1997 Mediterranean Games
football tournamentTournament details |
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Host country | Italy |
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City | Bari |
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Dates | 8–25 June |
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Teams | 13 |
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Final positions |
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Champions | Italy (4th title) |
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Runners-up | Turkey |
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Third place | Greece |
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Fourth place | Spain |
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Tournament statistics |
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Matches played | 19 |
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Goals scored | 50 (2.63 per match) |
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Top scorer(s) | Nikos Liberopoulos (5 goals) |
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International football competition
The 1997 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 13th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Bari, Italy between 8 and 25 June 1997 as part of the 1997 Mediterranean Games and was contested by 13 teams, all countries were represented by the Olympic teams. Italy won the gold medal.
Participating teams
Thirteen teams for U-23 took part in the tournament, 2 teams from Africa and 11 teams from Europe.
System
The 13 teams will be divided into four groups of three teams and one group of four teams. Teams are awarded three points for a win and one for a draw. No points are awarded for a defeat. The top sides in each group will advance to the semi-finals.
Squads
Venues
7 stadiums were allocated to host the matches.
Tournament
All times local : CET (UTC+1)
Key to colours in group tables |
| Group winners advance to the Semi-finals |
Group stage
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
Turkey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 |
Algeria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
Libya | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
Referee: Celino Gracia Redondo (
Spain)
Referee: Georgios Psychomanis (
Greece)
Group B
Group C
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
Greece | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 6 |
France | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 |
San Marino | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
Group D
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
Spain | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 |
Croatia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
Spain ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png) | 0–0 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Referee: Pascal Garibian (
France)
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Referee: Pascal Garibian (
France)
Third place match
Final
Final standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| Italy (H) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 10 | Gold Medal |
| Turkey | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 10 | Silver Medal |
| Greece | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Bronze Medal |
4 | Spain | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 | Fourth place |
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5 | Yugoslavia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
6 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 |
7 | France | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 |
8 | Algeria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
9 | Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
10 | Croatia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
11 | Albania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
12 | San Marino | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
13 | Libya | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
References