Albania at the 2013 Mediterranean Games

Albania at the
2013 Mediterranean Games
Albania at the; 2013 Mediterranean Games
IOC code	ALB
NOC	Albanian National Olympic Committee
in Mersin
Competitors	50 in 13 sports
Medals; Ranked th	Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze 5 Total 10
Mediterranean Games appearances (overview)
	1987; 1991; 1993; 1997; 2001; 2005; 2009; 2013; 2018; 2022;

Albania competed at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey from the 20th to 30 June 2013.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Daniel Godelli	Weightlifting	Men's -69 kg snatch	22 June
Gold	Daniel Godelli	Weightlifting	Men's -69 kg clean & jerk	22 June
Gold	Ervis Tabaku	Weightlifting	Men's -94 kg snatch	25 June
Silver	Romela Begaj	Weightlifting	Women's -63 kg snatch	23 June
Silver	Luiza Gega	Athletics	Women's 1500 m	26 June
Bronze	Briken Calja	Weightlifting	Men's -69 kg snatch	22 June
Bronze	Briken Calja	Weightlifting	Men's -69 kg clean & jerk	22 June
Bronze	Romela Begaj	Weightlifting	Women's -63 kg clean & jerk	23 June
Bronze	Ervis Tabaku	Weightlifting	Men's -94 kg clean & jerk	25 June
Bronze	Egzon Shala	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle -96 kg	26 June

Athletics

Key

Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Ilir Kellezi	5000 m	did not start
Ilir Kellezi	10000 m	33:29.09	6

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Luiza Gega	800 m	2:01.96	4
Luiza Gega	1500 m	4:05.63

Boxing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kristiani Shytani	Light welterweight	Chadi (ALG) L 0–3	did not advance
Christian Demaj	Light heavyweight	BYE	Yildirim (TUR) L 0–3	did not advance

Cycling

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Emiliano Stojku	Men's road race	3:20:11	11
Emiliano Stojku	Men's time trial	39:32.68	21
Eugert Zhupa	Men's road race	3:20:18	27
Eugert Zhupa	Men's time trial	35:21.48	13

Football

Men's tournament

Team

COACH: Skënder Gega

The following players were called up and participated in the 2013 Mediterranean Games football tournament, which began on 19 June in Mersin, Turkey.^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Aldo Teqja (Captain)	(1995-05-04) 4 May 1995 (age 29)	5	0	Anorthosis Famagusta
12	1GK	Marsel Çaka	(1995-03-31) 31 March 1995 (age 29)	1	0	Tirana
	1GK	Thomas Strakosha	(1995-03-19) 19 March 1995 (age 29)	-	-	Lazio

4	2DF	Amir Rrahmani	(1994-02-24) 24 February 1994 (age 30)	5	1	Partizani Tirana
5	2DF	Marvin Turtulli	(1994-10-17) 17 October 1994 (age 30)	5	1	Dinamo Tirana
3	2DF	Erion Hoxhallari	(1995-10-15) 15 October 1995 (age 29)	5	0	Tirana
2	2DF	Arben Muskaj	(1994-06-27) 27 June 1994 (age 30)	5	0	PAS Giannina
13	2DF	Kristi Marku	(1995-04-13) 13 April 1995 (age 29)	2	0	Teuta Durrës
14	2DF	Rexhep Memini	(1994-04-10) 10 April 1994 (age 30)	2	0	Teuta Durrës
15	2DF	Melsen Shkreta	(1994-04-16) 16 April 1994 (age 30)	2	0	Dinamo Tirana
	2DF	Amir Bilali	(1994-04-15) 15 April 1994 (age 30)	-	-	Lazio

16	3MF	Klaudio Hyseni	(1994-07-15) 15 July 1994 (age 30)	5	1	Teuta Durrës
17	3MF	Ilir Kastrati	(1994-07-20) 20 July 1994 (age 30)	5	1	Panathinaikos
7	3MF	Enis Gavazaj	(1995-03-21) 21 March 1995 (age 29)	5	0	Gent
10	3MF	Maldin Ymeraj	(1995-03-06) 6 March 1995 (age 29)	5	0	Panathinaikos
6	3MF	Ermir Rezi	(1994-05-12) 12 May 1994 (age 30)	4	0	Teuta Durrës
8	3MF	Klodian Gino	(1994-02-13) 13 February 1994 (age 30)	3	1	Olympiacos
	3MF	Liridon Latifi	(1994-02-06) 6 February 1994 (age 30)	-	-	Prishtina

18	4FW	Valon Ahmedi	(1994-10-07) 7 October 1994 (age 30)	5	0	Südtirol
11	4FW	Arlind Ferhati	(1994-01-20) 20 January 1994 (age 30)	3	0	Dinamo Tirana
9	4FW	Mateus Shkreta	(1994-04-16) 16 April 1994 (age 30)	2	0	Teplice

Current coaching staff:

