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Football at the 2023 Arab Games

كرة القدم في الألعاب الرياضية العربية 2023
Tournament details
Host country	Algeria
Dates	2–14 July
Teams	8 (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 played	16
Goals scored	34 (2.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Al-Gozoli Hussein Nooh (5 goals)
← 2011

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

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

Stadiums

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.

Squads

Draw

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

Officiating

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

Lebanon	0–3	Sudan
	Report	Nooh 14', 49' Ezzallah 90'

Algeria	0–0	Oman
	Report

Oman	1–0	Lebanon
Al Habashi 40'	Report

Sudan	1–2	Algeria
Ismat 75'	Report	Temine 87', 90+2'

Sudan	2–0	Oman
Nooh 3' Saadalla 90'	Report

Algeria	2–0	Lebanon
Bounacer 16' Sryer 90+3'	Report

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

Saudi Arabia	1–1	Syria
Al-Zaid 90+6' (pen.)	Report	Mardikian 18'

Palestine	1–1	Mauritania
Rabei 5'	Report	Elwely 24'

Syria	0–0	Palestine
	Report

Mauritania	1–1	Saudi Arabia
Baye 13'	Report	Al-Zaid 26' (pen.)

Saudi Arabia	2–1	Palestine
Al-Abdulwahed 37' Al-Hassan 62'	Report	Bani Odeh 40'

Mauritania	2–4	Syria
Sheikh 16' Ahmed 21'	Report	Mardikian 6' Dahan 55' Rihani 60' Osman 70'

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	11 July – Annaba
	Algeria	1
					14 July – Annaba
	Saudi Arabia	2
					Saudi Arabia (p)	1 (5)
	11 July – Annaba
					Syria	1(4)
	Syria	2
	Sudan	0
					Third place
					14 July – Annaba
					Algeria	2 (2)
					Sudan (p)	2 (4)

Semi-finals

Algeria	1–2	Saudi Arabia
Temine 49'	Report	A. Al-Zaid 19' S. Al-Zaid 74'

Syria	2–0	Sudan
Asaad 58' Mardikian 73'	Report

Bronze medal match

Algeria	2–2	Sudan
Temine 16' Nait Salem 58'	Report	Nooh 87', 90+2'
Penalties
Benzid Reguieg Djenidi Bouras	2–4	Nooh Mahmoud Ali Al-Bahli Babeker

Gold medal match

Saudi Arabia	1–1	Syria
S. Al-Zaid 11'	Report	Mardikian 45'
Penalties
S. Al-Zaid Al-Jelidan A. Al-Zaid Khalifa Ayash Al-Khaibari	5–4	Mardikian Al Rina Al Hussain Dahhan Rihanieh Dali

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	Saudi Arabia	5	2	3	0	7	5	+2	9	Gold Medal
	Syria	5	2	3	0	8	4	+4	9	Silver Medal
	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

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

• Al-Gozoli Hussein Nooh

4 goals

• Suhaib Al-Zaid
• Mardik Mardikian

3 goals

• Mounder Temine

1 goal

• Abdessamed Bounacer
• Massinissa Nait Salem
• Boualem Sryer
• Syed Ahmed
• Cheikh Baye
• Hmeide Cheikh Elwely
• Ahmed Sheikh
• Anas Bani Odeh
• Ali Rabei
• Abbas Al-Hassan
• Faisal Al-Abdulwahed
• Suleiman Ezzalla Hamouda
• Mohamed Al-Hassan Ismat
• Maysara Saadalla
• Hassan Dahan
• Huzan Osman
• Muhammad Rihani

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External links

• Football - arabgames2023 official website

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