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2012 Arab Cup

9th Arab Cup, held in Saudi Arabia

9th Arab Cup, held in Saudi Arabia

FieldValue
tourney_nameArab Cup
year2012
image2012-arab-nations-cup-logo.png
size200px
countrySaudi Arabia
dates22 June – 6 July
num_teams11
confederations2
venues2
cities2
championMorocco
count1
secondLibya
thirdIraq
fourthSaudi Arabia
matches19
goals47
top_scorerMAR Yassine Salhi
(6 goals)
playerMAR Yassine Salhi
prevseason[2009](2009-arab-cup)
nextseason[2021](2021-fifa-arab-cup)

(6 goals)

The 2012 Arab Cup () 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 24-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

CountryConfederationPrevious appearances in tournament
AFC4 ([1966](1966-arab-cup), [1985](1985-arab-cup), [1988](1988-arab-cup), [2002](2002-arab-cup))
CAF3 ([1988](1988-arab-cup), **[1992](1992-arab-cup)**, [1998](1998-arab-cup))
AFC4 (**[1964](1964-arab-cup)**, **[1966](1966-arab-cup)**, **[1985](1985-arab-cup)**, **[1988](1988-arab-cup)**)
AFC7 ([1963](1963-arab-cup), [1964](1964-arab-cup), [1966](1966-arab-cup), [1988](1988-arab-cup), [1992](1992-arab-cup), [1998](1998-arab-cup), [2002](2002-arab-cup))
AFC6 ([1963](1963-arab-cup), [1964](1964-arab-cup), [1966](1966-arab-cup), [1988](1988-arab-cup), [1998](1998-arab-cup), [2002](2002-arab-cup))
CAF3 ([1964](1964-arab-cup), [1966](1966-arab-cup), [1998](1998-arab-cup))
CAF2 ([1998](1998-arab-cup), [2002](2002-arab-cup))
AFC3 ([1966](1966-arab-cup), [1992](1992-arab-cup), [2002](2002-arab-cup))
AFC5 ([1985](1985-arab-cup), [1988](1988-arab-cup), [1992](1992-arab-cup), **[1998](1998-arab-cup)**, **[2002](2002-arab-cup)**)
CAF2 ([1998](1998-arab-cup), [2002](2002-arab-cup))
AFC2 ([1966](1966-arab-cup), [2002](2002-arab-cup))

;Notes

Did not enter

;Africa

;Asia

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 potsNationFIFA Rankingas of May 2012
Pot A89
39
55
Pot B62
70
87
Pot C93
113
121
Pot D128
153
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

JeddahTa’if
{{location map+Saudi Arabiafloat=rightwidth=350caption=places=
Prince Abdullah al-Faisal StadiumKing 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

  • Djamel Haimoudi
  • Nawaf Shukralla
  • Mahmoud Ashour
  • Gehad Grisha
  • Suleiman Dalqam
  • Redouane Jiyed
  • Abdullah Al-Baloushi
  • Abdulrahman Al-Amri
  • Khalid Abdel Rahman
  • Selim Jedidi
  • Hamad Al-Shaikh Hashmi

Assistant referees

  • Abdelhak Etchiali
  • Aziz Ali Hasan Al-Wadi
  • Ayman Dagesh
  • Sherif Saleh
  • Ahmad Al-Ruwaili
  • Fouad Al-Maghribi
  • Bouazza Rouani
  • Ramzan Al-Nuaimi
  • Abdulaziz Al-Asmari
  • Waleed Ali Ahmad
  • Bechir Hassani
  • Ahmed Mohammed Saeed Al-Shamisi
  • Ahmed Qaid Saif

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Main article: 2012 Arab Cup Group A

Al-Mehyani

Al-Rashidi

Al-Zylaeei Al Amour

Group B

Main article: 2012 Arab Cup Group B

Salhi
Al-Hayam
Benjelloun

Salama Al-Ghuwail

Baroies

Al Ghanodi

Group C

Main article: 2012 Arab Cup Group C

Bashir

Abdul-Zahra

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.

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.

|3 July – Jeddah| | 0 || 2 |3 July – Jeddah| | 2 || 1 |6 July – Jeddah| | 1 (1) |** (pen.)** | 1 (3) |5 July – Jeddah| | 0 |****| 1

Semi-finals

Saad

Salhi

Third place play-off

Final

Main article: 2012 Arab Cup Final

Salama Al-Sbaai Al Ghanodi Jahouh Abdessamad Gadoum Belmaalem

Winners

Statistics

Goalscorers

  • MAR Yassine Salhi

  • IRQ Mustafa Karim

  • LBY Ahmed Saad

  • IRQ Alaa Abdul-Zahra

  • MAR Brahim El Bahri

  • KSA Essa Al-Mehyani

  • KSA Mohammad Al-Sahlawi

  • BHR Ahmed Al-Khataal

  • EGY Saleh Gomaa

  • EGY Ahmed Hamoudi

  • EGY Ahmed Magdi

  • IRQ Salam Shakir

  • KUW Ahmad Al-Rashidi

  • KUW Abdulhadi Khamis

  • LIB Akram Moghrabi

  • LBY Faisal Al Badri

  • LBY Mohammed Al-Ghannoudi

  • LBY Mohammad Al-Ghuwail

  • LBY Ali Salama

  • MAR Abdessalam Benjelloun

  • MAR Oussama El Gharib

  • PLE Hussam Abu Saleh

  • PLE Ismail Al Amour

  • KSA Khaled Al-Zylaeei

  • KSA Abdulmajeed Al-Ruwaili

  • SUD Mohamed Abd Al Momen Ankba

  • SUD Mowaia Bashir

  • SUD Moawya El-Amin

  • SUD Ahmed Adil Hamad

  • YEM Ala Al-Sasi

  • YEM Akram Al-Worafi

  • YEM Mohammed Baroies

  • BHR Waleed Al Hayam (playing against Morocco)

Awards

  • MAR 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

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Media

Broadcasting

TerritoryChannel
BeIN Sports
Al-Riyadiah

References

References

  1. link. kooora.com
  2. link. Middle East Online. (4 April 2012)
  3. "World Sports : About us". worldsportgroup.com.
  4. link. (4 January 2012). Al Jazeera Sport
  5. link. (9 January 2012). Al Jazeera Sport
  6. (31 May 2012). "UAE pulls out of Arab Cup of Nations after loss of players hits squad". The National.
  7. (7 July 2012). "Morocco wins Arab Cup 2012 title". Al Arabia News.
  8. (7 July 2012). "حصاد كأس العرب .. 47 هدفاً و اسود أطلس يعانقون اللقب للمرة الأولى". كووورة - أحمد التيمومي.
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