| Tourney Name: | Arab Games football tournament |
| Year: | 1997 |
| Dates: | 13–27 July 1997 |
| Confederations: | 2 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Count: | 1 |
| Matches: | 16 |
| Goals: | 48 |
| Top Scorer: |  Abdulfattah Chehab (5 goals)[1] |
| Nextseason: | 1999 |
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.
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:
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