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2002 Arab Cup
Eighth edition of the Arab Cup football competition
Eighth edition of the Arab Cup football competition
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | Arab Cup |
| كأس العرب 2002 | |
| year | 2002 |
| other_titles | 2002 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup |
| country | Kuwait |
| dates | 16–30 December |
| num_teams | 10 |
| confederations | 2 |
| venues | 1 |
| cities | 1 |
| champion | Saudi Arabia |
| count | 2 |
| second | Bahrain |
| matches | 23 |
| goals | 66 |
| top_scorer | Ahmed Hassan |
| Mohammad Rafe | |
| (4 goals each) | |
| player | Mohammed Noor |
| goalkeeper | Mabrouk Zaid |
| prevseason | [1998](1998-arab-cup) |
| nextseason | [2009](2009-arab-cup) |
كأس العرب 2002 Mohammad Rafe (4 goals each) The 2002 Arab Cup was the eighth edition of the Arab Cup football competition, hosted in the nation of Kuwait. Saudi Arabia, who were the defending champions from the last Arab Cup, again won the title for a 2nd time at the conclusion of the competition.
Participating teams
10 teams participated in the tournament. Morocco was represented by their U-23 team.
| Kuwait City | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{location map+ | Kuwait | float=right | width=200 | caption= | places= |
| Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium | |||||
| Capacity: 12,350 | |||||
| [[File:KuwaitSCStadium.jpg | 200px]] |
Group stage
Group A
Main article: 2002 Arab Cup Group A
Abu Zema Kherrazi
Al-Tijani Al-Kord
B. Abdullah
Atura
Al-Jaish
Group B
Main article: 2002 Arab Cup Group B
Al-Meshal
Al Sayed
Al Khatib
Al-Dosari
Rafe
Hojeij
Abboud
Khariri
Al-Meshal
Saeed
Knockout stage
Main article: 2002 Arab Cup knockout stage
|28 Dec 2002 – Kuwait City |**** |2||0 |28 Dec 2002 – Kuwait City |** |2||1 |30 Dec 2002 – Kuwait City | **|1|| 0
Semi-finals
Al-Meshal
Final
Main article: 2002 Arab Cup final
In the semi-final, Saudi Arabia beat Morocco and Bahrain beat Jordan and met for a second time in the final.
The final match took place on 30 December 2002, at the Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium in Kuwait City. It determined the winner of the 2002 Arab Cup. Saudi Arabia defeated Bahrain 1–0 after extra time to win their second consecutive Arab Cup.
Winners
It is the second consecutive title for Saudi Arabia after winning the title of the last session in Doha at the expense of Qatar 3–1 in 1998, noting that it was entering the final for the third time after its 1992 loss to Egypt 2–3 in the Syrian city of Aleppo.
Awards
- Clean playing team:
- Fairplay team:
Final ranking
| R | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 16 | |
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 10 | |
| **Eliminated in the Semi-finals** | |||||||||
| 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 8 | |
| 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 5 | |
| **Eliminated in the group stage** | |||||||||
| 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 6 | |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 | |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 3 | |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 1 |
References
References
- (November 29, 2002). "تأكيد مشاركة المغرب بالمنتخب الأولمبي في بطولة كأس العرب". Saeed Abu Salah-Eddine.
- (29 December 2002). "البحرين تقصي الأردن وتواجه السعودية بنهائي كأس العرب". Aljazeera.net.
- (31 December 2002). "Saudi Arabia Claim Arab Cup". Ali Masoud.
- (23 December 2003). "منتخبنا وفرحة الفوز بكأس العرب". alyaum.com.
- (30 December 2002). "الذهبي السعودي... يبدد الحلم البحريني". Al Wasat News.
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