Football at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games

{{Infobox international football competition

| image = 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Football.jpg

| size = 150

| country = Turkey

| dates = 8 – 16 August

| num_teams = 8

| confederations = 3

| venues = 2

| cities = 1

| champion_other = {{fbu|23|TUR}}

| count = 1

| second_other = {{fbu|23|KSA}}

| third_other = {{fbu|23|AZE}}

| fourth_other = {{fbu|23|ALG}}

| matches = 12

| goals = 24

| attendance =

| top_scorer = {{nowrap|{{fbicon|ALG}} Chemseddine Bekkouche}}
{{fbicon|KSA}} Ahmed Al-Ghamdi
{{fbicon|SEN}} Meleye Diagne
{{nowrap|{{fbicon|TUR}} Muhammed Gümüşkaya}}
(2 goals each)

| player =

| goalkeeper =

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Football at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games was a football competition held between 8-16 August 2022 at Konya Metropolitan Municipality Stadium and Karatay Mehmet Otkut Football Field in Konya, Turkey. Under the rules, only players born on or after 1 January 1998 (U23) were eligible to participate in the preliminary and final competitions of the tournament. However, up to three players who exceeded this age limit might also be included in the official list of athletes for the final competition. The eight teams was divided into 2 groups of 4 teams each.{{cite web|url=http://www.konya2021.com/Sports.aspx?id=10|title=Football at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games|publisher=konya2021.com|accessdate=July 4, 2022|archive-date=June 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601134752/http://www.konya2021.com/Sports.aspx?id=10|url-status=dead}} {{cite web|url=http://www.konya2021.com/adm/img/23022022105159futbol_TR.pdf|title=SPOR EL KİTABI Futbol|publisher=konya2021.com|accessdate=July 4, 2022|language=tr|archive-date=June 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601134753/http://www.konya2021.com/adm/img/23022022105159futbol_TR.pdf|url-status=dead}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.konya2021.com/News.aspx?id=1031|title=Team sport draw results announced|publisher=konya2021.com|accessdate=July 4, 2022|archive-date=July 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705001115/http://www.konya2021.com/News.aspx?id=1031|url-status=dead}}

;Men

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ConfederationNation
CAF (Africa){{fbu|23|ALG}}
{{fbu|23|CMR}}
{{fbu|23|MAR}}
{{fbu|23|SEN}}
AFC (Asia){{fbu|23|IRN}}
{{fbu|23|KSA}}
UEFA (Europe){{fbu|23|AZE}}
{{fbu|23|TUR}} {{small|(hosts)}}

Venues

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CitiesVenuesCapacity
rowspan=2|Konya

|Selcuk University 15 July Stadium

|align="center"|5,000

Cumhuriyet Stadium

|align="center"|1,500

Squads

{{main|Football at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games – Men's team squads}}

Group stage

=Group A=

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|win_ALG=1 |draw_ALG=2 |loss_ALG=0 |gf_ALG=5 |ga_ALG=2 |status_ALG=

|win_SEN=1 |draw_SEN=1 |loss_SEN=1 |gf_SEN=3 |ga_SEN=2 |status_SEN=

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|class_rules=

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{{Football box

|date = 8 August 2022

|time = 12:30

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|score = 3–0
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|date = 8 August 2022

|time = 16:00

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{{Football box

|date = 10 August 2022

|time = 12:30

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|referee = Metehan Alpat (Turkey)

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|date = 10 August 2022

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{{Football box

|date = 12 August 2022

|time = 12:30

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|time = 16:00

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=Group B=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=football

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|name_AZE={{fbu|23|AZE}}

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|win_AZE=1 |draw_AZE=1 |loss_AZE=1 |gf_AZE=5 |ga_AZE=3 |status_AZE=

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|date = 8 August 2022

|time = 12:30

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|time = 16:00

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|date = 10 August 2022

|time = 12:30

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|date = 10 August 2022

|time = 16:00

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|date = 12 August 2022

|time = 12:30

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|date = 12 August 2022

|time = 16:00

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|score = 0–3
{{small|(w/o)}}

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Knockout stage

{{#invoke:RoundN|N4

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|3rdplace=yes

|RD1=Semifinals

|RD2=Final

|Consol=Third place

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|14 August – Konya|{{fbu|23|KSA}}|2|{{fbu|23|ALG}}|1

|16 August – Konya|{{fbu|23|TUR}}|1|{{fbu|23|KSA}}|0

|16 August – Konya|{{fbu|23|AZE}} {{pso}}|0 (4)|{{fbu|23|ALG}}|0 (3)

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=Semifinals=

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|date = 14 August 2022

|time =

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{{Football box

|date = 14 August 2022

|time = 17:00

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=Bronze medal match=

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|date = 16 August 2022

|time = 14:00

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=Gold medal match=

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|date = 16 August 2022

|time = 17:00

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|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbu|23|KSA}}

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|goals2 =

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|attendance =

|referee = Marcel Bîrsan (Romania)

|report =

}}

Final ranking

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|source=

|update=complete

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|name_MAR={{fbu|23|MAR}} |win_MAR=1 |draw_MAR=1 |loss_MAR=1 |gf_MAR=5 |ga_MAR=4

|name_SEN={{fbu|23|SEN}} |win_SEN=1 |draw_SEN=1 |loss_SEN=1 |gf_SEN=3 |ga_SEN=2

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|pos_XXX={{gold1}} |pos_YYY={{silver2}} |pos_MEX={{bronze3}} |split4=yes |split8=yes

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|col_1st=gold |text_1st=Gold medal

|col_2nd=silver |text_2nd=Silver medal

|col_3rd=#C96 |text_3rd=Bronze medal

|text_4th=Fourth place

|text_GS=Eliminated in
group stage

}}

Goalscorers

{{goalscorers

|matches=12|goals=24

|updated=complete

| 2 goal =

|1 goal=

|1 own goal=

}}

References

{{Reflist}}