Tournament details | |
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Host country | Israel |
Dates | 10 July - 20 July |
Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) |
Venue(s) | (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Israel |
Runners-up | United States |
Third place | Mexico |
Fourth place | Brazil |
Tournament statistics | |
Top scorer(s) | Hamed Ghnaim (5 goals) |
The men's association football tournament at the 2005 Maccabiah Games was held in Haifa and Herzliya in Israel from 10 July to 20 July.
For these Games, the men competed in a 16-team tournament. Preliminary matches commenced on 10 July, the day before the Games' Opening Ceremony. The teams were grouped into four pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. The top two teams in each pool advanced to an eight-team single-elimination bracket.
The tournament was won by Israel, who beat the United States 2–0 in the final.