Football at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games

Football at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games was a football competition that held between 8-16 August 2022 at Konya Metropolitan Municipality Stadium and Karatay Mehmet Otkut Football Field in Konya, Turkey. All players participating in the preliminary and final competitions of the tournament must be born on or after 1 January 1998 (U23). However, up to three male athletes who do not meet this age limit might also be included in the official list of athletes for the final competition. A maximum of 8 teams competed. Teams was divided into 2 groups and there were 4 teams in each group.[1] [2]

Football at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
Tournament details
Host countryTurkey
Dates8 – 16 August
Teams8 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Turkey (1st title)
Runners-up Saudi Arabia
Third place Azerbaijan
Fourth place Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored24 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)Algeria Chemseddine Bekkouche
Saudi Arabia Ahmed Al-Ghamdi
Senegal Meleye Diagne
Turkey Muhammed Gümüşkaya
(2 goals each)
2017

Turkey won the first gold medal in the tournament, by beating Saudi Arabia 1–0 in the final.

Participating teams

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Eight participated teams. All teams are of Under-23.[3]

Men
Confederation Nation
CAF (Africa)   Algeria
  Cameroon
  Morocco
  Senegal
AFC (Asia)   Iran
  Saudi Arabia
UEFA (Europe)   Azerbaijan
  Turkey (hosts)

Venues

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Cities Venues Capacity
Konya Selcuk University 15 July Stadium 5,000
Cumhuriyet Stadium 1,500

Squads

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Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Turkey (H) 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   Algeria 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3 5
3   Senegal 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
4   Cameroon 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Algeria  3–0
(w/o)
  Cameroon
Selcuk University 15 July Stadium, Konya
Turkey  1–0  Senegal
Selcuk University 15 July Stadium, Konya

Turkey  3–2  Cameroon
Selcuk University 15 July Stadium, Konya
Referee: Metehan Alpat (Turkey)
Senegal  1–1  Algeria
Selcuk University 15 July Stadium, Konya

Cameroon  0–2  Senegal
Selcuk University 15 July Stadium, Konya
Turkey  1–1  Algeria
Selcuk University 15 July Stadium, Konya
Referee: Hasan Kaçar (Turkey)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Saudi Arabia 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Azerbaijan 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4
3   Morocco 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
4   Iran 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
Source: [citation needed]
Morocco  3–0
(w/o)
  Iran
Cumhuriyet Stadium, Konya
Saudi Arabia  1–0  Azerbaijan
Cumhuriyet Stadium, Konya

Morocco  0–2  Saudi Arabia
Cumhuriyet Stadium, Konya
Azerbaijan  3–0
(w/o)
  Iran
Cumhuriyet Stadium, Konya

Azerbaijan  2–2  Morocco
Cumhuriyet Stadium, Konya
Iran  0–3
(w/o)
  Saudi Arabia
Cumhuriyet Stadium, Konya

Knockout stage

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
14 August – Konya
 
 
  Turkey1
 
16 August – Konya
 
  Azerbaijan0
 
  Turkey1
 
14 August – Konya
 
  Saudi Arabia0
 
  Saudi Arabia2
 
 
  Algeria1
 
Third place
 
 
16 August – Konya
 
 
  Azerbaijan (p)0 (4)
 
 
  Algeria0 (3)

Semifinals

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Turkey  1–0  Azerbaijan
Selcuk University 15 July Stadium, Konya
Referee: Cihan Aydın (Turkey)

Saudi Arabia  2–1  Algeria
Cumhuriyet Stadium, Konya

Bronze medal match

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Azerbaijan  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Algeria
Penalties
4–3
Cumhuriyet Stadium, Konya

Gold medal match

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Turkey  1–0  Saudi Arabia

Final ranking

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1   Turkey 5 4 1 0 7 3 +4 13 Gold medal
2   Saudi Arabia 5 4 0 1 8 2 +6 12 Silver medal
3   Azerbaijan 5 1 2 2 5 4 +1 5 Bronze medal
4   Algeria 5 1 3 1 6 4 +2 6 Fourth place
5   Morocco 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4 Eliminated in
group stage
6   Senegal 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
7   Cameroon 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
8   Iran 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
Source: [citation needed]

Goalscorers

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There were 24 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

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  1. ^ "Football at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games". konya2021.com. Archived from the original on June 1, 2022. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
  2. ^ "SPOR EL KİTABI Futbol" (PDF) (in Turkish). konya2021.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 1, 2022. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
  3. ^ "Team sport draw results announced". konya2021.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
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