 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mutambo wekutanga weFIFA wechikwata chenyikayakanga iri 5-1 kurasikirwa kuMandatory Palestine musi wa 27 April 1940. Camille Cordahi, akabatsirwa naMuhieddine Jaroudi, akarova Lebhanoni muhafu yechipiri, achiva mutambi wekutanga wechikwata chake. Lebanon yakatamba mutambo wayo wekutanga wepamutemo neSyria musi wa19 Kubvumbi 1942; yakadzidziswa naAbed Traboulsi, Lebanon yakarasikirwa 21 muBeirut. Muna 1947 Rebhanoni yakatamba mimwe mitambo miviri yeushamwari neSyria: kukundwa ne 41 muBeirut musi wa 4 Chivabvu, uye kukundwa ne 10 muAleppo musi wa 18 Chivabvu. 