| Organiser(s) | UAFA |
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| Founded | 1953; 72 years ago (1953) |
| Region | Arab world |
| Teams | 12 (from 2 confederations) |
| Current champions |  Saudi Arabia (1st title) |
| Most championships |  Egypt (4 titles) |
 Football at the 2023 Arab Games | |
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TheArab Games are a regionalmulti-sport event held between nations from theArab world. A men'sfootball tournament has been held at every session of the Games since 1953, except for 2004. Since the2023 edition, the tournament has been limited to under-23 teams, plus up to three overage players for each squad.[1][2]
The following table gives an overview of medal winners in football at the Arab Games.1992 Arab Games which overlaps the1992 Arab Cup.
| Ed. | Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
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| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth | |||||
| National teams tournament (1953–2011) | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1953 | Alexandria |  Egypt | 4–0 |  Syria |  Libya | 3–2 |  Jordan | ||
| 2 | 1957 | Beirut | Syria | 3–1 |  Tunisia |  Lebanon | w/o |  Morocco | ||
| 3 | 1961 | Casablanca | Morocco | n/a |  UA Republic | Libya | n/a | Lebanon | ||
| 4 | 1965 | Cairo | UA Republic | 0–0 |  Sudan | Libya | 4–2 |  Palestine | ||
| 5 | 1976 | Damascus | Morocco | n/a | Saudi Arabia |  Syria | n/a |  South Yemen | ||
| 6 | 1985 | Rabat |  Iraq | 1–0 | Morocco |  Algeria | w/o | Saudi Arabia | ||
| 7 | 1992 | Damascus | Egypt | 3–2 | Saudi Arabia |  Kuwait | 2–1 | Syria | ||
| 8 | 1997 | Beirut | Jordan | 1–0 | Syria | Lebanon | 3–1 | Kuwait | ||
| 9 | 1999 | Amman | Jordan | 4–4 (a.e.t.) (3–1p) |  Iraq |  Libya / PalestineNo 3rd Place Match | ||||
| 10 | 2004 | Algiers | Canceled | |||||||
| 11 | 2007 | Cairo | Egypt | n/a | Libya | Saudi Arabia | n/a |  United Arab Emirates | ||
| 12 | 2011 | Doha |  Bahrain | 1–0 | Jordan | Kuwait | 3–0 (a.e.t.) | Palestine | ||
| Under-23 National teams tournament (2023–present) | ||||||||||
| 13 | 2023 | Algerian/b | Saudi Arabia | 1–1(5–4p) | Syria |  Sudan | 2–2(4–2p) | Algeria | ||
| 14 | 2027 | Riyadh | Future event | |||||||
* The 1992 edition organised as part of the Arab Games, and also counted asArab Cup.
^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.
^n/b Arab Games held in 5 cities (Algiers,Oran,Constantine,Annaba andTipaza). Football tournament held in Annaba and Constantine.
^w/o withdrew
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Egypt | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Jordan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Morocco | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Syria | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 |  Iraq | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Bahrain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Libya | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 |  Tunisia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Kuwait | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 13 | Algeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Palestine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (14 entries) | 12 | 12 | 13 | 37 | |
In this ranking3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided inextra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided bypenalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.[1]
Excluding the1992 Arab Games which overlaps the1992 Arab Cup.
| Rank | Team | Part | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
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| 1 | Libya | 9 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 97 | 73 | +24 | 53 |
| 2 | Syria | 8 | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 61 | 41 | +20 | 53 |
| 3 | Jordan | 6 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 50 |
| 4 | Egypt | 4 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 91 | 10 | +81 | 49 |
| 5 | Morocco | 4 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 59 | 15 | +44 | 47 |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 8 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 38 | 63 | -25 | 41 |
| 7 | Iraq | 5 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 23 | +16 | 35 |
| 8 | Lebanon | 7 | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 43 | 51 | -8 | 31 |
| 9 | Palestine | 6 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 54 | -27 | 28 |
| 10 | Sudan | 4 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 41 | 25 | +16 | 26 |
| 11 | Tunisia | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 16 |
| 12 | Kuwait | 3 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 29 | -11 | 16 |
| 13 | United Arab Emirates | 4 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 19 | -6 | 15 |
| 14 | Algeria | 2 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 14 |
| 15 | Bahrain | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
| 16 |  Oman | 5 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 61 | -53 | 9 |
| 17 | South Yemen | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 7 |
| 18 |  Somalia | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 3 |
| 19 |  North Yemen | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
| 20 |  Lahej | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 30 | -28 | 3 |
| 21 |  Qatar | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 2 |
| 22 |  Mauritania | 4 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 37 | -27 | 2 |
| 23 |  Aden | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 25 | -23 | 0 |
Lahej andAden (1963–1967) & South Yemen and North Yemen (1967–1990).
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| Team | 1953 | 1957 | 1961 | 1965 | 1976 | 1985 | 1992 | 1997 | 1999 | 2007 | 2011 | 2023 | 2027 | Years |
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 Algeria | 3rd | 4th | 2 | |||||||||||
 Bahrain | GS | 1st | 2 | |||||||||||
 Egypt | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 5 | ||||||||
 Iraq | GS | GS | 1st | 2nd | GS | 5 | ||||||||
 Jordan | 4th | GS | GS | GS | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 7 | ||||||
 Kuwait | GS | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 4 | |||||||||
 Lebanon | GS | 3rd | 4th | GS | 3rd | GS | GS | 7 | ||||||
 Libya | 3rd | GS | 3rd | 3rd | GS | GS | 3rd | 2nd | GS | 9 | ||||
 Mauritania | GS | GS | GS | GS | 4 | |||||||||
 Morocco | 4th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 4 | |||||||||
 Oman | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 5 | ||||||||
 Palestine | GS | 4th | GS | GS | 3rd | 4th | GS | 7 | ||||||
 Qatar | GS | GS | 2 | |||||||||||
 Saudi Arabia | GS | GS | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | GS | 3rd | GS | 1st | Q | 10 | |||
 Somalia | GS | 1 | ||||||||||||
 Sudan | 2nd | GS | GS | 3rd | 4 | |||||||||
 Syria | 2nd | 1st | GS | 3rd | GS | 4th | 2nd | GS | 2nd | 9 | ||||
 Tunisia | 2nd | GS | 2 | |||||||||||
 United Arab Emirates | GS | GS | GS | 4th | 4 | |||||||||
 Yemen | GS | 4th | GS | 3 | ||||||||||
| Total | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 8 |
Aden &Lahej South Yemen North Yemen| Tournaments |  | |
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