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2002 Arab Cup
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Eighth edition of the Arab Cup football competition
Arab Cupكأس العرب 2002 2002 2002 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup Kuwait Kuwait 16–30 December 10 2 1 1 Saudi Arabia 2 Bahrain 23 66 BHR Ahmed HassanSYR 1980 Mohammad Rafe(4 goals each) KSA Mohammed Noor KSA Mabrouk Zaid 1998 20092012
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.http://archive.aawsat.com/details.asp?article=138829&issueno=8767#.Wlp_WqjiaUk تأكيد مشاركة المغرب بالمنتخب الأولمبي في بطولة كأس العرب Asharq Al-Awsat Saeed Abu Salah-Eddine November 29, 2002
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Notes
Squads
2002 Arab Cup squads
Venues
Kuwait right 200 Kuwait 29.369722 47.978333 Kuwait City top Kuwait City Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium Capacity: 12,350 200px
Group stage
Group A
2002 Arab Cup Group A
main WDL Group A Q n JOR JOR MAR MAR KUW KUW SUD SUD PLE PLE 2 2 0 6 4 1 2 1 5 4 1 2 1 6 6 1 1 2 4 5 0 3 1 7 9 #ccffcc A A complete
16 December 2002 KUW 1–1 MAR Laheeb 46 El Moubarki 26 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 7,000 Mahmoud Abbas (Syria)
16 December 2002 PLE 1–1 JOR Al-Kord 5 Aqel 11 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City Hicham Guirat (Tunisia)
18 December 2002 MAR 1–1 JOR Kaïssi 4 Abu Zema 64 pen. Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 1,500 Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid (Saudi Arabia)
18 December 2002 KUW 1–0 SUD Neda 90 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 2,000 Mohamed Zekrini (Algeria)
20 December 2002 JOR 2–1 SUD Salim 17 Abu Zema 82 pen. Ali 84 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 2,000 Mahmoud Abbas (Syria)
20 December 2002 MAR 3–1 PLE Armoumen 30 40 Kherrazi 88 Al-Kord 52 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 700 Mohamed Omar (United Arab Emirates)
23 December 2002 SUD 2–2 PLE Farjallah 51 Al-Tijani 88 Salem 31 Al-Kord 53 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 2,000 Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid (Saudi Arabia)
23 December 2002 JOR 2–1 KUW Al-Zboun 69 83 B. Abdullah 86 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 6,000 Hisham Qirat (Tunisia)
25 December 2002 SUD 1–0 23 MAR Morocco U23 Haitham 45 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City
25 December 2002 KUW 3–3 PLE Neda 30 B. Abdullah 68 73 Asad 15 Atura 38 Al-Jaish 46 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid (Saudi Arabia)
Group B
2002 Arab Cup Group B
main WDL Group B Q n KSA KSA BHR BHR SYR SYR 1980 LIB LIB YEM YEM 3 1 0 8 3 2 1 1 6 3 2 0 2 8 6 1 1 2 5 7 0 1 3 5 13 #ccffcc A A complete
17 December 2002 KSA 2–1 Report BHR Al-Obaili 33 Al-Meshal 71 Yousef 44 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 7,000 Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)
17 December 2002 YEM 0–4 SYR 1980 Rafe 26 Al Sayed 52 Al Khatib 57 pen. 70 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 300 Mohamed Omar (United Arab Emirates)
19 December 2002 BHR 2–0 SYR 1980 Hassan 82 Al-Dosari 90 pen. Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City Qassem Hamza (Kuwait)
19 December 2002 KSA 1–0 Report LIB Tamim 90+2 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 700 Ridha Al-Baltaji (Egypt)
21 December 2002 SYR 1980 4–1 LIB Al Khatib 44 Rafe 46, 52, 59 Qassas 54 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 1,000 Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)
21 December 2002 BHR 3–1 YEM Hassan 45 83 90 Al-Salimi 89 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 1,000 Ridha Al-Baltaji (Egypt)
24 December 2002 LIB 4–2 YEM Antar 11 51 60 Hojeij 62 Al-Qadimi 24 Abboud 70 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 1,000 Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)
24 December 2002 SYR 1980 0–3 Report KSA Tukar 1 Khariri 71 Al-Meshal 90+3 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 2,000 Mohamed Zekrini (Algeria)
26 December 2002 YEM 2–2 Report KSA Al-Salimi 14 Saeed 59 Al-Qahtani 36 81 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)
26 December 2002 LIB 0–0 BHR Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 1,000 Hisham Qirat (Tunisia)
Knockout stage
2002 Arab Cup knockout stage
28 Dec 2002 – Kuwait City KSA 2 MAR 0 28 Dec 2002 – Kuwait City Bahrain 2 Jordan 1 30 Dec 2002 – Kuwait City KSA 1 Bahrain 0
Semi-finals
28 December 2002 9:49 Saudi Arabia 2–0 MAR Al-Waked 20 Al-Meshal 57 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 2,000 Mahmoud Abbas (Syria)
28 December 2002 Bahrain 2–1 yes Jordan Ali 79, 91 Al-Zboun 43 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 2,000 Qassem Hamza (Kuwait)
Final
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.https://www.aljazeera.net/sport/2002/12/29/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%B5%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9 البحرين تقصي الأردن وتواجه السعودية بنهائي كأس العرب Aljazeera.net 29 December 2002
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.https://www.arabnews.com/node/227141 Saudi Arabia Claim Arab Cup arabnews.com Ali Masoud 31 December 2002 https://www.alyaum.com/articles/136559/-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7-%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AD%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B2-%D8%A8%D9%83%D8%A3%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8 منتخبنا وفرحة الفوز بكأس العرب alyaum.com 23 December 2003
30 December 2002 Saudi Arabia 1–0 yes Bahrain Noor 94 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 7,500 Mohamed Zekrini (Algeria) Report
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.http://www.alwasatnews.com/news/126777.html الذهبي السعودي... يبدد الحلم البحريني Al Wasat News 30 December 2002
fb 2002 Arab Cup winners KSA Second
Awards
Clean playing team: Jordan
Fairplay team: Morocco
Final ranking
R Final RankingTeamP PlayedW WinD DrawL LoseGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts. Points1 KSA6510113+8162 BHR631285+310Eliminated in the Semi-finals3 JOR522176+184MAR512256-15Eliminated in the group stage5 SYR 1980420286+266KWT412166057 SUD411245−148LIB411257−249PLE403179−2310 YEM4013513−81
References
External links
Arabian Cup 2002 Kuwait - RSSSF
Arab Cup 2002 - Goalzz.com
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