2012 Arab Cup

9th Arab Cup, held in Saudi Arabia

2012 Arab Cup

Tournament details
Host country| Saudi Arabia
Dates| 22 June – 6 July
Teams| 11 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)| 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions|  Morocco (1st title)
Runners-up|  Libya
Third place|  Iraq
Fourth place|  Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 19
Goals scored| 47 (2.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Yassine Salhi
(6 goals)
Best player(s)|  Yassine Salhi

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International football competition

The 2012 Arab Cup (Arabic: كأس العرب 2012) was the ninth edition of the Arab Cup for national football teams affiliated with the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA).

The tournament was hosted by Saudi Arabia between 22 June and 6 July 2012.[1] It is the second time that the nation has hosted the tournament, the first being in 1985. This edition witnessed the return of Iraq – the most successful team and record holder of the Arab Cup with four titles – after a 25-year absence due to the Gulf War.

## Prize money

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The tournament's lead sponsor was Singaporean company World Sport Group[2] who describe themselves as "Asia's leading sports marketing, media and event management company."[3]

The winner received USD$1million, the runner-up received $600,000, the third-placed team received $300,000, while the other participating football associations received $200,000 each.[4]

## Teams

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### Participating

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Country | Confederation | Previous appearances in tournament

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Bahrain | AFC | 4 (1966, 1985, 1988, 2002)
Egypt (Olympic team)[5] | CAF | 3 (1988, 1992, 1998)
Iraq | AFC | 4 (1964, 1966, 1985, 1988)
Kuwait | AFC | 7 (1963, 1964, 1966, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2002)
Lebanon | AFC | 6 (1963, 1964, 1966, 1988, 1998, 2002)
Libya1 | CAF | 3 (1964, 1966, 1998)
Morocco (Local team) | CAF | 2 (1998, 2002)
Palestine | AFC | 3 (1966, 1992, 2002)
Saudi Arabia | AFC | 5 (1985, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2002)
Sudan | CAF | 2 (1998, 2002)
Yemen | AFC | 2 (1966, 2002)

Bold indicates champion for that year
1Libya were due to send their under-21 team but instead sent its senior national team.[6][7]

### Did not enter

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Africa

*  Algeria[8]
*  Comoros
*  Djibouti
*  Mauritania
*  Somalia
*  Tunisia

Asia

*  Jordan[9]
*  Oman
*  Qatar
*  Syria
*  United Arab Emirates[10]

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## Draw

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The official draw was held on 6 May 2012 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The remaining 11 teams were ranked based on the FIFA World Rankings of May 2012 before the draw.

Seeding pots  | Nation  | FIFA Rankingas of May 2012

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Pot A  |  Saudi Arabia | 89
Libya | 39
Egypt | 55
Pot B  |  Morocco | 62
Iraq | 70
Kuwait | 87
Pot C  |  Bahrain | 93
Sudan | 113
United Arab Emirates | 121
Pot D  |  Lebanon | 128
Palestine | 153
Yemen | 156

The United Arab Emirates withdrew from the competition after the group draw had been made; they were initially drawn into group A.[10]

It will be played as tournament with three groups made of four teams each. The organizer country, Saudi Arabia was assigned to Group A.

## Venues

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Jeddah |

Jeddah

Ta’if

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Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium | King Fahd Stadium
Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 17,000

## Match officials

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The following referees were chosen for the 2012 Arab Cup.

### Referees

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* Djamel Haimoudi
* Nawaf Shukralla
* Mahmoud Ashour
* Gehad Grisha
* Suleiman Dalqam
* Redouane Jaid
* Abdullah Al-Baloushi
* Abdulrahman Al-Amri
* Khalid Abdel Rahman
* Selim Jedidi
* Hamad Al-Shaikh Hashmi

### Assistant referees

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* Abdelhak Etchiali
* Aziz Ali Hasan Al-Wadi
* Ayman Dagesh
* Sherif Saleh
* Ahmad Al-Ruwaili
* Fouad Al-Maghribi
* Bouazza Rouani
* Ramzan Al-Nuaimi
* Abdulaziz Al-Asmari
* Waleed Ali Ahmad
* Bechir Hassani
* Ahmed Mohammed Saeed Al-Shamisi
* Ahmed Qaid Saif

## Squads

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Further information: 2012 Arab Cup squads

## Group stage

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### Group A

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Main article: 2012 Arab Cup Group A

Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Saudi Arabia | 2  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 6  | 2  | +4  | 4
Kuwait | 2  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 4  | −2  | 3
Palestine | 2  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 4  | −2  | 1

Source: [citation needed]

22 June 2012

19:45

Saudi Arabia | 4–0|  Kuwait

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Al-Sahlawi 22', 90+3'
Al-Mehyani 51', 56' | Report |

King Fahd Stadium

Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

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25 June 2012

19:45

Kuwait | 2–0|  Palestine

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Khamis 27'
Al-Rashidi 90+2' |  |

