Football at the 1985 Arab Games

The 1985 Arab Games football tournament was the 6th edition of the Arab Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Rabat, Morocco between 4–16 August 1985 as part of the 1985 Arab Games.

1985 Arab Games
football tournament
Tournament details
Host country Marokko
CityRabat
Dates4–16 August 1985
Teams15 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Iraq B (1st title)
Runners-up Marokko
Third place Algeria B
Fourth place Saudi-Arabien
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored48 (2.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iraq Ahmed Radhi
Saudi-Arabien Majed Abdullah
(3 goals each)
1976
1992

Participating teams

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Eleven teams took part to the tournament, Algeria participated with the B team and Iraq also with the B team in addition to four players from the A team. The following countries have participated for the final tournament:

Squads

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Group stage

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Algeria qualified for semifinals on a draw between second-placed teams.

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Marokko 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 5
  Tunesien 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 5
  Somalia 3 1 0 2 6 7 –1 2
  Mauretanien 3 0 0 3 2 12 –10 0
Marokko  3–0  Somalia
Timoumi    
Laghrissi  
Tunesien  4–0  Mauretanien
Hsoumi   5'
Jeridi   45' (pen.)
Maâloul   72'
Houarbi   85'

Marokko  2–2  Tunesien
?   55' (o.g.)
Anafal   69'
Rakbaoui   4'
Hergal   7'
Somalia  5–2  Mauretanien

Marokko  3–0  Mauretanien
Somalia  1–2  Tunesien
  Jaziri   15' (pen.)
Rakbaoui   56'

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Saudi-Arabien 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 6
  Algeria B 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 2
  Vereinigte Arabische Emirate 3 1 0 2 2 3 –1 2
  North Yemen 3 1 0 2 3 6 –3 2
Vereinigte Arabische Emirate  1–0  Algeria B
Saudi-Arabien  2–0  North Yemen
Abdullah   76' (pen.)
Abu Dawood   79'

Saudi-Arabien  1–0  Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
Abdullah   38'
Stade d'honneur, Settat
Algeria B  3–1  North Yemen

North Yemen  2–1  Vereinigte Arabische Emirate

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Iraq B 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 4
  Libyen 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 2
  Syria 2 0 0 2 0 4 –4 0
Iraq B  2–0  Libyen
Radhi  
Abid  

Syria  0–2  Libyen

Iraq B  2–0  Syria
Allawi  
Mahmoud  

Knockout stage

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
13 August – Rabat
 
 
  Marokko (a.e.t.)1
 
16 August – Rabat
 
  Algeria B0
 
  Marokko0
 
14 August – Casablanca
 
  Iraq B1
 
  Iraq B2
 
 
  Saudi-Arabien1
 
Third place
 
 
16 August – Rabat
 
 
  Algeria B-
 
 
  Saudi-Arabien (w/o)-

Semifinals

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Marokko  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Algeria B
Lamriss   ?'

Iraq B  2–1  Saudi-Arabien
Radhi     Abdullah   21' (pen.)

Third place match

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Algeria B  Cancelled
(Saudi Arabia withdrew)
  Saudi-Arabien

Final

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Marokko  0–1  Iraq B
Gorgis   8'
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Amar Gothari (Algeria)

Final ranking

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Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Iraq B 4 4 0 0 7 1 +6 8
2   Marokko 5 3 1 1 9 3 +6 7
3   Algeria B 4 2 0 3 4 5 −1 4
4   Saudi-Arabien 4 3 0 2 6 3 +3 6
Eliminated in the group stage
5   Tunesien 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 5
6   Libyen 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 2
7   Somalia 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 2
8   Vereinigte Arabische Emirate 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 2
9   North Yemen 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 2
10   Syria 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
10   Mauretanien 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0
Total 36 18 2 18 48 48 0 38
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