Football at the 1997 Arab Games

The 1997 Arab Games football tournament was the 8th edition of the Arab Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Beirut, Lebanon between 13–27 July 1997 as part of the 1997 Arab Games.

1997 Arab Games
football tournament
Tournament details
Host country Lebanon
CityBeirut
Dates13–27 July 1997
Teams8 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Jordan (1st title)
Runners-up Syria
Third place Lebanon
Fourth place Kuwait B
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored48 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)Lebanon Abdulfattah Chehab (5 goals)[1]
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Participating teams

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Eight teams took part to the tournament, Kuwait participated with the reserve team and United Arab Emirates with the U21 team. 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
  Jordan 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 5
  Lebanon 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
  Libya 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
  Oman 3 0 2 1 4 6 −2 2
Source: [citation needed]
Lebanon  1–1  Jordan
Chehab   38' Abu Hantash   48'
  Libya2–2Oman  
Saada   60'
Ramadan   75'
Report Al-Hamdan   84'
Ahmad Ali   85'

Lebanon  1–1  Oman
Chehab   26' Report Al-Dhabit   21'
Jordan  1–1  Libya
Al-Sheyab   ?'   ?'

Lebanon  2–1  Libya
Chehab   81' (pen.)
Karapetyan   88'
Report Muftah   34'
Jordan  3–1  Oman
Al-Sheyab  
Abu-Abed  
Tadrus  
  ?'

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Syria 3 3 0 0 6 2 +4 9
  Kuwait B 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
  United Arab Emirates U21 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
  Mauritania 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]
Kuwait B  3–1  Mauritania
Youssouf   24'
Al-Otaibi   53'
Al-Omran   58'
Report Mahmoud   90'
  Syria3–1UA Emirates U21  
Bayazid   18', 52'
Taleb   44'
Report El Ballouchi   49'

  Syria2–1Kuwait B  
Jokhadar   67', 80' Report Azis   85'
UA Emirates U21  2–1  Mauritania

  Kuwait B1–0UA Emirates U21  
Syria  1–0  Mauritania

Knockout stage

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
23 July – Beirut
 
 
  Jordan3
 
27 July – Beirut
 
  Kuwait B2
 
  Jordan1
 
24 July – Beirut
 
  Syria0
 
  Syria (a.e.t.)3
 
 
  Lebanon2
 
Third place
 
 
26 July – Beirut
 
 
  Lebanon3
 
 
  Kuwait B1

Semifinals

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Jordan  3–2  Kuwait B
Al-Sheyab   43', 55'
Tadrus   90'
Report Moueidi   2'
Oneizi   90+2'
Attendance: 1,000

  Lebanon2–3 (a.e.t.)Syria  
Chehab   22' (pen.), 79' (pen.) Report Bayazid   77'
Karapetyan   85' (o.g.)
Jabban   100'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Mohammed Abdallah

Third place Match

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Lebanon  3–1  Kuwait B
Hassoun   2', 22'
Abdallah   57'
Report Rahman   7'
Attendance: 15,000

Final

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Jordan  1–0  Syria
Tadrus   84'

Final ranking

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
    Jordan 5 3 2 0 9 5 +4 11 Gold Medal
    Syria 5 4 0 1 9 5 +4 12 Silver Medal
    Lebanon (H) 5 2 2 1 9 7 +2 8 Bronze Medal
4   Kuwait B 5 2 0 3 8 9 −1 6 Fourth place
5   United Arab Emirates U21 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3 Eliminated in
group stage
6   Libya 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
7   Oman 3 0 2 1 4 6 −2 2
8   Mauritania 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0
Source: rsssf[dead link]
(H) Hosts


 1997 Arab Games 
 
Jordan

First title

References

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  1. ^ عبدالفتاح شهاب هداف الدورة العربية [Abdufattah Chehab, top scorer of the Arab Games]. Double Kick (5 ed.). August 1997.
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