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1965 Arab Games
football tournament

Tournament 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)
← 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

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

Group stage

Group A

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	4	0	0	4	3	25	-22	0

United Arab Republic	Abandoned	Iraq

Palestine	1–0	Aden
El-Sheikh 20'

United Arab Republic	14–0	Aden
El-Shazly Reyadh Abdel Fattah Rifaat Shehta

Palestine	1–0	Lebanon
Mughrabi 22'

Iraq	6–0	Aden
Ammo Baba Atta Hameed

United Arab Republic	3–0	Lebanon
Morsi El-Shazly Gabr

United Arab Republic	2–1	Palestine
Abdel Fattah 19' Morsi 35'		Gallia 62' (pen.)

Iraq	0–0	Lebanon

Palestine	1–1	Iraq
El-Sheikh 37'		Dawood 54'

Lebanon	4–3	Aden

United Arab Republic	1–0 Replay	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

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

Sudan	9–0	Lahej
Jaksa ?', ?', ?', ?' Siddig ?', ?' Muhieldin Osman ?' Saad Elfan ?' Ibrahim Yahia Elkawarty ?'

Libya	15–1	Muscat and Oman
Al-Biski

Syria	4–0	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	16–0	Lahej
Al-Biski

Syria	13–0	Muscat and Oman

Lahej	2–1	Muscat and Oman

Sudan	2–0	Syria
Siddig ?' Ibrahim Yahia Elkawarty ?'

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	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

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

Libya	4–2	Palestine
Al-Biski

Final

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

Final ranking

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	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

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

External links

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

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