# Football at the 2001 Mediterranean Games

The 2001 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 14th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Tunis, Tunisia between 6 and 15 September 2001 as part of the 2001 Mediterranean Games and was contested by 9 teams, all countries were represented by the U-21 teams. Tunisia won the gold medal.

## Participating teams

Nine teams for under-21 took part in the tournament, 4 teams from Africa and 5 teams from Europe.
| Federation | Nation |
| CAF Africa | Algeria Libya Morocco Tunisia (hosts) |
| AFC Asia | None |
| UEFA Europe | France Greece Italy (holders) San Marino Turkey |

## Venues

| Cities | Venues | Capacity |
| Radès | Stade du 7 Novembre | 60,000 |
| Tunis | Stade El Menzah | 45,000 |
| Sousse | Stade Olympique de Sousse | 28,000 |
| Sfax | Stade Taïeb Mhiri | 22,000 |
| Bizerte | Stade 15 Octobre | 20,000 |

## Tournament

All times local: CEST (UTC+1)
Key to colours in group tables :
* Group winners advance to the Semi-finals

### Group stage
#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 6 |
| Tunisia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 3 |
| San Marino | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 |

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Turkey | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
| Greece | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Libya | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 |

#### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Italy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
| Morocco | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 3 |
| Algeria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 |

### Knockout stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 13 September – Bizerte | 13 September – Bizerte |
| France | 0 |
| France | 0 | 15 September – Radès | 15 September – Radès |
| Italy | 1 | 15 September – Radès | 15 September – Radès |
| Italy | 1 | Italy | 0 |
| 13 September – Tunis | 13 September – Tunis | | Italy | 0 |
| 13 September – Tunis | 13 September – Tunis | Tunisia | 1 |
| Turkey | 0 | Tunisia | 1 |
| Tunisia (a.e.t.) | 1 | | |
| Tunisia (a.e.t.) | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 15 September – Radès | 15 September – Radès |
| | | France | 2 |
| | | Turkey | 0 |

#### Final
## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| TunisiaWalid Ben Hassine Saïf Ghezal Ali Zitouni Imed Bouthouri Karim Hamida Ahmed Hammi Ahmed Khanchil Chokri Zaalani Bassam Daasi Karim Dalhoum Mohamed Sliti Lassaad Ouertani Slim Ben Achour Alaeddine Yahia Anis Ayari Anis Zitouni Anis Boussaidi Achraf Khalfaoui | ItalyVitangelo Spadavecchia Cristian Zaccardo Christian Maggio Riccardo Fissore Roberto Cardinale Andrea Dossena Simone Pacini Emanuele Calaiò Marco Mancinelli Giuseppe Sculli Gianluca Pegolo Luca Del Chiaro Simonluca Agazzone Federico Balzaretti Angelo Palombo Franco Semioli Marco Ferro Alessandro Pellicori | FranceLoïc Vincent Mickaël Natchimie Nicolas Sahnoun Mickaël Pontal Cyril Guyot David Grondin Grégory Pujol Loris Reina Gael Hiroux Ludovic Delporte Cyril Yapi Sebastien Squillacci Florent Balmont Loic Pailleres Nicolas Douchez David Vandenbossche Julien Stephan Guillaume Laval |

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| | Tunisia (H) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Gold Medal |
| | Italy | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 9 | Silver Medal |
| | France | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Turkey | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Morocco | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | Greece | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | Libya | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | Algeria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 9 | San Marino | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |