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Football at the 1983 Mediterranean Games

The 1983 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 9th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Casablanca, Morocco between 9 and 17 September 1983 as part of the 1983 Mediterranean Games and was contested by 9 teams.[1][2][3][4]

1983 Mediterranean Games
football tournament
Tournament details
Host countryMorocco
CityCasablanca
Dates9–17 September
Teams9 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Morocco (1st title)
Runners-upTurkey Turkey B
Third place Egypt
Fourth placeFrance France Amateurs
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored26 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)Morocco Mustafa El Haddaoui (4 goals)
← 1979
1987 →

Participating teams

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Nine teams took part in the tournament.

Federation Nation
CAF Africa   Algeria
  Egypt
  Libya
  Morocco (hosts)
  Tunisia
AFC Asia   Syria
UEFA Europe   France Amateurs
  Greece Ol.
  Turkey B

Squads

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Main article: Football at the 1983 Mediterranean Games – Men's team squads

Venues

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Cities Venues Capacity
Casablanca Stade Mohammed V 67,000
Rabat Moulay Abdellah Stadium 68,000
El Jadida Stade El Abdi 15,000

Tournament

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All times local : Time zone (UTC+0)

Key to colours in group tables
Advance to the Semi-finals

Group stage

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Morocco, Egypt and Turkey qualified for semifinals. France won the fourth semifinal place on lots.

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Morocco 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 3
  Greece Ol. 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 3
  Libya 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
Morocco  0–0  Greece Ol.
Greece Ol.  2–1  Libya
  
Morocco  2–0  Libya
El Haddaoui  
Khalifa  

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Egypt 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 3
  France Amateurs 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 3
  Syria 2 0 0 2 0 2 −2 0
France Amateurs  1–0  Syria
 
Egypt  1–0  Syria
El-Mashaqui   27'
Egypt  0–0  France Amateurs

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Turkey B 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 2
  Algeria 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 2
  Tunisia 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 2
Turkey B  3–1  Tunisia
Çalımbay   39'
Akbaşlı   44', 51'		 Report Rakbaoui   21'
Referee: José Luis García Carrión (Spain)
Tunisia  3–2  Algeria
Hergal   10'
Rakbaoui   31'
Ben Messaoud   43'		 Belloumi   36'
Guendouz   89' (pen.)
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mohamed Hossam Eddine (Egypt)
Turkey B  0–1  Algeria
Report Guendouz   31'
Kouici   87'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Salem Sherif (Libya)

Knockout stage

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
15 September – Casablanca
 
 
  Morocco2
 
17 September – Casablanca
 
  Egypt1
 
  Morocco3
 
15 September – Casablanca
 
  Turkey B0
 
  Turkey B1
 
 
  France Amateurs0
 
Third place
 
 
17 September – Casablanca
 
 
  Egypt (p)0 (5)
 
 
  France Amateurs0 (2)

Semi-finals

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Morocco  2–1  Egypt
El Haddaoui     Youssef   54'
Turkey B  1–0  France Amateurs
Özdemir   60'
Referee: Abdelali Naciri (Morocco)

Third place match

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Egypt  0–0  France Amateurs
Penalties
5–2

Final

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Morocco  3–0  Turkey B
El Haddaoui   25'
Souadi   45'
Labied   80'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: José Luis García Carrión (Spain)

Tournament classification

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

References

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  1. ^ "Mediterranean Games 1983 (Casablanca, Morocco)". RSSSF. Dinant Abbink & Erik Garin. 5 Apr 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  2. ^ Tercüman Newspaper archive, September 1983
  3. ^ Milliyet Newspaper archive, September 1983
  4. ^ Cumhuriyet Newspaper archive, September 1983
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