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2005 Mediterranean Games
football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Almería
Dates	23 June – 3 July
Teams	9
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runners-up	Turkey
Third place	Libya
Fourth place	Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25
Goals scored	37 (1.48 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Arda Turan Cafercan Aksu Hassan Souari (3 goals each)
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The 2005 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 15th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Almería, Spain between 23 June and 3 July 2005 as part of the 2005 Mediterranean Games and was contested by 9 teams, all countries were represented by the U-23 teams (although in fact none of the players named were older than 21); Spain won the gold medal.

Participating teams

These nine teams were sorted into three groups of three teams. The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter finals, as well as the two best third-placed sides.

Federation	Nation
CAF Africa	Algeria  Libya  Morocco  Tunisia (holders)
AFC Asia	None
UEFA Europe	Greece  Italy  Malta  Spain (hosts)  Turkey

Squads

Venues

Tournament

All times are local (CEST (UTC+2)

Group stages

Group A

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

Italy	3–0	Libya
Vantaggiato 34' Iunco 79' Masini 90'

Libya	1–0	Morocco
El Khatroushi 38'

Italy	0–0	Morocco

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Turkey	2	1	1	0	6	1	+5	4
Spain	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
Malta	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	0

Spain	2–0	Malta
Kepa 77' Arizmendi 82'

Turkey	1–1	Spain
Aksu 65'		Puerta 52'

Turkey	5–0	Malta
Sungur 47' Aksu 63' Turan 76', 90' Reis 86'

Group C

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

Algeria	2–2	Tunisia
Hanitser 33', 83'		Melliti 29' Laâbidi 39'

Tunisia	1–1	Greece
Ben Yahia		Arabatzis 39'

Algeria	1–0	Greece
Metref 37'

Knockout stage

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	29 June–El Ejido
	Turkey	1
					1 July–Roquetas de Mar
	Greece	0
					Turkey	1
	29 June–Roquetas de Mar
					Morocco	0
	Algeria	0
									3 July–Roquetas de Mar
	Morocco	2
									Turkey	0
	29 June–El Ejido
									Spain	1
	Italy	1
					1 July–El Ejido
	Spain	2
					Spain	5
	29 June–Roquetas de Mar
					Libya	0			Third place
	Libya (p)	1 (4)
									3 July–Almería
	Tunisia	1 (3)
									Morocco	1 (3)
									Libya (p)	1 (4)

Quarterfinals

Libya	1–1	Tunisia
Ezwawi		Ben Yahia
Penalties
	4–3

Morocco	2–0	Algeria
Souari 24', 87'

Turkey	1–0	Greece
Aksu 34'

Spain	2–1	Italy
Montañés 67' Puerta 80'		Vantaggiato 43'

Semifinals

Turkey	1–0	Morocco
Turan 31'

Spain	5–0	Libya
Gámez 4', 60' del Moral 71', 87' Valera 76'

3rd place match

Libya	1–1	Morocco
Mabrouk 87'		Souari 9'
Penalties
	4–3

Final

Spain	1–0	Turkey
Kepa 7'

Final standings

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References

1. Mediterranean Games 2005 (Almería) - rsssf.com

• Football at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
• Football at the Mediterranean Games
• Sports at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
• 2005 in association football
• International association football competitions hosted by Spain
• 2004–05 in Spanish football