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)

Participating teams

The following countries have participated for the final tournament:

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Morocco 3210115+65
 Tunisia 320198+14
 Iraq 31118803
 Libya 3003512–70
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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Lebanon 312085+34
 Syria 311164+23
 Saudi Arabia 311143+13
 Jordan 3102410–62
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 Abou Murad

Saudi Arabia 3–1 Syria
Al-Yafei 14', 55'
Janja 75'
Mahmoud 34'
Lebanon 6–3 Jordan
Abou Murad
Chabarian
Chehade
Altonian
Shafiq Adass
Shafiq Adass
Shehada Musa

Knockout stage

 
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

Tunisia 4–2 Lebanon
Touati
Hénia
Chehade

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

Third place match

Lebanon Cancelled
(Morocco withdrew)
 Morocco

Final

Tunisia 1–3 Syria
Fedou Shamas
Kaoulakian

Final ranking

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Syria 5221106+36
2  Tunisia 5221126+66
3  Lebanon 5221109+16
4  Morocco 53021413+16
Eliminated in the group stage
5  Saudi Arabia 311143+13
6  Iraq 31118803
7  Jordan 3102410−62
8  Libya 3003512−70
Total 32128126767032
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