| Tourney Name: | Mediterranean Games football tournament |
| Year: | 1979 |
| Country: | Yugoslavia |
| City: | Split |
| Dates: | 21–29 September |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Confederations: | 2 |
| Count: | 2 |
| Second Other: |  France Amateurs |
| Matches: | 16 |
| Goals: | 45 |
| Top Scorer: | Zlatko Vujović (4 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 1975 |
| Nextseason: | 1983 |
The 1979 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 8th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Split, Yugoslavia between 21 and 29 September 1979 as part of the 1979 Mediterranean Games and was contested by 8 teams.[1]
Eight teams took part in the tournament.
| Federation | Nation | |
|---|---|---|
| | ||
| No team | ||
France Amateurs Turkey B |
See main article: Football at the 1979 Mediterranean Games – Men's team squads.
| Cities | Venues | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Split | Stadion Poljud | 35,000 | |
| Šibenik | Stadion Rade Končar | 8,000 | |
| Omiš | Omiš Stadium |
All times local : Time zone (UTC+1)
| width=165 | Team | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | ||||||||
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 1 |
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| France Amateurs | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Turkey B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
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| width=20 | Rank | width=200 | Team | ||||||||||
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| 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 10 | |||||
| 2 | France Amateurs | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | –1 | 6 | ||||
| 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | |||||
| 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | –4 | 3 | |||||
| Eliminated in the group stage | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Turkey B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 2 | |||||
| 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –2 | 1 | |||||
| 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | –5 | 1 | |||||