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Football at the 2005 Maccabiah Games - Men's tournament

2005 Men's Maccabiah football tournament
Tournament details
Host country Israel
Dates 10 July - 20 July
Teams 16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)  (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Israel Israel
Runners-up United States United States
Third place Mexico Mexico
Fourth place Brazil Brazil
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s) Israel 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.



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