Football at the 1957 Pan Arab Games

1957 Pan 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)

The 1957 Pan Arab Games football tournament was the 2nd edition of the Pan Arab Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Beirut, Lebanon between 19–27 October 1957 as part of the 1957 Pan Arab Games.

Participating teams

The following countries have participated for the final tournament:

Iraq
Jordan
Lebanon (hosts)
Libya

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

Morocco v Iraq

19 October 1957

Morocco	3 – 3	Iraq
El-Madani ?' Benchekroun ?', ?' (pen.)		?' Ammo Baba ?' Eshaya ?' Salman

Beirut

Tunisia v Libya

19 October 1957

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

Beirut

Morocco v Libya

21 October 1957

Morocco	5 – 1	Libya
Benchekroun ?' Khalifi ?' Rhiad ?', ?', ?'		?' Al-Safr

Beirut

Tunisia v Iraq

21 October 1957

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

Beirut

Tunisia v Morocco

23 October 1957

Tunisia	1 – 3	Morocco
Touati ?'		?', ?', ?' Rhiad

Beirut

Iraq v Libya

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	2	+6	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	1	10	–9	2

Saudi Arabia v Lebanon

18 October 1957

Saudi Arabia	1 – 1	Lebanon
Jahja ?'		?' Altonian

Beirut

Syria v Jordan

18 October 1957

Syria	4 – 0	Jordan
Kaoulakian ?' Mahmoud ?' Hajjar ?', ?'

Beirut

Jordan v Saudi Arabia

20 October 1957

Jordan	1 – 0	Saudi Arabia
? ?'

Beirut

Syria v Lebanon

20 October 1957

Syria	1 – 1	Lebanon
Mahmoud ?'		?' Abou Murad

Beirut

Saudi Arabia v Syria

22 October 1957

Saudi Arabia	3 – 1	Syria
Jahja ?', ?' ? ?'		?' Mahmoud

Beirut

Lebanon v Jordan

22 October 1957

Lebanon	6 – 0	Jordan
Abou Murad ?', ?' Chabarian ?', ?' Shehada ?' Altonian ?'

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

Tunisia v Lebanon

26 October 1957

Tunisia	4 – 2	Lebanon
Touati ?', ?' Hénia ?', ?'		?', ?' Shehada

Beirut

Syria v Morocco

26 October 1957

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

Beirut

Third place match

Lebanon v Morocco

27 October 1957

Lebanon	Cancelled (Morocco withdrew)	Morocco

Beirut

Final

Tunisia v Syria

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	+4	6
2	Morocco	5	2	2	1	12	6	+6	6
3	Lebanon	5	2	2	1	10	6	+4	6
4	Tunisia	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	1	10	−9	2
8	Libya	3	0	0	3	5	12	−7	0
Total		32	12	8	12	64	64	0	32

External links

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

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