Football at 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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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.

Participating teams

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

Main article: Football at the 1997 Arab Games – squads

Group stage

Group A

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

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

 
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

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

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

Final

Jordan 1–0 Syria
Tadrus 84'

Final ranking

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Jordan 5 3 2 0 9 5 +4 11 Gold Medal
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Syria 5 4 0 1 9 5 +4 12 Silver Medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

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