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2012 Arab Cup
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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) Morocco Yassine Salhi
(6 goals)
Best player Morocco Yassine Salhi
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(FIFA Arab Cup) 2021 →

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. 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

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

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.

Teams

Participating

Country Confederation Previous appearances in tournament
 Bahrain AFC 4 (1966, 1985, 1988, 2002)
 Egypt (Olympic team) 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.

Did not enter

Draw

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
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
 [[Palestinian National Authority {{{altlink}}}|Palestinian National Authority]] 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.

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

Jeddah Ta’if
Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium King Fahd Stadium
Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 17,000
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Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the 2012 Arab Cup.

Referees

  • Algeria Djamel Haimoudi
  • Bahrain Nawaf Shukralla
  • Egypt Mahmoud Ashour
  • Egypt Gehad Grisha
  • Jordan Suleiman Dalqam
  • Morocco Redouane Jaid
  • Qatar Abdullah Al-Baloushi
  • Saudi Arabia Abdulrahman Al-Amri
  • Sudan Khalid Abdel Rahman
  • Tunisia Selim Jedidi
  • United Arab Emirates Hamad Al-Shaikh Hashmi

Assistant referees

  • Algeria Abdelhak Etchiali
  • Bahrain Aziz Ali Hasan Al-Wadi
  • Egypt Ayman Dagesh
  • Egypt Sherif Saleh
  • Jordan Ahmad Al-Ruwaili
  • Libya Fouad Al-Maghribi
  • Morocco Bouazza Rouani
  • Qatar Ramzan Al-Nuaimi
  • Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Al-Asmari
  • Sudan Waleed Ali Ahmad
  • Tunisia Bechir Hassani
  • United Arab Emirates Ahmed Mohammed Saeed Al-Shamisi
  • Yemen Ahmed Qaid Saif

Squads

Further information: 2012 Arab Cup squads

Group stage

Group A

Main article: 2012 Arab Cup Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Saudi Arabia 2 1 1 0 6 2 +4 4
2  Kuwait 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 3
3  [[Palestinian National Authority {{{altlink}}}|Palestinian National Authority]] 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1
Source:


22 June 2012
19:45
 Saudi Arabia  4–0  Kuwait King Fahd Stadium
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
Al-Sahlawi Goal 22', 90+3'
Al-Mehyani Goal 51', 56'		 Report
25 June 2012
19:45
 Kuwait  2–0  Palestine King Fahd Stadium
Referee: Hamad Al-Sheikh (United Arab Emirates)
Khamis Goal 27'
Al-Rashidi Goal 90+2'
28 June 2012
19:45
 Saudi Arabia  2–2  Palestine King Fahd Stadium
Referee: Khalid Abdel Rahman (Sudan)
Al-Ruwaili Goal 9'
Al-Zylaeei Goal 85'		 Report Abu Saleh Goal 45+1' (pen.)
Al Amour Goal 73'

Group B

Main article: 2012 Arab Cup Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Morocco A' 3 2 1 0 8 0 +8 7
2  Libya 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
3  Yemen 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 3
4  Bahrain 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source:


23 June 2012
18:15
 Morocco A'  4–0  Bahrain Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium
Referee: Abdullah Al-Balooshi (Qatar)
El Bahri Goal 17'
Salhi Goal 78'
Al-Hayam Goal 83' (o.g.)
Benjelloun Goal 90+'
23 June 2012
21:00
 Libya  3–1  Yemen Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium
Referee: Suleiman Jaber (Jordan)
Saad Goal 17' (pen.)
Salama Goal 53'
Al-Ghuwail Goal 89'		 Al-Sasi Goal 69'
26 June 2012
18:15
 Bahrain  0–2  Yemen Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium
Referee: Selim Jedidi (Tunisia)
Al-Selwi Goal 53' (pen.)
Baroies Goal 65'
26 June 2012
21:00
 Libya  0–0  Morocco A' Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium
Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)
29 June 2012
19:45
 Libya  2–1  Bahrain King Fahd Stadium
Referee: Hamad Al-Sheikh (UAE)
Saad Goal 71' (pen.)
Al Ghanodi Goal 74'		 Al-Khataal Goal 38'
29 June 2012
19:45
 Yemen  0–4  Morocco A' Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Amri (Saudi Arabia)
Salhi Goal 10' (pen.), 48', 58', 63' (pen.)

