Football at the Arab Games

Football at the Arab Games
Organising body	UAFA
Founded	1953
Region	Arab world
Number of teams	12 (from 2 confederations)
Current champions	Saudi Arabia (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Egypt (4 titles)
	Football at the 2023 Arab Games

The Arab Games are a regional multi-sport event held between nations from the Arab world. A men's football tournament has been held at every session of the Games since 1953, except for 2004. Since the 2023 edition, the tournament has been limited to under-23 teams, plus up to three overage players for each squad.[1][2]

Summaries

The following table gives an overview of medal winners in football at the Arab Games. 1992 Arab Games which overlaps the 1992 Arab Cup.

Ed.	Year	Host	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
Ed.	Year	Host	Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth
National teams tournament (1953–2011)
1	1953	Alexandria	Egypt	4–0	Syria	Libya	3–2	Jordan
2	1957	Beirut	Syria	3–1	Tunisia	Lebanon	^w/o	Morocco
3	1961	Casablanca	Morocco	^n/a	UA Republic	Libya	^n/a	Lebanon
4	1965	Cairo	UA Republic	0–0	Sudan	Libya	4–2	Palestine
5	1976	Damascus	Morocco	^n/a	Saudi Arabia	Syria	^n/a	South Yemen
6	1985	Rabat	Iraq	1–0	Morocco	Algeria	^w/o	Saudi Arabia
7	1992	Damascus	Egypt	3–2	Saudi Arabia	Kuwait	2–1	Syria
8	1997	Beirut	Jordan	1–0	Syria	Lebanon	3–1	Kuwait
9	1999	Amman	Jordan	4–4 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Iraq	Libya / Palestine No 3rd Place Match
10	2004	Algiers	Cancelled
11	2007	Cairo	Egypt	^n/a	Libya	Saudi Arabia	^n/a	United Arab Emirates
12	2011	Doha	Bahrain	1–0	Jordan	Kuwait	3–0 (a.e.t.)	Palestine
Under-23 National teams tournament (2023–present)
13	2023	Algeria^n/b	Saudi Arabia	1–1 (5–4 p)	Syria	Sudan	2–2 (4–2 p)	Algeria

* The 1992 edition organised as part of the Arab Games, and also counted as Arab Cup.
^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.
^n/b Arab Games held in 5 cities (Algiers, Oran, Constantine, Annaba and Tipaza). Football tournament held in Annaba and Constantine.
^w/o withdrew

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt	4	1	0	5
2	Jordan	2	1	0	3
2	Morocco	2	1	0	3
4	Syria	1	3	1	5
5	Saudi Arabia	1	2	1	4
6	Iraq	1	1	0	2
7	Bahrain	1	0	0	1
8	Libya	0	1	4	5
9	Sudan	0	1	1	2
10	Tunisia	0	1	0	1
11	Kuwait	0	0	2	2
11	Lebanon	0	0	2	2
13	Algeria	0	0	1	1
13	Palestine	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		12	12	13	37

The 1992 edition organised as part of the Arab Games, is also counted as the sixth edition of the Arab Cup.

Overall team records

In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.

As of Football at the 2023 Arab Games

Excluding the 1992 Arab Games which overlaps the 1992 Arab Cup.

Rank	Team	Part	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Libya	9	35	15	8	12	97	73	+24	53
2	Syria	8	34	14	11	9	61	41	+20	53
3	Jordan	6	29	15	5	9	51	42	+9	50
4	Egypt	4	18	16	1	1	91	10	+81	49
5	Morocco	4	20	14	5	1	59	15	+44	47
6	Saudi Arabia	8	31	11	8	12	38	63	-25	41
7	Iraq	5	20	10	5	5	39	23	+16	35
8	Lebanon	7	28	8	7	13	43	51	-8	31
9	Palestine	6	28	7	7	14	27	54	-27	28
10	Sudan	4	18	8	2	8	41	25	+16	26
11	Tunisia	2	8	5	1	2	21	15	+6	16
12	Kuwait	3	14	5	1	8	18	29	-11	16
13	United Arab Emirates	4	15	4	3	8	13	19	-6	15
14	Algeria	2	10	4	2	4	11	10	+1	14
15	Bahrain	2	6	3	1	2	9	9	0	10
16	Oman	5	16	1	6	9	9	61	-53	9
17	South Yemen	1	6	3	1	2	7	8	-1	7
18	Somalia	1	3	1	0	2	5	6	-1	3
19	North Yemen	1	3	1	0	2	3	6	-3	3
20	Lahej	1	4	1	0	3	2	30	-28	3
21	Qatar	2	4	0	2	2	2	6	-4	2
22	Mauritania	4	15	0	2	13	10	37	-27	2
23	Aden	1	4	0	0	4	3	25	-23	0

