1950–53 Mediterranean Cup

The 1950–53 Mediterranean Cup or 1950-53 Eastern Mediterranean Cup was the second tournament of the Mediterranean Cup, which is a football competition contested by men's national teams and national B teams of the states bordering the Mediterranean Sea. The tournament was played on the road and spanned three years, and it was played in a round-robin system in which the four teams involved played two matches against each other.[1] Egypt, Turkey and Greece participated with their A teams, while Italy disputed this tournament with their B team, and they won with 8 points while Greece finished in second with 7 points.[2]

1950-53 Mediterranean Cup
Tournament details
Dates18 October 1953 - 16 October 1958
Teams4 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Italy B (1st title)
Runners-up Greece
Third place Egypt
Fourth place Turkey
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored29 (2.42 per match)
Top scorer(s)Greece Georgios Darivas
Egypt El-Sayed El-Dhizui
(4 goals)

Results

[3]

Group

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Italy Italy B 86321104+6
Greece Greece 7631256-1
Egypt Egypt 6630310100
Turkey Turkey 3611449-5
Egypt Egypt2–0Greece Greece
Toto 36', 87' Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Generoso Dattilo (Italy)

Turkey Turkey3–1Egypt Egypt
Esel 3', 25'
Küçükandonyadis 19'
[Report] El-Dhizui 84'

Egypt Egypt3–0Turkey Turkey
Khattab ??'
Saleh ??'
El-Dhizui ??'
[Report]

Italy Italy B3–0Greece Greece
Armano ??'
Ghiandi ??'
Galli ??'
Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Ismail Kassib (Egypt)

Turkey Turkey0–0Italy Italy B
[Report]

Egypt Egypt3–0Italy Italy B
El-Hamouly ??'
El-Dhizui ??'
[Report]

Greece Greece1–0Egypt Egypt
Darivas 16' Report
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Sulhi garan (Turkey)

Italy Italy B1–0Turkey Turkey
??' [Report]
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Kosto Cicis (Greece)

Greece Greece3–1Turkey Turkey
Darivas 15', 44', 80' Report Sargın 38'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ferruccio Bellè (Italy)

Turkey Turkey0–1Greece Greece
Report Papageorgiou 9'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Guido Agnolin (Italy)

Italy Italy B6–1Egypt Egypt
Bacci ??', ??'
Cervellati ??'
Galli ??', ??'
Frignani ??'
[Report] El-Far ??'
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Sulhi garan (Turkey)

Greece Greece0–0Italy Italy B
Report
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Ernst Dörflinger (Switzerland)

Top Scorers

Player Team Goals
Georgios Darivas Greece4
El-Sayed El-Dhizui Egypt4
Carlo GalliItaly Italy B3

References

  1. "Mediterranean Cup 1950-1953". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  2. "Eastern Mediterranean Cup 1950-1953". EU-football.info. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  3. "Eastern Mediterranean Cup 1950-1953 results". football.eu. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.