The Pan Arab Games

Pan Arab Games

The Arab Games are a regional multi-sport event held between nations from the Arab World. They are organized by the Union of Arab National Olympic Committees. The first Games took place in 1953 in Alexandria, Egypt. Intended to be held every four years since, political turmoil as well as financial...

are a regional multi-sport event

Multi-sport event

A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports between organized teams of athletes from nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of international significance was the modern Olympic Games.Many...

 held between nations from the Arab world

Arab world

The Arab world refers to Arabic-speaking states, territories and populations in North Africa, Western Asia and elsewhere.The standard definition of the Arab world comprises the 22 states and territories of the Arab League stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Arabian Sea in the...

. A men's football tournament has been held at every session of the Games since 1953.

Summaries

The following table gives an overview of medal winners in football at the Pan Arab Games.

Year	Host	Final			Third Place Game
		Gold Medal	Score	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal	Score	Fourth Place
1953 1953 Pan Arab Games The 1st Pan Arab Games were held in Alexandria, Egypt between 26 July and 10 August 1953. A total number of 650 athletes from 8 countries participated in events in 10 sports.- Medals won by country :-Group A:---------Group B:...   Details	Alexandria Alexandria Alexandria is the second-largest city of Egypt, with a population of 4.1 million, extending about along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the north central part of the country; it is also the largest city lying directly on the Mediterranean coast. It is Egypt's largest seaport, serving...		4 – 0			3 – 2
1957 1957 Pan Arab Games The 2nd Pan Arab Games were held in Beirut, Lebanon between October 12 and October 27, 1957. 914 athletes from 10 countries participated in events in 12 sports.-Medals won by country:-External links:*...   Details	Beirut Beirut Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...		3 – 1
1961 1961 Pan Arab Games The 3rd Pan Arab Games were held in Casablanca, Morocco between August 24 and September 9, 1961. 1127 athletes from 9 countries participated in events in 11 sports.- Medals won by country :...   Details	Casablanca Casablanca Casablanca is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca region.Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port. It is also the biggest city in the Maghreb. The 2004 census recorded a population of 2,949,805 in the prefecture...
1965 1965 Pan Arab Games The 4th Pan Arab Games were held in Cairo, Egypt between September 2 and September 11, 1965. A total number of 1500 athletes from 14 countries participated in events in 12 sports.-Medals won by country:...   Details	Cairo Cairo Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...		2 – 0			4 – 2
1976 1976 Pan Arab Games The 5th Pan Arab Games were held in Damascus, Syria between October 6 and October 21, 1976. 2174 athletes from 11 countries participated in events in 18 sports.- Medals won by country :...   Details	Damascus Damascus Damascus , commonly known in Syria as Al Sham , and as the City of Jasmine , is the capital and the second largest city of Syria after Aleppo, both are part of the country's 14 governorates. In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major...
1985 1985 Pan Arab Games The 6th Pan Arab Games were held in Rabat, Morocco between August 8 and August 16, 1985. 3442 athletes from 17 countries participated in events in 18 sports.-Medals won by country:...   Details	Rabat Rabat Rabat , is the capital and third largest city of the Kingdom of Morocco with a population of approximately 650,000...		1 – 0
1992 1992 Pan Arab Games The 7th Pan Arab Games were held in Damascus, Syria between October 4 and October 18, 1992. 2611 athletes from 18 countries participated in events in 14 sports....   Details	Damascus Damascus Damascus , commonly known in Syria as Al Sham , and as the City of Jasmine , is the capital and the second largest city of Syria after Aleppo, both are part of the country's 14 governorates. In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major...		3 – 2			2 – 1
1997 1997 Pan Arab Games The 8th Pan Arab Games were held in Beirut, Lebanon between July 12 and July 27, 1997. 3253 athletes from 18 countries participated in events in 22 sports....   Details	Beirut Beirut Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...		1 – 0			3 – 1
1999 1999 Pan Arab Games August 15 and August 31, 1999. 5504 athletes from 21 countries participated in events in 26 sports. the opening ceremony that took place in Al Hussein Youth City Stadium was officially opened by King Abdullah II.-Medals won by country:-Group A:--------...   Details	Amman Amman Amman is the capital of Jordan. It is the country's political, cultural and commercial centre and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The Greater Amman area has a population of 2,842,629 as of 2010. The population of Amman is expected to jump from 2.8 million to almost...		4 – 4 (3 – 1) on penalties Penalty shootout (football) A penalty shoot-out, referred to as kicks from the penalty mark in the Laws of the Game, is the FIFA official term for a method used in association football to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament following a tied game...
2004 2004 Pan Arab Games The 10th Pan Arab Games was an international multi-sport event which took place in Algiers, Algeria, between 24 September and 10 October 2004. It witnessed the participation of all Arab League members for the first time – 22 countries participated in 26 sports....	Algiers Algiers ' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...	postponed			postponed
2007 2007 Pan Arab Games The 11th Pan Arab Games took place in Cairo, Egypt from 11 – 26 November 2007. A total of 22 countries participated in 32 events. These games were the largest in the games' history; seven new events were introduced and 2000 more athletes participated than in previous years, making them 8000 Arab...   Details Football at the 2007 Pan Arab Games The football competition at the 2007 Pan Arab Games was held in November. The Egyptian team won the gold medal while Libya and Saudi Arabia took second and third place respectively.-Tournament classification:-Matches:----------------...	Cairo Cairo Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
2011 2011 Pan Arab Games The 12th Arab Games December 9-23, 2011 in Doha, Qatar. It is the first time the quadrennial multi-sport event being held in a Arab state.-Host awarding:Qatar was awarded rights to organise the games beating Lebanon in the bidding process...   Details Football at the 2011 Pan Arab Games -Group B:---------Group C:---------------------Semi-finals:-----Bronze medal match:-Gold medal match:...	Doha Doha Doha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar...

A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

withrew

Medal table

1		4	1	0	5
2		2	1	0	3
3		2	0	0	2
4		1	2	1	4
5		0	2	1	3
6		0	1	4	5
7		1	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
10		0	0	2	2
11		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1

• Iraq won the Pan Arab Games 1985 with the B team
• Algeria won the bronze medal of the Pan Arab Games 1985 with the B team
• The 1992 edition organised as part of the Pan Arab Games, and also counted as Arab Nations Cup
  Arab Nations Cup
  The Arab Cup of Nations , is a football competition held between Arab countries, the first edition where held in 1963 in Lebanon.-Winners:...
  
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