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)

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]

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

Participating teams

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

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

Venues

CitiesVenuesCapacity
Konya Selcuk University 15 July Stadium 5,000
Cumhuriyet Stadium 1,500

Squads

Group stage

Group A

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:
(H) Hosts
Algeria 3–0
(w/o)		 Cameroon
Selcuk University 15 July Stadium, Konya
Turkey 1–0 Senegal
  • Gümüşkaya 27'
Selcuk University 15 July Stadium, Konya
Turkey 3–2 Cameroon
Selcuk University 15 July Stadium, Konya
Referee: Metehan Alpat (Turkey)
Senegal 1–1 Algeria
  • Sambou 63'
  • Bekkouche 84' (pen.)
Selcuk University 15 July Stadium, Konya
Cameroon 0–2 Senegal
  • Diagne 32', 65'
Selcuk University 15 July Stadium, Konya
Turkey 1–1 Algeria
  • Temine 19'
Selcuk University 15 July Stadium, Konya
Referee: Hasan Kaçar (Turkey)

Group B

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:
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
  • Slim 10'
  • Regragui 90+3'
Cumhuriyet Stadium, Konya
Iran 0–3
(w/o)		 Saudi Arabia
Cumhuriyet Stadium, Konya

Knockout stage

 
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

Turkey 1–0 Azerbaijan
Selcuk University 15 July Stadium, Konya
Referee: Cihan Aydın (Turkey)
Saudi Arabia 2–1 Algeria
  • Bekkouche 37' (pen.)
Cumhuriyet Stadium, Konya

Bronze medal match

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

Gold medal match

Turkey 1–0 Saudi Arabia
Selcuk University 15 July Stadium, Konya
Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (Romania)

Final ranking

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:

Goalscorers

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

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Algeria Toufik Cherifi (against Turkey)

References

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