Football at the 1965 Arab Games

1965 Arab Games
football tournamentTournament details

Host country|  United Arab Republic
City| Cairo
Dates| 2–11 September 1965
Teams| 10 (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 played| 24
Goals scored| 151 (6.29 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Ali Al-Biski
(13 goals)[1]

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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:

* Iraq
* Lahej
* Lebanon
* Libya
* Muscat and Oman
* Palestine
* Aden
* Sudan
* Syria
* United Arab Republic (hosts)

## 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

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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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 25 | -22 | 0

2 September 1965

United Arab Republic | Abandoned1|  Iraq

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Zamalek Stadium, Cairo

Referee: Mamdouh Karma (Jordan)

2 September 1965

Palestine | 1–0|  Aden

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* El-Sheikh  20'

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Cairo

* * *

3 September 1965

United Arab Republic | 14–0|  Aden

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El-Shazly
Reyadh
Abdel Fattah
Rifaat
Shehta |  |

Cairo

3 September 1965

Palestine | 1–0|  Lebanon

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* Mughrabi 22'

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Cairo

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4 September 1965

Iraq | 6–0|  Aden

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Ammo Baba
Atta
Hameed |  |

Cairo

4 September 1965

United Arab Republic | 3–0|  Lebanon

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Morsi
El-Shazly
Gabr |  |

Cairo

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6 September 1965

United Arab Republic | 2–1|  Palestine

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* Abdel Fattah 19'
* Morsi 35'

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* Gallia  62' (pen.)

Cairo

6 September 1965

Iraq | 0–0|  Lebanon

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Cairo

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7 September 1965

Palestine | 1–1|  Iraq

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* El-Sheikh  37'

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* Dawood 54'

Cairo

7 September 1965

Lebanon | 4–3|  Aden

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Cairo

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8 September 1965

United Arab Republic | 1–0
Replay1|  Iraq

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El-Gohary 5' |  |

Cairo

^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

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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
Lahej | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 30 | –28 | 2
Muscat and Oman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 45 | –43 | 0

2 September 1965

Sudan | 9–0|  Lahej

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Jaksa ?', ?', ?', ?'
Siddig ?', ?'
Muhieldin Osman ?'
Saad Elfan ?'
Ibrahim Yahia Elkawarty ?' |  |

Cairo

2 September 1965

Libya | 15–1|  Muscat and Oman

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Al-Biski
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Cairo

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3 September 1965

Syria | 4–0|  Lahej

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Cairo

3 September 1965

Sudan | 4–2|  Libya

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Siddig ?'
Samir Salih ?'
Ramadan Marhoum ?'
Jaxa ?' |  |

Cairo

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4 September 1965

Libya | 6–3|  Syria

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Cairo

4 September 1965

Sudan | 15–0|  Muscat and Oman

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Mustafa Shaweish ?', ?', ?', ?'
Ramadan Marhoum ?', ?', ?', ?'
Hasabu El Sagheir ?', ?', ?'
Samir Salih ?', ?'
Ibrahim Yahia Elkawarty ?'
Amin Zaki ?' |  |

Cairo

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6 September 1965

Libya | 16–0|  Lahej

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Al-Biski
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Cairo

6 September 1965

Syria | 13–0|  Muscat and Oman

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Cairo

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7 September 1965

Lahej | 2–1|  Muscat and Oman

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Cairo

7 September 1965

Sudan | 2–0|  Syria

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Siddig ?'
Ibrahim Yahia Elkawarty ?' |  |

Cairo

## Knockout stage

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| Semifinals| | Final

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| 9 September – Cairo| |

|  United Arab Republic| 8

| 11 September – Cairo

|  Libya| 1 |

|  United Arab Republic| 2

| 9 September – Cairo

| |  Sudan| 0

|  Sudan| 2

|  Palestine| 1 |

| Third place

| 10 September – Cairo

|  Libya| 4

|  Palestine| 2

### Semifinals

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9 September 1965

16:00

United Arab Republic | 8–1|  Libya

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Reyadh 4', 12', 19'
El-Shazly 33', 52', 85'
Shehta 40', 79' |  | Al-Biski

Cairo

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9 September 1965

16:00

Sudan | 2–1|  Palestine

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Amin Zaki ?' |  |

Cairo

### Third place match

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10 September 1965

16:00

Libya | 4–2|  Palestine

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Al-Biski
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Cairo

### Final

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11 September 1965

15:00

United Arab Republic | 0–0|  Sudan

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| (Egypt won title on toss) |

Cairo

## Final ranking

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Rank  | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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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  |  Lahej | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 30 | −28 | 2
9  |  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.

## External links

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* 4th Arab Games, 1965 (Cairo, Egypt) \- rsssf.com

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