1963 Arab Cup facts for kids

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1963 Arab Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Lebanon
Dates	31 March – 7 April
Teams	5 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Tunisia (1st title)
Runners-up	Syria
Third place	Lebanon
Fourth place	Kuwait
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	40 (4 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Levon Altounian (5 goals)
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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

The 5 participated teams are:

Venues

Beirut
Camille Chamoun Stadium
Capacity: 45,000

Squads

Final tournament

Tournament classification

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	4	4	0	0	11	1	+10	8
Syria	4	3	0	1	11	3	+8	6
Lebanon	4	2	0	2	13	4	+9	4
Kuwait	4	1	0	3	5	15	−10	2
Jordan	4	0	0	4	0	17	−17	0

Matches

31 March 1963	Syria	4–0	Jordan	Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Atef Sinane (Lebanon)
	Kavlakian  22', ?' Haroutioun  ?' Hajjar  ?'

31 March 1963	Lebanon	6–0	Kuwait	Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Muvahhit Afir (Turkey)
	Altounian  20', 89' Tchaparian  25', ?', ?' Chéhadé  ?'

2 April 1963	Kuwait	4–0	Jordan	Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Sarkis Demirdjian (Lebanon)
	Al-Masoud  25', ?' ?  ?' ?  ?' (pen.)

2 April 1963	Tunisia	1–0	Syria	Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Muvahhit Afir (Turkey)
	Ben Amor  20'

4 April 1963	Lebanon	2–3	Syria	Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Muvahhit Afir (Turkey)
	Abou Murad  12' Altounian  80'		?  22' ?  60' Haroutioun  62'

4 April 1963	Tunisia	4–0	Jordan	Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Atef Sinane (Lebanon)
	Haddad  1', 6' Jedidi  26' Henia  34'

6 April 1963	Tunisia	5–1	Kuwait	Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Khatchadour Boyadjian (Lebanon)
	Habacha  9' Jedidi  21', 54' Henia  73' Haddad  78'		Ad-Doula  85'

6 April 1963	Lebanon	5–0	Jordan	Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Muvahhit Afir (Turkey)
	Abou Murad  6' Saad  30' Altounian  ?', ?' Chéhadé  ?'

7 April 1963	Syria	4–0	Kuwait	Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Atef Sinane (Lebanon)
	Betraki  30' (pen.) Haroutioun  ?' Chayeb  ?' Ohannes  ?'

7 April 1963	Lebanon	0–1	Tunisia	Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Muvahhit Afir (Turkey)
			Haddad  10'

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Levon Altounian

4 goals

• Mongi Haddad

See also

In Spanish: Copa de Naciones Árabe 1963 para niños