Football at the 1976 Arab Games

The 1976 Arab Games football tournament was the 5th edition of the Arab Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Damascus, Syria between 7–21 October 1976 as part of the 1976 Arab Games.

1976 Arab Games
football tournament
Tournament details
Host countrySyria Syria
CityDamascus
Dates7–21 October 1976
Teams7 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Morocco (2nd title)
Runners-up Saudi Arabia
Third place Syria
Fourth place South Yemen
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored47 (2.24 per match)
1965
1985

Participating teams

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The following countries have participated for the final tournament:

Squads

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Final tournament

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Tournament classification

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Morocco 6 4 2 0 12 0 +12 10
  Saudi Arabia 6 3 1 2 9 4 +5 7
  Syria 6 3 1 2 6 4 +2 7
  South Yemen 6 3 1 2 7 8 –1 7
  Jordan 6 3 0 3 7 9 –2 6
  Palestine 6 2 1 3 4 9 –5 5
  Mauritania 6 0 0 6 2 13 –11 0

Matches

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Syria  1–0  Jordan
Morocco  3–0  Palestine
Saudi Arabia  4–1  Mauritania
Al-Turki   12'
Hamdan   34'
Bakheet   56'
Foudah   83'
  62'

Syria  1–2  South Yemen
Morocco  0–0  Saudi Arabia
Jordan  2–1  Mauritania
Mostafa      

Saudi Arabia  3–1  Palestine
South Yemen  2–0  Mauritania
Morocco  3–0  Jordan

Syria  2–0  Mauritania
Palestine  2–1  Jordan
    Walid Al-Anabtawi  
Morocco  4–0  South Yemen

Morocco  2–0  Mauritania
South Yemen  1–0  Saudi Arabia
Saif   60'
Syria  2–0  Palestine

Jordan  1–0  Saudi Arabia
Ibrahim Moustafa   75'
South Yemen  0–0  Palestine
Syria  0–0  Morocco

Jordan  3–2  South Yemen
Mawla    
Mostafa  
   
Palestine  1–0  Mauritania
Syria  0–2  Saudi Arabia
Hamdan   5'
Khalifa   45'
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