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{{Infobox football tournament
| name                 = Football at the Arab Games
| logo                 = 
| caption              = 
| founded              = {{Start date and age|1953}}
| abolished            = 
| organiser            = [[Union of Arab Football Associations|UAFA]] 
| region               = [[Arab world]]
| number of teams      = 12 (from 2 confederations)
| current champions    = {{fbu|23|KSA}} (1st title)
| most successful team = {{fb|EGY}} (4 titles)
| broadcasters         = 
| motto                = 
| website              = 
| current              = [[Football at the 2023 Arab Games]]
}}
{{Season sidebar
| title = Football tournaments
| list =
* [[Football at the 1953 Arab Games|1953]]
* [[Football at the 1957 Arab Games|1957]]
* [[Football at the 1961 Arab Games|1961]]
* [[Football at the 1965 Arab Games|1965]]
* [[Football at the 1976 Arab Games|1976]]
* [[Football at the 1992 Arab Games|1992]]
* [[Football at the 1997 Arab Games|1997]]
* [[Football at the 1999 Arab Games|1999]]
* {{Gray|2004}}
* [[Football at the 2007 Arab Games|2007]]
* [[Football at the 2011 Arab Games|2011]]
* [[Football at the 2023 Arab Games|2023]]
}}
The '''[[Arab Games]]''' are a regional [[multi-sport event]] held between nations from the [[Arab world]]. A men's '''[[Association football|football]]''' tournament has been held at every session of the Games since 1953, except for 2004. Since the [[Football at the 2023 Arab Games|2023]] edition, the tournament has been limited to under-23 teams, plus up to three overage players for each squad.<ref>{{cite news |script-title=ar:منتخب لبنان الأولمبي يغادر الى الجزائر |trans-title=Lebanon Olympic team leaves for Algeria |url=https://the-lfa.com.lb/news/U23nt-to-Algeria.php |access-date=29 June 2023 |publisher=[[Lebanese Football Association]] |date=29 June 2023 |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bouziane |first=Faisal Zian |date=19 June 2023 |title= |script-title=ar:الألعاب العربية الجزائر 2023.. الخضر يتعرفون على منافسيهم |trans-title=Arab Games Algeria 2023.. "The Greens" get to know their competitors |url=https://www.ennaharonline.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B1-2023-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%B6%D8%B1-%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81/ |access-date=30 June 2023 |website=ennaharonline.com |language=ar}}</ref>

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==Summaries==
The following table gives an overview of medal winners in football at the Arab Games. [[1992 Arab Games]] which overlaps the [[1992 Arab Cup]].

