Football at the 2023 Arab Games

Football at the 2023 Arab Games
كرة القدم في الألعاب الرياضية العربية 2023
Tournament details
Host countryAlgeria
Dates2–14 July
Teams8 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Saudi Arabia (1st title)
Runners-up Syria
Third place Sudan
Fourth place Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored34 (2.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)Al-Gozoli Hussein Nooh
(5 goals)
← 2011
International football competition

The men's football tournament at the 2023 Arab Games was held from 2 to 14 July 2023 in Algeria,[1] following an 11-year hiatus.[2] Matches will be played in Annaba and Constantine.[3] For the first time, teams are restricted to under-23 players,[4] and a maximum of three over-aged players.[5]

Bahrain were the defending champions, having beat Jordan in the final of the 2011 edition.[6]

Stadiums

City Stadium Capacity
Annaba 19 May 1956 Stadium 58,100
Constantine Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium 22,986

Teams

Participating countries

Eight teams are participating in the tournament, all under-23 with the exception of Saudi Arabia who are participating with their under-19 team.[7][8][9]

Confederation Nation
CAF (Africa)
AFC (Asia)

Squads

Draw

The draw took place on 19 June 2023.[10] Host Algeria was automatically seeded in Pot 1. The remaining teams were seeded based on the FIFA ranking.[11]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Officiating

Referees
  • Algeria Nabil Boukhalfa
  • Algeria Abdemoumene Touabti
  • Bahrain Mohamed Khaled
  • Iraq Zaid Thamer Mohammed
  • Kuwait Ammar Ashkanani
  • Mauritania Abdel Aziz Mohamed Bouh
  • State of Palestine Muath Owfi
  • Syria Mohammad Qanah
  • Tunisia Mehrez Melki
Assistant referees
  • Algeria Hamza Bouzit
  • Jordan Amro Ajaj
  • Morocco Yahya Nouali
  • Lebanon Ali Fakih
  • Libya Basem Saef El Naser
  • Oman Hamooh Al Shuaibi
  • State of Palestine Kinan Al-Baajawi
  • Saudi Arabia Ibrahim Al-Dakheel
  • Somalia Mowlid Rage Ali
  • Tunisia Mohamed Bakir

Group stage

All times are local, AST (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Algeria (H) 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Advance to semi-finals
2  Sudan 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
3  Oman 3 1 1 1 1 2 −1 4
4  Lebanon 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
Source: GSA
(H) Hosts
Lebanon 0–3 Sudan
Report
  • Nooh 14', 49'
  • Ezzallah 90'
Referee: Abdel Aziz Bouh (Mauritania)
Algeria 0–0 Oman
Report
19 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba
Referee: Muath Owfi (Palestine)
Oman 1–0 Lebanon
  • Al Habashi 40'
 Report
19 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba
Referee: Ammar Ashkanani (Kuwait)
Sudan 1–2 Algeria
  • Ismat 75'
 Report
  • Temine 87', 90+2'
19 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba
Referee: Mohammad Qanah (Syria)
Sudan 2–0 Oman
  • Nooh 3'
  • Saadalla 90'
 Report
Algeria 2–0 Lebanon
 Report
19 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba
Referee: Mohamed Khaled (Bahrain)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Syria 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 5 Advance to semi-finals
2  Saudi Arabia 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
3  Palestine 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4  Mauritania 3 0 2 1 4 6 −2 2
Source: GSA
Saudi Arabia 1–1 Syria
  • Al-Zaid 90+6' (pen.)
 Report
Palestine 1–1 Mauritania
  • Rabei 5'
 Report
  • Elwely 24'
Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium, Constantine
Referee: Abdemoumene Touabti (Algeria)
Syria 0–0 Palestine
Report
Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium, Constantine
Referee: Mohamed Khaled (Bahrain)
Mauritania 1–1 Saudi Arabia
  • Baye 13'
 Report
  • Al-Zaid 26' (pen.)
Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium, Constantine
Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed (Iraq)
Saudi Arabia 2–1 Palestine
 Report
  • Bani Odeh 40'
Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium, Constantine
Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa (Algeria)
Mauritania 2–4 Syria
 Report
19 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba
Referee: Ammar Ashkanani (Kuwait)

Knockout stage

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
11 July – Annaba
 
 
 Algeria1
 
14 July – Annaba
 
 Saudi Arabia2
 
 Saudi Arabia (p)1 (5)
 
11 July – Annaba
 
 Syria 1(4)
 
 Syria2
 
 
 Sudan0
 
Third place
 
 
14 July – Annaba
 
 
 Algeria2 (2)
 
 
  Sudan (p)2 (4)

Semi-finals

Algeria 1–2 Saudi Arabia
  • Temine 49'
 Report
  • A. Al-Zaid 19'
  • S. Al-Zaid 74'
19 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba
Referee: Abdel Aziz Mohamed Bouh (Mauritania)
Syria 2–0 Sudan
 Report
19 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba
Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed (Iraq)

Bronze medal match

Algeria 2–2 Sudan
 Report
  • Nooh 87', 90+2'
Penalties
Benzid soccer ball with red X
Reguieg soccer ball with check mark
Djenidi soccer ball with red X
Bouras soccer ball with check mark		 2–4 soccer ball with red X Nooh
soccer ball with check mark Mahmoud
soccer ball with check mark Ali
soccer ball with check mark Al-Bahli
soccer ball with check mark Babeker
19 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba
Referee: Mohamed Khaled (Bahrain)

Gold medal match

Saudi Arabia 1–1 Syria
  • S. Al-Zaid 11'
 Report
Penalties
S. Al-Zaid soccer ball with check mark
Al-Jelidan soccer ball with check mark
A. Al-Zaid soccer ball with check mark
Khalifa soccer ball with red X
Ayash soccer ball with check mark
Al-Khaibari soccer ball with check mark		 5–4 soccer ball with check mark Mardikian
soccer ball with check mark Al Rina
soccer ball with check mark Al Hussain
soccer ball with check mark Dahhan
soccer ball with red X Rihanieh
soccer ball with red X Dali
19 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba
Referee: Mehrez Melki (Tunisia)

Final ranking

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Saudi Arabia 5 2 3 0 7 5 +2 9 Gold Medal
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Syria 5 2 3 0 8 4 +4 9 Silver Medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Sudan 5 2 1 2 8 6 +2 7 Bronze Medal
4  Algeria (H) 5 2 2 1 7 5 +2 8 Fourth place
5  Oman 3 1 1 1 1 2 −1 4 Eliminated in
group stage
6  Palestine 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
7  Mauritania 3 0 2 1 4 6 −2 2
8  Lebanon 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There have been 34 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.12 goals per match (as of 15 July 2023).

5 goals

  • Sudan Al-Gozoli Hussein Nooh

4 goals

3 goals

  • Algeria Mounder Temine

1 goal

References

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External links

  • Football - arabgames2023 official weebsite
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