Football at the 1961 Pan Arab Games

1961 Pan Arab Games
football tournament
Tournament details
Host country  Morocco
City Casablanca
Dates 3–10 September 1961
Teams 6 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Morocco (1st title)
Runners-up  United Arab Republic
Third place  Libya
Fourth place  Lebanon
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 88 (5.87 per match)
Top scorer(s) United Arab Republic Badawi Abdel Fattah
(5 goals)

The 1961 Pan Arab Games football tournament was the 3rd edition of the Pan Arab Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Casablanca, Morocco between 3–10 September 1961 as part of the 1961 Pan Arab Games.

Participating teams

The following countries have participated for the final tournament:

Final tournament

Tournament classification

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Morocco 5500266+2010
 United Arab Republic 5401295+258
 Libya 5212131305
 Lebanon 5203139+44
 Saudi Arabia 5104438–342
 Kuwait 5014318–151

Matchs

3 September 1961
Morocco  1 – 0  Lebanon

3 September 1961
Libya  2 – 2  Kuwait

4 September 1961
Morocco  6 – 2  Libya

4 September 1961
Lebanon  7 – 1  Saudi Arabia

6 September 1961
Morocco  13 – 1  Saudi Arabia

6 September 1961
United Arab Republic  2 – 1  Libya

6 September 1961
Lebanon  4 – 0  Kuwait

8 September 1961
Morocco  3 – 1  Kuwait

8 September 1961
Libya  5 – 1  Saudi Arabia

10 September 1961
Morocco  3 – 2  United Arab Republic
(Egypt withdrew at 2 – 2)

10 September 1961
Lebanon  2 – 3  Libya

10 September 1961
Kuwait  0 – 1  Saudi Arabia
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