Football at the 1965 Arab Games

The 1965 Arab Games football tournament was the 4th edition of the Arab Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Cairo, Egypt between 2–11 September 1965 as part of the 1965 Arab Games.

1965 Arab Games
football tournament
Tournament details
Host country United Arab Republic
CityCairo
Dates2–11 September 1965
Teams10 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United Arab Republic (2nd title)
Runners-up Sudan
Third place Libya
Fourth place Palestine
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored151 (6.29 per match)
Top scorer(s)Libya Ali Al-Biski
(13 goals)[1]
1961
1976

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
  United Arab Republic 4 4 0 0 20 1 +19 8
  Palestine 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 5
  Iraq 4 1 2 1 7 2 +5 4
  Lebanon 4 1 1 2 4 7 –3 3
  Aden 4 0 0 4 3 25 -22 0
United Arab Republic  Abandoned1  Iraq
Referee: Mamdouh Karma (Jordan)
Palestine  1–0  Aden
  • El-Sheikh   20'

United Arab Republic  14–0  Aden
El-Shazly          
Reyadh        
Abdel Fattah      
Rifaat  
Shehta  
Palestine  1–0  Lebanon

Iraq  6–0  Aden
Ammo Baba    
Atta    
Hameed    
United Arab Republic  3–0  Lebanon
Morsi  
El-Shazly  
Gabr  

United Arab Republic  2–1  Palestine
  • Gallia   62' (pen.)
Iraq  0–0  Lebanon

Palestine  1–1  Iraq
  • El-Sheikh   37'
Lebanon  4–3  Aden

United Arab Republic  1–0
Replay1
  Iraq
El-Gohary   5'

^1 The match was abandoned at kick off because security fears due to overcrowding at the stadium caused the referee to call the match off. The match was replayed on 8 September 1965

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Sudan 4 4 0 0 30 2 +28 8
  Libya 4 3 0 1 39 8 +31 6
  Syria 4 2 0 2 20 8 +12 4
  Lahej 4 1 0 3 2 30 –28 2
  Muscat and Oman 4 0 0 4 2 45 –43 0
Sudan  9–0  Lahej
Jaksa   ?', ?', ?', ?'
Siddig   ?', ?'
Muhieldin Osman   ?'
Saad Elfan   ?'
Ibrahim Yahia Elkawarty   ?'
Libya  15–1  Muscat and Oman
Al-Biski        
                   
 

Syria  4–0  Lahej
Sudan  4–2  Libya
Siddig   ?'
Samir Salih   ?'
Ramadan Marhoum   ?'
Jaxa   ?'

Libya  6–3  Syria
Sudan  15–0  Muscat and Oman
Mustafa Shaweish   ?', ?', ?', ?'
Ramadan Marhoum   ?', ?', ?', ?'
Hasabu El Sagheir   ?', ?', ?'
Samir Salih   ?', ?'
Ibrahim Yahia Elkawarty   ?'
Amin Zaki   ?'

Libya  16–0  Lahej
Al-Biski        
                       
Syria  13–0  Muscat and Oman

Lahej  2–1  Muscat and Oman
Sudan  2–0  Syria
Siddig   ?'
Ibrahim Yahia Elkawarty   ?'

Knockout stage edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
9 September – Cairo
 
 
  United Arab Republic8
 
11 September – Cairo
 
  Libya1
 
  United Arab Republic2
 
9 September – Cairo
 
  Sudan0
 
  Sudan2
 
 
  Palestine1
 
Third place
 
 
10 September – Cairo
 
 
  Libya4
 
 
  Palestine2

Semifinals edit

United Arab Republic  8–1  Libya
Reyadh   4', 12', 19'
El-Shazly   33', 52', 85'
Shehta   40', 79'
Al-Biski  

Sudan  2–1  Palestine
Amin Zaki   ?'

Third place match edit

Libya  4–2  Palestine
Al-Biski    
   

Final edit

United Arab Republic  0–0  Sudan
(Egypt won title on toss)

Final ranking edit

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   United Arab Republic 6 5 1 0 28 2 +26 11
2   Sudan 6 5 1 0 32 3 +29 11
3   Libya 6 4 0 2 44 18 +26 8
4   Palestine 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 5
Eliminated in the group stage
5   Syria 4 2 0 2 20 8 +12 4
6   Iraq 4 1 2 1 7 2 +5 4
7   Lebanon 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 3
8   Lahej 4 1 0 3 2 30 −28 2
9   Aden 4 0 0 4 3 25 −22 0
10   Muscat and Oman 4 0 0 4 2 45 −43 0
Total 48 22 4 22 151 151 0 48

References edit

  1. ^ "Ali Al-Baski, the historical goal scorer for Libyan football ... and the star of records". Al Wasat. Retrieved 10 August 2020.

External links edit