Football at the 1965 Pan Arab Games

1965 Pan 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) United Arab Republic Hassan El-Shazly
(9 goals)

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

Participating teams

The following countries have participated for the final tournament:

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United Arab Republic 4400201+198
 Palestine 421143+15
 Iraq 412172+54
 Lebanon 411247–33
 Aden 4004325–220
United Arab Republic abandoned1 Iraq
Referee: Mamdouh Karma (Jordan)
Palestine 1 – 0 Aden

United Arab Republic 14 – 0 Aden
El-Shazly
Reyadh
Abdel Fattah
Rifaat
Shehta
Palestine 1 – 0 Lebanon

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
Morsi
Iraq 0 – 0 Lebanon

Palestine 1 – 1 Iraq
Dawood
Lebanon 4 – 3 Aden

United Arab Republic 1 – 0
replay1
 Iraq
El-Gohary  5'

^1 The first game between United Arab Rep. and Iraq was abandoned at kick-off after security fears due to overcrowding at the stadium causing the referee to call the match off. The game was replayed on 8 September 1965

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sudan 4400302+288
 Libya 4301398+316
 Syria 4202208+124
Sultanate of Lahej Lahej 4103230–282
 Oman 4004245–430
Sudan 9 – 0Sultanate of Lahej Lahej
Libya 15 – 1 Oman

Syria 4 – 0Sultanate of Lahej Lahej
Sudan 4 – 2 Libya

Libya 6 – 3 Syria
Sudan 15 – 0 Oman

Libya 16 – 0Sultanate of Lahej Lahej
Syria 13 – 0 Oman

Lahej Sultanate of Lahej2 – 1 Oman
Sudan 2 – 0 Syria

Knockout stage

 
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

United Arab Republic 8 – 1 Libya
Reyadh  4', 12', 19'
El-Shazly  33', 52', 85'
Shehta  40', 79'

Sudan 2 – 1 Palestine

Third place match

Libya 4 – 2 Palestine

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 6510282+2611
2  Sudan 6510323+2911
3  Libya 64024418+268
4  Palestine 621379−25
Eliminated in the group stage
5  Syria 4202208+124
6  Iraq 412172+54
7  Lebanon 411247−33
8 Sultanate of Lahej Lahej 4103230−282
9  Aden 4004325−220
10  Oman 4004245−430
Total 4822422151151048
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