2009 Arab Cup

Qualification

The first qualifying stage contained eight teams which had lower FIFA ranking. The eight teams were divided into two groups. Each group contained four teams and the group winners qualified for the second qualifying stage.

The second qualifying stage contained 16 seats; 14 teams which had a higher FIFA ranking get byes from the first qualifying round and were entered into the second qualifying round, and two teams from the first qualifying stage got the last two seats. 16 teams were divided into four groups, four teams in each group and the group winners and runners-up qualified for the Arab Cup.

The teams sorted by Alphabetical order

First qualifying round

• The first qualifying stage contained eight teams which had lower FIFA rankings. The eight teams were divided into two groups, each with four teams. The group winners qualified for the second qualifying stage.
• Lebanon qualified as best runners-up due to the withdrawal of Qatar (Qatar would have received a bye to the second qualifying round).
• Palestine withdrew due to traveling problem as Israel did not allow them to travel to Yemen.

Group 1

Qualifying tournament of group 1 held in Yemen.

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date = 17 December 2006| team1 = | goals1 = Okishi | score = 1–4 | team2 = | goals2 = Bi Daoud Seif Moni | stadium = Sana'a, Yemen}}

date = 20 December 2006| team1 = | goals1 = Al-Sasi Nasser Al-Hubaishi Al-Tahoos | score = 4–1 | team2 = | goals2 = Okishi | stadium = Sana'a, Yemen}}

Group 2

Qualifying tournament of group 2 held in Lebanon.

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date = 21 December 2006| team1 = | goals1 = Eltahir Khaider Mustafa Agab Natali | score = 6–1 | team2 = | goals2 = Ali Abdelaziz | stadium = Beirut Municipal Stadium Beirut, Lebanon}}

date = 24 December 2006| team1 = | goals1 = Ghaddar Nasseredine Rustom | score = 4–0 | team2 = | goals2 = | stadium = Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium Beirut, Lebanon}}

date = 24 December 2006| team1 = | goals1 = | score = 0–2 | team2 = | goals2 = Agab Tambal | stadium = Beirut Municipal Stadium Beirut, Lebanon}}

date = 27 December 2006| team1 = | goals1= Ali Abdelaziz | score = 2–8 | team2 = | goals2 = Mohamed Dominique Ndiaye Khuro | stadium = Beirut Municipal Stadium Beirut, Lebanon}}

date = 27 December 2006| team1 = | goals1 = | score = 0–0 | team2 = | goals2 = | stadium = Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium Beirut, Lebanon}}

Second qualifying round

• The second qualifying stage contained 16 seats, 14 teams with a higher FIFA ranking received byes in the first qualifying round and were entered into the second qualifying round, plus two teams from the first qualifying stage to complete the last two seats. 16 teams were divided into four groups, with four teams in each group. The group winners and runners-up qualified for the Arab Cup.
• Qatar withdrew and Lebanon qualified as best runners-up.

West Asia Region

Gulf Region

North Africa Region

Red Sea Region

• The second round was never played and the tournament was eventually canceled.

Final round

The final tournament was cancelled because of no sponsor.

References

References

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2. (28 July 2006). "تأكيد مشاركة 16 دولة عربية في بطولة كأس العرب 2009". LMS.