football at the 1953 Arab Games
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = Arab Games
football tournament
| year = 1953
| image =
| country = {{flagicon|EGY|1922}} Egypt
| city = Alexandria
| dates = 1–9 August 1953
| num_teams = 6
| confederations = 2
| venues = 2
| cities = 1
| champion_other = {{fb|EGY|1922}}
| count = 1
| second_other = {{fb|SYR|1932}}
| third_other = {{fb|LBY}}
| fourth_other = {{fb|JOR}}
| matches = 9
| goals = 56
| attendance =
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|EGY|1922}} Ad-Diba (9 goals)
| player =
| goalkeeper =
| prevseason =
| nextseason = 1957
}}
The 1953 Arab Games football tournament was the 1st edition of the Arab Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Alexandria, the Egypt between 1–9 August 1953 as part of the 1953 Arab Games.
Participating teams
The following countries have participated for the final tournament:
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- {{nowrap|{{fb|EGY|1922}} {{small|(hosts)}}}}
- {{fb|JOR}}
- {{fb|LBN|1943}}
- {{fb|LBY}}
- {{fb|PLE}}
- {{fb|SYR|1932}}
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Squads
{{main|Football at the 1953 Arab Games – squads}}
Group stage
=Group A=
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| width=175|Team
!width=25|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|W|Won}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|D|Draw}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}} | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center bgcolor=#ccffcc
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Egypt|1922}} |2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 6 |
| align=center bgcolor=#ffffe0
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Libya|1951}} |2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 | –5 | 3 |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Palestine}}
|2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13 | –10 | 0 |
{{footballbox
|date = 1 August 1953
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|EGY|1922}}
|score = 8–1
|team2 = {{fb|PLE}}
|goals1 = Qadoura {{goal|10}}
Sharif El-Far {{goal|25}}
Ad-Diba {{goal|34||37||42||60}}
El-Dhizui {{goal|50||80}}
|goals2 = Farah {{goal|17}}
|stadium = Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
|attendance =
|referee =
|report =
}}
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{{footballbox
|date = 3 August 1953
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|LBY}}
|score = 5–2
|team2 = {{fb|PLE}}
|goals1 = Al-Ghannai {{goal|12||31}}
Al-Zantouni {{goal|40}}
Al-Yamani {{goal|43}}
Al-Houni {{goal|78}}
|goals2 = El-Sharfa {{goal|45||?}}
|stadium = Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
|attendance =
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|report =
}}
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{{footballbox
|date = 6 August 1953
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|EGY|1922}}
|score = 10–2
|team2 = {{fb|LBY}}
|goals1 = Rous {{goal|4}}
El-Dhizui {{goal|19||56||69||77}}
Ad-Diba {{goal|46||79||88}}
Qadoura {{goal|65}}
? {{goal|?|o.g.}}
|goals2 = Zantouni {{goal|35}}
Al-Houni {{goal|60|pen.}}
|stadium = Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
|attendance =
|referee =
|report =
}}
=Group B=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||||
| width=175|Team
!width=25|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|W|Won}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|D|Draw}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}} | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center bgcolor=#ccffcc
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Syria|1932}} |2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
| align=center bgcolor=#ffffe0
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Jordan}} |2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Lebanon|1943}}
|2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | –3 | 1 |
{{footballbox
| date = 1 August 1953
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|SYR|1932}}
| score = 3–1
| team2 = {{fb|JOR}}
| goals1 = Al-Aqqad {{goal|28||75}}
Yaqoub {{goal|35}}
| goals2 = Ynal Hikmat {{goal|15}}
| stadium = Alexandria
| attendance =
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{{footballbox
| date = 3 August 1953
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|JOR}}
| score = 4–1
| team2 = {{fb|LBN|1943}}
| goals1 = Ynal Hikmat {{goal|?}} {{goal|?}}
Shehada musa {{goal|?}}
Krikor {{goal|?}}
| goals2 = Abou Murad {{goal|?}}
| stadium = Alexandria
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{{footballbox
|date = 6 August 1953
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SYR|1932}}
|score = 0–0
|team2 = {{fb|LBN|1943}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Alexandria
|attendance =
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Knockout stage
{{col-start}}{{col-2}}
{{#invoke:RoundN|N2
|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high
|3rdplace=
|RD1=Fifth place
|Consol=
|8 August – Alexandria|{{fb|LBN|1943}}|9|{{fb|PLE}}|1
}}
{{col-2}}
{{#invoke:RoundN|N2
|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high
|3rdplace=yes
|RD1=Final
|Consol=Third place
|9 August – Alexandria|{{fb|EGY|1922}}|4|{{fb|SYR|1932}}|0
|9 August – Alexandria|{{fb|LBY}}|3|{{fb|JOR}}|2
}}
{{col-end}}
=Fifth place match=
{{footballbox
|date = 8 August 1953
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|LBN|1943}}
|score = 9–1
|team2 = {{fb|PLE}}
|goals1 = {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}}
|goals2 = {{goal|}}
|stadium = Alexandria
|attendance =
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=Third place match=
{{footballbox
| date = 9 August 1953
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|LBY}}
| score = 3–2
| team2 = {{fb|JOR}}
| goals1 = Al-Ghannai {{goal|60}}
Al-Zantouni {{goal|76|pen.}}
Shenouan {{goal|89}}
| goals2 = Ynal Hikmat {{goal}}
Shehada Musa {{goal}}
| stadium = Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
| attendance =
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=Final=
{{footballbox
|date = 9 August 1953
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|EGY|1922}}
|score = 4–0
|team2 = {{fb|SYR|1932}}
|goals1 = Ad-Diba {{goal|25||66}}
El-Dhizui {{goal|75}}
Rous {{goal|88}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
|attendance =
|referee = Joseph Nalbadian (Lebanon)
|report =
}}
Final ranking
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||||
| 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}} | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:gold;"
|1 |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|EGY|1922}} |3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | +19 | 6 |
| style="background:silver;"
|2 |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|SYR|1932}} |3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 |
| style="background:#a67d3d;"
|3 |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|LBY}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 4 |
| 4
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|JOR}} |3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 5
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|LBN|1943}} |3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 4 |
| 6
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|PLE}} |3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 22 | −18 | 0 |
| colspan=2|Total
!18||8||2||8||60||56||+4||20 |
External links
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arabgam53.html 1st Arab Games, 1953 (Alexandria, Egypt)] - rsssf.com
{{Arab Games Football}}