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; width:%"
|- bgcolor=#C1D8FF
!rowspan=2 width=|Ed.
!rowspan=2 width=5%|Year
!rowspan=2 width=10%|Host
!width="1%" bgcolor=ffffff rowspan=2|
!colspan=3|Gold medal game
!width="1%" bgcolor=ffffff rowspan=2|
!colspan=3|Bronze medal game 
|- bgcolor=#EFEFEF
!style="background:gold; width=15%|Gold 
!width=10%|Score
!style="background:silver; width=15%|Silver 
!style="background:#cc9966; width=15%|Bronze 
!width=10%|Score
!width=15%|Fourth 
|-
| colspan=11 style=background:#efefef text-align:center | '''National teams tournament (1953–2011)'''
|- 
| 1 || [[Football at the 1953 Arab Games|1953]]
| align=left| [[Alexandria]]
!width="1%" bgcolor=ffffff rowspan=12|
|'''{{fb-big|EGY|1922}}'''
|'''4–0'''
|{{fb-big|SYR|1932}}
!width="1%" bgcolor=ffffff rowspan=9|
|{{fb-big|LBY|1951}}
|3–2
|{{fb-big|JOR}}
|- 
| 2 || [[Football at the 1957 Arab Games|1957]] 
|align=left| [[Beirut]]
|'''{{fb-big|SYR|1932}}'''
|'''3–1'''
|{{fb-big|TUN|1959}}
|{{fb-big|LIB}}
| {{ref| 1|w/o}}
|{{fb-big|MAR}}
|- 
| 3 || [[Football at the 1961 Arab Games|1961]] 
| align=left| [[Casablanca]]
|'''{{fb-big|MAR}}'''
| {{ref| 1|n/a}}
|{{fb-big|UAR|EGY|name=UA Republic}}
|{{fb-big|LBY|1951}}
| {{ref| 1|n/a}}
|{{fb-big|LIB}}
|- 
| 4 || [[Football at the 1965 Arab Games|1965]] 
| align=left| [[Cairo]]
|'''{{fb-big|UAR|EGY|name=UA Republic}}'''
|'''0–0'''
|{{fb-big|SUD|1956}}
|{{fb-big|LBY|1951}}
| 4–2 
|{{fb-big|PLE}}
|- 
| 5 || [[Football at the 1976 Arab Games|1976]] 
| align=left| [[Damascus]]
|'''{{fb-big|MAR}}'''
| {{ref| 1|n/a}}
|{{fb-big|KSA}}
|{{fb-big|SYR|1972}}
| {{ref| 1|n/a}}
|{{fb-big|South Yemen}}
|- 
| 6 || [[Football at the 1985 Arab Games|1985]] 
| align=left| [[Rabat]]
|'''{{fb-big|IRQ|1963}}'''
|'''1–0'''
|{{fb-big|MAR}}
|{{fb-big|ALG}}
| {{ref| 1|w/o}}
|{{fb-big|KSA}}
|-bgcolor=#CCEEFF
| 7 || [[1992 Arab Cup|1992]]
| align=left| [[Damascus]]
|'''{{fb-big|EGY}}'''
|'''3–2'''
|{{fb-big|KSA}}
|{{fb-big|KUW}}
| 2–1 
|{{fb-big|SYR|1980}}
|- 
| 8 || [[Football at the 1997 Arab Games|1997]] 
| align=left| [[Beirut]]
|'''{{fb-big|JOR}}'''
|'''1–0'''
|{{fb-big|SYR|1980}}
|{{fb-big|LIB}}
|3–1
|{{fb-big|KUW}}
|- 
| 9 || [[Football at the 1999 Arab Games|1999]] 
| align=left| [[Amman]]
|'''{{fb-big|JOR}}'''
|'''4–4''' {{aet}}<br>{{pso|3–1}}
|{{fb-big|IRQ|1991}}
|colspan=3|{{fb|LBY|1977|size=30px}} / {{fb|PLE|size=30px}}<br /><small>''No 3rd Place Match''</small>
|-style="height: 4em;" bgcolor=fcd3c7
| 10 || [[2004 Arab Games|2004]] 
| align=left| [[Algiers]] 
|colspan=7|''Canceled''
|- 
| 11 || [[Football at the 2007 Arab Games|2007]] 
| align=left| [[Cairo]]
|'''{{fb-big|EGY}}'''
| {{ref| 1|n/a}}
|{{fb-big|LBY|1977}}
! rowspan="2" width="1%" bgcolor="ffffff" |
|{{fb-big|KSA}}
| {{ref| 1|n/a}}
|{{fb-big|UAE}}
|- 
| 12 || [[Football at the 2011 Arab Games|2011]]
| align=left| [[Doha]]
|'''{{fb-big|BHR}}'''
|'''1&ndash;0''' 
|{{fb-big|JOR}}
|{{fb-big|KUW}}
|'''3&ndash;0''' ([[Overtime (sports)|a.e.t.]])
|{{fb-big|PLE}}
|-
| colspan=11 style=background:#efefef text-align:center | '''Under-23 National teams tournament (2023–present)'''
|- 
| 13 || [[Football at the 2023 Arab Games|2023]]
| align=left| [[Algeria]]{{ref|1|n/b}}
!width="1%" bgcolor="ffffff" rowspan=2|
|'''{{fbu-big|23|KSA}}'''
|'''1–1''' {{pen|5–4}}
|{{fbu-big|23|SYR|1980}}
!width="1%" bgcolor="ffffff" rowspan=1|
|{{fbu-big|23|SDN}}
|'''2–2''' {{pen|4–2}}
|{{fbu-big|23|ALG}}
|-style="height: 4em;"
| 14 || [[Football at the 2027 Arab Games|2027]]
| align=left| [[Riyadh]]
|colspan=7|''Future event''
|}

