1963 Arab Cup

First Arab Cup, held in Lebanon Arab Cup 1963 200px Lebanon 31 March – 7 April 5 2 1 1 Tunisia 1959 1 Syria 1963 Lebanon 1943 Kuwait 10 40 LBN 1943 Levon Altounian(6 goals) 1964 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.https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/newspapers/iraq19630117-01.1.15 Iraq not to participate in "Arab Cup" contest" The Iraq Times 17 January 1963 The 5 participating teams were: Team Qualified as LBN 1943 Hosts JOR Invitee KUW Invitee SYR 1963 Invitee TUN 1959 Invitee Venues Beirut Lebanon right 250 Lebanon 33.886944 35.513056 Beirut top Camille Chamoun Stadium Capacity: 45,000 250px Squads 1963 Arab Cup squads Final tournament Tournament classification main WDL standings 2 RSSSF TUN, SYR, LBN, KUW, JOR complete 4 0 0 11 1 3 0 1 11 3 2 0 2 13 4 1 0 3 5 15 0 0 4 0 17 TUN 1959 SYR 1963 LBN 1943 KUW JOR Q KO gold Champions Matches 31 March 1963 SYR 1963 4–0 JOR Kavlakian 22 70 Haroutioun 65 Hajjar 68 Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut 20,000 Atef Sinane (Lebanon) 31 March 1963 LBN 1943 6–0 KUW Altounian 20 40 84 Tchaparian 25 69 Chéhadé 35 Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut 20,000 Muvahhit Afir (Turkey) 2 April 1963 KUW 4–0 JOR Al-Masoud 42 76 pen. Al-Dawla 49 87 Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut 7,000 Sarkis Demirdjian (Lebanon) 2 April 1963 TUN 1959 1–0 SYR 1963 Ben Amor 20 Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut 7,000 Muvahhit Afir (Turkey) 4 April 1963 LBN 1943 2–3 SYR 1963 Abou Murad 9 Altounian 79 Mughrabi 16 Kavlakian 58 Shammas 60 Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut 10,000 Muvahhit Afir (Turkey) 4 April 1963 TUN 1959 4–0 JOR Haddad 1 6 Jedidi 26 Henia 34 Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut 10,000 Atef Sinane (Lebanon) 6 April 1963 TUN 1959 5–1 KUW Habacha 9 Jedidi 21 54 Henia 73 Haddad 78 Al-Dawla 85 Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut 5,000 Khatchadour Boyadjian (Lebanon) 6 April 1963 LBN 1943 5–0 JOR Abou Murad 6 Saad 32 Altounian 40 47 pen. Chéhadé 60 Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut 5,000 Muvahhit Afir (Turkey) 7 April 1963 SYR 1963 4–0 KUW Betraki 30 pen. Haroutioun 64 Chayeb 74 Kavlakian 84 Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut 20,000 Atef Sinane (Lebanon) 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.30 July 2019 لبنان أوّل مستضيف لكأس العرب 1963 https://www.nidaalwatan.com/article/2306-%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B6%D9%8A%D9%81-%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A3%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8-1963%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%8A Nida Al-Watan Tunisia won the tournament finishing first in the final standing.26 April 2021 FIFA Arab Cup Qatar draw to be held on Tuesday https://www.gulf-times.com/story/689923/FIFA-Arab-Cup-Qatar-draw-to-be-held-on-Tuesday Gulf Times Match details 7 April 1963 LBN 1943 0−1 TUN 1959 *Itani 10 o.g. Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut 20,000 Muvahhit Afir (Turkey) http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/arabcup63det.html _lebanon1966h _lebanon1966h FF0000 FF0000 Lebanon _vneckred _3_stripes_red FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Tunisia Lebanon: GK 1 Samih ChatilaDF 5 Youssef Yammouth 0DF 12 Samik SabkadjianDF 2 Muhieddine "Tabello" Itani 15DF 13 Elias "Kharma" GeorgesMF 6 Ahmad AlamehMF 7 Robert "Roro" ChehadehMF 10 Mardik TchaparianFW 16 Levon Altounian (c)FW 4 Joseph Abou MuradFW 15 Mahmoud "Abou Taleb" BerjaouiSubstitutes:DF 19 Camille Haidar 15 Manager: Joseph NalbandianTunisia: GK 1 Abdelkader "Zerga" GhalemDF 2 Mohsen KeffalaDF 6 Mohsen HabachaDF 4 Ahmed SghaïerDF 16 Mahfoudh Benzarti MF 9 Taoufik Ben OthmanMF 12 Mongi Haddad 0MF 10 Abdelmajid Chetali (c)FW 17 Alaya SassiFW 8 Mohamed Salah JedidiFW 11 Hammadi HeniaSubstitutes:DF 3 Hédi Douiri Manager: FRA André Gérard fb 1963 Arab Cup winners TUN First Goalscorers 40 10 LBN 1943 Levon Altounian SYR 1963 Avedis Kavlakian KUW Abdulrahman Al-Dawla TUN 1959 Mongi Haddad TUN 1959 Mohamed Salah Jedidi KUW Mohammed Al-Masoud LBN 1943 Joseph Abou Murad LBN 1943 Robert Chéhadé LBN 1943 Mardik Tchaparian SYR 1963 Hagop Haroutioun TUN 1959 Hammadi Henia LBN 1943 Michel Saad SYR 1963 Honein Betraki SYR 1963 Philippe Chayeb SYR 1963 Yéhyé Hajjar SYR 1963 Ibrahim Mughrabi SYR 1963 Moussa Shammas TUN 1959 Raouf Ben Amor TUN 1959 Mohsen Habacha LBN 1943 Muhieddine Itani (against Tunisia) References External links 1963 Arab Cup – rsssf.com لبنان أوّل مستضيف لكأس العرب 1963 – Nida Al-Watan 1963 Cup Category:1963 in African men's international football Category:1963 in Asian men's international football Category:1962–63 in Lebanese football Category:International association football competitions hosted by Lebanon Category:Sports competitions in Beirut Category:March 1963 sports events in Asia Category:April 1963 sports events in Asia