NB: the football team playing under the name of Lahej represented the Sultanate of Lahej,
which was part of the Federation of South Arabia from 1963, until it was abolished
in 1967 after the founding of People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen);
the football team playing under the name of Aden represented the State of Aden
("Wilāyat Aden") in the Federation of South Arabia formed in 1963, which became
the People's Republic of South Yemen in 1967. A forerunner to the South Yemen
national side.
Group 1
02/09/65 Egypt n/p Iraq
NB: The first game between Egypt and Iraq was abandoned at kick-off after security fears
due to overcrowding at the Zamalek stadium, causing referee Mamdouh Karma of Jordan
to call the match off; it was refixtured for 08/09.
02/09/65 Palestine 1-0 Aden (South Yemen) [played over 2x40 minutes]
[Omar El-Sheikh Taha 20]
[PALESTINE: Marwan Kanafani; Faisal Bibi, Fouad Abou Ghida [c], Ali Abou Hamada,
Ismail Al-Masry, Nabil Al-Shami, Samih Al-Semri, Jamil Abbas (Abid),
Ibrahim El-Moghrabi, Khader Qadada, Omar El-Sheikh Taha.]
03/09/65 Egypt 14-0 Aden (South Yemen)
03/09/65 Palestine 1-0 Lebanon
[Ibrahim El-Moghrabi 22]
[PALESTINE: Marwan Kanafani; Faisal Bibi, Fouad Abou Ghida, Nabil Al-Shami, Abid,
Samih El-Semri; others n/a.]
04/09/65 Iraq 6-0 Aden (South Yemen)
04/09/65 Egypt 3-0 Lebanon
[Foad Morsi, Hassan El-Shazly, Hassan Gabr]
06/09/65 Egypt 2-1 Palestine
[Badawi Abdel Fattah 19, Foad Morsi 35; Abed Gallia 60pen]
[PALESTINE: Marwan Kanafani; Faisal Bibi, Ali Abou Hamada, Fouad Abou Ghida [c],
Ismail Al-Masry, Nabil Al-Shami, Abid, Samih Al-Semri, Khader Qadada,
Ibrahim El-Moghrabi; others n/a.]
06/09/65 Iraq 0-0 Lebanon
07/09/65 Palestine 1-1 Iraq
[Omar El-Sheikh Taha 37; Salman Dawud 54]
[PALESTINE: Marwan Kanafani: Faisal Bibi (Ali Abou Hamada), Ismail Al-Masry,
Nabil Al-Shami, Fouad Abou Ghida [c], Abid, Samih Al-Semri, Khalil İstanbuli,
Khader Qadada, Ibrahim El-Moghrabi, Omar Al-Sheikh Taha.]
07/09/65 Lebanon 4-3 Aden (South Yemen)
08/09/65 Egypt 1-0 Iraq
[Abdel Karim El-Gohary]
1.EGYPT 4 4 0 0 20- 1 8
2.PALESTINE 4 2 1 1 4- 3 5
3.Iraq 4 1 2 1 7- 2 4
4.Lebanon 4 1 1 2 4- 7 3
5.South Yemen 4 0 0 4 3-25 0
Group 2
02/09/65 Sudan 9-0 Lahej [played over 2x40 minutes]
02/09/65 Libya 15-1 Oman [played over 2x40 minutes]
03/09/65 Syria 4-0 Lahej
03/09/65 Sudan 4-2 Libya
04/09/65 Libya 6-3 Syria
04/09/65 Sudan 15-0 Oman
06/09/65 Libya 16-0 Lahej
06/09/65 Syria 13-0 Oman
07/09/65 Lahej 2-1 Oman
07/09/65 Sudan 2-0 Syria
1.SUDAN 4 4 0 0 30- 2 8
2.LIBYA 4 3 0 1 39- 8 6
3.Syria 4 2 0 2 20- 8 4
4.Lahej 4 1 0 3 2-30 2
5.Oman 4 0 0 4 2-45 0
Semifinals
09/09/65 Egypt 8-1 Libya
09/09/65 Sudan 2-1 Palestine
[Siddiq Mohammed Ahmed 11, Amin Zaki 83; Omar El-Sheikh Taha 30]
[PALESTINE: Marwan Kanafani; Faisal Bibi, Fouad Abou Ghida [c], Nabil El-Shami
(Ali Abou Hamada), Ismail Al-Masry, Abid, Khader Qadada, Hossam Al-Semri,
Ibrahim El-Moghrabi, Samih El-Semri, Omar El-Sheikh Taha.]
Third Place Match
10/09/65 Libya 4-2 Palestine
[Ali El-Biski 3, 88, Ahmed Ben Suwaid 5, 27; Ibrahim El-Moghrebi 20, Khader Qadada 28]
[PALESTINE: Faiq Al-Hanawi; Faisal Bibi (Muammar Biseso), Fouad Abou-Ghida [c],
Ali Abou Hamada, Ismail Al-Masry, Abid, Samih El-Semri, Jamil Abbas,
Ibrahim El-Moghrabi, Khader Qadada, Omar El-Sheikh Taha.]
Final
11/09/65 Egypt 2-0 Sudan
Egyptian squad:
Khorshid
Talaat Mahmoud
Yakan Hussein
Mimi Darwish
Mahmoud Abou Regaila
Ahmed Rifaat
Abdel Karim El-Gohary
Moustafa Reyadh
Shehta (Ismaily)
Foad Morsi
Ibrahim El-Khalil
Hassan Shehata
Hassan El-Shazly
Badawi Abdel Fattah
Ahmed Effat
Ayman El-Esnawi
Said Aboul Nour
Said Qotb
Yousry Tarboush
Pan Arab Games - Overview File
Source: http://digital.ahram.org.eg/youmy/
With thanks to Giovanni Armillotta and Tarek Said
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