Arab Games

Typically the games are to take place every four years. Initially Lebanon was set to host the 2015 XIII Arab Games, but "withdrew because of the crisis in the Middle East".^[2] Following Beirut's withdrawal Morocco was then chosen to host the games, but faced financial complications and also withdrew. "Mohamed Ouzzine, Morocco's Minister of Youth and Sports [at the time, wrote to] the Union of Arab National Olympic Committees (UANOC) telling them that they would be withdrawing."^[2]

The same year, Egypt volunteered to host the event. "Sheikh Khalid Al Zubair, chairman of the Oman Olympic Committee (OOC)" said, "We will be offering our full support to Egypt and we have also taken a decision to suspend the financial regulations and other requirements due to lack of time."^[3] Had the UANOC accepted Egypt's proposition the games would have taken place in December 2015; however, no such event was held.

1953

1957, 1997

1961

1965, 2007

1976, 1992

1985

1999

2004

2011

2023 (5 cities)

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Host cities of the Arab Games

Games	Year	Host	Opened by	Dates	Nations	Competitors			Sports	Events	Top nation
						Men	Women	Total
1	1953	Alexandria	Mohamed Naguib	26 July – 10 August	9	650	—	650	10	70	Egypt
2	1957	Beirut	Camille Chamoun	13 – 27 October	10	914	—	914	12	90	Lebanon
3	1961	Casablanca	Hassan II	24 August – 8 September	9	1127	—	1127	11	90	United Arab Republic*
4	1965	Cairo**	Gamal Abdel Nasser	2 – 14 September	14	1500	—	1500	13	90	United Arab Republic**
5	1976	Damascus	Hafiz al-Assad	6 – 21 October	11	2174	—	2174	18	120	Syria
6	1985	Rabat	Hassan II	24 August – 8 September	17			3442	18	160	Morocco
7	1992	Damascus	Hafiz al-Assad	4 – 18 September	18			2611	14	150	Syria
8	1997	Beirut	Elias Hrawi	13 – 27 July	18			3253	22	217	Egypt
9	1999	Amman	Abdullah II	15 – 31 August	21			5504	26	323	Egypt
10	2004	Algiers	Abdelaziz Bouteflika	24 September – 10 October	22			5525	32	330	Algeria
11	2007	Cairo	Hosni Mubarak	11 – 26 November	22			6000	32	355	Egypt
12	2011	Doha	Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani	9 – 23 December[4]	21			6000	33	316	Egypt
13	2023	Algeria (5 cities)	Aymen Benabderrahmane (Prime Minister)	5 – 15 July	22			3800	22	253	Algeria
14	2027	Riyadh[5]	King of Saudi Arabia (expected)	Future event

• * United Arab Republic with Egypt and Syria.
• ** United Arab Republic with Egypt only.
• Not held in 2015 and 2019.
• 2015 Cancelled.^[a]

37 sports were presented in the Arab Games history. Para Sports since 1999. Women since 1985.

Sport Years Athletics (details) since 1953 Archery (details) since 1953 Badminton (details) since 1999 Basketball (details) since 1953 Bodybuilding (details) since 1999 Boxing (details) since 1953 Bowling (details) since 2007 Bridge (details) since 1999 Camel racing (details) since 2007 Cue Sports since 2011 Chess (details) since 1999 Cycling (details) since 1957 Diving (details) TBA

Sport Years Equestrian (details) since 1957 Fencing (details) since 1953 Finswimming (details) since 1999 Football (details) since 1953 Golf (details) since 1985 Gymnastics (details) since 1953 Handball (details) since 1961 Judo (details) since 1976 Karate (details) since 1976 Kickboxing (details) since 1999 Modern pentathlon (details) since 2007 Rowing (details) since 1957

Sport Years Sailing (details) since 1985 Shooting (details) since 1953 Squash (details) since 1999 Surfing (details) since 1999 Swimming (details) since 1953 Table tennis (details) since 1976 Taekwondo (details) since 1997 Tennis (details) since 1961 Volleyball (details) since 1957 Water polo (details) since 1961 Weightlifting (details) since 1953 Wrestling (details) since 1953

Below is the medal table of the Arab Games tournaments, up until the 13th tournament 2023.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt (EGY)	633	429	375	1437
2	Algeria (ALG)	360	381	393	1134
3	Tunisia (TUN)	303	273	346	922
4	Morocco (MAR)	300	275	301	876
5	Syria (SYR)	243	254	340	837
6	United Arab Republic (UAR)	122	74	49	245
7	Jordan (JOR)	88	140	228	456
8	Iraq (IRQ)	87	141	204	432
9	Qatar (QAT)	86	80	112	278
10	Lebanon (LIB)	82	122	189	393
11	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	76	106	154	336
12	Bahrain (BHR)	44	31	56	131
13	Kuwait (KUW)	40	65	143	248
14	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	34	41	65	140
15	Sudan (SUD)	24	42	37	103
16	Libya (LBA)	23	42	61	126
17	Oman (OMN)	19	18	27	64
18	Palestine (PLE)	8	23	70	101
19	Yemen (YEM)	7	10	21	38
20	Djibouti (DJI)	1	2	1	4
21	North Yemen (YAR)	1	0	1	2
22	Somalia (SOM)	0	4	1	5
23	Mauritania (MTN)	0	1	0	1
24	South Yemen (YMD)	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 entries)		2581	2554	3175	8310

• * The United Arab Republic (1958–1971) contains 2 countries Egypt & Syria.

Arab University Games

Editions^[6][7]

• 1970s ?  Iraq
• 1998 ?  Egypt
• 2004 Amman
• 2010 ?  Egypt^{[8][9] [b]}
• 2018 Agadir

Arab University Beach Games

Editions^[10]

• 2016 Agadir

Arab Games for the Handicapped

Editions^[11]

• 1999 Amman
• 2003 Algiers (cancelled)

Arab School Games

Editions^[12][13]

Organized by the Arab Union for Physical Education and School Sports (AUPESS).

Unofficial

• 1949 Beirut
• 1951 Cairo
• 1952 Damascus
• 1954 Beirut

Official

• African Games
• Asian Games
• GCC Games
• All-Africa University Games

• Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 0-7864-1026-4.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arab Games.

• Athletics medalists
• Arab Games 2007 website (archived 20 September 2008)
• Arab Games 2011 official website (archived 28 January 2011)
• Arab Games 2011 Exhibition and Timeline (archived 7 October 2011)