Football at the 1957 Arab Games

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = Arab Games
football tournament

| year = 1957

| image =

| country = {{flag|Lebanon|1943}}

| city = Beirut

| dates = 19–27 October 1957

| num_teams = 8

| confederations = 2

| venues = 2

| cities = 1

| champion_other = {{fb|SYR|1932}}

| count = 1

| second_other = {{fb|TUN}}

| third_other = {{fb|LBN|1943}}

| fourth_other = {{fb|MAR}}

| matches = 15

| goals = 64

| attendance =

| top_scorer =

| player =

| goalkeeper =

| prevseason = 1953

| nextseason = 1961

}}

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.

Participating teams

The following countries have participated for the final tournament:

{{fb|IRQ|1924}}
{{fb|JOR}}
{{fb|LBN|1943}} {{small|(hosts)}}
{{fb|LBY}}
{{fb|MAR}}
{{fb|KSA|1938}}
{{fb|SYR|1932}}
{{fb|TUN}}

Squads

Group stage

=Group A=

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class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
align=center bgcolor=#ccffcc \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|MAR}} \|3	2	1	0	11	5	+6	5
align=center bgcolor=#ccffcc \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|TUN}} \|3	2	0	1	9	8	+1	4
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|IRQ\|1924}} \|3	1	1	1	8	8	0	3
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|LBY}} \|3	0	0	3	5	12	–7	0

{{footballbox

|date = 19 October 1957

|time =

|team1 = {{fb-rt|MAR}}

|score = 3–3

|team2 = {{fb|IRQ|1924}}

|goals1 = El-Madani {{goal}}
Benchekroun {{goal||pen.}}

|goals2 = Ammo Baba {{goal|48}}
Eshaya {{goal|50}}
Salman {{goal|63}}

|stadium = Beirut

|attendance =

|referee =

|report =

}}

{{footballbox

|date = 19 October 1957

|time =

|team1 = {{fb-rt|TUN}}

|score = 4–3

|team2 = {{fb|LBY}}

|goals1 = Touati {{goal}}
Hénia {{goal}}
Farzit {{goal}}

|goals2 = El-Shualia {{goal}}
El-Falah {{goal}}

|stadium = Beirut

|attendance =

|referee =

|report =

}}

----

{{footballbox

|date = 21 October 1957

|time =

|team1 = {{fb-rt|MAR}}

|score = 5–1

|team2 = {{fb|LBY}}

|goals1 = Benchekroun {{goal}}
Khalifi {{goal}}
Rhiad {{goal}}

|goals2 = Al-Safr {{goal}}

|stadium = Beirut

|attendance =

|referee =

|report =

}}

{{footballbox

|date = 21 October 1957

|time =

|team1 = {{fb-rt|TUN}}

|score = 4–2

|team2 = {{fb|IRQ|1924}}

|goals1 = Diwa {{goal}}
Farzit {{goal}}
Hénia {{goal}}

|goals2 = Abbas {{goal||p}}
David {{goal}}

|stadium = Beirut

|attendance =

|referee =

|report =

}}

----

{{footballbox

|date = 23 October 1957

|time =

|team1 = {{fb-rt|TUN}}

|score = 1–3

|team2 = {{fb|MAR}}

|goals1 = Touati {{goal}}

|goals2 = Rhiad {{goal}}

|stadium = Beirut

|attendance =

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|report =

}}

{{footballbox

|date = 23 October 1957

|time =

|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRQ|1924}}

|score = 3–1

|team2 = {{fb|LBY}}

|goals1 = Ammo Baba {{goal}}
Eshaya {{goal}}
Abdul-Majid {{goal}}

|goals2 = El-Shualia {{goal}}

|stadium = Beirut

|attendance =

|referee =

|report =

}}

=Group B=

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class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
align=center bgcolor=#ccffcc \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|LBN\|1943}} \|3	1	2	0	8	5	+3	4
align=center bgcolor=#ccffcc \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|SYR\|1932}} \|3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	3
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|KSA\|1938}} \|3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	3
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|JOR}} \|3	1	0	2	4	10	–6	2

