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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.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Lebanon |
City | Beirut |
Dates | 13–27 July 1997 |
Teams | 8 (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 played | 16 |
Goals scored | 48 (3 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Abdulfattah Chehab (5 goals)[1] |
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:
Lebanon | 2–1 | Libya |
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Chehab 81' (pen.) Karapetyan 88' |
Report | Muftah 34' |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
Kuwait B | 3–1 | Mauritania |
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Youssouf 24' Al-Otaibi 53' Al-Omran 58' |
Report | Mahmoud 90' |
Syria | 3–1 | UA Emirates U21 |
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Bayazid 18', 52' Taleb 44' |
Report | El Ballouchi 49' |
Syria | 1–0 | Mauritania |
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Semifinals | Final | |||||
23 July – Beirut | ||||||
Jordan | 3 | |||||
27 July – Beirut | ||||||
Kuwait B | 2 | |||||
Jordan | 1 | |||||
24 July – Beirut | ||||||
Syria | 0 | |||||
Syria (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||
Lebanon | 2 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
26 July – Beirut | ||||||
Lebanon | 3 | |||||
Kuwait B | 1 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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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 |
1997 Arab Games |
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Jordan First title |
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