Football at the 1976 Arab Games

The 1976 Arab Games football tournament was the 5th edition of the Arab Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Damascus, Syria between 7–21 October 1976 as part of the 1976 Arab Games.

1976 Arab Games
football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Syria
City	Damascus
Dates	7–21 October 1976
Teams	7 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Morocco (2nd title)
Runners-up	Saudi Arabia
Third place	Syria
Fourth place	South Yemen
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Goals scored	47 (2.24 per match)
← 1965 1985 →

Participating teams

The following countries have participated for the final tournament:

•  Jordan
•  Mauritania
•  Morocco
•  Palestine
•  Saudi Arabia
•  South Yemen
•  Syria (hosts)

Squads

Main article: Football at the 1976 Arab Games – squads

Final tournament

Tournament classification

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Morocco	6	4	2	0	12	0	+12	10
Saudi Arabia	6	3	1	2	9	4	+5	7
Syria	6	3	1	2	6	4	+2	7
South Yemen	6	3	1	2	7	8	–1	7
Jordan	6	3	0	3	7	9	–2	6
Palestine	6	2	1	3	4	9	–5	5
Mauritania	6	0	0	6	2	13	–11	0

Matches

7 October 1976

Syria	1–0	Jordan

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

8 October 1976

Morocco	3–0	Palestine

Damascus

8 October 1976

Saudi Arabia	4–1	Mauritania
Al-Turki 12' Hamdan 34' Bakheet 56' Foudah 83'		62'

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

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10 October 1976

Syria	1–2	South Yemen

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

10 October 1976

Morocco	0–0	Saudi Arabia

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

10 October 1976

Jordan	2–1	Mauritania
Mostafa

Damascus

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12 October 1976

Saudi Arabia	3–1	Palestine

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

12 October 1976

South Yemen	2–0	Mauritania

Damascus

12 October 1976

Morocco	3–0	Jordan
Amcharrat Smiri

Damascus

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14 October 1976

Syria	2–0	Mauritania

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

14 October 1976

Palestine	2–1	Jordan
		Walid Al-Anabtawi

Damascus

14 October 1976

Morocco	4–0	South Yemen
Amcharrat Zahraoui Shaita

Damascus

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16 October 1976

Morocco	2–0	Mauritania
Zahraoui

Damascus

16 October 1976

South Yemen	1–0	Saudi Arabia
Saif 60'

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

16 October 1976

Syria	2–0	Palestine

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

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18 October 1976

Jordan	1–0	Saudi Arabia
Ibrahim Moustafa 75'

Al-Jalaa Stadium, Damascus

18 October 1976

South Yemen	0–0	Palestine

Damascus

18 October 1976

Syria	0–0	Morocco

Damascus

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20 October 1976

Jordan	3–2	South Yemen
Mawla Mostafa

Damascus

20 October 1976

Palestine	1–0	Mauritania

Damascus

21 October 1976

Syria	0–2	Saudi Arabia
		Hamdan 5' Khalifa 45'

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

External links

• 5th Arab Games, 1976 (Damascus, Syria) - rsssf.com