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Football at the 1965 Arab Games

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1965 Arab Games
football tournament
Tournament details
Host country United Arab Republic
CityCairo
Dates2–11 September 1965
Teams10 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United Arab Republic (2nd title)
Runners-up Sudan
Third place Libya
Fourth place Palestine
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored151 (6.29 per match)
Top scorer(s)Libya Ali Al-Biski
(13 goals)[1]
← 1961
1976 →

The 1965 Arab Games football tournament was the 4th edition of the Arab Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Cairo, Egypt between 2–11 September 1965 as part of the 1965 Arab Games.

Participating teams

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The following countries have participated for the final tournament:

Squads

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Main article: Football at the 1965 Arab Games – squads

Group stage

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United Arab Republic 4 4 0 0 20 1 +19 8
 Palestine 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 5
 Iraq 4 1 2 1 7 2 +5 4
 Lebanon 4 1 1 2 4 7 –3 3
Aden Colony Aden 4 0 0 4 3 25 -22 0
United Arab Republic Abandoned1 Iraq
Referee: Mamdouh Karma (Jordan)
Palestine 1–0Aden Colony Aden
  • El-Sheikh 20'
United Arab Republic 14–0Aden Colony Aden
El-Shazly
Reyadh
Abdel Fattah
Rifaat
Shehta
Palestine 1–0 Lebanon
Iraq 6–0Aden Colony Aden
Ammo Baba
Atta
Hameed
United Arab Republic 3–0 Lebanon
Morsi
El-Shazly
Gabr
United Arab Republic 2–1 Palestine
Iraq 0–0 Lebanon
Palestine 1–1 Iraq
  • El-Sheikh 37'
Lebanon 4–3Aden Colony Aden
United Arab Republic 1–0
Replay1		 Iraq
El-Gohary 5'

^1 The match was abandoned at kick off because security fears due to overcrowding at the stadium caused the referee to call the match off. The match was replayed on 8 September 1965

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sudan 4 4 0 0 30 2 +28 8
 Libya 4 3 0 1 39 8 +31 6
 Syria 4 2 0 2 20 8 +12 4
Sultanate of Lahej Lahej 4 1 0 3 2 30 –28 2
Muscat and Oman 4 0 0 4 2 45 –43 0
Sudan 9–0Sultanate of Lahej Lahej
Jaksa ?', ?', ?', ?'
Siddig ?', ?'
Muhieldin Osman ?'
Saad Elfan ?'
Ibrahim Yahia Elkawarty ?'
Libya 15–1 Muscat and Oman
Al-Biski
Syria 4–0Sultanate of Lahej Lahej
Sudan 4–2 Libya
Siddig ?'
Samir Salih ?'
Ramadan Marhoum ?'
Jaxa ?'
Libya 6–3 Syria
Sudan 15–0 Muscat and Oman
Mustafa Shaweish ?', ?', ?', ?'
Ramadan Marhoum ?', ?', ?', ?'
Hasabu El Sagheir ?', ?', ?'
Samir Salih ?', ?'
Ibrahim Yahia Elkawarty ?'
Amin Zaki ?'
Libya 16–0Sultanate of Lahej Lahej
Al-Biski
Syria 13–0 Muscat and Oman
Lahej Sultanate of Lahej2–1 Muscat and Oman
Sudan 2–0 Syria
Siddig ?'
Ibrahim Yahia Elkawarty ?'

Knockout stage

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
9 September – Cairo
 
 
 United Arab Republic8
 
11 September – Cairo
 
 Libya1
 
 United Arab Republic2
 
9 September – Cairo
 
 Sudan0
 
 Sudan2
 
 
 Palestine1
 
Third place
 
 
10 September – Cairo
 
 
 Libya4
 
 
 Palestine2

Semifinals

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United Arab Republic 8–1 Libya
Reyadh 4', 12', 19'
El-Shazly 33', 52', 85'
Shehta 40', 79'		 Al-Biski
Sudan 2–1 Palestine
Amin Zaki ?'

Third place match

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Libya 4–2 Palestine
Al-Biski

Final

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United Arab Republic 0–0 Sudan
(Egypt won title on toss)

Final ranking

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Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  United Arab Republic 6 5 1 0 28 2 +26 11
2  Sudan 6 5 1 0 32 3 +29 11
3  Libya 6 4 0 2 44 18 +26 8
4  Palestine 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 5
Eliminated in the group stage
5  Syria 4 2 0 2 20 8 +12 4
6  Iraq 4 1 2 1 7 2 +5 4
7  Lebanon 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 3
8 Sultanate of Lahej Lahej 4 1 0 3 2 30 −28 2
9 Aden Colony Aden 4 0 0 4 3 25 −22 0
10 Muscat and Oman 4 0 0 4 2 45 −43 0
Total 48 22 4 22 151 151 0 48

References

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  1. ^ "Ali Al-Baski, the historical goal scorer for Libyan football ... and the star of records". Al Wasat. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
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