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1964 Arab Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Kuwait
Dates	13–19 November
Teams	5 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iraq (1st title)
Runners-up	Libya
Third place	Kuwait
Fourth place	Lebanon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	27 (2.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ahmed Ben Soueid (4 goals)
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The 1964 Arab Cup was the second edition of the Arab Cup hosted by Kuwait. In Iraq's first appearance, they won the title for the 1st time.

Participated teams

The 5 participated teams are:

Venues

Kuwait City	Kuwait City
Shuwaikh High School Stadium
Capacity: 16,000

Squads

Final tournament

Tournament classification

Iraq wins the tournament, Libya second.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraq	4	3	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Libya	4	2	2	0	9	5	+4	6
Kuwait	4	1	1	2	5	5	0	3
Lebanon	4	1	1	2	4	5	–1	3
Jordan	4	0	1	3	3	10	–7	1

Matches

Jordan	0–0	Lebanon

Kuwait	0–1	Iraq
		Ismail 60'

Libya	2–1	Lebanon
Ben Soueid Al-Biski		Shaker

Kuwait	2–0	Jordan

Iraq	1–0	Lebanon
Tabra 67'

Libya	5–2	Jordan
Al-Sanoussi Al-Biski Ben Soueid Al-Ahwal		Abdel Mounaim 22' Adel Issa 66'

Kuwait	2–3	Lebanon
		Chatila 19', 64' Nassar 88'

Iraq	1–1	Libya
Atta 70'		Ben Soueid

Kuwait	1–1	Libya
		Ben Soueid

Iraq	3–1	Jordan
Atta 14', 40' Mahmoud 30'		Al-Banna 22'

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Ahmed Ben Soueid

3 goals

• Hisham Atta

References

1. "المهاجم أحمد بن صويد تاريخ محفور في ذهن الكرة الليبية". Egypt Today. 26 April 2001.

External links

• 1964 Kuwait (November 13–20) - rsssf.com
• Arab Cup 1964 - International Football

• 1964 Arab Cup
• International association football competitions hosted by Kuwait
• 1964–65 in Kuwaiti football
• 1964 in Asian football
• November 1964 sports events in Asia