2002 Arab Cup final

January 2023 2002 Arab Cup final KuwaitSCStadium.jpg Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium 2002 Arab Cup Saudi Arabia KSA 30px 1 Bahrain BHR 30px 0 After extra time 30 December 2002 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium Kuwait City Mohammed Noor Mohamed Zekrini (Algeria) 7,500 1998 2012 The 2002 Arab Cup final was a football match played on 30 December 2002 at the Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium in Kuwait City, Kuwait, to determine the winner of the 2002 Arab Cup. Saudi Arabia defeated Bahrain 1–0 in 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 Road to the final In this edition, the ten qualifying teams had been divided into two groups. The two future finalists, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain ended up in the same group B. Saudi Arabia topped the group ahead of Bahrain.https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1307785&language=en Saudi Arabia leads first group of Arab cup soccer tournament Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) 26 December 2002 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 Saudi Arabia BahrainOpponentsResultsOpponentsResults Group stageBHR2–1KSA1–2LBN1–0SYR 19802–0SYR 19803–0YEM3–1YEM2–2LBN0–0 Semi-finals23 MAR Morocco U232–0JOR2–1 Match The Saudi national team maintained its title after becoming a champion of the 2002 Arab Cup soccer competition at Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium in Kuwait City in the final match of the eighth edition. Mohammed Noor scored the golden goal in the 94th minute with a header after a cross pass from Abdulaziz Al-Janoubi, housed in the left corner of bahraini goalkeeper Ali Hassan. At the start of the match, the Bahraini team relied on pressure on the players of the Saudi team, and with the passage of minutes, the Saudi team succeeded in possessing the ball and carrying out coordinated attacks that were broken before it reached the area of goalkeeper Ali Hassan. The Saudi team had the advantage in the second half and tried hard to shake the net of Bahrain goalkeeper, whose players relied on defense and rapid counterattacks led by Ahmed Hassan and Hussein Ali. The game took place in the middle of the field during most of times of the match. Algerian referee Mohamed Zekrini deprived Saudi Arabia from a penalty kick in the last minute when Mohamed Nour was pulled from the shirt inside the region, so his penalty was a yellow card, and the regular time ended with a goalless draw. The Saudi team continued its pressure and succeeded in scoring the golden goal after a cross pass by Abdulaziz Al-Janoubi that Mohammed Noor reached over the defenders Salman Isa and the captain Faisal Abdulaziz and lodged it with his head in the left corner of goalkeeper Ali Hassan (94). 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 Details January 2023 30 December 2002 Saudi Arabia 1–0 yes Bahrain Noor 94 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 7,500 Mohamed Zekrini (Algeria) Report _adidasonwhite2002 _adidasonwhite2002 _adidasonwhite2002 _adidasonwhite2002 008000 008000 008000 008000 Saudi Arabia _whitecollar _whitebottom FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 Bahrain Saudi Arabia: GK – Mabrouk ZaidDF – Redha Tukar 76DF – Hamad Al-MontashariDF – Saud KaririDF – Saleh Al-Saqri 77MF – Abdullah Al-WakedMF – Abdulaziz Al-JanoubiMF – Omar Al-GhamdiMF – Mohammed Noor 90FW – Yasser Al-QahtaniFW – Talal Al-MeshalSubstitutes:GK – Saeed Al-HarbiDF – Hamad Al-EissaDF – Naser Al-HalawiDF – Faisal Al-ObailiMF – Ahmed Al-KhairMF – Mohammed Al-FaifiManager:NED Martin KoopmanBahrain: GK – Ali HassanDF – Abdulla Al-Marzooqi 90DF – Abdulaziz Saleh Al-DosariDF – Faisal AbdulazizDF – Salman IsaMF – Sayed Mahmood Jalal 32MF – Talal YousefMF – Rashid Al-Dosari 70MF – Ahmed Hassan TalebFW – Husain AliFW – Abdullah Khalid Al-Dosari 53Substitutes:MF – Hussain Salman 87 53MF – Mohamed SalmeenManager:GER Wolfgang Sidka Assistant referees: Ali Al-Khleifi (Qatar) Othman Mohamed (Sudan) Fourth official: TBA (...)Man of the Match: Mohammed Noor (Saudi Arabia) References External links 2002 Arab Cup - rsssf.com F 2002 Category:Saudi Arabia national football team matches Category:Bahrain national football team matches Category:December 2002 sports events in Asia Category:2002–03 in Saudi Arabian football Category:2002–03 in Kuwaiti football Category:2002–03 in Bahraini football Category:21st century in Kuwait City Category:Sport in Kuwait City Category:Football matches in Kuwait