Football at the 1993 Mediterranean Games

The 1993 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 12th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Languedoc-Roussillon, France between 16 and 27 June 1993 as part of the 1993 Mediterranean Games and was contested by 10 teams. Countries were represented by their Olympic teams, except for host France, who took part with their U21 team.[1] Turkey won the gold medal.

1993 Mediterranean Games
football tournament
Tournament details
Host countryFrance
CityLanguedoc-Roussillon
Dates16–27 June 1993
Teams10
Final positions
Champions Turkey (1st title)
Runners-up Algeria
Third place France
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored43 (2.69 per match)
Top scorer(s)Turkey Hakan Şükür
Turkey Sergen Yalçın
(4 goals each)
1991
1997

Participating teams

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Ten Olympic teams took part in the tournament, 3 teams from Africa and 7 teams from Europe. France participated with the under-21 team.

Federation Nation
CAF Africa   Algeria
  Morocco
  Tunisia
AFC Asia None
UEFA Europe   Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Croatia
  France (hosts)
  Greece
  Italy
  Slovenia
  Turkey

Squads

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Venues

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Cities Venues Capacity
Nîmes Stade des Costières 19,000
Narbonne Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié 12,000

Tournament

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All times local : CET (UTC+1)

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners advance to the Semi-finals

Group stage

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Algeria 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 3
  Greece 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 2
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1
Algeria  4–1  Greece
Zekri    
Khiat  
Hamdani  
 

Algeria  1–1  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Hibić  

Greece  3–1  Bosnia and Herzegovina
      Hibić  

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Turkey 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 5
  France 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 4
  Tunisia 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 2
  Croatia 3 0 1 2 5 8 −3 1
Turkey  1–1  France
Şükür   84' Report Nouma   27'
Dugarry   32'
Referee: Angelo Amendolia (Italy)
Croatia  0–2  Tunisia
Report Baya   57'
Selimi   86'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Greece)

Croatia  2–3  Turkey
Gašpar   56'
Okuroğlu   81' (o.g.)
Report Erdem   25'
Yalçın   40', 62'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Merzak Nems (Algeria)
France  2–0  Tunisia
Vairelles   84'
Gourvennec   86'
Stade Jean-Jacques Delmas, Mende

Turkey  3–0  Tunisia
Yalçın   48'
Penbe   70'
Şükür   85'
Referee: Milan Mitrović (Slovenia)
France  3–3  Croatia
Nouma   11', 64' (pen.)
Zidane   79'
Report Vlaović   33'
Vučević   49'
Cvitanović   52'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Salem Prolić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Italy 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 4
  Slovenia 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
  Morocco 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 1
Italy  2–0  Morocco
Bertarelli  
Orlando  
Stade Jean-Laffon, Perpignan
Referee: ? (France)

Italy  2–1  Slovenia
Corini   24'
Vieri   88'
Zahovič   66' (pen.)
Stade Jean-Laffon, Perpignan
Referee: Serdar Çakman (Turkey)

Morocco  0–0  Slovenia
Stade Jean-Laffon, Perpignan
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Albert Wiltgen (Luxembourg)

Knockout stage

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
24 June –
 
 
  Turkey1
 
27 June – Nîmes
 
  France0
 
  Turkey2
 
24 June –
 
  Algeria0
 
  Algeria1
 
 
  Italy0
 
Third place
 
 
27 June –
 
 
  France2
 
 
  Italy1

Semi-finals

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Turkey  1–0  France
Şükür   83' Report
Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Greece)

Algeria  1–0  Italy
Zerrouki   50' Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Georges Ramos (France)

Third place match

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France  2–1  Italy
Vairelles   61'
Pedros   88'
Report Delvecchio   30'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mateo Beusan (Croatia)

Final

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Turkey  2–0  Algeria
Yalçın   62'
Şükür   88'
Ercan   90'
Report Zekri   90'
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Frédéric Philippoz (Switzerland)

Tournament classification

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Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Turkey 5 4 1 0 10 3 +7 9
2   Algeria 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 5
3   France 5 2 2 1 8 6 +2 6
4   Italy 4 2 0 2 5 4 +1 4
Eliminated in the group stage
5   Greece 3 1 0 1 4 5 –1 2
6   Slovenia 2 0 1 1 1 2 –1 1
7   Tunisia 3 1 0 2 2 5 –3 2
8   Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 0 1 1 2 4 –2 1
9   Morocco 2 0 1 1 0 2 –4 1
10   Croatia 3 0 1 2 5 8 –3 1

References

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