1997 Arab Games
football tournament

Tournament details
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]
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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

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

13 July 1997

Lebanon	1–1	Jordan
Chehab 38'		Abu Hantash 48'

Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon

14 July 1997

Libya	2–2	Oman
Saada 60' Ramadan 75'	Report	Al-Hamdan 84' Ahmad Ali 85'

Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon

16 July 1997

Lebanon	1–1	Oman
Chehab 26'	Report	Al-Dhabit 21'

Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon

17 July 1997

Jordan	1–1	Libya
Al-Sheyab ?'		?'

Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon

19 July 1997

Lebanon	2–1	Libya
Chehab 81' ( pen.) Karapetyan 88'	Report	Muftah 34'

Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon

20 July 1997

Jordan	3–1	Oman
Al-Sheyab Abu-Abed Tadrus		?'

Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon

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

13 July 1997

Kuwait B	3–1	Mauritania
Youssouf 24' Al-Otaibi 53' Al-Omran 58'	Report	Mahmoud 90'

Tripoli Municipal Stadium, Tripoli, Lebanon

14 July 1997

Syria	3–1	UA Emirates U21
Bayazid 18', 52' Taleb 44'	Report	El Ballouchi 49'

Tripoli Municipal Stadium, Tripoli, Lebanon

16 July 1997

Syria	2–1	Kuwait B
Jokhadar 67', 80'	Report	Azis 85'

Tripoli Municipal Stadium, Tripoli, Lebanon

17 July 1997

UA Emirates U21	2–1	Mauritania

Tripoli Municipal Stadium, Tripoli, Lebanon

19 July 1997

Kuwait B	1–0	UA Emirates U21

Tripoli Municipal Stadium, Tripoli, Lebanon

20 July 1997

Syria	1–0	Mauritania

Tripoli Municipal Stadium, Tripoli, Lebanon

Knockout stage

	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

Semifinals

23 July 1997

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

Beirut

Attendance: 1,000

24 July 1997

Lebanon	2–3 ( a.e.t.)	Syria
Chehab 22' ( pen.), 79' ( pen.)	Report	Bayazid 77' Karapetyan 85' ( o.g.) Jabban 100'

Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Mohammed Abdallah

Third place Match

27 July 1997

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

Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon

Attendance: 15,000

Final

27 July 1997

Jordan	1–0	Syria
Tadrus 84'

Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon

Final ranking

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

1997 Arab Games
Jordan First title

References

External links

• 8th Arab Games, 1997 (Beirut, Lebanon) – rsssf.com