Football at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games

Football at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
Tournament details
Host countryTurkey
Dates8 – 16 August
Teams8 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Turkey (1st title)
Runners-up Saudi Arabia
Third place Azerbaijan
Fourth place Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored24 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)Algeria Chemseddine Bekkouche
Saudi Arabia Ahmed Al-Ghamdi
Senegal Meleye Diagne
Turkey Muhammed Gümüşkaya
(2 goals each)
2017

Football at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games was a football competition that held between 8-16 August 2022 at Konya Metropolitan Municipality Stadium and Karatay Mehmet Otkut Football Field in Konya, Turkey. All players participating in the preliminary and final competitions of the tournament must be born on or after 1 January 1998 (U23). However, up to three male athletes who do not meet this age limit might also be included in the official list of athletes for the final competition. A maximum of 8 teams competed. Teams was divided into 2 groups and there were 4 teams in each group.[1] [2]

Turkey won the first gold medal in the tournament, by beating Saudi Arabia 1–0 in the final.

  1. ^ "Football at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games". konya2021.com. Archived from the original on June 1, 2022. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
  2. ^ "SPOR EL KİTABI Futbol" (PDF) (in Turkish). konya2021.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 1, 2022. Retrieved July 4, 2022.