Football at the 2009 Maccabiah Games – Men's tournament

2009 Men's Maccabiah football tournament
Tournament details
Host country Israel
Dates 12 July – 22 July
Teams 17 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) 4 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Argentina Argentina
Runners-up United Kingdom Great Britain
Third place Israel Israel
Fourth place Mexico Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played 40
Goals scored 145 (3.63 per match)
Top scorer(s) Israel Tzahi Elihan (4 goals)
Best player United Kingdom Paul Hakim

The men's association football tournament at the 2009 Maccabiah Games was held in Haifa, Israel from 12 July to 22 July.

For these Games, the men competed in a 17-team tournament. Preliminary matches commenced on 12 July, the day before the Games' Opening Ceremony. The teams were grouped into four pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. The top two teams in each pool will advance to an eight-team single-elimination bracket. The Netherlands pulled out just one month before the competition.[1]

Venues

The city of Haifa served as the venue for the 2009 Maccabiah Games – men's open football tournament.

Haifa Haifa Haifa Haifa
Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Neve She'anan Stadium Ketzef Field Avi Ran Field
Capacity: 14,002 Capacity: n/a Capacity: n/a Capacity: n/a

Originally, Neve She'anan Stadium was chosen to host the final. However, once the draw took place for Maccabi Haifa's UEFA Champions League qualifiers and there was no conflict with the tournament end date, the venue was changed to Kiryat Eliezer Stadium.

All times are Israel Standard Time (UTC+2).

Preliminaries

Group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Israel Israel 430193+69
Canada Canada 430185+39
Russia Russia 4211172+157
Switzerland Switzerland 411278−14
Germany Germany 4004124−230


Canada Canada0–3Israel Israel
(Report) Haleili  44'
Atdjanov  64'
Elihan  88'
Avi Ran Field, Haifa
Switzerland Switzerland4–1Germany Germany
Neve She'anan Stadium, Haifa

Switzerland Switzerland1–1Russia Russia
Avi Ran Field, Haifa
Germany Germany0–3Israel Israel
(Report) Elihan  26'
Maman  57'
 66' (o.g.)
Avi Ran Field, Haifa

Israel Israel3–0Switzerland Switzerland
Moshe  64'
Haleili  73'
Elkabetz  88'
(Report)
Avi Ran Field, Haifa
Russia Russia0–1Canada Canada
Avi Ran Field, Haifa

Russia Russia13–0Germany Germany
Avi Ran Field, Haifa
Canada Canada3–2Switzerland Switzerland
Neve She'anan Stadium, Haifa

Germany Germany0–4Canada Canada
Neve She'anan Stadium, Haifa
Israel Israel0–3Russia Russia
Avi Ran Field, Haifa

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
United States United States 321090+97
Australia Australia 321031+27
Chile Chile 310248−43
Peru Peru 3003310−70


Peru Peru0–4United States United States
Neve She'anan Stadium, Haifa

Chile Chile0–1Australia Australia
(Report) Bloch  90'
Avi Ran Field, Haifa

United States United States5–0Chile Chile
Ketzef Field, Haifa
Australia Australia2–1Peru Peru
Ritz
Rischin
Ketzef Field, Haifa

Peru Peru2–4Chile Chile
Avi Ran Field, Haifa

United States United States0–0Australia Australia
Neve She'anan Stadium, Haifa

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Mexico Mexico 3210123+97
South Africa South Africa 321051+47
Sweden Sweden 301259−41
Venezuela Venezuela 3012514−91


Mexico Mexico8–1Venezuela Venezuela
Ketzef Field, Haifa

Sweden Sweden0–2South Africa South Africa

Mexico Mexico3–1Sweden Sweden
Neve She'anan Stadium, Haifa
South Africa South Africa2–0Venezuela Venezuela
Zadikov  70'
Cohen  78'
Neve She'anan Stadium, Haifa

Venezuela Venezuela4–4Sweden Sweden
Neve She'anan Stadium, Haifa

Mexico Mexico1–1South Africa South Africa
Avi Ran Field, Haifa

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Argentina Argentina 321052+37
United Kingdom Great Britain 311143+14
Brazil Brazil 310234−13
France France 310235−23


France France0–3Brazil Brazil
Avi Ran Field, Haifa

Argentina Argentina1–1United Kingdom Great Britain
Faes (Report) Hakim  46'
Ketzef Field, Haifa