King Fahd Stadium

Referee: Hamad Al-Sheikh (United Arab Emirates)

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28 June 2012

19:45

Saudi Arabia | 2–2|  Palestine

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Al-Ruwaili 9'
Al-Zylaeei 85' | Report | Abu Saleh 45+1' (pen.)
Al Amour 73'

King Fahd Stadium

Referee: Khalid Abdel Rahman (Sudan)

### Group B

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Main article: 2012 Arab Cup Group B

Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Morocco A' | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 8  | 0  | +8  | 7
Libya | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 5  | 2  | +3  | 7
Yemen | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 3  | 7  | −4  | 3
Bahrain | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 8  | −7  | 0

Source: [citation needed]

23 June 2012

18:15

Morocco A' | 4–0|  Bahrain

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El Bahri 17'
Salhi 78'
Al-Hayam 83' (o.g.)
Benjelloun 90+' |  |

Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium

Referee: Abdullah Al-Balooshi (Qatar)

23 June 2012

21:00

Libya | 3–1|  Yemen

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Saad 17' (pen.)
Salama 53'
Al-Ghuwail 89' |  | Al-Sasi 69'

Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium

Referee: Suleiman Jaber (Jordan)

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26 June 2012

18:15

Bahrain | 0–2|  Yemen

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|  | Al-Selwi 53' (pen.)
Baroies 65'

Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium

Referee: Selim Jedidi (Tunisia)

26 June 2012

21:00

Libya | 0–0|  Morocco A'

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Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium

Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)

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29 June 2012

19:45

Libya | 2–1|  Bahrain

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Saad 71' (pen.)
Al Ghanodi 74' |  | Al-Khataal 38'

King Fahd Stadium

Referee: Hamad Al-Sheikh (UAE)

29 June 2012

19:45

Yemen | 0–4|  Morocco A'

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|  | Salhi 10' (pen.), 48', 58', 63' (pen.)

Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Amri (Saudi Arabia)

### Group C

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Main article: 2012 Arab Cup Group C

Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Iraq | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 4  | 2  | +2  | 7
Sudan | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 4  | 2  | +2  | 5
Egypt U23 | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 3  | 4  | −1  | 2
Lebanon | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 1  | 4  | −3  | 1

Source: [citation needed]

24 June 2012

18:15

Iraq | 1–0|  Lebanon

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Karim 89' |  |

Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium

Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

24 June 2012

21:00

Egypt U23 | 1–1|  Sudan

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Magdi 38' |  | Elamin 80'

Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Amri (Saudi Arabia)

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27 June 2012

18:15

Lebanon | 0–2|  Sudan

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|  | Ankba 55'
Bashir 83'

Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium

Referee: Suleiman Jaber (Jordan)

27 June 2012

21:00

Iraq | 2–1|  Egypt U23

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Karim 49'
Abdul-Zahra 75' |  | Gomaa 45' (pen.)

Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium

Referee: Abdullah Al-Balooshi (Qatar)

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30 June 2012

19:45

Egypt U23 | 1–1|  Lebanon

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Hamoudi 45+1' (pen.) |  | Moghrabi 80'

King Fahd Stadium

Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

30 June 2012

19:45

Sudan | 1–1|  Iraq

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Ahmed 9' |  | Shakir 5'

Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium

Referee: Selim Jedidi (Tunisia)

### Best placed runner-up

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The team that finish highest of all group runners-up will also proceed to the semi-final stage. Due to Group A only having three teams in their group, results against teams finishing fourth will not be counted. The best runners-up will face the winner of group A in the semifinals while the winner of group B will face the winner of group C.

Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Libya | 2  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 3  | 1  | +2  | 4
Kuwait | 2  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 4  | −2  | 3
Sudan | 2  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 2  | 0  | 2

Source: [citation needed]

## Knockout phase

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Main article: 2012 Arab Cup knockout stage

The semi-final winners proceed to the final and those who lost compete in the third place playoff.

| Semi-finals| | Final

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| 3 July – Jeddah| |

|  Saudi Arabia |  0

| 6 July – Jeddah

|  Libya|  2 |

|  Libya |  1 (1)

| 3 July – Jeddah

| |  Morocco A' (pen.) |  1 (3)

|  Morocco A' |  2

|  Iraq|  1 |

| Third place

| 5 July – Jeddah

|  Saudi Arabia |  0

|  Iraq|  1

### Semi-finals

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3 July 2012

18:15

Saudi Arabia | 0–2|  Libya

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|  | Al-Sebaee 75'
Saad 90+6' (pen.)

Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium

Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

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3 July 2012

21:30

Morocco A' | 2–1|  Iraq

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El Gharib 23'
Salhi 28' |  | Karim 90+6' (pen.)

Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium

Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)

### Third place play-off

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5 July 2012

21:00

Saudi Arabia | 0–1|  Iraq

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| Report | Abdul-Zahra 16'

Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium

Referee: Khalid Abdurrahman (Sudan)

### Final

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Main article: 2012 Arab Cup Final

6 July 2012

21:00

Libya | 1–1 (a.e.t.)|  Morocco A'

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Al Badri 89' |  | El Bahri 5'
Penalties
Al Badri
Salama
Al-Sbaai
Al Ghanodi | 1–3 |  Salhi
Jahouh
Abdessamad
Gadoum
Belmaalem

Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Selim Jedidi (Tunisia)

## Winners

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2012 Arab Cup champions

Morocco
First title

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## Statistics

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### Goalscorers

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There were 47 goals scored in 19 matches, for an average of 2.47 goals per match.

6 goals

* Yassine Salhi

3 goals

* Mustafa Karim
* Ahmed Saad

2 goals

* Alaa Abdul-Zahra
* Brahim El Bahri
* Essa Al-Mehyani
* Mohammad Al-Sahlawi

1 goal

* Ahmed Al-Khataal
* Saleh Gomaa
* Ahmed Hamoudi
* Ahmed Magdi
* Salam Shakir
* Ahmad Al-Rashidi
* Abdulhadi Khamis
* Akram Moghrabi
* Faisal Al Badri
* Mohammed Al-Ghannoudi
* Mohammad Al-Ghuwail
* Ali Salama
* Abdessalam Benjelloun
* Oussama El Gharib
* Hussam Abu Saleh
* Ismail Al Amour
* Khaled Al-Zylaeei
* Abdulmajeed Al-Ruwaili
* Mohamed Abd Al Momen Ankba
* Mowaia Bashir
* Moawya El-Amin
* Ahmed Adil Hamad
* Ala Al-Sasi
* Akram Al-Worafi
* Mohammed Baroies

### Awards

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* Yassine Salhi – was named the player of the tournament, and was the top scorer of the tournament with a total of 6 goals.[12]

### Team statistics

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Pos. | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD

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1  |  Morocco A' | 5  | 3  | 2  | 0  | 11  | 11  | 2  | +9
2  |  Libya | 5  | 3  | 2  | 0  | 11  | 8  | 3  | +5
3  |  Iraq | 5  | 3  | 1  | 1  | 10  | 6  | 4  | +2
4  |  Saudi Arabia | 4  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 4  | 6  | 5  | +1
Eliminated in the group stage
5  |  Kuwait | 2  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 3  | 2  | 4  | −2
6  |  Sudan | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 5  | 4  | 2  | +2
7  |  Yemen | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 3  | 3  | 7  | −4
8  |  Egypt U23 | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | −1
9  |  Palestine | 2  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 4  | −2
10  |  Lebanon | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 4  | −3
11  |  Bahrain | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 8  | −7
Total  | 19(1) | 13  | 6(2) | 13  | 51  | 47  | 47  | 0

Team(s) rendered in italics represent(s) the host nation(s). The competition's winning team is rendered in bold.
(1) – Total games lost not counted in total games played (total games lost = total games won)
(2) – Total number of games drawn (tied) for all teams = Total number of games drawn (tied) ÷ 2 (both teams involved)

## Media

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### Broadcasting

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Territory  | Channel

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Qatar | BeIN Sports
Saudi Arabia | Al-Riyadiah

## References

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1. ^ الإتحاد المغربي يرفض مشاركة المنتخب في البطولة العربية بالمحترفين (in Arabic). kooora.com. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
2. ^ جوائز مالية محفزة للمنتخبات المشاركة في كأس العرب (in Arabic). Middle East Online. 4 April 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
3. ^ "World Sports : About us". worldsportgroup.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
4. ^ مليون دولار للفائز بكأس العرب و200 ألف لكل منتخب مشارك (in Arabic). alyaum.net. 5 April 2012. Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
5. ^ المنتخب الأوليمبى يشارك فى كأس العرب بجدة. EFA.com (in Arabic). Egyptian Football Association. 5 January 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
6. ^ "9th Arab Cup: Easy Win for Libya Against Yemen". Tripoli Post. 24 June 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2012. "Contrary to expectations Libya fielded the national team instead of the Under 21 side and they proved much too strong for their opponents."
7. ^ "9th Arab Cup: Libya in action against Yemen Saturday". Tripoli Post. 23 June 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2012. "In Group B, Libya, which is scheduled to field its Under 21 team, has to contend with Yemen, its first opponents, Morocco and Bahrain."
8. ^ الجزائر تعتذر عن المشاركة في بطولة كأس العرب للأمم (in Arabic). Al Jazeera Sport. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
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10. ^ a b "UAE pulls out of Arab Cup of Nations after loss of players hits squad". The National. United Arab Emirates. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
11. ^ "Morocco wins Arab Cup 2012 title". alarabiya.net. Al Arabia News. 7 July 2012. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
12. ^ "حصاد كأس العرب .. 47 هدفاً و اسود أطلس يعانقون اللقب للمرة الأولى". كووورة - أحمد التيمومي. 7 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

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