Football at the 1957 Arab Games

The 1957 Arab Games football tournament was the 2nd edition of the Arab Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Beirut, Lebanon between 19–27 October 1957 as part of the 1957 Arab Games.

1957 Arab Games
football tournament
Tournament details
Host country Lebanon
CityBeirut
Dates19–27 October 1957
Teams8 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Syria (1st title)
Runners-up Tunisia
Third place Lebanon
Fourth place Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored64 (4.27 per match)
1953
1961

Participating teams edit

The following countries have participated for the final tournament:

Squads edit

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Morocco 3 2 1 0 11 5 +6 5
  Tunisia 3 2 0 1 9 8 +1 4
  Iraq 3 1 1 1 8 8 0 3
  Libya 3 0 0 3 5 12 –7 0
Morocco  3–3  Iraq
El-Madani  
Benchekroun   (pen.)
Ammo Baba   48'
Eshaya   50'
Salman   63'
Tunisia  4–3  Libya
Touati  
Hénia  
Farzit  
El-Shualia  
El-Falah  

Morocco  5–1  Libya
Benchekroun  
Khalifi  
Rhiad  
Al-Safr  
Tunisia  4–2  Iraq
Diwa  
Farzit  
Hénia  
Abbas   (p)
David  

Tunisia  1–3  Morocco
Touati   Rhiad  
Iraq  3–1  Libya
Ammo Baba  
Eshaya  
Abdul-Majid  
El-Shualia  

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Lebanon 3 1 2 0 8 5 +3 4
  Syria 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 3
  Saudi Arabia 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 3
  Jordan 3 1 0 2 4 10 –6 2
Saudi Arabia  1–1  Lebanon
Kayyal   30' Altonian   22'
Syria  4–0  Jordan
Kaoulakian  
Mahmoud  
Hajjar  

Jordan  1–0  Saudi Arabia
Shafiq Adass   65'
Syria  1–1  Lebanon
Mahmoud   Halabi  

Saudi Arabia  3–1  Syria
Al-Yafei   14', 55'
Janja   75'
Mahmoud   34'

Knockout stage edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
26 October – Beirut
 
 
  Tunisia4
 
27 October – Beirut
 
  Lebanon2
 
  Tunisia1
 
26 October – Beirut
 
  Syria3
 
  Syria (o.l)1
 
 
  Morocco1
 
Third place
 
 
27 October – Beirut
 
 
  Lebanon
 
 
  Morocco (w/o)

Semifinals edit

Tunisia  4–2  Lebanon
Touati    
Hénia    
Chehade    

Syria  1–1
(Syria on lots)
  Morocco
Kaoulakian   Rhiad  

Third place match edit

Lebanon  Cancelled
(Morocco withdrew)
  Morocco

Final edit

Tunisia  1–3  Syria
Fedou   Shamas  
Kaoulakian  

Final ranking edit

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Syria 5 2 2 1 10 6 +3 6
2   Tunisia 5 2 2 1 12 6 +6 6
3   Lebanon 5 2 2 1 10 9 +1 6
4   Morocco 5 3 0 2 14 13 +1 6
Eliminated in the group stage
5   Saudi Arabia 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 3
6   Iraq 3 1 1 1 8 8 0 3
7   Jordan 3 1 0 2 4 10 −6 2
8   Libya 3 0 0 3 5 12 −7 0
Total 32 12 8 12 67 67 0 32

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