1999 Arab Games
football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Jordan
City	Amman
Dates	19–31 August 1999
Teams	11 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Jordan (2nd title)
Runners-up	Iraq
Third place	Libya   Palestine
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25
Goals scored	72 (2.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Badran Al-Shagran (8 goals)
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The 1999 Arab Games football tournament was the 9th edition of the Arab Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Amman, Jordan between 19–31 August 1999 as part of the 1999 Arab Games. ^{[1] [2]}

Participating teams

The following countries have participated for the final tournament:

Squads

Group stages

First group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Jordan	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	6
Palestine	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3
Qatar Olympic	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

16 August 1999

Jordan	3–0	Qatar Olympic
Al-Sheikh 76' Al-Shagran 79' Hamarsheh 90'

Amman International Stadium

Attendance: 23,000

Referee: Jamal Al-Ghandour

18 August 1999

Palestine	0–2	Jordan
		Abu Zema 35' 58'

Ref:

20 August 1999

Qatar Olympic	0–1	Palestine
		Hajjaj 42'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United Arab Emirates	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
Lebanon	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
Saudi Arabia Olympic	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1

16 August 1999

Saudi Arabia Olympic	1–2	Lebanon
Mosh'ael 25'		Ghazarian 13' Kehyeyan 69'

Referee: Mourad Al-Da'ami

18 August 1999

United Arab Emirates	1–1	Saudi Arabia Olympic
Jum'aa 24'		Marzouq 32'

Ref:

20 August 1999

Lebanon	0–2	United Arab Emirates
		Omar 63' Sa'ad 75'

Referee: Abdul-Wahid Khamees

Group C

Algeria withdrew

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Syria	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
Oman	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
Algeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

19 August 1999

Syria	1–1	Oman
Afash 11' Haj Moustafa  61'		Al-Dhabit 61'

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Libya	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	6
Iraq	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
Bahrain Olympic	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0

17 August 1999

Libya	4–0	Bahrain Olympic
Ramadan 32' Al Taib 38' 90' Misrati 50'

Referee: Omar Bishtawi

19 August 1999

Bahrain Olympic	0–2	Iraq
		Fawzi 5' Mahmoud 35'

21 August 1999

Iraq	0–2	Libya
		El Masli 41' 78'

Second group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraq	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	6
Jordan	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
Lebanon	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
Oman	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

23 August 1999

Jordan	1–3	Lebanon
Al-Shagran 90'		Zein 42' 61' 88'

Amman International Stadium

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Jamal Al-Ghandour

23 August 1999

Oman	0–3	Iraq
		Fawzi 4' 54' ( pen.) Farhan 42'

Al Hassan Stadium

Attendance: 5,000

25 August 1999

Iraq	1–2	Jordan
Mohammed 87'		Hamarsheh 59' Al-Shagran 90'

Amman International Stadium

Attendance: 27,000

25 August 1999

Lebanon	1–1	Oman
Zein 21'		Sha'baan 50'

Al Hassan Stadium

Attendance: 7,000

27 August 1999

Iraq	4–0	Lebanon
Mohammed 7' 54' Rahim 59' Al-Heil 88'

Al Hassan Stadium

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Jamal Al-Ghandour

27 August 1999

Jordan	2–0	Oman
Ali 59' Al-Shboul 78'

Amman International Stadium

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Yousef Al-'Aqaily

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Palestine	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
Libya	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
Syria	3	0	3	0	4	4	0	3
United Arab Emirates	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

23 August 1999

Palestine	1–0	United Arab Emirates
Lafi 35' Helmi  79' Al Nims  88'

Al Hassan Stadium

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Nabil Ayyad

23 August 1999

Syria	1–1	Libya
Afash 40'		Muntasser 50'

Al-Hussein Stadium

Attendance: 6,000

25 August 1999

Libya	2–2	Palestine
El Masli 27' Mohamed 82' ( pen.) El Masli  33'		Al Manasri 1' Jendeya 90' Haddad  37'

Amman International Stadium

Referee: Mourad Al-Da'ami

25 August 1999

United Arab Emirates	2–2	Syria
Ali 33' Harib 80'		Al-Sayed 35' Afash 54'

Amman International Stadium

27 August 1999

United Arab Emirates	0–1	Libya
		Muntasser 62'

27 August 1999

Syria	1–1	Palestine
Al-Sayed 19'		Al-Kord 82'

Amman International Stadium

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Abdulwaheed Al-Khamisi

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	29 August – Amman
	Palestine	1
					31 August – Amman
	Jordan	4
					Jordan ( p)	4 (3)
	29 August – Amman
					Iraq	4 (1)
	Iraq	3
	Libya	1

Semifinals

29 August 1999

Palestine	1–4	Jordan
Al-Kord 90'		Al-Shagran 14' 67' 75' Jummah 41'

Amman International Stadium

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Mourad Al-Da'ami

29 August 1999

Iraq	3–1	Libya
Jafar 3' Fawzi 18' Hamad 32'		El Masli 16'

Amman International Stadium

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Nabeel Ayaad

Final

31 August 1999

Jordan	4 – 4 ( a.e.t.)	Iraq
Abu Zema 30' ( pen.) Al-Shagran 51', 70' Shneishel 67' ( o.g.)		Fawzi 73', 75' ( pen.) Mahmoud 78' Farhan 87'
Penalties
Abu Zema Al-Shagran Al-Sheikh Sufian	3 – 1 Iraq went first	Shneishel Fawzi Mezher Raheem

Amman International Stadium

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	Jordan (H)	7	5	1	1	18	9	+9	16	Gold Medal
	Iraq	7	4	1	2	17	9	+8	13	Silver Medal
	Libya	6	3	2	1	11	6	+5	11	Bronze Medal
	Palestine	6	2	2	2	6	9	−3	8
5	Lebanon	5	2	1	2	6	9	−3	7	Eliminated in second stage
6	Syria	4	0	4	0	5	5	0	4
7	United Arab Emirates	5	1	2	2	5	5	0	5
8	Oman	4	0	2	2	2	7	−5	2
9	Saudi Arabia Olympic	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1	Eliminated in first stage
10	Qatar Olympic	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0
11	Bahrain Olympic	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0
12	Algeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Goalscorers