2012 Arab Cup

9th Arab Cup, held in Saudi Arabia December 2021 Arab Cup 2012 2012-arab-nations-cup-logo.png 200px Saudi Arabia 22 June – 6 July 11 2 2 2 Morocco 1 Libya Iraq Saudi Arabia 19 47 MAR Yassine Salhi (6 goals) MAR Yassine Salhi 20092002 2021 The 2012 Arab Cup (ar كأس العرب 2012) 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.ar:الإتحاد المغربي يرفض مشاركة المنتخب في البطولة العربية بالمحترفين http://kooora.com/?n=134913 kooora.com ar 8 November 2011 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 Groupar:جوائز مالية محفزة للمنتخبات المشاركة في كأس العرب http://www.middle-east-online.com/?id=128752 Middle East Online 22 April 2012 ar 4 April 2012 who describe themselves as "Asia's leading sports marketing, media and event management company."World Sports : About us http://www.worldsportgroup.com/about-us/key-facts/ worldsportgroup.com 19 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120411042355/http://www.worldsportgroup.com/about-us/key-facts 11 April 2012 dead The winner received US$1million, the runner-up received $600,000, the third-placed team received $300,000, while the other participating football associations received $200,000 each.ar:مليون دولار للفائز بكأس العرب و200 ألف لكل منتخب مشارك http://www.alyaum.com/News/art/47148.html alyaum.net ar 22 April 2012 5 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120514234610/http://www.alyaum.com/News/art/47148.html 14 May 2012 dead Teams Participating Country Confederation Previous appearances in tournament Bahrain AFC 4 (1966, 1985, 1988, 2002) EgyptUnder-23 Olympic Team was representing Country "olympic" CAF 3 (1988, 1992, 1998) Iraq AFC 4 (1964, 1966, 1985, 1988) Kuwait AFC 7 (1963, 1964, 1966, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2002) Lebanon AFC 6 (1963, 1964, 1966, 1988, 1998, 2002) Libya CAF 3 (1964, 1966, 1998) MoroccoLocal Team was representing Country "Local" CAF 2 (1998, 2002) Palestine AFC 3 (1966, 1992, 2002) KSA AFC 5 (1985, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2002) Sudan CAF 2 (1998, 2002) Yemen AFC 2 (1966, 2002) Notes Did not enter Africa ALGhttp://aljazeerasport.net/news/football/2012/01/201214145510333298.html ar:الجزائر تعتذر عن المشاركة في بطولة كأس العرب للأمم 4 January 2012 Al Jazeera Sport 14 April 2012 ar COM DJI MTN 1959 SOM TUN Asia JORhttp://aljazeerasport.net/news/football/2012/01/20121913340576126.html ar:الأردن يعتذر عن المشاركة في كأس العرب 9 January 2012 Al Jazeera Sport 14 April 2012 ar OMA QAT SYR 1980 UAEhttp://www.thenational.ae/sport/uae-sport/uae-pulls-out-of-arab-cup-of-nations-after-loss-of-players-hits-squad https://archive.today/20121229225827/http://www.thenational.ae/sport/uae-sport/uae-pulls-out-of-arab-cup-of-nations-after-loss-of-players-hits-squad dead 29 December 2012 UAE pulls out of Arab Cup of Nations after loss of players hits squad 31 May 2012 The National United Arab Emirates 31 May 2012 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 2012Pot AKSA89LBY3923 EGY55Pot BMAR62IRQ70KUW87Pot CBHR93SUD113UAE121Pot DLIB128PLE153YEM156 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 Jeddah Saudi Arabia right 350 Saudi Arabia 21.54 39.17 Jeddah top Saudi Arabia 21.26 40.41 Ta’if below Ta’if Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium King Fahd Stadium Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 17,000 180px 180px Match officials The following referees were chosen for the 2012 Arab Cup. Referees 22em ALG Djamel Haimoudi BHR Nawaf Shukralla EGY Mahmoud Ashour EGY Gehad Grisha JOR Suleiman Dalqam MAR Redouane Jiyed QAT Abdullah Al-Baloushi KSA Abdulrahman Al-Amri SUD Khalid Abdel Rahman TUN Selim Jedidi UAE Hamad Al-Shaikh Hashmi Assistant referees 22em ALG Abdelhak Etchiali BHR Aziz Ali Hasan Al-Wadi EGY Ayman Dagesh EGY Sherif Saleh JOR Ahmad Al-Ruwaili LBY Fouad Al-Maghribi MAR Bouazza Rouani QAT Ramzan Al-Nuaimi KSA Abdulaziz Al-Asmari SUD Waleed Ali Ahmad TUN Bechir Hassani UAE Ahmed Mohammed Saeed Al-Shamisi YEM Ahmed Qaid Saif Squads 2012 Arab Cup squads Group stage Group A 2012 Arab Cup Group A main WDL Group A Q n KSA KSA KUW KUW PLE PLE 1 1 0 6 2 1 0 1 2 4 0 1 1 2 4 #ccffcc A complete 22 June 2012 19:45 Saudi Arabia 4–0 Report Kuwait Al-Sahlawi 22 90+3 Al-Mehyani 51 56 King Fahd Stadium Gehad Grisha (Egypt) 25 June 2012 19:45 Kuwait 2–0 Palestine Khamis 27 Al-Rashidi 90+2 King Fahd Stadium Hamad Al-Sheikh (United Arab Emirates) 28 June 2012 19:45 Saudi Arabia 2–2 Report Palestine Al-Ruwaili 9 Al-Zylaeei 85 Abu Saleh 45+1 pen. Al Amour 73 King Fahd