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)
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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:

Jordan  Kuwait  Lebanon (hosts)

Syria  Tunisia

Venues

Beirut	Beirut
Camille Chamoun Stadium
Capacity: 45,000

Squads

Main article: 1963 Arab Cup 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, Beirut

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Atef Sinane (Lebanon)

31 March 1963

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

Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Muvahhit Afir (Turkey)

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2 April 1963

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

Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Sarkis Demirdjian (Lebanon)

2 April 1963

Tunisia	1–0	Syria
Ben Amor 20'

Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Muvahhit Afir (Turkey)

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4 April 1963

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

Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Muvahhit Afir (Turkey)

4 April 1963

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

Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Atef Sinane (Lebanon)

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6 April 1963

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

Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Khatchadour Boyadjian (Lebanon)

6 April 1963

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

Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Muvahhit Afir (Turkey)

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7 April 1963

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

Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Atef Sinane (Lebanon)

7 April 1963

Lebanon	0–1	Tunisia
		Haddad 10'

Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Muvahhit Afir (Turkey)

1963 Arab Cups champions
Tunisia First title

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Levon Altounian^[1]

4 goals

• Mongi Haddad^[2]

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