The men's football tournament at the 2023 Arab Games was held from 2 to 14 July 2023 in Algeria, following an 11-year hiatus. Matches were played in Annaba and Constantine. For the first time, teams were restricted to under-23 players, and a maximum of three over-aged players.
Bahrain were the defending champions, having beat Jordan in the final of the 2011 edition.
Stadiums City Stadium CapacityAnnaba19 May 1956 Stadium58,100ConstantineMohamed Hamlaoui Stadium22,986
Teams Participating countries Eight teams participated in the tournament, all under-23 with the exception of Saudi Arabia who are participating with their under-19 team.
Confederation NationCAF (Africa)AFC (Asia)
Squads
Draw The draw took place on 19 June 2023. Host Algeria was automatically seeded in Pot 1. The remaining teams were seeded based on the FIFA ranking.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4 (hosts)
Officiating
Referees Nabil Boukhalfa Abdemoumene Touabti Mohamed Khaled Zaid Thamer Mohammed Ammar Ashkanani Abdel Aziz Mohamed Bouh Muath Owfi Mohammad Qanah Mehrez Melki
Assistant referees Hamza Bouzit Amro Ajaj Yahya Nouali Ali Fakih Basem Saef El Naser Hamooh Al Shuaibi Kinan Al-Baajawi Ibrahim Al-Dakheel Mowlid Rage Ali Mohamed Bakir
Group stage All times are local, AST (UTC+1).
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Final ranking
Goalscorers
References
External links Football - arabgames2023 official website