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
City	Beirut
Dates	19–27 October 1957
Teams	8 (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 played	15
Goals scored	64 (4.27 per match)
← 1953 1961 →

Participating teams

The following countries have participated for the final tournament:

• Iraq
• Jordan
• Lebanon (hosts)
• Libya
• Morocco
• Saudi Arabia
• Syria
• Tunisia

Squads

Main article: Football at the 1957 Arab Games – squads

Group stage

Group A

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

19 October 1957

Morocco	3–3	Iraq
El-Madani Benchekroun (pen.)		Ammo Baba 48' Eshaya 50' Salman 63'

Beirut

19 October 1957

Tunisia	4–3	Libya
Touati Hénia Farzit		El-Shualia El-Falah

Beirut

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21 October 1957

Morocco	5–1	Libya
Benchekroun Khalifi Rhiad		Al-Safr

Beirut

21 October 1957

Tunisia	4–2	Iraq
Diwa Farzit Hénia		Abbas (pen.) David

Beirut

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23 October 1957

Tunisia	1–3	Morocco
Touati		Rhiad

Beirut

23 October 1957

Iraq	3–1	Libya
Ammo Baba Eshaya Abdul-Majid		El-Shualia

Beirut

Group B

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

18 October 1957

Saudi Arabia	1–1	Lebanon
Kayyal 30'		Altonian 22'

Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut

18 October 1957

Syria	4–0	Jordan
Kaoulakian Mahmoud Hajjar

Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut

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20 October 1957

Jordan	1–0	Saudi Arabia
Shafiq Adass 65'

Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut

20 October 1957

Syria	1–1	Lebanon
Mahmoud		Halabi

Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut

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22 October 1957

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

Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut

22 October 1957

Lebanon	6–3	Jordan
Abou Murad Chabarian Altonian Chehade		Shafiq Adass Shehada Musa

Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	26 October – Beirut
	Tunisia	4
					27 October – Beirut
	Lebanon	2
					Tunisia	1
	26 October – Beirut
					Syria	3
	Syria (o.l)	1
	Morocco	1
					Third place
					27 October – Beirut
					Lebanon	–
					Morocco (w/o)	–

Semifinals

26 October 1957

Tunisia	4–2	Lebanon
Touati Hénia		Chehade

Beirut

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26 October 1957

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

Beirut

Third place match

27 October 1957

Lebanon	Cancelled (Morocco withdrew)	Morocco

Beirut

Final

27 October 1957

Tunisia	1–3	Syria
Fedou		Shamas Kaoulakian

Beirut

Final ranking

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

External links

• 2nd Arab Games, 1957 (Beirut, Lebanon) - rsssf.com