{{footballbox

|date = 18 October 1957

|time =

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA|1938}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fb|LBN|1943}}

|goals1 = Kayyal {{goal|30}}

|goals2 = Altonian {{goal|22}}

|stadium = Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut

|attendance =

|referee =

|report =

}}

{{footballbox

|date = 18 October 1957

|time =

|team1 = {{fb-rt|SYR|1932}}

|score = 4–0

|team2 = {{fb|JOR}}

|goals1 = Kaoulakian {{goal}}
Mahmoud {{goal}}
Hajjar {{goal}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut

|attendance =

|referee =

|report =

}}

----

{{footballbox

| date = 20 October 1957

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|JOR}}

| score = 1–0

| team2 = {{fb|KSA|1938}}

| goals1 = Shafiq Adass {{goal|65}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut

| attendance =

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{{footballbox

|date = 20 October 1957

|time =

|team1 = {{fb-rt|SYR|1932}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fb|LBN|1943}}

|goals1 = Mahmoud {{goal}}

|goals2 = Halabi {{goal}}

|stadium = Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut

|attendance =

|referee =

|report =

}}

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{{footballbox

|date = 22 October 1957

|time =

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA|1938}}

|score = 3–1

|team2 = {{fb|SYR|1932}}

|goals1 = Al-Yafei {{goal|14||55}}
Janja {{goal|75}}

|goals2 = Mahmoud {{goal|34}}

|stadium = Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut

|attendance =

|referee =

|report =

}}

{{footballbox

| date = 22 October 1957

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|LBN|1943}}

| score = 6–3

| team2 = {{fb|JOR}}

| goals1 = Abou Murad {{goal}}
Chabarian {{goal}} {{goal}}
Altonian {{goal}} {{goal}}
Chehade {{goal}}

| goals2 = Shafiq Adass {{goal}} {{goal}}
Shehada Musa {{goal}}

| stadium = Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut

| attendance =

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Knockout stage

{{#invoke:RoundN|N4

|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high

|3rdplace=yes

|RD1=Semifinals

|RD2=Final

|Consol=Third place

|26 October – Beirut|{{fb|TUN}}|4|{{fb|LBN|1943}}|2

|26 October – Beirut|{{fb|SYR|1932}} ({{Tooltip|o.l|Syria on lots}})|1|{{fb|MAR}}|1

|27 October – Beirut|{{fb|TUN}}|1|{{fb|SYR|1932}}|3

|27 October – Beirut|{{fb|LBN|1943}}|–|{{fb|MAR}} ({{Tooltip|w/o|Morocco withdrew}})|–

}}

=Semifinals=

{{footballbox

|date = 26 October 1957

|time =

|team1 = {{fb-rt|TUN}}

|score = 4–2

|team2 = {{fb|LBN|1943}}

|goals1 = Touati {{goal}} {{goal}}
Hénia {{goal}} {{goal}}

|goals2 = Chehade {{goal}} {{goal}}

|stadium = Beirut

|attendance =

|referee =

|report =

}}

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{{footballbox

|date = 26 October 1957

|time =

|team1 = {{fb-rt|SYR|1932}}

|score = 1–1
{{small|(Syria on lots)}}

|team2 = {{fb|MAR}}

|goals1 = Kaoulakian {{goal}}

|goals2 = Rhiad {{goal}}

|stadium = Beirut

|attendance =

|referee =

|report =

}}

=Third place match=

{{footballbox

|date = 27 October 1957

|time =

|team1 = {{fb-rt|LBN|1943}}

|score = Cancelled
{{small|(Morocco withdrew)}}

|team2 = {{fb|MAR}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Beirut

|attendance =

|referee =

|report =

}}

=Final=

{{footballbox

|date = 27 October 1957

|time =

|team1 = {{fb-rt|TUN}}

|score = 1–3

|team2 = {{fb|SYR|1932}}

|goals1 = Fedou {{goal}}

|goals2 = Shamas {{goal}}
Kaoulakian {{goal}}

|stadium = Beirut

|attendance =

|referee =

|report =

}}

Final ranking

width=20\|Rank !width=200\|Team !width="20"\|{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Played}} !width="20"\|{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !width="20"\|{{Tooltip\|D\|Drawn}} !width="20"\|{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}} !width="20"\|{{Tooltip\|GF\|Goals for}} !width="20"\|{{Tooltip\|GA\|Goals against}} !width="20"\|{{Tooltip\|GD\|Goal difference}} !width="20"\|{{Tooltip\|Pts\|Points}} \|
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
style="background:gold;" \|1 \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|SYR\|1932}} \|5	2	2	1	10	6	+3	6
style="background:silver;" \|2 \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|TUN}} \|5	2	2	1	12	6	+6	6
style="background:#a67d3d;" \|3 \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|LBN\|1943}} \|5	2	2	1	10	9	+1	6
4 \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|MAR}} \|5	3	0	2	14	13	+1	6
colspan=14\| Eliminated in the group stage
5 \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|KSA\|1938}} \|3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	3
6 \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|IRQ\|1924}} \|3	1	1	1	8	8	0	3
7 \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|JOR}} \|3	1	0	2	4	10	−6	2
8 \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|LBY}} \|3	0	0	3	5	12	−7	0
colspan=2\|Total !32\|\|12\|\|8\|\|12\|\|67\|\|67\|\|0\|\|32

External links

[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arabgam57.html 2nd Arab Games, 1957 (Beirut, Lebanon)] - rsssf.com

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