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Football at the 2013 Mediterranean Games

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Host country
  
Turkey

Champions
  
Morocco (2nd title)

Venue(s)
  
2 (in 2 host cities)

Runners-up
  
Turkey

Dates
  
(2013-06-19) (2013-06-27)19 June – 27 June 2013 (8 days)

Teams
  
8 (from 2 confederations)

Football at the 2013 Mediterranean Games took place between 19 June and 27 June. The tournament was held at the Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, and Tarsus City Stadium. The final was held at the Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium on 27 June. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their men's U-19 national teams. There was no women's tournament on this occasion.

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Participating nations

Eight nations have applied to compete in men's tournament, four less than at the previous games. At least six nations competing is the requirement for tournament to be held. None of the Asian nations opted to compete.

Men

Format

  • Eight teams are split into 2 preliminary round groups of 4 teams each. The top 2 teams from each group qualify for the main knockout stage, other team qualify for placement matches.
  • In the semifinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B2 and B1 vs. A2
  • The winning teams from the semifinals play for the gold medal. The losing teams compete for the bronze medal.

    • Preliminary round

    All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3).

    References

    Football at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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