Football at the 1979 Mediterranean Games

1979 Mediterranean Games
football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Yugoslavia
City	Split
Dates	21–29 September
Teams	8 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia Ol. (2nd title)
Runners-up	France Amateurs
Third place	Algeria
Fourth place	Greece Ol.
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	45 (2.81 per match)
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The 1979 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 8th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Split, Yugoslavia between 21 and 29 September 1979 as part of the 1979 Mediterranean Games and was contested by 8 teams.^[1]

Participating teams

Eight teams took part in the tournament.

Federation	Nation
CAF Africa	Algeria (holders)  Egypt  Morocco  Tunisia
AFC Asia	No team
UEFA Europe	France Amateurs  Greece Ol. Turkey B  Yugoslavia Ol. (hosts)

Squads

Venues

Tournament

All times local : Time zone (UTC+1)

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia Ol.	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	6
Greece Ol.	3	1	1	1	6	8	−2	3
Morocco	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
Egypt	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

21 September 1979

Morocco	1–1	Greece Ol.
Dolmy		?

Stadion NK Zadar, Zadar

21 September 1979

Yugoslavia Ol.	3–0	Egypt
Primorac 21' Slišković 38' Zl. Vujović 74'

Stadion Rade Končar, Šibenik

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: René Vigliani (France)

23 September 1979

Egypt	0–0	Morocco

Stadion Rade Končar, Šibenik

23 September 1979

Yugoslavia Ol.	5–1	Greece Ol.
Slišković 32' Pašić 43' Janjanin 62', 69' Primorac 83'		Kourouzidis 79'

Stadion NK Zadar, Zadar

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Paolo Bergamo (Italy)

25 September 1979

Greece Ol.	4–2	Egypt
?		Nouh 3', 33'

Stadion NK Zadar, Zadar

25 September 1979

Yugoslavia Ol.	2–1	Morocco
Zl. Vujović 43' Šestić 76'		Boussati 50'

Stadion Rade Končar, Šibenik

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Ozborgul (Turkey)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France Amateurs	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	4
Algeria	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4
Turkey B	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
Tunisia	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

21 September 1979

Algeria	1–1	France Amateurs
Bensaoula 54'		Ricort 8'

Omiš Stadium, Omiš

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Stjepan Glavina (Yugoslavia)

21 September 1979

Turkey B	1–0	Tunisia
?

23 September 1979

Algeria	1–1	Tunisia
Bousri 38'		Bayari 5'

Omiš Stadium, Omiš

23 September 1979

France Amateurs	1–1	Turkey B
?		?

25 September 1979

Algeria	1–0	Turkey B
Fergani 68'

Omiš Stadium, Omiš

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Stjepan Glavina (Yugoslavia)

25 September 1979

France Amateurs	2–1	Tunisia
?		Hergal 75'

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	27 September
	France Amateurs	2
					29 September – Split
	Greece Ol.	1
					Yugoslavia Ol.	3
	27 September – Šibenik
					France Amateurs	0
	Yugoslavia Ol.	3
	Algeria	2
					Third place
					29 September – Split
					Algeria	2
					Greece Ol.	1

Semi-finals

27 September 1979

France Amateurs	2–1	Greece Ol.
?		?

27 September 1979

Yugoslavia Ol.	3–2	Algeria
Primorac 4' (pen.) Bogdan 84' Šestić 88'		Belloumi 60' Douadi 69'

Stadion Rade Končar, Šibenik

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)

Third place match

29 September 1979

Algeria	2–1	Greece Ol.
Belloumi 10' Assad (pen.)		Cirikas 20'

Stadion Poljud, Split

Final

29 September 1979

Yugoslavia Ol.	3–0	France Amateurs
Pašić 24' Zl. Vujović 54', 77'

Stadion Poljud, Split

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Paolo Bergamo (Italy)

Tournament classification

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Yugoslavia Ol.	5	5	0	0	16	4	+12	10
2	France Amateurs	5	2	2	1	6	7	–1	6
3	Algeria	5	2	2	1	7	6	+1	6
4	Greece Ol.	5	1	1	3	8	12	–4	3
Eliminated in the group stage
5	Turkey B	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
6	Morocco	3	0	2	1	2	3	–1	2
7	Tunisia	3	0	1	2	2	4	–2	1
8	Egypt	3	0	1	2	2	7	–5	1

References

External links

• Football at 1979 Mediterranean Games at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

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