{{refbegin}}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> The 1992 edition organised as part of the Arab Games, and also counted as [[Arab Cup]].<br>
''{{note|1|n/a}}'' A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.<br>
''{{note|1|n/b}}'' Arab Games held in 5 cities ([[Algiers]], [[Oran]], [[Constantine, Algeria|Constantine]], [[Annaba]] and [[Tipaza]]). Football tournament held in Annaba and Constantine.<br>
''{{note|1|w/o}}'' withdrew
{{refend}}

== Medal table ==
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = fb
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_EGY = 4 | silver_EGY = 1 | bronze_EGY = 0
 | gold_JOR = 2 | silver_JOR = 1 | bronze_JOR = 0
 | gold_MAR = 2 | silver_MAR = 1 | bronze_MAR = 0
 | gold_SYR = 1 | silver_SYR = 3 | bronze_SYR = 1
 | gold_IRQ = 1 | silver_IRQ = 1 | bronze_IRQ = 0
 | gold_BHR = 1 | silver_BHR = 0 | bronze_BHR = 0
 | gold_KSA = 1 | silver_KSA = 2 | bronze_KSA = 1
 | gold_LBY = 0 | silver_LBY = 1 | bronze_LBY = 4
 | gold_SUD = 0 | silver_SUD = 1 | bronze_SUD = 1
 | gold_TUN = 0 | silver_TUN = 1 | bronze_TUN = 0
 | gold_KUW = 0 | silver_KUW = 0 | bronze_KUW = 2
 | gold_LIB = 0 | silver_LIB = 0 | bronze_LIB = 2
 | gold_ALG = 0 | silver_ALG = 0 | bronze_ALG = 1
 | gold_PLE = 0 | silver_PLE = 0 | bronze_PLE = 1
}}

* ''The 1992 edition organised as part of the Arab Games, is also counted as the sixth edition of the [[Arab Cup]].''

==Overall team records==
In this ranking [[Three points for a win|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 (association football)|extra time]] are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by [[penalty shootout (association football)|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]

{{Updated|[[Football at the 2023 Arab Games]]}}
Excluding the [[1992 Arab Games]] which overlaps the [[1992 Arab Cup]].

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!Rank||width=200|Team||Part||M||W||D||L||GF||GA||GD||Points
|-
|1||align=left|{{fb|LBA}}||9||35||15||8||12||97||73||+24||'''53'''
|-
|2||align=left|{{fb|SYR}}||8||34||14||11||9||61||41||+20||'''53'''
|-
|3||align=left|{{fb|JOR}}||6||29||15||5||9||51||42||+9||'''50'''
|-
|4||align=left|{{fb|EGY}}||4||18||16||1||1||91||10||+81||'''49'''
|-
|5||align=left|{{fb|MAR}}||4||20||14||5||1||59||15||+44||'''47'''
|-
|6||align=left|{{fb|KSA}}||8||31||11||8||12||38||63||-25||'''41'''
|-
|7||align=left|{{fb|IRQ}}||5||20||10||5||5||39||23||+16||'''35'''
|-
|8||align=left|{{fb|LBN}}||7||28||8||7||13||43||51||-8||'''31'''
|-
|9||align=left|{{fb|PLE}}||6||28||7||7||14||27||54||-27||'''28'''
|-
|10||align=left|{{fb|SUD}}||4||18||8||2||8||41||25||+16||'''26'''
|-
|11||align=left|{{fb|TUN}}||2||8||5||1||2||21||15||+6||'''16'''
|-
|12||align=left|{{fb|KUW}}||3||14||5||1||8||18||29||-11||'''16'''
|-
|13||align=left|{{fb|UAE}}||4||15||4||3||8||13||19||-6||'''15'''
|-
|14||align=left|{{fb|ALG}}||2||10||4||2||4||11||10||+1||'''14'''
|-
|15||align=left|{{fb|BHR}}||2||6||3||1||2||9||9||0||'''10'''
|-
|16||align=left|{{fb|OMA}}||5||16||1||6||9||9||61||-53||'''9'''
|-bgcolor=#CCEEFF
|17||align=left|{{fb|YMD}}||1||6||3||1||2||7||8||-1||'''7'''
|-
|18||align=left|{{fb|SOM}}||1||3||1||0||2||5||6||-1||'''3'''
|-bgcolor=#CCEEFF
|19||align=left|{{fb|North Yemen}}||1||3||1||0||2||3||6||-3||'''3'''
|-bgcolor=#CCEEFF
|20||align=left|{{flagicon|Lahej}} [[Yemen national football team|Lahej]]||1||4||1||0||3||2||30||-28||'''3'''
|-
|21||align=left|{{fb|QAT}}||2||4||0||2||2||2||6||-4||'''2'''
|-
|22||align=left|{{fb|MTN}}||4||15||0||2||13||10||37||-27||'''2'''
|-bgcolor=#CCEEFF
|23||align=left|{{flagicon|Aden|1963}} [[South Yemen national football team|Aden]]||1||4||0||0||4||3||25||-23||'''0'''
|}

