Football at the 2011 Arab Games

2011 Arab Games men's football tournamentTournament details

Host country| Qatar
Dates| 10–23 December
Teams| 12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)| 3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  Bahrain (1st title)
Runners-up|  Jordan
Third place|  Kuwait
Fourth place|  Palestine
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 16
Goals scored| 31 (1.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Abdallah Deeb
(4 goals)

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The men's football tournament at the 2011 Arab Games was held in Al Rayyan, Qatar from 10 to 23 December. The tournament was played at three venues in one host city. Egypt were the defending champions from the 2007 Arab Games in Cairo. Bahrain clinched the Gold Medal after beating Jordan 1–0.

## Venues

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City | Stadium | Capacity  | Ref.

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Al Rayyan  | Ahmed bin Ali Stadium | 21,282  | [1]
Al-Gharafa Stadium | 25,000
Jassim bin Hamad Stadium | 15,000

## Squads

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Main article: Football at the 2011 Arab Games – squads

## Draw

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The draw for the tournament was held on 30 October 2011 in Doha, Qatar.[2]

Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4

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Qatar
Libya (B team)
Saudi Arabia (Olympic)

Iraq
Kuwait
Jordan (B team)

Sudan (B team)
Oman (Olympic)
Bahrain

Syria (withdrew)
Palestine
Somalia (withdrew)

## Group stage

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All times are Arabian Standard Time (AST) – UTC+3

Key to colours in group tables

| Teams that advanced to the semi-finals

### Group A

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

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Bahrain | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4
Qatar | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2
Iraq | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1

10 December 2011

17:30

Qatar | 2–2|  Bahrain

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Al Marri 17'
Razak 34' | Report | Al-Husaini 71', 89'

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

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13 December 2011

17:30

Bahrain | 3–0|  Iraq

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Hardan 41'
Abdul-Latif 63' (pen.), 70' | Report |

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Khaled Abdurahaman (Sudan)

* * *

16 December 2011

19:30

Qatar | 0–0|  Iraq

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| Report |

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)

### Group B

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

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Kuwait | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6
Saudi Arabia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1
Oman | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1

11 December 2011

17:30

Saudi Arabia | 0–0|  Oman

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| Report |

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)

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14 December 2011

17:30

Oman | 0–2|  Kuwait

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| Report | Nasser 81', 90+2'

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Mohammad Abu Loum (Jordan)

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17 December 2011

19:30

Saudi Arabia | 0–2|  Kuwait

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| Report | Al Kandari 45+1'
Al-Mutawa 85' (pen.)

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

### Group C

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

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Jordan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5
Palestine | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4
Sudan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4
Libya | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2

11 December 2011

17:30

Libya | 0–1|  Sudan

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| Report | Ankba 81'

Al-Gharafa Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

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11 December 2011

19:30

Jordan | 4–1|  Palestine

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Al-Khalidi 14'
Abdallah Deeb 23' (pen.), 33'
Al-Dardour 83' | Report | Nu'man 34'

Al-Gharafa Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)

* * *

14 December 2011

17:30

Sudan | 0–0|  Jordan

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| Report |

Al-Gharafa Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Yosr Saadallah (Tunisia)

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14 December 2011

19:30

Palestine | 1–1|  Libya

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Zatara 88' | Report | Boussefi 41'

Al-Gharafa Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

* * *

17 December 2011

17:30

Sudan | 0–2|  Palestine

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| Report | El-Khatib 39'
Al-Amour 62'

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Ali Al-Samahiji (Bahrain)

* * *

17 December 2011

17:30

Libya | 0–0|  Jordan

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| Report |

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Ibrahim Al-Hosni (Oman)

## Knockout stage

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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| 20 December| |

|  Bahrain| 3

| 23 December

|  Palestine| 1 |

|  Bahrain| 1

| 20 December

| |  Jordan| 0

|  Kuwait| 0

|  Jordan (a.e.t.)| 2 |

| Third place

| 22 December

|  Palestine| 0

|  Kuwait (a.e.t.)| 3

### Semi-finals

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20 December 2011

17:30

Bahrain | 3–1|  Palestine

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Al Alawi 6'
Isa 44'
Abu Saleh 58' (o.g.) | Report | Nu'man 40' (pen.)

Al-Gharafa Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Andre El Haddad (Lebanon)

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20 December 2011

20:30

Kuwait | 0–2 (a.e.t.)|  Jordan

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| Report | Abdallah Deeb 96', 119' (pen.)

Al-Gharafa Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)

### Bronze medal match

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22 December 2011

19:30

Palestine | 0–3 (a.e.t.)|  Kuwait

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| Report | Al-Musawi 92'
Al-Rashidi 94'
Al-Mutawa 119'

Al-Gharafa Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)

### Gold medal match

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23 December 2011

17:30

Bahrain | 1–0|  Jordan

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Abdul-Latif 89' | Report |

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

## Final ranking

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result

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|  Bahrain | 4  | 3  | 1  | 0  | 9  | 3  | +6  | 10  | Gold Medal
|  Jordan | 5  | 2  | 2  | 1  | 6  | 2  | +4  | 8  | Silver Medal
|  Kuwait | 4  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 7  | 2  | +5  | 9  | Bronze Medal
4  |  Palestine | 5  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 5  | 11  | −6  | 4  | Fourth place
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5  |  Sudan B | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 2  | −1  | 4  | Eliminated in
group stage
6  |  Qatar (H) | 2  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 2  | 0  | 2
7  |  Libya B | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 2  | −1  | 2
8  |  Saudi Arabia U23 | 2  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 2  | −2  | 1
9  |  Oman U23 | 2  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 2  | −2  | 1
10  |  Iraq | 2  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 3  | −3  | 1
11  |  Syria | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | Withdrew
12  |  Somalia | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0

Source: rsssf[dead link]
(H) Hosts

## Scorers

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4 goals

* Abdallah Deeb

3 goals

* Ismail Abdul-Latif

2 goals

* Sami Al-Husaini
* Bader Al-Mutawa
* Yousef Nasser
* Ashraf Nu'man

1 goal

* Fahad Hardan
* Mohamed Al-Alawi
* Salman Isa
* Hamza Al-Dardour
* Rakan Al-Khalidi
* Ali Al Kandari
* Fahad Al-Rashidi
* Hussain Al-Musawi
* Ihaab Boussefi
* Ismail Al-Amour
* Ali El-Khatib
* Imad Zatara
* Jaralla Al Marri
* Mohammed Razak
* Mohamed Abd Al Momen Ankba

1 own goal

* Hussam Abu Saleh

## References

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1. ^ Venues
2. ^ "Draw of AG 2011 teams sports on October 30". 20 October 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2011.[permanent dead link]

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