The 1963 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 4th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Naples, Italy between the 18–28 September 1963 as part of the 1963 Mediterranean Games.[1]
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Italy |
City | Naples |
Dates | 18–28 September 1963 |
Teams | 9 (from 3 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Italy Amateurs (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Turkey Amateurs |
Third place | Spain Amateurs |
Fourth place | Morocco |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 17 |
Goals scored | 45 (2.65 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Ramón Grosso (8 goals) |
Participating teams
editThe following countries have participated for the final tournament:
Federation | Nation |
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CAF Africa | Morocco Tunisia United Arab Republic |
AFC Asia | Lebanon Syria |
UEFA Europe | Italy Amateurs (hosts) (holders) Malta Amateurs Spain Amateurs Turkey Amateurs |
Venues
editCities | Venues | Capacity |
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Naples | Stadio San Paolo | 100,000 |
Caserta | Stadio Alberto Pinto | 12,000 |
Benevento | Stadio Comunale | |
Salerno | Stadio Comunale | 9,000 |
Squads
editGroup stage
editKey to colours in group tables | |
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Group winners advance to the Final | |
Group runners-up advance to the Third place match |
Group A
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Italy Amateurs | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 6 |
Morocco | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
Syria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 |
Italy Amateurs | 2–0 | Tunisia |
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Ferrario |
Attendance: 12,000
Group B
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Turkey Amateurs | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 7 |
Spain Amateurs | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 6 |
United Arab Republic | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 5 |
Lebanon | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 2 |
Malta Amateurs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | −18 | 0 |
Spain Amateurs | 1–1 | United Arab Republic |
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Vidal | El-Shazly 49' |
Stadio Comunale, Salerno
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)
Turkey Amateurs | 4–0 | Lebanon |
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Doğan 9', 52' Boralı 19' (pen.) Büyükbuğdaypınar 58' |
Report |
United Arab Republic | 6–0 | Malta Amateurs |
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Reyadh 21' Badawi 23', 29', 41' El-Shazly 49', 71' |
Turkey Amateurs | 3–3 | Spain Amateurs |
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Büyükbuğdaypınar 8' Rodríguez 17' (o.g.) Doğan 54' |
Report | Grosso 12', 50', 82' |
Turkey Amateurs | 2–0 | Malta Amateurs |
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Doğan 3', 37' | Report |
United Arab Republic | 2–0 (Lebanon withdrew) | Lebanon |
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Spain Amateurs | 8–0 | Malta Amateurs |
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Velázquez Uriarte Valls Grosso |
Stadio Comunale, Benevento
Turkey Amateurs | 3–1 | United Arab Republic |
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Meto 18', 44', 88' | Report | Ismail 31' |
Knockout stage
editFinal | ||
28 September – Naples | ||
Turkey Amateurs | 0 | |
Italy Amateurs | 3 | |
Third place | ||
28 September – Naples | ||
Morocco | 1 | |
Spain Amateurs | 2 | |
Third place match
editMorocco | 1–2 | Spain Amateurs |
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Ben Dayan 30' | Grosso 9' Velázquez 84' |
Final
editTurkey Amateurs | 0–3 | Italy Amateurs |
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Report | Giannini 9' Bercellino II 33', 43' |
Tournament classification
editRank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||||
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1 | Italy Amateurs | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 8 | ||||
2 | Turkey Amateurs | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 7 | ||||
3 | Spain Amateurs | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 8 | ||||
4 | Morocco | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 4 | ||||
Eliminated in the group stage | |||||||||||||
5 | United Arab Republic | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 5 | ||||
6 | Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 2 | ||||
7 | Lebanon | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | –5 | 2 | ||||
8 | Syria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | –9 | 0 | ||||
9 | Malta Amateurs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18 | –14 | 0 |
Goalscorers
editThere were 60 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.75 goals per match.
8 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
References
edit- ^ "Mediterranean Games 1963 (Naples, Italy)". RSSSF. Dinant Abbink & Erik Garin. January 21, 2001.
- ^ Milliyet Newspaper, 30.09.1963, p. 8