Brazil Brazil0–2Argentina Argentina
(Report) Rubin
Faes  (pen.)
Neve She'anan Stadium, Haifa
Great Britain United Kingdom1–2France France
Kurrant (Report)
Neve She'anan Stadium, Haifa

France France1–2Argentina Argentina
Faes  (pen.)
Lipoff
Ketzef Field, Haifa

Brazil Brazil0–2United Kingdom Great Britain
(Report) Soutar  52'
Hakim  70'
Ketzef Field, Haifa

Stage 2

5th place bracket

 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
20 July – Neve Shaanan Stadium
 
 
United States United States 4
 
22 July – Avi Ran Field
 
South Africa South Africa 1
 
United States United States 4
 
20 July – Neve Shaanan Stadium
 
Australia Australia 1
 
Canada Canada 0
 
 
Australia Australia 2
 
Seventh place
 
 
22 July – Avi Ran Field
 
 
South Africa South Africa 4
 
 
Canada Canada 1

Championship bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
19 July – Avi Ran Field
 
 
Israel Israel 1
 
20 July – Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
 
South Africa South Africa 0
 
Israel Israel 0
 
19 July – Neve She'anan Stadium
 
United Kingdom Great Britain 1
 
United States United States 0
 
22 July – Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
 
United Kingdom Great Britain 2
 
United Kingdom Great Britain 1
 
19 July – Avi Ran Field
 
Argentina Argentina 2
 
Mexico Mexico 3
 
20 July – Neve She'anan Stadium
 
Canada Canada 0
 
Mexico Mexico 0
 
19 July – Neve She'anan Stadium
 
Argentina Argentina 3 Third place
 
Argentina Argentina 3
 
22 July – Neve She'anan Stadium
 
Australia Australia 1
 
Israel Israel 7
 
 
Mexico Mexico 1
 

Quarterfinals

Israel Israel1–0South Africa South Africa
Abd Elhamed  74'

United States United States0–2United Kingdom Great Britain
(Report) Morris
Hakim  78'
Neve She'anan Stadium, Haifa

v

Argentina Argentina3–1Australia Australia
Faes
OG
Rubin
Rischin  10'

Semifinals

Israel Israel0–1United Kingdom Great Britain
(Report) Sloma  21'

Argentina Argentina3–0Mexico Mexico
Lipoff
Faes
Zylberberg

Bronze medal match

Israel Israel7–1Mexico Mexico
Avitan  11'  22'  30'
Moshe  55'
Elihan  57'  71'
Abd Elhamed  64'
(Report)
Neve She'anan Stadium

Gold medal match

Great Britain United Kingdom1 – 1 (a.e.t.)Argentina Argentina
Sloma  22' (Report) Lipoff  88'
Penalties
Ellis
Sacks
Hahn
Levack
Morris
2–3 Salomon
Goldberg
Cohen
Silberstein
Loterspil

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's football Argentina Argentina (ARG)
Matias Burstein
Rodrigo Kotik
Brian Gips
David Cohen
Andres Loterspil
Kevin Kogan
Nicolas Zuchowicki
Gustavo Umansky
Ariel Salomon
Eitan Silberstein
Nicolas Goldberg
Marcelo Felder
German Zylberberg
Martin Feldman
Ariel Kaplan
Andres Faes
Ezequiel Rubin
Martin Saban
Federico Lipoff
Matias Alazraki
Coach: Marcelo Katz
United Kingdom Great Britain (GBR)
Andrew Goldman
Danny Berliner
Daniel Cole
Guy Helman
Guy Morris
David Soutar
Michael Sacks
Sam Sloma
Alex Levack
Jonathan Kurrant
Scott Shulton
Craig Ellis
Ben Lauffer
Daniel Stanton
Michael Warwick
Mitchel Hahn
Daniel Berg
Paul Hakim
James Gershfield
Matt Stock
Coach: Jonathan Kestenbaum
Israel Israel (ISR)
Arik Yanko
Orel Cohen Ne'eman
Hatem Abd Elhamed
Hana Nasser
Osher Zeitun
Sari Falah
Rahamim Daniel
Dor Malihi
Adir Maman
Muayan Halaili
Nir Biton
Barak Moshe
Arthur Atzhianov
Tzahi Elihan
Meir Elkabetz
Ilan Rankovitch
Philipe Abu-Mana
Samir Hakim
Alon Torjman
Temur Avitan
Coach: Eli Ohana

Statistics

Top Scorers

8 goals
  • Mexico Allan Israel

Footnotes

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