# 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.

## 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 |

## 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 | |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Libya | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | |

### 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 | |

### 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 | |

## Classification stage
### 7th and 5th place brackets

| Seventh place | Seventh place |
| 29 June – La Pobla de Mafumet | 29 June – La Pobla de Mafumet |
| Turkey | 4 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 |
| Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 29 June – Calafell | 29 June – Calafell |
| Algeria | 0 |
| France | 1 |

### Fifth place match
## Knockout stage

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

### Gold medal match
## 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 | 5th place match |
| 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 | 7th place match |
| 9 | Libya | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | Group stage |

## 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)