2009 Arab Cup

Cancelled Arab Cup April 2021 Arab Cup 2009 Tournament cancelled 200px 2002 2012 The 2009 Arab Cup was planned to be the ninth staging of the Arab Cup, an association football tournament held between Arab countries by UAFA. The first stage of qualifying began in December 2006, but no further rounds were played and the tournament was cancelled due to lack of sponsorship.https://e-s-tunis.com/fr/news/2011/10/18/7990-uafa-44-millions-dollars-pour-la-relance-des-comp%C3%A9titions UAFA: 44 millions dollars pour la relance des compétitions ES Tunis media site TAP 2012 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.http://arabic.people.com.cn/31658/4641569.html تأكيد مشاركة 16 دولة عربية في بطولة كأس العرب 2009 arabic.people.com LMS 28 July 2006 4 December 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211204071519/http://arabic.people.com.cn/31658/4641569.html dead Top Seeds (bye to 2nd Qualifying Round) ALG BHR EGY IRQ JOR KWT LBY 1977 MAR OMA QAT KSA SYR 1980 TUN UAE Last 8 (1st Qualifying Round) COM DJI LIB MTN 1959 PLE SOM SUD YEM 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. TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsYEM220061+56COM210143+13DJI200228−60PLE00000000 14 December 2006 YEM Haggam 73 90 2–0 COM Sana'a, Yemen 17 December 2006 DJI Okishi 90+2 1–4 COM Bi Daoud 5Seif 33 75Moni 89 Sana'a, Yemen 20 December 2006 YEM Al-Sasi 9Nasser 48Al-Hubaishi 52Al-Tahoos 85 4–1 DJI Okishi 7 Sana'a, Yemen Group 2 Qualifying tournament of group 2 held in Lebanon. TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsSUD321081+77LIB312040+45MTN 1959311184+44SOM3003318−150 21 December 2006 LIB 0–0 MTN 1959 Camille Chamoun Sports City StadiumBeirut, Lebanon 21 December 2006 SUD Eltahir 8Khaider 16 18Mustafa 21 pen.Agab 30Natali 55 6–1 SOM Ali Abdelaziz 90+3 Beirut Municipal StadiumBeirut, Lebanon 24 December 2006 LIB Ghaddar 4 28Nasseredine 72Rustom 83 4–0 SOM Camille Chamoun Sports City StadiumBeirut, Lebanon 24 December 2006 MTN 1959 0–2 SUD Agab 3Tambal 90 Beirut Municipal StadiumBeirut, Lebanon 27 December 2006 SOM Ali Abdelaziz 26 pen. 67 2–8 MTN 1959 Mohamed 4 pen. 24Dominique 14 27 pen.Ndiaye 30 43Khuro 75 88 Beirut Municipal StadiumBeirut, Lebanon 27 December 2006 LIB 0–0 SUD Camille Chamoun Sports City StadiumBeirut, 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 IRQ JOR LIB SYR 1980 Gulf Region BHR KWT OMA UAE North Africa Region ALG LBY 1977 MAR TUN Red Sea Region EGY SUD KSA YEM The second round was never played and the tournament was eventually canceled. Final round The final tournament was cancelled because of no sponsor. References External links Details in RSSSF 2009 Category:2009 in African men's international football Category:2009 in Asian men's international football Category:Cancelled association football competitions