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1963 Arab Cup
First Arab Cup, held in Lebanon
First Arab Cup, held in Lebanon
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | Arab Cup |
| year | 1963 |
| size | 200px |
| country | Lebanon |
| dates | 31 March – 7 April |
| num_teams | 5 |
| confederations | 2 |
| venues | 1 |
| cities | 1 |
| champion_other | |
| count | 1 |
| second | Syria |
| second-flagvar | 1963 |
| third | Lebanon |
| third-flagvar | 1943 |
| fourth | Kuwait |
| matches | 10 |
| goals | 40 |
| top_scorer | LBN Levon Altounian |
| (6 goals) | |
| nextseason | [1964](1964-arab-cup) |
| second-flagvar = 1963 | third-flagvar = 1943 (6 goals)
The 1963 Arab Cup was the first edition of the Arab Cup hosted in Beirut, Lebanon. Tunisia won the first title of the Arab Cup.
Participating teams
Five teams took part in the tournament: the hosts Lebanon along with Jordan, Kuwait, Syria and Tunisia. Five other teams were invited but did not participate in the tournament: Morocco who initially agreed to take part but later withdrew, Libya who apologized for not participating as they were not yet a FIFA member, United Arab Republic and Sudan who declined the invitation, and Iraq who refused to participate due to Kuwait's presence in the tournament as the Iraqi government did not recognize Kuwait's independence at the time and claimed it as part of its territory.
The 5 participating teams were:
| Team | Qualified as |
|---|---|
| Hosts | |
| Invitee | |
| Invitee | |
| Invitee | |
| Invitee |
Venues
| Beirut | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{location map+ | Lebanon | float=right | width=250 | caption= | places= |
| Camille Chamoun Stadium | |||||
| Capacity: **45,000** | |||||
| [[File:Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium 2018 - Beirut derby (Nejmeh fans).png | 250px]] |
Squads
Main article: 1963 Arab Cup squads
Final tournament
Tournament classification
Matches
- Kavlakian
- Haroutioun
- Hajjar
- Altounian
- Tchaparian
- Chéhadé
- Al-Masoud
- Al-Dawla
- Ben Amor
- Abou Murad
- Altounian
- Mughrabi
- Kavlakian
- Shammas
- Haddad
- Jedidi
- Henia
- Habacha
- Jedidi
- Henia
- Haddad
- Al-Dawla
- Abou Murad
- Saad
- Altounian
- Chéhadé
- Betraki
- Haroutioun
- Chayeb
- Kavlakian
Lebanon v Tunisia match
The game was the decisive match of group stage at the 1963 Arab Cup. The match was played at Camille Chamoun Stadium in Beirut on 7 April 1963. The winner was determined by a final group stage, with the final five teams playing in round-robin format, instead of a knockout stage. Tunisia won the tournament finishing first in the final standing.
;Match details
| {{Football kit | pattern_la = | pattern_b = _lebanon1966h | pattern_ra = | pattern_sh = | pattern_so = _lebanon1966h | leftarm = FF0000 | body = | rightarm = FF0000 | shorts = | socks = | title = Lebanon | {{Football kit | pattern_la = | pattern_b = _vneckred | pattern_ra = | pattern_sh = | pattern_so = _3_stripes_red | leftarm = FFFFFF | body = FFFFFF | rightarm = FFFFFF | shorts = FFFFFF | socks = FFFFFF | title = Tunisia |
|---|
| Joseph Nalbandian |
|---|
| FRA André Gérard |
|---|
|}
Goalscorers
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Levon Altounian
-
Avedis Kavlakian
-
Abdulrahman Al-Dawla
-
Mongi Haddad
-
Mohamed Salah Jedidi
-
Mohammed Al-Masoud
-
Joseph Abou Murad
-
Robert Chéhadé
-
Mardik Tchaparian
-
Hagop Haroutioun
-
Hammadi Henia
-
Michel Saad
-
Honein Betraki
-
Philippe Chayeb
-
Yéhyé Hajjar
-
Ibrahim Mughrabi
-
Moussa Shammas
-
Raouf Ben Amor
-
Mohsen Habacha
-
Muhieddine Itani (against Tunisia)
References
References
- (17 January 1963). "Iraq not to participate in "Arab Cup" contest"". The Iraq Times.
- (30 July 2019). "لبنان أوّل مستضيف لكأس العرب 1963". Nida Al-Watan.
- (26 April 2021). "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar draw to be held on Tuesday". Gulf Times.
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