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1983 Mediterranean Games
football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Morocco
City	Casablanca
Dates	9–17 September
Teams	9 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Morocco (1st title)
Runners-up	Turkey B
Third place	Egypt
Fourth place	France Amateurs
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	26 (2 per match)
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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]

Participating teams

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

Venues

Tournament

All times local : Time zone ( UTC+0)

Group stage

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

Group A

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

9 September 1983

Morocco	0–0	Greece Ol.

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

11 September 1983

Greece Ol.	2–1	Libya
Chatzopoulos 81'

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

13 September 1983

Morocco	2–0	Libya
El Haddaoui Khalifa

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

Group B

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

9 September 1983

France Amateurs	1–0	Syria

Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

11 September 1983

Egypt	1–0	Syria
El-Mashaqui 27'

Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

13 September 1983

Egypt	0–0	France Amateurs

Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

Group C

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

9 September 1983

Turkey B	3–1	Tunisia
		Rakbaoui 21'

Stade El Abdi, El Jadida

11 September 1983

Tunisia	3–2	Algeria
Hergal 10' Rakbaoui 31' Ben Messaoud 43'		Belloumi 36' Guendouz 89' ( pen.)

Stade El Abdi, El Jadida

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Mohamed Hossam Eddine ( Egypt)

13 September 1983

Turkey B	0–1	Algeria
		Guendouz 30'

Stade El Abdi, El Jadida

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	15 September – Casablanca
	Morocco	2
					17 September – Casablanca
	Egypt	1
					Morocco	3
	15 September – Casablanca
					Turkey B	0
	Turkey B	1
	France Amateurs	0
					Third place
					17 September – Casablanca
					Egypt ( p)	0 (5)
					France Amateurs	0 (2)

Semi-finals

15 September 1983

16:00

Morocco	2–1	Egypt
El Haddaoui		Youssef 54'

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

15 September 1983

18:00

Turkey B	1–0	France Amateurs

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

Third place match

17 September 1983

16:00

Egypt	0–0	France Amateurs
Penalties
	5–2

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

Final

17 September 1983

18:00

Morocco	3–0	Turkey B
El Haddaoui 25' Souadi 45' Labied 80'

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: ... Cárcel ( Spain)

Tournament classification

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