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Football at the 2009 Mediterranean Games

Field	Value
tourney_name	Mediterranean Games
football tournament
year	2009
country	Italy
city	Pescara
dates	25 June – 5 July
num_teams	12
venues	6
cities	6
champion_other
count	2
second_other
third_other
fourth_other
matches	19
goals	44
top_scorer	GRE Michalis Pavlis (4 goals)
TUN Khaled Ayari (4 goals)
prevseason	2005
nextseason	2013

football tournament TUN Khaled Ayari (4 goals)

The 2009 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 16th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Pescara, Italy between 25 June and 5 July 2009 as part of the 2009 Mediterranean Games and was contested by 12 teams, all countries were represented by the U-20 teams. Spain won the gold medal.

Participating teams

Federation	Nation
CAF Africa

AFC Asia
UEFA Europe
(hosts)
(holders)

System

The 12 teams were divided into four groups of three teams. Teams were awarded three points for a win and one for a draw. No points were awarded for a defeat. The top side in each group would advance to the semi-finals. If two or more teams were tied for a particular position, then the tie-breaking system would be as follows:

Highest number of points obtained in all group matches;
The result in the eventual direct match between two tied teams;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches.

Squads

Main article: Football at the 2009 Mediterranean Games – Men's team squads

Each team's eighteen-man squad had to consist of players born after January 1, 1989. The squads must have been submitted no later than June 11, 2009. Each member of the winning team was awarded a gold medal. The runners-up all received a silver medal, and the third-placed team all received a bronze medal. Each member of each side placed 4th-8th in the competition received a diploma.

Venues

6 stadia were allocated to host the matches

Stadium	City	Capacity
Stadio Adriatico	Pescara	25,000
Stadio Guido Angelini	Chieti	12,750
Stadio Comunale	Teramo	7,498
Stadio Guido Biondi	Lanciano	6,400
Stadio dei Marsi	Avezzano	3,692
Stadio Valle Anzuca	Francavilla al Mare	3,500

Draw

The draw for the groups was made on May 8, 2009, and was conducted by Eusebio Di Francesco

Tournament

Group stage

Group A

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4
2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	3
2	0	1	1	1	5	-4	1

Pavlis Niklitsiotis

Sciacca

Group B

Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2	2	0	3	0	+3	6
2	1	1	5	2	+3	3
2	0	2	0	6	-6	0

Joseph-Monrose

Albayrak Basdas Gokoglan

Group C

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Withdrew

Morocco withdrew from the competition so Libya and Montenegro ensured qualification to the next round. Their matches only determined group ranking.

Durutović Savić Vuković Gagom Altriki Ahmed

Group D

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	4
2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4
2	0	0	2	1	5	-4	0

Aarón

Ayari

Aarón Botía

Knockout stage

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Semi-finals

Laguardia

5–8 Places

Barboudis

Calik

Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Third place match

Gagom Altriki Ahmed Zrimeg Elmhashhash Issa Abubaker Elgarmadi Elzaredi Pied Bakar Mustivar Guidileye Malonga Coubronne Kone Theophile Catherine Abenzoar

Final

Calderoni

Final standings

References

[http://www.pescara2009.it/attachment/Sport/PDF_Eng/BR_Football_EN.pdf Pescara 2009 - Football - Technical Book] {{webarchive. link. (2011-07-22 (Published February 16, 2009))
[http://www.pescara2009.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8350%3Aatleti-simbolo-dello-sport-italiano-al-sorteggio-dei-gironi&catid=2%3Anews&Itemid=83&lang=en Athletes symbol of Italian sport at the draw of the rounds] ''pescara.it'', ''Retrieved on 19 May 2009''

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