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Football at the 1957 Arab Games

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1957 Arab Games
football tournament
Tournament details
Host country Lebanon
CityBeirut
Dates19–27 October 1957
Teams8 (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 played15
Goals scored64 (4.27 per match)
1953
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

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The following countries have participated for the final tournament:

Squads

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Group stage

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Group A

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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 3–3 Iraq
El-Madani
Benchekroun (pen.)
Ammo Baba 48'
Eshaya 50'
Salman 63'

Tunisia 4–2 Iraq
Diwa
Farzit
Hénia
Abbas (p)
David

Tunisia 1–3 Morocco
Touati Rhiad

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Lebanon 3 1 2 0 8 5 +3 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 4 10 –6 2


Saudi Arabia 3–1 Syria
Al-Yafei 14', 55'
Janja 75'
Mahmoud 34'

Knockout stage

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
26 October – Beirut
 
 
 Tunisia4
 
27 October – Beirut
 
 Lebanon2
 
 Tunisia1
 
26 October – Beirut
 
 Syria3
 
 Syria (o.l)1
 
 
 Morocco1
 
Third place
 
 
27 October – Beirut
 
 
 Lebanon
 
 
 Morocco (w/o)

Semifinals

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Tunisia 4–2 Lebanon
Touati
Hénia
Chehade

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

Third place match

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Lebanon Cancelled
(Morocco withdrew)
 Morocco

Final

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Tunisia 1–3 Syria
Fedou Shamas
Kaoulakian

Final ranking

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Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Syria 5 2 2 1 10 6 +3 6
2  Tunisia 5 2 2 1 12 6 +6 6
3  Lebanon 5 2 2 1 10 9 +1 6
4  Morocco 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 4 10 −6 2
8  Libya 3 0 0 3 5 12 −7 0
Total 32 12 8 12 67 67 0 32
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