Football at the 2018 Mediterranean Games

Football at the 2018 Mediterranean Games took place between 22 June and 30 June at the Estadi Municipal de Reus, Estadi Municipal de La Pobla de Mafumet and Estadi Municipal de Calafell. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their men's U-18, U-19 and U-21 national teams. There was no women's tournament on this occasion.^[1]

Men's football tournament at the 2018 Mediterranean Games

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Tarragona
Dates	22–30 June
Teams	9 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (3rd title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	Morocco
Fourth place	Greece
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	47 (3.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Abel Ruiz (7 goals)
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Participating nations

Nine nations have applied to compete in men's tournament, one more than at the previous games. None of the Asian nations opted to compete.

Men

Federation	Nation
CAF Africa	Algeria U18  Libya U18  Morocco U18
AFC Asia	None
UEFA Europe	Bosnia and Herzegovina U18  France U18  Greece U18  Italy U18  Spain U18 (hosts)  Turkey U18

Squads

Main article: Football at the 2018 Mediterranean Games – Men's team squads

Venues

3 stadiums were allocated to host the matches.

Stadium	City	Capacity
Estadi Municipal de Reus	Reus	4,500
Estadi Municipal de La Pobla de Mafumet	La Pobla de Mafumet	707
Estadi Municipal de Calafell	Calafell	690

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain (H)	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	6	Semifinals
2	Algeria	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Source: Tarragona 2018
(H) Hosts

22 June 2018

13:00

Algeria	1–4	Spain
Boutrif 74'	Report	Ruiz 6', 17' S. Gómez 12', 21'

Estadi Municipal de Calafell, Calafell

Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

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24 June 2018

20:00

Spain	2–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ruiz 7' N. Díaz 76'	Report	Hasić 50'

Estadi Municipal de Reus, Reus

Referee: Hicham Tiazi (Morocco)

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26 June 2018

17:00

Algeria	2–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Boutrif 55' Zorgane 82'	Report

Estadi Municipal de La Pobla de Mafumet, La Pobla de Mafumet

Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	2	1	1	0	8	2	+6	4	Semifinals
2	Morocco	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4
3	Libya	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0

Source: Tarragona 2018

22 June 2018

10:00

Italy	2–2	Morocco
Vignato 62' Merola 78'	Report	Rharib 19' Ounahi 68'

Estadi Municipal de Calafell, Calafell

Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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24 June 2018

11:00

Morocco	2–1	Libya
S. Drouich 6' Mourid 64'	Report	Shaldun 50'

Estadi Municipal de Reus, Reus

Referee: Said Aouina (Algeria)

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26 June 2018

20:00

Libya	0–6	Italy
	Report	Rauti 4', 43' (pen.) Merola 28', 87', 90+1' Gavioli 44'

Estadi Municipal de La Pobla de Mafumet, La Pobla de Mafumet

Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Greece)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Semifinals
2	France	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
3	Turkey	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0

Source: Tarragona 2018

22 June 2018

13:00

France	1–0	Turkey
Soumaré 88'	Report

Estadi Municipal de La Pobla de Mafumet, La Pobla de Mafumet

Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

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24 June 2018

20:00

Turkey	0–1	Greece
	Report	Emmanouilidis 68'

Estadi Municipal de Calafell, Calafell

Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández (Spain)

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26 June 2018

20:00

France	1–3	Greece
Gassama 75'	Report	Emmanouilidis 48' Gkargkalatzidis 90+1' Voilis 90+5'

Estadi Municipal de Reus, Reus

Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morocco	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4	Semifinals
2	Algeria	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3
3	France	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3

Source: Tarragona 2018

Classification stage

7th and 5th place brackets

Seventh place         29 June – La Pobla de Mafumet      Turkey 4      Bosnia and Herzegovina 2

Fifth place         29 June – Calafell      Algeria 0      France 1

Seventh place match

29 June 2018

18:00

Turkey	4–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Šehić 45' (o.g.) Kabak 82' Akgün 84' Aydin 90+2'	Report	Imamović 12', 45'

Estadi Municipal de La Pobla de Mafumet, La Pobla de Mafumet

Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)

Fifth place match

29 June 2018

18:00

Algeria	0–1	France
	Report	Badu 90+1'

Estadi Municipal de Calafell, Calafell

Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Greece)

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	28 June – Reus
	Italy	3
					30 June – Reus
	Greece	0
					Italy	2
	28 June – La Pobla de Mafumet
					Spain	3
	Spain	2
	Morocco	1
					Third place
					30 June – La Pobla de Mafumet
					Greece	0 (6)
					Morocco (p)	0 (7)

Semifinals

28 June 2018

17:00

Italy	3–0	Greece
Rauti 17' Merola 31' (pen.) Caviglia 71'	Report

Estadi Municipal de Reus, Reus

Referee: Hicham Tiazi (Morocco)

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28 June 2018

20:00

Spain	2–1	Morocco
Sancet 78' Ruiz 82' (pen.)	Report	Tahif 13'

Estadi Municipal de La Pobla de Mafumet , La Pobla de Mafumet

Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

Bronze medal match

30 June 2018

10:00

Greece	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Morocco
	Report
Penalties
	6–7

Estadi Municipal de La Pobla de Mafumet, La Pobla de Mafumet

Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández (Spain)

Gold medal match

30 June 2018

12:30

Italy	2–3	Spain
Rauti 6' Portanova 88'	Report	Ruiz 26', 57', 90+4'

Estadi Municipal de Reus, Reus

Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	Spain (H)	4	4	0	0	11	5	+6	12	Gold medal
	Italy	4	2	1	1	13	5	+8	7	Silver medal
	Morocco	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5	Bronze medal
4	Greece	4	2	1	1	4	4	0	7	Fourth place
5	France	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6	5th place match
6	Algeria	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
7	Turkey	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3	7th place match
8	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0
9	Libya	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0	Group stage

Source: Tarragona 2018
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

7 goals

• Abel Ruiz

5 goals

• Davide Merola

4 goals

• Nicola Rauti

2 goals

• Idir Boutrif
• Armin Imamović
• Dimitrios Emmanouilidis
• Sergio Gómez Martín

1 goal

• Adem Zorgane
• Ajdin Hasić
• Bastian Badu
• Mamadou Gassama
• Yaya Soumaré
• Alexandros Gkargkalatzidis
• Alexandros Voilis
• Lorenzo Gavioli
• Hans Nicolussi Caviglia
• Manolo Portanova
• Emanuel Vignato
• Jihad Shaldun
• Soulaiman Drouich
• Aymane Mourid
• Azzedine Ounahi
• Achraf Rharib
• Adil Tahif
• Nacho Díaz
• Oihan Sancet
• Sefa Akgün
• Behlül Aydin
• Ozan Kabak

Own goal

• Eldar Šehić (against Turkey)