* [[Yemen]]: {{flagicon|Lahej}} [[Lahej]] and {{flagicon|Aden|1963}} [[South Yemen national football team|Aden]] (1963–1967) & {{fb|South Yemen}} and {{fb|North Yemen}} (1967–1990).
* {{Color box|#CCEEFF|&nbsp;|border=darkgray}}  [[Former Countries]].

==Comprehensive team results by tournament==
;Legend
{{col-start}}{{col-3}}
*{{bg|gold|1st}} – Champions
*{{bg|silver|2nd}} – Runners-up
*{{bg|#cc9966|3rd}} – Third place
{{col-3}}
*4th – Fourth place
*GS – Group stage
*q – Qualified
*{{border|width=3px|color=red|&nbsp; &nbsp;}}&nbsp;– Hosts
{{col-3}}
{{col-end}}

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! width=150|Team
! {{flagicon|EGY|1922}}<br>[[Football at the 1953 Arab Games|1953]]
! {{flagicon|LIB}}<br>[[Football at the 1957 Arab Games|1957]]
! {{flagicon|MAR}}<br>[[Football at the 1961 Arab Games|1961]]
! {{flagicon|UAR}}<br>[[Football at the 1965 Arab Games|1965]]
! {{flagicon|SYR|1972}}<br>[[Football at the 1976 Arab Games|1976]]
! {{flagicon|MAR}}<br>[[Football at the 1985 Arab Games|1985]]
! {{flagicon|SYR}}<br>[[Football at the 1992 Arab Games|1992]]
! {{flagicon|LIB}}<br>[[Football at the 1997 Arab Games|1997]]
! {{flagicon|JOR}}<br>[[Football at the 1999 Arab Games|1999]]
! {{flagicon|EGY}}<br>[[Football at the 2007 Arab Games|2007]]
! {{flagicon|QAT}}<br>[[Football at the 2011 Arab Games|2011]]
! {{flagicon|ALG}}<br>[[Football at the 2023 Arab Games|2023]]
! {{flagicon|KSA}}<br>[[Football at the 2027 Arab Games|2027]] !! Years
|-
| align=left|{{fb|ALG|size=20px}}
| || || || || ||bgcolor=cc9966|3rd|| || || || || ||style="border: 3px solid red"|4th||
!2
|-
| align=left|{{fb|BHR|size=20px}}
| || || || || || || || ||GS|| ||bgcolor=Gold|1st|| ||
!2
|-
| align=left|{{fb|EGY|size=20px}}
|style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold|1st|| ||bgcolor=Silver|2nd||style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold|1st|| || ||bgcolor=Gold|1st|| || ||style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold|1st|| || ||
!5
|-
| align=left|{{fb|IRQ|size=20px}}
| ||GS|| ||GS|| ||bgcolor=Gold|1st|| || ||bgcolor=Silver|2nd|| ||GS|| ||
!5
|-
| align=left|{{fb|JOR|size=20px}}
|4th||GS|| || ||GS|| ||GS||bgcolor=Gold|1st||style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold|1st|| ||bgcolor=Silver|2nd|| ||
!7
|-
| align=left|{{fb|KUW|size=20px}}
| || ||GS|| || || ||bgcolor=cc9966|3rd||4th|| || ||bgcolor=cc9966|3rd|| ||
!4
|-
| align=left|{{fb|LIB|size=20px}}
