2012 Arab Cup facts for kids
Tournament details | |
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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 | Yassine Salhi |
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.
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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 |
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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
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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 |
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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 |
[[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 | |
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Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium | King Fahd Stadium | |
Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 17,000 | |
Match officials
The following referees were chosen for the 2012 Arab Cup.
Referees
Assistant referees
Squads
Group stage
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
22 June 2012 19:45 |
Saudi Arabia | 4–0 | Kuwait | King Fahd Stadium Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt) |
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Al-Sahlawi 22', 90+3' Al-Mehyani 51', 56' |
Report |
25 June 2012 19:45 |
Kuwait | 2–0 | Palestine | King Fahd Stadium Referee: Hamad Al-Sheikh (United Arab Emirates) |
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Khamis 27' Al-Rashidi 90+2' |
28 June 2012 19:45 |
Saudi Arabia | 2–2 | Palestine | King Fahd Stadium Referee: Khalid Abdel Rahman (Sudan) |
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Al-Ruwaili 9' Al-Zylaeei 85' |
Report | Abu Saleh 45+1' (pen.) Al Amour 73' |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
23 June 2012 18:15 |
Morocco A' | 4–0 | Bahrain | Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium Referee: Abdullah Al-Balooshi (Qatar) |
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El Bahri 17' Salhi 78' Al-Hayam 83' (o.g.) Benjelloun 90+' |
23 June 2012 21:00 |
Libya | 3–1 | Yemen | Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium Referee: Suleiman Jaber (Jordan) |
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Saad 17' (pen.) Salama 53' Al-Ghuwail 89' |
Al-Sasi 69' |
26 June 2012 18:15 |
Bahrain | 0–2 | Yemen | Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium Referee: Selim Jedidi (Tunisia) |
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Al-Selwi 53' (pen.) Baroies 65' |
26 June 2012 21:00 |
Libya | 0–0 | Morocco A' | Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria) |
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29 June 2012 19:45 |
Libya | 2–1 | Bahrain | King Fahd Stadium Referee: Hamad Al-Sheikh (UAE) |
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Saad 71' (pen.) Al Ghanodi 74' |
Al-Khataal 38' |
29 June 2012 19:45 |
Yemen | 0–4 | Morocco A' | Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Amri (Saudi Arabia) |
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Salhi 10' (pen.), 48', 58', 63' (pen.) |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
24 June 2012 18:15 |
Iraq | 1–0 | Lebanon | Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco) |
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Karim 89' |
24 June 2012 21:00 |
Egypt U23 | 1–1 | Sudan | Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Amri (Saudi Arabia) |
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Magdi 38' | Elamin 80' |
27 June 2012 18:15 |
Lebanon | 0–2 | Sudan | Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium Referee: Suleiman Jaber (Jordan) |
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Ankba 55' Bashir 83' |
27 June 2012 21:00 |
Iraq | 2–1 | Egypt U23 | Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium Referee: Abdullah Al-Balooshi (Qatar) |
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Karim 49' Abdul-Zahra 75' |
Gomaa 45' (pen.) |
30 June 2012 19:45 |
Egypt U23 | 1–1 | Lebanon | King Fahd Stadium Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco) |
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Hamoudi 45+1' (pen.) | Moghrabi 80' |
30 June 2012 19:45 |
Sudan | 1–1 | Iraq | Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium Referee: Selim Jedidi (Tunisia) |
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Ahmed 9' | Shakir 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 |
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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 |
Knockout phase
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)
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Third place | |||||||
3 July – Jeddah | 5 July – Jeddah | ||||||
Morocco A' | 2 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | ||||
Iraq | 1
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Iraq | 1 |
Semi-finals
3 July 2012 18:15 |
Saudi Arabia | 0–2 | Libya | Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt) |
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Al-Sebaee 75' Saad 90+6' (pen.) |
3 July 2012 21:30 |
Morocco A' | 2–1 | Iraq | Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria) |
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El Gharib 23' Salhi 28' |
Karim 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) |
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Report | Abdul-Zahra 16' |
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) |
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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 |
Winners
2012 Arab Cup champions |
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Morocco First title |
Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 47 goals scored in 19 matches, for an average of 2.47 goals per match.
6 goals
3 goals
2 goals
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
- 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 |
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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 | [[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 |
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Qatar | BeIN Sports |
Saudi Arabia | Al-Riyadiah |
See also
In Spanish: Copa de Naciones Árabe 2012 para niños