1963 Arab Cup

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)

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:

Jordan  Kuwait  Lebanon (hosts)

Syria  Tunisia

Venues

Beirut	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
Kavlakian 22', ?' Haroutioun ?' Hajjar ?'

Camille Chamoun Stadium, BeirutAttendance: 20,000Referee: Atef Sinane (Lebanon) 31 March 1963

Lebanon	6–0	Kuwait
Altounian 20', 89' Tchaparian 25', ?', ?' Chéhadé ?'

Camille Chamoun Stadium, BeirutAttendance: 20,000Referee: Muvahhit Afir (Turkey) 2 April 1963

Kuwait	4–0	Jordan
Al-Masoud 25', ?' ? ?' ? ?' (pen.)

Camille Chamoun Stadium, BeirutAttendance: 7,000Referee: Sarkis Demirdjian (Lebanon) 2 April 1963

Tunisia	1–0	Syria
Ben Amor 20'

Camille Chamoun Stadium, BeirutAttendance: 7,000Referee: Muvahhit Afir (Turkey) 4 April 1963

Lebanon	2–3	Syria
Abou Murad 12' Altounian 80'		? 22' ? 60' Haroutioun 62'

Camille Chamoun Stadium, BeirutAttendance: 10,000Referee: Muvahhit Afir (Turkey) 4 April 1963

Tunisia	4–0	Jordan
Haddad 1', 6' Jedidi 26' Henia 34'

Camille Chamoun Stadium, BeirutAttendance: 10,000Referee: Atef Sinane (Lebanon) 6 April 1963

Tunisia	5–1	Kuwait
Habacha 9' Jedidi 21', 54' Henia 73' Haddad 78'		Ad-Doula 85'

Camille Chamoun Stadium, BeirutAttendance: 5,000Referee: Khatchadour Boyadjian (Lebanon) 6 April 1963

Lebanon	5–0	Jordan
Abou Murad 6' Saad 30' Altounian ?', ?' Chéhadé ?'

Camille Chamoun Stadium, BeirutAttendance: 5,000Referee: Muvahhit Afir (Turkey) 7 April 1963

Syria	4–0	Kuwait
Betraki 30' (pen.) Haroutioun ?' Chayeb ?' Ohannes ?'

Camille Chamoun Stadium, BeirutAttendance: 20,000Referee: Atef Sinane (Lebanon) 7 April 1963

Lebanon	0–1	Tunisia
		Haddad 10'

Camille Chamoun Stadium, BeirutAttendance: 20,000Referee: Muvahhit Afir (Turkey)

1963 Arab Cups champions
Tunisia First title

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Levon Altounian

4 goals

• Mongi Haddad

References

1. ^ @FALebanon (July 30, 2019). "Levon Altounian scored 5 goals" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
2. ^ "قائمة هدافي كاس العرب منذ نشاته". sportlegnd.com. Islam Kraiem. 21 October 2021.

External links

• 1963 Arab Cup – rsssf.com
• لبنان أوّل مستضيف لكأس العرب 1963 – Nida Al-Watan

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