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:

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, 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)

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Levon Altounian^[1]

4 goals

• Mongi Haddad^[2]

References

External links

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