| Football at the Arab Games | |
| Region: | Arab world |
| Number Of Teams: | 12 (from 2 confederations) |
| Current Champions: | (1st title) |
| Most Successful Team: | (4 titles) |
| Current: | Football at the 2023 Arab Games |
The Arab Games are a regional multi-sport event held between nations from the Arab world. A men's football tournament has been held at every session of the Games since 1953, except for 2004. Since the 2023 edition, the tournament has been limited to under-23 teams, plus up to three overage players for each squad.[1] [2]
__TOC__
The following table gives an overview of medal winners in football at the Arab Games. 1992 Arab Games which overlaps the 1992 Arab Cup.
| Ed. | Year | Host | Gold medal game | width=1% rowspan=2 bgcolor=ffffff | Bronze medal game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | width=10% | Score | Silver | Bronze | width=10% | Score | width=15% | Fourth | |||
| National teams tournament (1953–2011) | |||||||||||
| 1 | 1953 | Alexandria | 4–0 | width=1% rowspan=9 bgcolor=ffffff | 3–2 | ||||||
| 2 | Beirut | 3–1 | |||||||||
| 3 | Casablanca | ||||||||||
| 4 | Cairo | 0–0 | 4–2 | ||||||||
| 5 | Damascus | ||||||||||
| 6 | Rabat | 1–0 | |||||||||
| 7 | 1992 | Damascus | 3–2 | 2–1 | |||||||
| 8 | Beirut | 1–0 | 3–1 | ||||||||
| 9 | Amman | 4–4 | / No 3rd Place Match | ||||||||
| 10 | Cancelled | ||||||||||
| 11 | Cairo | ||||||||||
| 12 | 2011 | Doha | 1 - 0 | 3 - 0 (a.e.t.) | |||||||
| Under-23 National teams tournament (2023–present) | |||||||||||
| 13 | 2023 | Algeria | 1–1 | 2–2 | |||||||
* The 1992 edition organised as part of the Arab Games, and also counted as Arab Cup.
A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.
Arab Games held in 5 cities (Algiers, Oran, Constantine, Annaba and Tipaza). Football tournament held in Annaba and Constantine.
withdrew
In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.http://www.mundial11.com/en/competition-teams-st/133
Excluding the 1992 Arab Games which overlaps the 1992 Arab Cup.
| Rank | width=200 | Team | Part | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 97 | 73 | +24 | 53 | ||
| 2 | 8 | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 61 | 41 | +20 | 53 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 50 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 91 | 10 | +81 | 49 | ||
| 5 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 59 | 15 | +44 | 47 | ||
| 6 | 8 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 38 | 63 | -25 | 41 | ||
| 7 | 5 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 23 | +16 | 35 | ||
| 8 | 7 | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 43 | 51 | -8 | 31 | ||
| 9 | 6 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 54 | -27 | 28 | ||
| 10 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 41 | 25 | +16 | 26 | ||
| 11 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 16 | ||
| 12 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 29 | -11 | 16 | ||
| 13 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 19 | -6 | 15 | ||
| 14 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 14 | ||
| 15 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 16 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 61 | -53 | 9 | ||
| 17 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 7 | ||
| 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 3 | ||
| 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 3 | ||
| 20 | Lahej | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 30 | -28 | 3 | |
| 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 2 | ||
| 22 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 37 | -27 | 2 | ||
| 23 | Aden | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 25 | -23 | 0 |
| width=150 | Team |  1953 | 1957 |  1961 | 1965 |  1976 | 1985 | 1992 | 1997 |  1999 | 2007 |  2011 | Years | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 4th | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| GS | bgcolor=Gold | 1st | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 1st | bgcolor=Silver | 2nd | 1st | bgcolor=Gold | 1st | 1st | 5 | ||||||||||
| GS | GS | bgcolor=Gold | 1st | bgcolor=Silver | 2nd | GS | 5 | ||||||||||
| 4th | GS | GS | GS | bgcolor=Gold | 1st | 1st | bgcolor=Silver | 2nd | 7 | ||||||||
| GS | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 4 | |||||||||||||
| GS | 3rd | 4th | GS | 3rd | GS | GS | 7 | ||||||||||
| 3rd | GS | 3rd | 3rd | GS | GS | 3rd | bgcolor=Silver | 2nd | GS | 9 | |||||||
| GS | GS | GS | GS | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 4th | 1st | bgcolor=Gold | 1st | 2nd | 4 | ||||||||||||
| GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 5 | ||||||||||||
| GS | 4th | GS | GS | 3rd | 4th | GS | 7 | ||||||||||
| GS | GS | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| GS | GS | bgcolor=Silver | 2nd | 4th | bgcolor=Silver | 2nd | GS | 3rd | GS | bgcolor=Gold | 1st | 9 | |||||
| GS | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| bgcolor=Silver | 2nd | GS | GS | 3rd | 4 | ||||||||||||
| bgcolor=Silver | 2nd | bgcolor=Gold | 1st | GS | 3rd | GS | 4th | bgcolor=Silver | 2nd | GS | bgcolor=Silver | 2nd | 9 | ||||
| bgcolor=Silver | 2nd | GS | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| GS | GS | GS | 4th | 4 | |||||||||||||
| GS | 4th | GS | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 8 | |||||