Stadium Khalid Abdel Rahman (Sudan) Group B 2012 Arab Cup Group B main WDL Group B Q n MAR MAR Morocco A' LBY LBY YEM YEM BHR BHR 2 1 0 8 0 2 1 0 5 2 1 0 2 3 7 0 0 3 1 8 #ccffcc A A complete 23 June 2012 18:15 MAR Morocco A' 4–0 Bahrain El Bahri 17 Salhi 78 Al-Hayam 83 o.g. Benjelloun 90+ Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium Abdullah Al-Balooshi (Qatar) 23 June 2012 21:00 Libya 3–1 Yemen Saad 17 pen.Salama 53Al-Ghuwail 89 Al-Sasi 69 Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium Suleiman Jaber (Jordan) 26 June 2012 18:15 Bahrain 0–2 Yemen Al-Selwi 53 pen.Baroies 65 Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium Selim Jedidi (Tunisia) 26 June 2012 21:00 Libya 0–0 MAR Morocco A' Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria) 29 June 2012 19:45 Libya 2–1 Bahrain Saad 71 pen. Al Ghanodi 74 Al-Khataal 38 King Fahd Stadium Hamad Al-Sheikh (UAE) 29 June 2012 19:45 Yemen 0–4 MAR Morocco A' Salhi 10 pen. 48 58 63 pen. Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium Abdulrahman Al-Amri (Saudi Arabia) Group C 2012 Arab Cup Group C main WDL Group C Q n IRQ IRQ SUD SUD EGY 23 EGY Egypt U23 LIB LIB 2 1 0 4 2 1 2 0 4 2 0 2 1 3 4 0 1 2 1 4 #ccffcc A complete 24 June 2012 18:15 Iraq 1–0 Lebanon Karim 89 Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco) 24 June 2012 21:00 23 Egypt Egypt U23 1–1 Sudan Magdi 38 Elamin 80 Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium Abdulrahman Al-Amri (Saudi Arabia) 27 June 2012 18:15 Lebanon 0–2 Sudan Ankba 55 Bashir 83 Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium Suleiman Jaber (Jordan) 27 June 2012 21:00 Iraq 2–1 23 Egypt Egypt U23 Karim 49 Abdul-Zahra 75 Gomaa 45 pen. Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium Abdullah Al-Balooshi (Qatar) 30 June 2012 19:45 23 Egypt Egypt U23 1–1 Lebanon Hamoudi 45+1 pen. Moghrabi 80 King Fahd Stadium Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco) 30 June 2012 19:45 Sudan 1–1 Iraq Ahmed 9 Shakir 5 Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium Selim Jedidi (Tunisia) 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. main WDL Q n LBY LBY KUW KUW SUD SUD 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 2 4 0 2 0 2 2 #ffffcc A complete Knockout phase 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 KSA 0 LBY 2 3 July – Jeddah MAR Morocco A' 2 IRQ 1 6 July – Jeddah LBY 1 (1) MAR Morocco A' (pen.) 1 (3) 5 July – Jeddah KSA 0 IRQ 1 Semi-finals 3 July 2012 18:15 KSA 0–2 LBY Al-Sebaee 75Saad 90+6 pen. Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium Gehad Grisha (Egypt) 3 July 2012 21:30 MAR Morocco A' 2–1 IRQ El Gharib 23Salhi 28 Karim 90+6 pen. Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria) Third place play-off 5 July 2012 21:00 KSA 0–1 Report IRQ Abdul-Zahra 16 Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium Khalid Abdurrahman (Sudan) Final 2012 Arab Cup Final 6 July 2012 21:00 LBY 1–1 yes MAR Morocco A' Al Badri 89 El Bahri 5 Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium 2,500 Selim Jedidi (Tunisia) Al Badri Salama Al-Sbaai Al Ghanodi 1–3 Salhi Jahouh Abdessamad Gadoum Belmaalem Winners fb 2012 Arab Cup champions MAR Firsthttps://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2012%2F07%2F07%2F224913 Morocco wins Arab Cup 2012 title alarabiya.net Al Arabia News 7 July 2012 26 November 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211126103808/https://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/07/07/224913 26 November 2021 Statistics Goalscorers 47 19 yes 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.حصاد كأس العرب .. 47 هدفاً و اسود أطلس يعانقون اللقب للمرة الأولى http://www.kooora.com/default.aspx?cz=8300&n=0&o=8300 كووورة - أحمد التيمومي 7 July 2012 7 July 2012 Team statistics yes yes 1 MAR Morocco A' yes #FFD700 3 2 0 11 2 2 LBY yes #C0C0C0 3 2 0 8 3 3 IRQ yes #CD7F32 3 1 1 6 4 4 KSA yes 1 1 2 6 5 |- |colspan="10"|Eliminated in the group stage |- 5 KUW yes 1 0 1 2 4 6 SUD yes 1 2 0 4 2 7 YEM yes 1 0 2 3 7 8 23 EGY Egypt U23 yes 0 2 1 3 4 9 PLE yes 0 1 1 2 4 10 LIB yes 0 1 2 1 4 11 BHR yes 0 0 3 1 8 yes yes 13 12 13 47 47 Media Broadcasting TerritoryChannelBeIN SportsAl-Riyadiah References 2012 Cup Category:2012 in African men's international football Category:2012 in Asian men's international football Category:2011–12 in Saudi Arabian men's football Category:International association football competitions hosted by Saudi Arabia Category:June 2012 sports events in Asia Category:July 2012 sports events in Asia