Head coach	Skënder Gega
Assistant coach	Genti Mahmutaj
Athletic coach	Fatos Kadena
Goalkeeping coach	Gut Tafaj
Fitness coach	Xhaferr Koçi
Physiotherapists	Perli Rusi
Team doctor	Alban Merepeza

Standings

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Morocco	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	9
Turkey	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
Albania	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	1	2	4	10	−6	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

June 19, 2013

21:45

Turkey	2 – 0	Albania
Aydin 10' Sazdagi 86'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin

Referee: Andrea De Marco (Italy)

June 21, 2013

18:00

Albania	2 – 2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Turtulli 61' Rrahmani 73'	Report	Bajić 44', 52'

Tarsus Şehir Stadı, Tarsus

Referee: Baris Simsek (Turkey)

June 23, 2013

21:45

Morocco	2 – 1	Albania
Khaloua 33' (pen.) El Hassouni 58'	Report	Gino 47'

Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin

Referee: Alain Bieri (Switzerland)

Classification 5–8 matches

June 25, 2013

21:00

Albania	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	North Macedonia
Kastrati 85' (pen.)	Report	Kostovski 50' Imeri 96'

Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin

Referee: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)

Seventh place match

June 26, 2013

18:00

Albania	1 – 3	Italy
Hyseni 82'	Report	Canotto 20' Bollino 47' Gomez 54' (pen.)

Tarsus Şehir Stadı, Tarsus

Referee: Khalid Ennouni (Morocco)

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Alon Hasa	All-around	13.066	11.100	12.600	13.066	12.433	12.500	74.765	25 Q	13.033	12.933	12.866	13.200	12.766	12.166	76.964	16

Judo

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Indrit Cullhaj	Men's −60 kg	—	Moudatir (MAR) L 000-100	BYE	Damien (LIB) L 000–100	did not advance
Lleshi Kristjan	Men's −66 kg	Murat (TUR) L 000-120	did not advance
Arta Merturi	Women's −57 kg	—	Lo Giudice (ITA) L 000-100	BYE	Elliot (FRA) L 000–120	did not advance

Karate

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Xhino Toli	−67 kg	Railič (SLO) L 0-2	did not advance

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Arben Cerina	10 m air pistol	556	17	did not advance
Arben Kucana	10 m air pistol	563	13	did not advance
Arben Cerina	50 m pistol	526	13	did not advance
Arben Kucana	50 m pistol	540	11	did not advance
Dritan Taka	Double trap	77	10	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Lumturi Pepa	10 m air rifle	385.5	17	did not advance
Aida Mustafaj	10 m air pistol	349	17	did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Donado Dervishi	50 m freestyle	26.51	17	did not advance
Donado Dervishi	100 m breaststroke	1:11.89	17	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Noel Borshi	400 m freestyle	4:36.14	12	did not advance
Noel Borshi	100 m butterfly	1:06.14	10	did not advance
Anxhela Kashari	50 m freestyle	28.03	13	did not advance
	50 m backstroke	34.11	13	did not advance
	50 m butterfly	29.52	11	did not advance

Taekwondo

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Egers Aliu	Men's -58 kg	Porcaro (ITA) L 5–17	did not advance
Xhersi Kuti	Men's -68 kg	Ahmed (EGY) L 2–19 PTG	did not advance

Table tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Round Robin 1			Round Robin 2				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nikolla Haxhillazi	Singles	Mattenet (FRA) L 1–4	Makras (GRE) L 0–4	3	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round Robin				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Arsena Osmenaj	Singles	Ramirez (ESP) L 0–4	Bsaibes (LIB) L 1–4	Papadaki (GRE) L 0–4	4	did not advance

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Arberi Cerciz	−62 kg	117	4	131	6
Briken Calja	−69 kg	138		170
Daniel Godelli	−69 kg	151		174
Ervis Tabaku	−94 kg	166		196

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Romela Begaj	−63 kg	99		117

Wrestling

Men's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Egzon Shala	−96 kg	Frhat (EGY) W 2–0 ^PP	Yildirim (EGY) L 0–2 ^PP	BYE	Tsikovani (GRE) W 1–0 ^VT
Fatjon Baro	−120 kg	Abdelwahab (EGY) L 0–2 ^PP	did not advance

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Meraldo Ndoka	−74 kg	BYE	Mohamed (EGY) L 0–2 ^PO	did not advance
Ergys Mirukaj	−84 kg	BYE	Cebi (TUR) L 0–2 ^PO	BYE		Achouri (TUN) L 1–2 ^PP	5

References

^ Lojërat Mesdhetare: Shqipëria merr pjesë me 75 sportistë (Lista e plotë) Archived 2016-05-13 at the Wayback Machine aSport.al

https://web.archive.org/web/20130702231513/http://info.mersin2013.gov.tr/medals_country.aspx?n=ALB

[1] Lojërat Mesdhetare: Shqipëria merr pjesë me 75 sportistë (Lista e plotë) Archived 2016-05-13 at the Wayback Machine aSport.al

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