Arab Cup 1964 Details

2nd Arab Cup 1964 (Kuwait)
Kuwait City, November 13–20, 1964

Final Table:

 1. Iraq             4  3  1  0   6- 2   7
 2. Libya            4  2  2  0   9- 5   6
 3. Lebanon          4  1  1  2   4- 5   3 [Won h2h vs Kuwait]
 4. Kuwait           4  1  1  2   5- 5   3 [Lost h2h vs Lebanon] 
 5. Jordan           4  0  1  3   3-10   1

(2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw)
Lebanon third according to a photograph from that tournament.


Match Results:

13-11-1964 Kuwait 0-1 Iraq
             [Shaker Ismail 60']
             [Ref: Sobhi Nuseir (Egypt)]

13-11-1964 Jordan 0-0 Lebanon
             [Ref: Fahmi Al-Qaimaqchi (Iraq)]

15-11-1964 Iraq 1-0 Lebanon
             [Shamil Tabra 25']
             [Ref: El Hedi Attig (Tunisia)]

15-11-1964 Kuwait 1-1 Libya
             [Othman Al-Osaimi 78' / Ahmed Ben Soueid 47']
             [Ref: Sarkis Demirdjian (Lebanon)]

16-11-1964 Iraq 1-1 Libya
             [Hisham Atta Ajaj 70' / Ahmed Ben Soueid 17']
             [Ref: Sobhi Nuseir (Egypt)]

16-11-1964 Kuwait 2-0 Jordan
             [Abdulrahman Al-Dawla 13', 61']
             [Kuwait; Ref: El Hedi Attig (Tunisia)]

18-11-1964 Libya 2-1 Lebanon
             [Ahmed Ben Soueid 24', 66' / Mohammad Chatila 89']
             [Ref: Youssef Mohamed (Sudan)]

18-11-1964 Iraq 3-1 Jordan
             [Hisham Atta Ajaj 15', 37', Qasim Mahmoud 31' /
              Mustafa Al-Adwan 80']
             [Ref: Sobhi Nuseir (Egypt)]

20-11-1964 Libya 5-2 Jordan
             [Hassan El-Snoussi 7', 53', Ali Al-Baski 22',
              Ahmed Ben Soueid 42', Ahmed Al-Ahwal 83' /
              Tony Zaghloul 25', Mustafa Al-Adwan 69']
             [Ref: Youssef Mohamed (Sudan)]

20-11-1964 Kuwait 2-3 Lebanon
             [Ibrahim Al-Khashram 60', Mohammad Al-Masoud 69' /
              Mohammad Chatila 3', Ragheb Chaker 64', Samir Nassar 72']
             [Ref: Fahmi Al-Qaimaqchi (Iraq)]


Top Scorers:
 5 goals: Ahmed Ben Soueid (Libya)
 3 goals: Hisham Atta Ajaj (Iraq)
 2 goals: Abdulrahman Al-Dawla (Kuwait), Mohammad Chatila (Lebanon),
          Hassan El-Snoussi (Libya), Mustafa Al-Adwan (Jordan)
 1 goal:  Shaker Ismail (Iraq), Shamil Tabra (Iraq), Qasim Mahmoud (Iraq),
          Othman Al-Osaimi (Kuwait), Ibrahim Al-Khashram (Kuwait),
          Mohammad Al-Masoud (Kuwait), Ali Al-Baski (Libya),
          Ahmed Al-Ahwal (Libya), Tony Zaghloul (Jordan),
          Ragheb Chaker (Lebanon), Samir Nassar (Lebanon)
overview file
1964 overview
About this document

Main source: Arab Cup 1963-2021 (a book by Mahmoud Qarqoura)
Prepared and maintained by Maroun Mahfoud for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Maroun Mahfoud
Last updated: 5 Nov 2026