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Men's football tournament at the 2018 Mediterranean Games

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Tarragona
Dates	22–30 June
Teams	9 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (3rd title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	Morocco
Fourth place	Greece
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	47 (3.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Abel Ruiz (7 goals)
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Football at the 2018 Mediterranean Games took place between 22 June and 30 June at the Estadi Municipal de Reus, Estadi Municipal de La Pobla de Mafumet and Estadi Municipal de Calafell. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their men's U-18, U-19 and U-21 national teams. There was no women's tournament on this occasion.

Participating nations

Nine nations have applied to compete in men's tournament, one more than at the previous games. None of the Asian nations opted to compete.

Men

Federation	Nation
CAF Africa	Algeria U18  Libya U18  Morocco U18
AFC Asia	None
UEFA Europe	Bosnia and Herzegovina U18  France U18  Greece U18  Italy U18  Spain U18 (hosts)  Turkey U18

Squads

Venues

3 stadiums were allocated to host the matches.

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain (H)	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	6	Semifinals
2	Algeria	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Algeria	1–4	Spain
Boutrif 74'	Report	Ruiz 6', 17' S. Gómez 12', 21'

Spain	2–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ruiz 7' N. Díaz 76'	Report	Hasić 50'

Algeria	2–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Boutrif 55' Zorgane 82'	Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	2	1	1	0	8	2	+6	4	Semifinals
2	Morocco	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4
3	Libya	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0

Italy	2–2	Morocco
Vignato 62' Merola 78'	Report	Rharib 19' Ounahi 68'

Morocco	2–1	Libya
S. Drouich 6' Mourid 64'	Report	Shaldun 50'

Libya	0–6	Italy
	Report	Rauti 4', 43' (pen.) Merola 28', 87', 90+1' Gavioli 44'

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Semifinals
2	France	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
3	Turkey	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0

France	1–0	Turkey
Soumaré 88'	Report

Turkey	0–1	Greece
	Report	Emmanouilidis 68'

France	1–3	Greece
Gassama 75'	Report	Emmanouilidis 48' Gkargkalatzidis 90+1' Voilis 90+5'

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morocco	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4	Semifinals
2	Algeria	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3
3	France	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3

Classification stage

7th and 5th place brackets

Seventh place         29 June – La Pobla de Mafumet      Turkey 4      Bosnia and Herzegovina 2

Fifth place         29 June – Calafell      Algeria 0      France 1

Seventh place match

Turkey	4–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Šehić 45' (o.g.) Kabak 82' Akgün 84' Aydin 90+2'	Report	Imamović 12', 45'

Fifth place match

Algeria	0–1	France
	Report	Badu 90+1'

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	28 June – Reus
	Italy	3
					30 June – Reus
	Greece	0
					Italy	2
	28 June – La Pobla de Mafumet
					Spain	3
	Spain	2
	Morocco	1
					Third place
					30 June – La Pobla de Mafumet
					Greece	0 (6)
					Morocco (p)	0 (7)

Semifinals

Italy	3–0	Greece
Rauti 17' Merola 31' (pen.) Caviglia 71'	Report

Spain	2–1	Morocco
Sancet 78' Ruiz 82' (pen.)	Report	Tahif 13'

Bronze medal match

Greece	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Morocco
	Report
Penalties
	6–7

Gold medal match

Italy	2–3	Spain
Rauti 6' Portanova 88'	Report	Ruiz 26', 57', 90+4'

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	Spain (H)	4	4	0	0	11	5	+6	12	Gold medal
	Italy	4	2	1	1	13	5	+8	7	Silver medal
	Morocco	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5	Bronze medal
4	Greece	4	2	1	1	4	4	0	7	Fourth place
5	France	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6	5th place match
6	Algeria	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
7	Turkey	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3	7th place match
8	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0
9	Libya	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0	Group stage

Goalscorers

7 goals

• Abel Ruiz

5 goals

• Davide Merola

4 goals

• Nicola Rauti

2 goals

• Idir Boutrif
• Armin Imamović
• Dimitrios Emmanouilidis
• Sergio Gómez Martín

1 goal

• Adem Zorgane
• Ajdin Hasić
• Bastian Badu
• Mamadou Gassama
• Yaya Soumaré
• Alexandros Gkargkalatzidis
• Alexandros Voilis
• Lorenzo Gavioli
• Hans Nicolussi Caviglia
• Manolo Portanova
• Emanuel Vignato
• Jihad Shaldun
• Soulaiman Drouich
• Aymane Mourid
• Azzedine Ounahi
• Achraf Rharib
• Adil Tahif
• Nacho Díaz
• Oihan Sancet
• Sefa Akgün
• Behlül Aydin
• Ozan Kabak

Own goal

• Eldar Šehić (against Turkey)

References

1. "Jeux Méditerranéens 2018". dzfoot.com. Juba AT. 10 May 2018.

External links

• 2018 Mediterranean Games – Football

• Football at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
• Sports at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
• Football at the Mediterranean Games
• 2018 in association football
• International association football competitions hosted by Spain
• 2018 in youth association football