Football at the 1985 Arab Games

The 1985 Arab Games football tournament was the 6th edition of the Arab Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Rabat, Morocco between 4–16 August 1985 as part of the 1985 Arab Games.^[1]

1985 Arab Games
football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Morocco
City	Rabat
Dates	4–16 August 1985
Teams	15 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Iraq B (1st title)
Runners-up	Morocco
Third place	Algeria B
Fourth place	Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	48 (2.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ahmed Radhi Majed Abdullah (3 goals each)
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Participating teams

Eleven teams took part to the tournament, Algeria participated with the B team and Iraq also with the B team in addition to four players from the A team. The following countries have participated for the final tournament:

•  Algeria B
•  Iraq B
•  Libya
•  Mauritania
•  Morocco (hosts)
•  North Yemen
•  Saudi Arabia
•  Somalia
•  Syria
•  Tunisia
•  United Arab Emirates

Squads

Main article: Football at the 1985 Arab Games – squads

Group stage

Algeria qualified for the semifinals on a draw between second-placed teams.

Group A

Sources:^[1][2]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Morocco	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	5
Tunisia	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	5
Somalia	3	1	0	2	6	7	–1	2
Mauritania	3	0	0	3	2	12	–10	0

4 August 1985

Morocco	3–0	Somalia
Timoumi Laghrissi

Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

4 August 1985

Tunisia	4–0	Mauritania
Hsoumi 5' Jeridi 45' (pen.) Maâloul 72' Houarbi 85'

Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

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7 August 1985

Morocco	2–2	Tunisia
? 55' (o.g.) Anafal 69'		Rakbaoui 4' Hergal 7'

Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

7 August 1985

Somalia	5–2	Mauritania

Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

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10 August 1985

Morocco	3–0	Mauritania

Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

10 August 1985

Somalia	1–2	Tunisia
		Jaziri 15' (pen.) Rakbaoui 56'

Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

Group B

Sources:^[1][2]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Saudi Arabia	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	6
Algeria B	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	2
United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	2	2	3	–1	2
North Yemen	3	1	0	2	3	6	–3	2

5 August 1985

United Arab Emirates	1–0	Algeria B

5 August 1985

Saudi Arabia	2–0	North Yemen
Abdullah 76' (pen.) Abu Dawood 79'

Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

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8 August 1985

Saudi Arabia	1–0	United Arab Emirates
Abdullah 38'

Stade d'honneur, Settat

8 August 1985

Algeria B	3–1	North Yemen

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11 August 1985

Saudi Arabia	2–1	Algeria B
Nu'eimeh Al-Jam'an		Chérif El-Ouazzani

Stade El Bachir, Mohammedia

11 August 1985

North Yemen	2–1	United Arab Emirates

Group C

Sources:^[1][2]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraq B	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	4
Libya	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	2
Syria	2	0	0	2	0	4	–4	0

3 August 1985

Iraq B	2–0	Libya
Radhi Abid

Settat

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7 August 1985

Syria	0–2	Libya

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12 August 1985

Iraq B	2–0	Syria
Allawi Mahmoud

Casablanca

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	13 August – Rabat
	Morocco (a.e.t.)	1
					16 August – Rabat
	Algeria B	0
					Morocco	0
	14 August – Casablanca
					Iraq B	1
	Iraq B	2
	Saudi Arabia	1
					Third place
					16 August – Rabat
					Algeria B	–
					Saudi Arabia (w/o)	–

Semifinals

Source:^[1]

13 August 1985

Morocco	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Algeria B
Lamriss ?'

Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

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14 August 1985

Iraq B	2–1	Saudi Arabia
Radhi		Abdullah 21' (pen.)

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

Third place match

16 August 1985

Algeria B	Cancelled (Saudi Arabia withdrew)	Saudi Arabia

Final

Source:^[1]

16 August 1985

Morocco	0–1	Iraq B
		Gorgis 8'

Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

Attendance: 48,000

Referee: Amar Gothari (Algeria)

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Iraq B	4	4	0	0	7	1	+6	8
2	Morocco	5	3	1	1	9	3	+6	7
3	Algeria B	4	2	0	3	4	5	−1	4
4	Saudi Arabia	4	3	0	2	6	3	+3	6
Eliminated in the group stage
5	Tunisia	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	5
6	Libya	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	2
7	Somalia	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	2
8	United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	2
9	North Yemen	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	2
10	Syria	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0
10	Mauritania	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10	0
Total		36	18	2	18	48	48	0	38