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2012 Arab Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	22 June – 6 July
Teams	11 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Morocco (1st title)
Runners-up	Libya
Third place	Iraq
Fourth place	Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
Goals scored	47 (2.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Yassine Salhi (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Yassine Salhi
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The 2012 Arab Cup (Arabic: 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. 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 25-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

Country	Confederation	Previous appearances in tournament
Bahrain	AFC	4 (1966, 1985, 1988, 2002)
Egypt (Olympic team)	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)
Morocco (Local team)	CAF	2 (1998, 2002)
Palestine	AFC	3 (1966, 1992, 2002)
Saudi Arabia	AFC	5 (1985, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2002)
Sudan	CAF	2 (1998, 2002)
Yemen	AFC	2 (1966, 2002)

Bold indicates champion for that year

Libya were due to send their under-21 team but instead sent its senior national team.

Did not enter

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 pots	Nation	FIFA Ranking
Pot A	Saudi Arabia	89
	Libya	39
	Egypt	55
Pot B	Morocco	62
	Iraq	70
	Kuwait	87
Pot C	Bahrain	93
	Sudan	113
	United Arab Emirates	121
Pot D	Lebanon	128
	Palestine	153
	Yemen	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

Jeddah	JeddahTa’if	Ta’if
Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium		King Fahd Stadium
Capacity: 20,000		Capacity: 17,000

Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the 2012 Arab Cup.

Referees

• Djamel Haimoudi
• Nawaf Shukralla
• Mahmoud Ashour
• Gehad Grisha
• Suleiman Dalqam
• Redouane Jaid
• 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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Saudi Arabia	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4	4
Kuwait	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	3
Palestine	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1

Saudi Arabia	4–0	Kuwait
Al-Sahlawi 22', 90+3' Al-Mehyani 51', 56'	Report

Kuwait	2–0	Palestine
Khamis 27' Al-Rashidi 90+2'

Saudi Arabia	2–2	Palestine
Al-Ruwaili 9' Al-Zylaeei 85'	Report	Abu Saleh 45+1' (pen.) Al Amour 73'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Morocco A'	3	2	1	0	8	0	+8	7
Libya	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Yemen	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3
Bahrain	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Morocco A'	4–0	Bahrain
El Bahri 17' Salhi 78' Al-Hayam 83' (o.g.) Benjelloun 90+'

Libya	3–1	Yemen
Saad 17' (pen.) Salama 53' Al-Ghuwail 89'		Al-Sasi 69'

Bahrain	0–2	Yemen
		Al-Selwi 53' (pen.) Baroies 65'

Libya	0–0	Morocco A'

Libya	2–1	Bahrain
Saad 71' (pen.) Al Ghanodi 74'		Al-Khataal 38'

Yemen	0–4	Morocco A'
		Salhi 10' (pen.), 48', 58', 63' (pen.)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraq	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Sudan	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
Egypt U23	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
Lebanon	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Iraq	1–0	Lebanon
Karim 89'

Egypt U23	1–1	Sudan
Magdi 38'		Elamin 80'

Lebanon	0–2	Sudan
		Ankba 55' Bashir 83'

Iraq	2–1	Egypt U23
Karim 49' Abdul-Zahra 75'		Gomaa 45' (pen.)

Egypt U23	1–1	Lebanon
Hamoudi 45+1' (pen.)		Moghrabi 80'

Sudan	1–1	Iraq
Ahmed 9'		Shakir 5'

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.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Libya	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
Kuwait	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	3
Sudan	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2

Knockout phase

The semi-final winners proceed to the final and those who lost compete in the third place playoff.

	Semi-finals				Final
	3 July – Jeddah
	Saudi Arabia	0
					6 July – Jeddah
	Libya	2
					Libya	1 (1)
	3 July – Jeddah
					Morocco A' (pen.)	1 (3)
	Morocco A'	2
	Iraq	1
					Third place
					5 July – Jeddah
					Saudi Arabia	0
					Iraq	1

Semi-finals

Saudi Arabia	0–2	Libya
		Al-Sebaee 75' Saad 90+6' (pen.)

Morocco A'	2–1	Iraq
El Gharib 23' Salhi 28'		Karim 90+6' (pen.)

Third place play-off

Saudi Arabia	0–1	Iraq
	Report	Abdul-Zahra 16'

Final

Libya	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Morocco A'
Al Badri 89'		El Bahri 5'
Penalties
Al Badri Salama Al-Sbaai Al Ghanodi	1–3	Salhi Jahouh Abdessamad Gadoum Belmaalem

Winners

2012 Arab Cup champions
Morocco First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 47 goals scored in 19 matches, for an average of 2.47 goals per match.

6 goals

• Yassine Salhi

3 goals

• Mustafa Karim
• Ahmed Saad

2 goals

• Alaa Abdul-Zahra
• Brahim El Bahri
• Essa Al-Mehyani
• Mohammad Al-Sahlawi

1 goal

• Ahmed Al-Khataal
• Saleh Gomaa
• Ahmed Hamoudi
• Ahmed Magdi
• Salam Shakir
• Ahmad Al-Rashidi
• Abdulhadi Khamis
• Akram Moghrabi
• Faisal Al Badri
• Mohammed Al-Ghannoudi
• Mohammad Al-Ghuwail
• Ali Salama
• Abdessalam Benjelloun
• Oussama El Gharib
• Hussam Abu Saleh
• Ismail Al Amour
• Khaled Al-Zylaeei
• Abdulmajeed Al-Ruwaili
• Mohamed Abd Al Momen Ankba
• Mowaia Bashir
• Moawya El-Amin
• Ahmed Adil Hamad
• Ala Al-Sasi
• Akram Al-Worafi
• Mohammed Baroies

Awards

• 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

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD
1	Morocco A'	5	3	2	0	11	11	2	+9
2	Libya	5	3	2	0	11	8	3	+5
3	Iraq	5	3	1	1	10	6	4	+2
4	Saudi Arabia	4	1	1	2	4	6	5	+1
Eliminated in the group stage
5	Kuwait	2	1	0	1	3	2	4	−2
6	Sudan	3	1	2	0	5	4	2	+2
7	Yemen	3	1	0	2	3	3	7	−4
8	Egypt U23	3	0	2	1	2	3	4	−1
9	Palestine	2	0	1	1	1	2	4	−2
10	Lebanon	3	0	1	2	1	1	4	−3
11	Bahrain	3	0	0	3	0	1	8	−7
Total		19	13	6	13	51	47	47	0

Team(s) rendered in italics represent(s) the host nation(s). The competition's winning team is rendered in bold.
– Total games lost not counted in total games played (total games lost = total games won)
– Total number of games drawn (tied) for all teams = Total number of games drawn (tied) ÷ 2 (both teams involved)

Media

Broadcasting

Territory	Channel
Qatar	BeIN Sports
Saudi Arabia	Al-Riyadiah

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