Football at the 2001 Maccabiah Games

2001 Men's Maccabiah football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Israel
Dates	15 July - 22 August
Teams	9 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	5 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina
Runners-up	France
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Israel
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	118 (5.9 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Guillermo Edelman and Luis Mamed
Best player	Nicolas Valansi

The football tournament at the 2001 Maccabiah Games started on July 15.

The men's tournament was won by Argentina. There was no women's tournament that year.

Medal winners

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	0	11	7	7
Israel	3	2	0	1	28	4	6
Paraguay	3	1	1	1	6	18	4
Australia	3	0	0	3	4	36	0

Israel v Australia

July 15, 2001

Israel	22–1	Australia
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Australia v Brazil

July 16, 2001

Australia	2–5	Brazil
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Paraguay v Israel

July 17, 2001

Paraguay	1–5	Israel
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Paraguay v Australia

July 18, 2001

Paraguay	9–1	Australia
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Israel v Brazil

Israel	1–2	Brazil
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Paraguay v Brazil

July 19, 2001

Paraguay	4–4	Brazil
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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Argentina	4	4	0	0	23	3	12
France	4	3	0	1	8	10	9
Uruguay	4	2	0	2	8	11	6
Mexico	4	1	0	3	5	9	3
South Africa	4	0	0	4	2	13	0

Argentina v South Africa

July 15, 2001

Argentina	6–0	South Africa
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France v Mexico

France	2–0	Mexico
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Argentina v Uruguay

July 16, 2001

Argentina	6–1	Uruguay
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South Africa v Mexico

South Africa	1–3	Mexico
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Uruguay v France

July 17, 2001

Uruguay	2–3	France
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Mexico v Argentina

Mexico	0–3	Argentina
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Uruguay v Mexico

July 18, 2001

Uruguay	3–2	Mexico
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France v South Africa

France	2–0	South Africa
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Uruguay v South Africa

July 19, 2001

Uruguay	2–0	South Africa
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France v Argentina

France	1–8	Argentina
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Competition bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	July 20
	Brazil	0
	France	1
					July 22
					Argentina	2
					France	1
					Third place
	July 20			July 22
	Argentina	5		Israel	1
	Israel	4			Brazil	2

Semifinals

Brazil v France

July 20, 2001

Brazil	0–1	France
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Argentina v Israel

Argentina	5–4	Israel
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Bronze medal match

Israel v Brazil

July 22, 2001

Israel	1–2	Brazil
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Final

Argentina v France

July 22, 2001

Argentina	2–1	France
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Fair play award

• Australia

Top scorers

• Guillermo Edelman
• Luis Mamed

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