Group C

Main article: 2012 Arab Cup Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iraq 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7
2  Sudan 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5
3  Egypt U23 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
4  Lebanon 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source:


24 June 2012
18:15
 Iraq  1–0  Lebanon Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium
Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Karim Goal 89'
24 June 2012
21:00
 Egypt U23  1–1  Sudan Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Amri (Saudi Arabia)
Magdi Goal 38' Elamin Goal 80'
27 June 2012
18:15
 Lebanon  0–2  Sudan Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium
Referee: Suleiman Jaber (Jordan)
Ankba Goal 55'
Bashir Goal 83'
27 June 2012
21:00
 Iraq  2–1  Egypt U23 Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium
Referee: Abdullah Al-Balooshi (Qatar)
Karim Goal 49'
Abdul-Zahra Goal 75'		 Gomaa Goal 45' (pen.)
30 June 2012
19:45
 Egypt U23  1–1  Lebanon King Fahd Stadium
Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Hamoudi Goal 45+1' (pen.) Moghrabi Goal 80'
30 June 2012
19:45
 Sudan  1–1  Iraq Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium
Referee: Selim Jedidi (Tunisia)
Ahmed Goal 9' Shakir Goal 5'

Best placed runner-up

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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Libya 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4
2  Kuwait 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 3
3  Sudan 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
Source:

Knockout phase

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.

  Semifinals Final
3 July – Jeddah
  Saudi Arabia   0  
  Libya   2  
 
6 July – Jeddah
      Libya   1 (1)
    Morocco A' (pen.)   1 (3)


Third place
3 July – Jeddah 5 July – Jeddah
  Morocco A'   2   Saudi Arabia   0
  Iraq   1


    Iraq   1

Semi-finals

3 July 2012
18:15
 Saudi Arabia  0–2  Libya Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
Al-Sebaee Goal 75'
Saad Goal 90+6' (pen.)
3 July 2012
21:30
 Morocco A'  2–1  Iraq Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium
Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)
El Gharib Goal 23'
Salhi Goal 28'		 Karim Goal 90+6' (pen.)

Third place play-off

5 July 2012
21:00
 Saudi Arabia  0–1  Iraq Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium
Referee: Khalid Abdurrahman (Sudan)
Report Abdul-Zahra Goal 16'

Final

Main article: 2012 Arab Cup Final
6 July 2012
21:00
 Libya  1–1
(a.e.t.)		  Morocco A' Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Selim Jedidi (Tunisia)
Al Badri Goal 89' El Bahri Goal 5'
  Penalties  
Al Badri Scored
Salama Missed
Al-Sbaai Missed
Al Ghanodi Missed		 1–3 Scored Salhi
Scored Jahouh
Missed Abdessamad
Missed Gadoum
Scored Belmaalem

Winners

 2012 Arab Cup champions 

Morocco
First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

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

6 goals

  • Morocco Yassine Salhi

3 goals

  • Iraq Mustafa Karim
  • Libya Ahmed Saad

2 goals

  • Iraq Alaa Abdul-Zahra
  • Morocco Brahim El Bahri
  • Saudi Arabia Essa Al-Mehyani
  • Saudi Arabia Mohammad Al-Sahlawi

1 goal

  • Bahrain Ahmed Al-Khataal
  • Egypt Saleh Gomaa
  • Egypt Ahmed Hamoudi
  • Egypt Ahmed Magdi
  • Iraq Salam Shakir
  • Kuwait Ahmad Al-Rashidi
  • Kuwait Abdulhadi Khamis
  • Lebanon Akram Moghrabi
  • Libya Faisal Al Badri
  • Libya Mohammed Al-Ghannoudi
  • Libya Mohammad Al-Ghuwail
  • Libya Ali Salama
  • Morocco Abdessalam Benjelloun
  • Morocco Oussama El Gharib
  • Palestinian National Authority Hussam Abu Saleh
  • Palestinian National Authority Ismail Al Amour
  • Saudi Arabia Khaled Al-Zylaeei
  • Saudi Arabia Abdulmajeed Al-Ruwaili
  • Sudan Mohamed Abd Al Momen Ankba
  • Sudan Mowaia Bashir
  • Sudan Moawya El-Amin
  • Sudan Ahmed Adil Hamad
  • Yemen Ala Al-Sasi
  • Yemen Akram Al-Worafi
  • Yemen Mohammed Baroies

Awards

  • Morocco Yassine Salhi – was named the player of the tournament, and was the top scorer of the tournament with a total of 6 goals.

Team statistics

Pos. Team Pld W D L Pts GF GA GD
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  [[Palestinian National Authority {{{altlink}}}|Palestinian National Authority]] 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

Broadcasting

Territory Channel
 Qatar BeIN Sports
 Saudi Arabia Al-Riyadiah

See also

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