Football at the 2015 Indian Ocean Island Games – Men's tournament

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2015 Men's Indian Ocean Island Games Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryRéunion
Dates (2015-07-31) (2015-08-08)31 July – 8 August 2015
(8 days)
Teams7 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Réunion (4th title)
Runners-up Mayotte
Third place Mauritius
Fourth place Madagascar
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored36 (2.77 per match)
Top scorer(s)Réunion Jean-Michel Fontaine
Madagascar Jimmy Simouri
(3 goals each)
2011
2019

The men's association football tournament at the 2015 Indian Ocean Island Games (French: Jeux des îles de l'océan Indien 2015) is held in Réunion. The draw for the football tournament was made at Saint-Denis on 14 May 2015.[1]

Teams[edit]

Squads[edit]

Each association presented a list of at most twenty players to compete in the tournament.

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mayotte 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Madagascar 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
3  Seychelles 3 1 0 2 4 3 +1 3
4  Maldives 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3
Source: IOCS
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
Maldives 1–3 Mayotte
Umair 12' Report Ben Yahaya 54'
Rasolofo 83'
Noussoura 88'

1 Due to a scheduling error, Madagascar's team arrived on Friday night believing that the match was scheduled for the following afternoon, and thus failed to appear for the match.

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Réunion (H) 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Mauritius 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2 3
3  Comoros 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
Source: IOCS
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
(H) Hosts
Réunion 1–0 Mauritius
Fontaine 19' Report

1 Comoros withdrew from the tournament as their team were unable to enter Rèunion due to visa issues.

Knockout stage[edit]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
August 6
 
 
 Mayotte2
 
August 8
 
 Mauritius1
 
 Mayotte 1
 
August 6
 
 Réunion3
 
 Réunion (a.e.t.)1
 
 
 Madagascar0
 
Third place
 
 
August 7
 
 
 Mauritius 3
 
 
 Madagascar1

Semi-finals[edit]

Third place match[edit]

Final[edit]

Final ranking[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Réunion (H) 4 4 0 0 8 1 +7 12 Champions
2  Mayotte 5 3 1 1 8 6 +2 10 Runners-up
3  Mauritius 4 2 0 2 7 4 +3 6 Third place
4  Madagascar 5 1 1 3 6 8 −2 4 Fourth place
5  Seychelles 3 1 0 2 4 3 +1 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
6  Maldives 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3
7  Comoros 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
Source: IOCS
(H) Hosts

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

Statistics[edit]

Goalscorers[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Maldives in tough group". Maldivesoccer. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2015.