Football at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games explained

Size:	150
Country:	Turkey
Dates:	8 – 16 August
Num Teams:	8
Confederations:	3
Venues:	2
Cities:	1
Count:	1
Matches:	12
Goals:	24
Top Scorer:	Ahmed Al-Ghamdi Meleye Diagne (2 goals each)

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.

Participating teams

Eight participated teams. All teams are of Under-23.^[3]

Men

Confederation	Nation
CAF (Africa)
AFC (Asia)
UEFA (Europe)

Venues

Cities	Venues	Capacity
Konya	Selcuk University 15 July Stadium	5,000
	Cumhuriyet Stadium	1,500

Squads

See main article: Football at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games – Men's team squads.

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semifinals

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Gold medal match

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Football at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games. konya2021.com. July 4, 2022. June 1, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220601134752/http://www.konya2021.com/Sports.aspx?id=10. dead.
2. Web site: SPOR EL KİTABI Futbol. konya2021.com. July 4, 2022. tr. June 1, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220601134753/http://www.konya2021.com/adm/img/23022022105159futbol_TR.pdf. dead.
3. Web site: Team sport draw results announced. konya2021.com. July 4, 2022. July 5, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220705001115/http://www.konya2021.com/News.aspx?id=1031. dead.