# Football at the 2023 Arab Games

The men's football tournament at the 2023 Arab Games was held from 2 to 14 July 2023 in Algeria, following an 11-year hiatus. Matches will be played in Annaba and Constantine. For the first time, teams are restricted to under-23 players, and a maximum of three over-aged players.
Bahrain were the defending champions, having beat Jordan in the final of the 2011 edition.

## Stadiums

| City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Annaba | 19 May 1956 Stadium | 58,100 |
| Constantine | Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium | 22,986 |

## Teams
### Participating countries

Eight teams are participating in the tournament, all under-23 with the exception of Saudi Arabia who are participating with their under-19 team.
| Confederation | Nation |
| CAF (Africa) | Algeria  Mauritania  Sudan |
| AFC (Asia) | Lebanon  Oman  Palestine  Saudi Arabia  Syria |

## Draw

The draw took place on 19 June 2023. Host Algeria was automatically seeded in Pot 1. The remaining teams were seeded based on the FIFA ranking.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Algeria (hosts)  Saudi Arabia | Oman  Syria | Palestine  Lebanon | Mauritania  Sudan |

## Group stage

All times are local, AST (UTC+1).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Algeria (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 2 | Sudan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 3 | Oman | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Lebanon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Syria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 3 | Palestine | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Mauritania | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | |

## Knockout stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 11 July – Annaba | 11 July – Annaba |
| Algeria | 1 |
| Algeria | 1 | 14 July – Annaba | 14 July – Annaba |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | 14 July – Annaba | 14 July – Annaba |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | Saudi Arabia (p) | 1 (5) |
| 11 July – Annaba | 11 July – Annaba | | Saudi Arabia (p) | 1 (5) |
| 11 July – Annaba | 11 July – Annaba | Syria | 1(4) |
| Syria | 2 | Syria | 1(4) |
| Sudan | 0 | | |
| Sudan | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 14 July – Annaba | 14 July – Annaba |
| | | Algeria | 2 (2) |
| | | Sudan (p) | 2 (4) |

### Gold medal match
## Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| | Saudi Arabia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 9 | Gold Medal |
| | Syria | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 9 | Silver Medal |
| | Sudan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Algeria (H) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Oman | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | Palestine | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | Mauritania | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | Lebanon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |

## Goalscorers

There have been 34 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.12 goals per match (as of 15 July 2023).
5 goals
* Al-Gozoli Hussein Nooh
4 goals
* Suhaib Al-Zaid
* Mardik Mardikian
3 goals
* Mounder Temine
1 goal
* Abdessamed Bounacer
* Massinissa Nait Salem
* Boualem Sryer
* Syed Ahmed
* Cheikh Baye
* Hmeide Cheikh Elwely
* Ahmed Sheikh
* Anas Bani Odeh
* Ali Rabei
* Abbas Al-Hassan
* Faisal Al-Abdulwahed
* Suleiman Ezzalla Hamouda
* Mohamed Al-Hassan Ismat
* Maysara Saadalla
* Hassan Dahan
* Huzan Osman
* Muhammad Rihani