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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International football competition

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.

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:

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

Main article: Football at the 2009 Mediterranean Games – Men's team 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.

Venues

6 stadia were allocated to host the matches

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

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

25 June 200918:00 CET

Italy	1–1	Syria
Sciacca 38'	Report	Shahen 74'

Stadio dei Marsi, AvezzanoReferee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (Spain)

27 June 200917:00 CET

Greece	4–0	Syria
Soiledis 29' Pavlis 42', 68' Niklitsiotis 75'	Report

Stadio dei Marsi, AvezzanoReferee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

29 June 200920:00 CET

Italy	3 –1	Greece
Mustacchio 28', 55' Sciacca 76'	Report	Pavlis 34'

Stadio dei Marsi, AvezzanoReferee: Olivier Thual (France)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	2	2	0	3	0	+3	6
Turkey	2	1	1	5	2	+3	3
Malta	2	0	2	0	6	-6	0

25 June 200917:00 CET

France	2–0	Turkey
Malonga 20' Joseph-Monrose 76'	Report

Stadio Comunale, TeramoReferee: Gamail Embaia (Libya)

27 June 200917:00 CET

Malta	0–5	Turkey
	Report	Aygunes 14' Albayrak 36', 49' Basdas 53' Gokoglan 54'

Stadio Comunale, TeramoReferee: Vasilios Pamporidis (Greece)

29 June 200917:00 CET

France	1–0	Malta
Lasimant 7'	Report

Stadio Comunale, TeramoReferee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (Spain)

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.

25 June 200917:00 CET

Libya	0–0	Montenegro
	Report

Stadio Guido Biondi, LancianoReferee: Olivier Thual (France)

29 June 200917:00 CET

Montenegro	0–0	Libya
	Report
Penalties
Novović Durutović Savić Vuković	2–4	Mansor Gagom Altriki Ahmed

Stadio Guido Biondi, LancianoReferee: Mauro Bergonzi (Italy)

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

25 June 200917:00 CET

Spain	2–2	Tunisia
Sassi 29' (o.g.) Aarón 67'	Report	Ayari 57', 59'

Stadio Valle Anzuca, Francavilla al MareReferee: Mauro Bergonzi (Italy)

27 June 200917:00 CET

Albania	1–2	Tunisia
Shehaj 23'	Report	Ben Messaoud 27' Ayari 35'

Stadio Valle Anzuca, Francavilla al MareReferee: Fırat Aydınus (Turkey)

29 June 200917:00 CET

Spain	3–0	Albania
Kike 11' Aarón 12' Botía 77'	Report

Stadio Valle Anzuca, Francavilla al MareReferee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

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

1 July 200917:00 CET

Italy	1–0	Libya
Garibaldi 3'	Report

Stadio Valle Anzuca, Francavilla al MareReferee: Vasilios Pompiridis (Greece) 1 July 200920:30 CET

France	1–2	Spain
Tabanou 87'	Report	Nsue 42' Laguardia 51'

Stadio Comunale, TeramoReferee: Nikola Dabanovic (Montenegro)

5–8 Places

1 July 200917:00 CET

Greece	2–1	Montenegro
Pavlis 66' Barboudis 81'	Report	Bogdanović 59'

Stadio dei Marsi, AvezzanoReferee: Fırat Aydınus (Turkey)

1 July 200917:00 CET

Turkey	2–1	Tunisia
Aygunes 46' Calik 79'	Report	Jebbari 17'

Stadio Valle Anzuca, Francavilla al MareReferee: Gamail Embaia (Libya)

Seventh place match

3 July 200917:00 CET

Montenegro	0–1	Tunisia
	Report	Ayari 77'

Stadio Guido Biondi, LancianoReferee: Olivier Thual (France)

Fifth place match

3 July 200920:30 CET

Greece	1–1	Turkey
Barboudis 62'	Report	Simsek 19'
Penalties
	6–5

Stadio Comunale, Teramo

Third place match

4 July 200919:00 CET

Libya	0–0	France
	Report
Penalties
Mansor Gagom Altriki Ahmed Zrimeg Elmhashhash Issa Abubaker Elgarmadi Elzaredi	8–7	Ravet Pied Bakar Mustivar Guidileye Malonga Coubronne Kone Theophile Catherine Abenzoar

Stadio Guido Angelini, ChietiReferee: Mauro Bergonzi (Italy)

Final

4 July 200921:00 CET

Italy	1–2	Spain
Mustacchio 89'	Report	Nsue 76' Calderoni 90+5' (o.g.)

Stadio Adriatico, PescaraReferee: Gamail Embaia (Libya)

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

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

References

^ Pescara 2009 - Football - Technical Book Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine (Published February 16, 2009)
Athletes symbol of Italian sport at the draw of the rounds pescara.it, Retrieved on 19 May 2009

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