Morocco XI	0–0	France Amateurs

Algeria XI	0–1	Greece XI

France Amateurs	1–0	Greece XI

Morocco XI	2–1	Algeria XI
El Ghorf 49' Nader ?'		? 23'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Syria	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	6
Turkey Olympic	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	4
Lebanon	3	0	1	2	1	7	–6	1
San Marino	3	0	1	2	0	7	–7	1

San Marino	0–0	Lebanon
	Report

Syria	1–0	Turkey Olympic
Al-Sel 16' (pen.) Darwish  56'	Report	Tural  74'

Turkey Olympic	1–0	Lebanon
Özdilek 42'	Report

Syria	3–0	San Marino
	Report

Turkey Olympic	4–0	San Marino
Aydın İnsel	Report

Syria	6–1	Lebanon
Ahmad Al-Sel Deeb 65', 70' Saad 80' Al Shaar 87'		Abboud 55' (pen.)

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	22 September
	Syria (p)	1 (3)
					25 September
	Greece XI	1 (2)
					Syria	2
	23 September
					France Amateurs	1
	France Amateurs	1
	Turkey Olympic	0
					Third place
					24 September
					Turkey Olympic (a.e.t.)	1
					Greece XI	0

Semi-finals

Syria	1–1	Greece XI
Penalties
	3–2

France Amateurs	1–0	Turkey Olympic
Prieur 49'	Report

Third place match

Turkey Olympic	1-0 (a.e.t.)	Greece XI
Görsen 94' Karamırnak  118'	Report

Final

Syria	2-1	France Amateurs
Mahrous 37' Al-Sel 85' (pen.)		Prieur 44'

Tournament classification

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Syria	5	4	1	0	13	3	+10	9
2	France Amateurs	5	3	1	1	7	2	+5	7
3	Turkey Olympic	5	3	0	2	6	2	+4	6
4	Greece XI	5	2	1	2	3	3	0	5
Eliminated in the group stage
5	Morocco XI	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
6	Lebanon	3	0	1	2	1	7	–6	1
7	San Marino	3	0	1	2	0	7	–7	1
8	Algeria XI	3	0	0	3	1	7	–6	0

References

1. ^ Mediterranean Games 1987 (Latakia) - rsssf.com

• Football at the Mediterranean Games
• Sports at the 1987 Mediterranean Games
• 1987–88 in French football
• 1987–88 in Turkish football
• 1987–88 in Greek football
• 1987 in African football
• 1987 in Asian football
• International association football competitions hosted by Syria
• 1987 in San Marino
• 1987–88 in Lebanese football