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
Runners-up	United Kingdom
Third place	Israel
Fourth place	Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Goals scored	145 (3.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tzahi Elihan (4 goals)
Best player	Paul Hakim

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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.

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	4	3	0	1	9	3	+6	9
Canada	4	3	0	1	8	5	+3	9
Russia	4	2	1	1	17	2	+15	7
Switzerland	4	1	1	2	7	8	-1	4
Germany	4	0	0	4	1	24	-23	0

July 12, 2009 09:00 UTC+2	Canada	0 – 3	Israel	Avi Ran Field, Haifa Referee: Attendance:
		(Report)	Haleili  44' Atdjanov  64' Elihan  88'

11:00	Switzerland	4 – 1	Germany	Neve She'anan Stadium, Haifa Referee: Attendance:

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July 13, 2009 09:00	Switzerland	1 – 1	Russia	Avi Ran Field, Haifa Referee: Attendance:

11:00	Germany	0 – 3	Israel	Avi Ran Field, Haifa Referee: Attendance:
		(Report)	Elihan  26' Maman  57'  66' (o.g.)

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July 15, 2009 09:00	Israel	3 – 0	Switzerland	Avi Ran Field, Haifa Referee: Attendance:
	Moshe  64' Haleili  73' Elkabetz  88'	(Report)

11:00	Russia	0 – 1	Canada	Avi Ran Field, Haifa Referee: Attendance:

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July 16, 2009 09:00	Russia	13 – 0	Germany	Avi Ran Field, Haifa Referee: Attendance:

11:00	Canada	3 – 2	Switzerland	Neve She'anan Stadium, Haifa Referee: Attendance:

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July 17, 2009 09:00	Germany	0 – 4	Canada	Neve She'anan Stadium, Haifa Referee: Attendance:

11:00	Israel	0 – 3	Russia	Avi Ran Field, Haifa Referee: Attendance:

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	1	0	9	0	+9	7
Australia	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7
Chile	3	1	0	2	4	8	-4	3
Peru	3	0	0	3	3	10	-7	0

July 12, 2009 09:00	Peru	0 – 4	United States	Neve She'anan Stadium, Haifa Referee: Attendance:

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July 13, 2009 09:00	Chile	0 – 1	Australia	Avi Ran Field, Haifa Referee: Attendance:
		(Report)	Bloch  90'

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July 15, 2009 09:00	United States	5 – 0	Chile	Ketzef Field, Haifa Referee: Attendance:

11:00	Australia	2 – 1	Peru	Ketzef Field, Haifa Referee: Attendance:
	Ritz Rischin

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July 16, 2009 11:00	Peru	2 – 4	Chile	Avi Ran Field, Haifa Referee: Attendance:

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July 17, 2009 11:00	United States	0 – 0	Australia	Neve She'anan Stadium, Haifa Referee: Attendance:

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	3	2	1	0	12	3	+9	7
South Africa	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Sweden	3	0	1	2	5	9	-4	1
Venezuela	3	0	1	2	5	14	-9	1

July 12, 2009 09:00	Mexico	8 – 1	Venezuela	Ketzef Field, Haifa Referee: Attendance:

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July 13, 2009 09:00	Sweden	0 – 2	South Africa	Referee: Attendance:

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July 15, 2009 09:00	Mexico	3 – 1	Sweden	Neve She'anan Stadium, Haifa Referee: Attendance:

11:00	South Africa	2 – 0	Venezuela	Neve She'anan Stadium, Haifa Referee: Attendance:

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July 16, 2009 11:00	Venezuela	4 – 4	Sweden	Neve She'anan Stadium, Haifa Referee: Attendance:

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July 17, 2009 11:00	Mexico	1 – 1	South Africa	Avi Ran Field, Haifa Referee: Attendance:

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Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
United Kingdom	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Brazil	3	1	0	2	3	4	-1	3
France	3	1	0	2	3	5	-2	3

July 12, 2009 11:00	France	0 – 3	Brazil	Avi Ran Field, Haifa Referee: Attendance:

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July 13, 2009 09:00	Argentina	1 – 1	United Kingdom	Ketzef Field, Haifa Referee: Attendance:
	Faes	(Report)	Hakim  46'

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July 15, 2009 16:00	Brazil	0 – 2	Argentina	Neve She'anan Stadium, Haifa Referee: Attendance:
		(Report)	Rubin Faes

18:00	United Kingdom	1 – 2	France	Neve She'anan Stadium, Haifa Referee: Attendance:
	Kurrant	(Report)

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July 16, 2009 11:00	France	1 – 2	Argentina	Ketzef Field, Haifa Referee: Attendance:
			Faes Lipoff

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July 17, 2009 11:00	Brazil	0 – 2	United Kingdom	Ketzef Field, Haifa Referee: Attendance:
		(Report)	Soutar  52' Hakim  70'

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Stage 2

5th place bracket

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

Championship bracket

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

Quarterfinals

2009-07-19	Israel	1 – 0	South Africa
	Hatem  74'

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2009-07-19	United States	0 – 2	United Kingdom	Neve She'anan Stadium, Haifa
		(Report)	Morris Hakim  78'

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2009-07-19	Argentina	3 – 1	Australia
	Faes OG Rubin		Rischin  10'

Semifinals

2009-07-20	Israel	0 – 1	United Kingdom
		(Report)	Sloma  21'

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2009-07-20	Argentina	3 – 0	Mexico
	Lipoff Faes Zylberberg

Bronze medal match

2009-07-22	Israel	7 – 1	Mexico	Neve She'anan Stadium
	Avitan  11'  22'  30' Moshe  55' Elihan  57'  71' Hatem  64'	(Report)

Gold medal match

2009-07-22	United Kingdom	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Argentina	Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa Referee: Liran Liani (Israel)
	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 (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 (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 (ISR) Arik Yanko Orel Cohen Ne'eman Abed Elhamid Hatem 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

Goalscorers

8 goals

• Allan Israel

5 goals

• Andres Faes

4 goals

• Tzahi Elihan

3 goals

• Federico Lipoff
• Temur Avitan
• Paul Hakim

2 goals

• Ezequiel Rubin
• Adam Rischin
• Mu'ayan Haleili
• Abed Elhamid Hatem
• Barak Moshe
• Sam Sloma

1 goal

• German Zylberberg
• Ari Ritz
• Arthur Atdjanov
• Tzahi Elihan
• Meir Elkabetz
• Adir Maman
• Jonathan Kurrant
• Guy Morris
• David Soutar