|GS||style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=cc9966|3rd||4th||GS|| || || ||style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=cc9966|3rd||GS|| || ||GS||
!7
|-
| align=left|{{fb|LBY|size=20px}}
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd||GS||bgcolor=cc9966|3rd||bgcolor=cc9966|3rd|| ||GS|| ||GS||bgcolor=cc9966|3rd||bgcolor=Silver|2nd||GS|| ||
!9
|-
| align=left|{{fb|MTN|size=20px}}
| || || || ||GS||GS|| ||GS|| || || ||GS||
!4
|-
| align=left|{{fb|MAR|size=20px}}
| ||4th||style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold|1st|| ||bgcolor=Gold|1st||style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Silver|2nd|| || || || || || ||
!4
|-
| align=left|{{fb|OMA|size=20px}}
| || || ||GS|| || || ||GS||GS|| ||GS||GS||
!5
|-
| align=left|{{fb|PLE|size=20px}}
|GS|| || ||4th||GS|| ||GS|| ||bgcolor=cc9966|3rd|| ||4th||GS||
!7
|-
| align=left|{{fb|QAT|size=20px}}
| || || || || || || || ||GS|| ||style="border: 3px solid red"|GS|| ||
!2
|-
| align=left|{{fb|KSA|size=20px}}
| ||GS||GS|| ||bgcolor=Silver|2nd||4th||bgcolor=Silver|2nd|| ||GS||bgcolor=cc9966|3rd||GS||bgcolor=Gold|1st||style="border: 3px solid red"|Q
!10
|-
| align=left|{{fb|SOM|size=20px}}
| || || || || ||GS|| || || || || || ||
!1
|-
| align=left|{{fb|SDN|size=20px}}
| || || ||bgcolor=Silver|2nd|| || || || || ||GS||GS||bgcolor=cc9966|3rd||
!4
|-
| align=left|{{fb|SYR|size=20px}}
|bgcolor=Silver|2nd||bgcolor=Gold|1st|| ||GS||style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=cc9966|3rd||GS||style="border: 3px solid red"|4th||bgcolor=Silver|2nd||GS|| || ||bgcolor=Silver|2nd||
!9
|-
| align=left|{{fb|TUN|size=20px}}
| ||bgcolor=Silver|2nd|| || || ||GS|| || || || || || ||
!2
|-
| align=left|{{fb|UAE|size=20px}}
| || || || || ||GS|| ||GS||GS||4th|| || ||
!4
|-
| align=left|{{fb|YEM|size=20px}}
| || || ||GS||4th||GS|| || || || || || ||
!3
|-
!Total||6||8||6||9||7||11||6||8||11||5||10||8|| || 
|}

;Notes
:1965 Yemen consist of : {{flagicon|Aden|1963}} [[South Yemen national football team|Aden]] & {{flagicon|Lahej}} [[Sultanate of Lahej|Lahej]]
:1976 Yemen consist of : {{fb|South Yemen}}
:1985 Yemen consist of : {{fb|North Yemen}}

==See also==
*[[FIFA Arab Cup]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arabgam.html Arab Games Overview] on [[RSSSF]]
*[http://www.mundial11.com/en/champions/133 Arab Games Overview] on ''mundial11.com''

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