Yemen: Lahej and Aden (1963–1967) & South Yemen and North Yemen (1967–1990).
Former Countries.

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place

4th – Fourth place
GS – Group stage
q – Qualified
– Hosts

Team	1953	1957	1961	1965	1976	1985	1992	1997	1999	2007	2011	2023	Years
Algeria						3rd						4th	2
Bahrain									GS		1st		2
Egypt	1st		2nd	1st			1st			1st			5
Iraq		GS		GS		1st			2nd		GS		5
Jordan	4th	GS			GS		GS	1st	1st		2nd		7
Kuwait			GS				3rd	4th			3rd		4
Lebanon	GS	3rd	4th	GS				3rd	GS			GS	7
Libya	3rd	GS	3rd	3rd		GS		GS	3rd	2nd	GS		9
Mauritania					GS	GS		GS				GS	4
Morocco		4th	1st		1st	2nd							4
Oman				GS				GS	GS		GS	GS	5
Palestine	GS			4th	GS		GS		3rd		4th	GS	7
Qatar									GS		GS		2
Saudi Arabia		GS	GS		2nd	4th	2nd		GS	3rd	GS	1st	9
Somalia						GS							1
Sudan				2nd						GS	GS	3rd	4
Syria	2nd	1st		GS	3rd	GS	4th	2nd	GS			2nd	9
Tunisia		2nd				GS							2
United Arab Emirates						GS		GS	GS	4th			4
Yemen				GS	4th	GS							3
Total	6	8	6	9	7	11	6	8	11	5	10	8

Notes: 1965 Yemen consist of : Aden & Lahej; 1976 Yemen consist of : South Yemen; 1985 Yemen consist of : North Yemen

References

منتخب لبنان الأولمبي يغادر الى الجزائر [Lebanon Olympic team leaves for Algeria] (in Arabic). Lebanese Football Association. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
Bouziane, Faisal Zian (19 June 2023). الألعاب العربية الجزائر 2023.. الخضر يتعرفون على منافسيهم [Arab Games Algeria 2023.. "The Greens" get to know their competitors]. ennaharonline.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 30 June 2023.

External links

Arab Games Overview on RSSSF
Arab Games Overview on mundial11.com

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[1] منتخب لبنان الأولمبي يغادر الى الجزائر [Lebanon Olympic team leaves for Algeria] (in Arabic). Lebanese Football Association. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.

[2] Bouziane, Faisal Zian (19 June 2023). الألعاب العربية الجزائر 2023.. الخضر يتعرفون على منافسيهم [Arab Games Algeria 2023.. "The Greens" get to know their competitors]. ennaharonline.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 30 June 2023.

w/o

Football at the Arab Games
Tournaments	1953 1957 1961 1965 1976 1985 1992* 1997 1999 2007 2011 2023
Squads	1953 1957 1961 1965 1976 1985 1992 1997 1999 2007 2011 2023
* The 1992 edition organised as part of the Arab Games, and also counted as the Arab Cup.
List of medalists List of venues

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International association football
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North & Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15 Nations League
Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-19 U-16
South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15
Non-FIFA	CONIFA – CONIFA World Football Cup CONIFA European Football Cup CONIFA South America Football Cup CONIFA Africa Football Cup IIGA – Island Games ODEBO – Bolivarian Games ODESUR – South American Games South American Board of New Federations (COSANFF) World Unity Football Alliance (WUFA)
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