Football at the 1997 Mediterranean Games

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.[1] Italy won the gold medal.

1997 Mediterranean Games
football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Italy
City	Bari
Dates	8–25 June
Teams	13
Final positions
Champions	Italy (4th title)
Runners-up	Turkey
Third place	Greece
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
Goals scored	50 (2.63 per match)

Participating teams

Thirteen teams for U-23 took part in the tournament, 2 teams from Africa and 11 teams from Europe.

Federation	Nation
CAF Africa	Algeria  Libya
AFC Asia	None
UEFA Europe	Albania  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Croatia  France  Greece  Italy (hosts)  San Marino  Spain  Slovenia  Turkey (holders)  FR Yugoslavia

System

The 13 teams will be divided into three 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.

Stadium	City	Capacity
Stadio San Nicola	Bari	58,270
Stadio Degli Ulivi	Andria	9,140
Stadio Comunale	Barletta	9,200
Stadio Franco Fanuzzi	Brindisi	6,200
Stadio Pino Zaccheria	Foggia	25,085
Stadio Via del Mare	Lecce	33,876
Stadio Erasmo Iacovone	Taranto	30,450

Tournament

All times local : CET (UTC+1)

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

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

16 June 1997

Turkey	2–2	Algeria

Stadio Degli Ulivi, Andria, Italy

16 June 1997

Libya	2–2	Slovenia

Stadio Pino Zaccheria, Foggia, Italy

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18 June 1997

Turkey	1–0	Libya
Özkan

Stadio Via del Mare, Lecce, Italy

Referee: Salem Prolić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

18 June 1997

Algeria	1–1	Slovenia
Bounekdja		Osterc

Stadio Degli Ulivi, Andria, Italy

Referee: Georgios Psychomanis (Greece)

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20 June 1997

Turkey	2–1	Slovenia
Bulajič  (o.g.) Özat		Cimirotič

Stadio Pino Zaccheria, Foggia, Italy

Referee: Zoran Arsić (FR Yugoslavia)

20 June 1997

Algeria	1–1	Libya
Merakchi

Stadio Comunale, Barletta, Italy

Referee: Marco Turo (San Marino)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4	4
FR Yugoslavia	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
Albania	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	0

17 June 1997

FR Yugoslavia	3–1	Albania
Slović  43' Tomić  45+3' (p) Jestrović  80'		Bogdani  60'

Stadio Comunale, Barletta, Italy

Referee: S. Tivolo (Slovenia)

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19 June 1997

Italy	4–0	Albania
Ventola  13' Baronio  60' Iannuzzi  67' Fiore  69'

Stadio Pino Zaccheria, Foggia, Italy

Referee: Sabri Celik (Turkey)

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21 June 1997

Italy	0–0	FR Yugoslavia

Stadio Degli Ulivi, Andria, Italy

Referee: Eric Romain (Belgium)

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

16 June 1997

Greece	4–1	San Marino
Lakis  7' Liberopoulos  16', 50' Kiassos  58'		Selva  90+1'

Stadio Pino Zaccheria, Foggia, Italy

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18 June 1997

France	4–0	San Marino
Diawara Grenet Zanotti

Stadio Via del Mare, Lecce, Italy

Referee: Boucif Lazoun (Algeria)

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20 June 1997

Greece	3–0	France
Liberopoulos  16', 40' (p) Konstantinidis  23'

Stadio Franco Fanuzzi, Brindisi, Italy

Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)

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

17 June 1997

Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–0	Croatia
Topić

Stadio Franco Fanuzzi, Brindisi, Italy

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19 June 1997

Spain	0–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Stadio Erasmo Iacovone, Taranto, Italy

Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)

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21 June 1997

Spain	2–1	Croatia
Ballesteros		Bazina

Stadio Via del Mare, Lecce, Italy

Referee: Pascal Garibian (France)

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	23 June–Lecce
	Italy (a.e.t.)	2
					25 June–Bari
	Spain	0
					Italy	5
	23 June–Taranto
					Turkey	1
	Greece	0
	Turkey	1
					Third place
					25 June–Foggia
					Spain	0
					Greece	1

Semi-finals

23 June 1997

Italy	2–0	Spain
Ventola  69' Longo  90'

Stadio Via del Mare, Lecce, Italy

Referee: Pascal Garibian (France)

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23 June 1997

Greece	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Turkey
		Aksoy  97'

Stadio Erasmo Iacovone, Taranto, Italy

Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)

Third place match

25 June 1997

Spain	0–1	Greece
		Liberopoulos  86'

Stadio Pino Zaccheria, Foggia, Italy

Final

25 June 1997

17:30

Italy	5–1	Turkey
Totti  28', 43' (pen.) Ventola  30', 51' Longo  63'		Güner  16'

Stadio San Nicola, Bari

Attendance: 20 000

Referee: Zoran Arsić (FR Yugoslavia)

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
5	FR 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:
(H) Host.

References

1. Mediterranean Games 1997 (Bari) - rsssf.com