# Arab Futsal Cup

The Arab Futsal Cup (Arabic: كأس العرب لكرة الصالات) is a futsal competition for Arab nations. It was first held in 1998. Only three teams have won the cup since its foundation. Morocco is the most successful having won the title three times, followed by Egypt and Libya with two titles each.
Three countries have hosted the Arab Cup. Egypt have hosted it four times, Saudi Arabia twice, while Libya hosted it.
As of the last edition, Morocco are the current champions having defeated Kuwait 7-1 in the final.

## History

The competition started in 1998 under the name of Arab Futsal Championship. From the 2021 edition, it was renamed to Arab Futsal Cup.
The first two editions of the futsal cup was won by Egypt, after defeating Morocco twice in the final, becoming the first nation to win back-to-back titles.
The third and forth edition of the Arab Futsal Cup was won by Libya, thus becoming the second nation to win back-to-back titles.

### Moroccan domination

On 29 May 2021, Morocco won their first Arab Cup in 2021 after defeating Egypt 4-0 in the final.
The sixth edition witnessed the participation of 10 countries, Morocco went on to win the cup, claiming their second Arab Cup title after defeating Iraq 3-0, becoming the third nation after Egypt and Libya to win back-to-back titles.
On 16 June 2023, Morocco became the first nation to win the cup three consecutive times, after defeating Kuwait 7-1 in the final.

## Results

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place match or losing semi-finalists | Third place match or losing semi-finalists | Third place match or losing semi-finalists |
| Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place |
| 1998 Details | Egypt | Egypt | 8–4 | Morocco | Libya | 6–2 | Palestine |
| 2005 Details | Egypt | Egypt | 5–1 | Morocco | Lebanon | 8–5 | Libya |
| 2007 Details | Libya | Libya | 2–0 | Egypt | Lebanon | 8–3 | Morocco |
| 2008 Details | Egypt | Libya | 3–2 | Egypt | Jordan | 4–1 | Lebanon |
| 2021 Details | Egypt | Morocco | 4–0 | Egypt | Bahrain and United Arab Emirates | Bahrain and United Arab Emirates | Bahrain and United Arab Emirates |
| 2022 Details | Saudi Arabia | Morocco | 3–0 | Iraq | Egypt and Kuwait | Egypt and Kuwait | Egypt and Kuwait |
| 2023 Details | Saudi Arabia | Morocco | 7–1 | Kuwait | Algeria and Libya | Algeria and Libya | Algeria and Libya |
^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

## Ranking

| Team | Champion | Runner-up | Third | Semi-finalists | Fourth | Top 4 |
| Morocco | 3 (2021, 2022, 2023) | 2 (1998, 2005) | | | 1 (2007) | 5 |
| Egypt | 2 (1998, 2005) | 3 (2007, 2008, 2021) | | 1 (2022) | | 6 |
| Libya | 2 (2007, 2008) | | 1 (1998) | 1 (2023) | 1 (2005) | 5 |
| Kuwait | | 1 (2023) | | 1 (2022) | | 2 |
| Iraq | | 1 (2022) | | | | 1 |
| Lebanon | | | 2 (2005, 2007) | | 1 (2008) | 3 |
| Jordan | | | 1 (2008) | | | 1 |
| Bahrain | | | | 1 (2021) | | 1 |
| United Arab Emirates | | | | 1 (2021) | | 1 |
| Algeria | | | | 1 (2023) | | 1 |
| Palestine | | | | | 1 (1998) | 1 |

## Summary (1998-2023)

| Rank | Team | Part | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| 1 | Morocco | 6 | 32 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 176 | 66 | +110 | 81 |
| 2 | Egypt | 7 | 32 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 165 | 73 | +92 | 75 |
| 3 | Libya | 6 | 29 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 137 | 92 | +45 | 58 |
| 4 | Lebanon | 4 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 93 | 87 | +6 | 24 |
| 5 | Iraq | 4 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 50 | 53 | -3 | 24 |
| 6 | Kuwait | 3 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 61 | 43 | +18 | 23 |
| 7 | Algeria | 6 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 64 | 102 | -38 | 15 |
| 8 | Palestine | 3 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 46 | -8 | 14 |
| 9 | Jordan | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 42 | 32 | +10 | 12 |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 41 | -6 | 11 |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Bahrain | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Tunisia | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 31 | 62 | -31 | 6 |
| 14 | Sudan | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 21 | -13 | 3 |
| 15 | Mauritania | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 23 | 64 | -41 | 3 |
| 16 | Tajikistan | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 1 |
| 17 | Syria | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 22 | -15 | 0 |
| 18 | Comoros | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 28 | -20 | 0 |
| 19 | Yemen | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 46 | -41 | 0 |
| 20 | Somalia | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 52 | -48 | 0 |
    – Record

## Awards

| Year | Top goalscorer(s) | Gls | Best player | Best goalkeeper | Fair play team |
| 2007 | Abdul-Wahed Mohammed Hithem Atwe | 8 | Morad Bokare | Mohammed Al-Sharif | Tunisia |
| 2008 | Khaled Takaji | 13 | Rabie El-Hoti | Mohammed Al-Sharif | |
| 2021 | Achraf Saoud | 7 | Anás El-Ayyane | Reda Khiyari | |
| 2022 | Abdulrahman Al Taweel | 9 | Soufiane El Mesrar | Zaher Hadi | Egypt |
| 2023 | Abduellteif AlAbasi | 7 | Anás El-Ayyane | Samir Teffaf | |

## Participating nations

| Team | 1998 | 2005 | 2007 | 2008 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Years |
| Algeria | GS | GS | GS | GS | | GS | SF | 6 |
| Bahrain | | | | | SF | | | 1 |
| Comoros | | | | | GS | | GS | 2 |
| Egypt | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | SF | QF | 7 |
| Iraq | | GS | | GS | | 2nd | QF | 4 |
| Jordan | GS | | | 3rd | | | | 2 |
| Kuwait | | | | | GS | SF | 2nd | 3 |
| Lebanon | | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | | | QF | 4 |
| Libya | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 1st | | QF | SF | 6 |
| Mauritania | | | | | GS | QF | GS | 3 |
| Morocco | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | | 1st | 1st | 1st | 6 |
| Palestine | 4th | | | | | QF | GS | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | | | | | GS | QF | QF | 3 |
| Somalia | GS | | | | | GS | | 2 |
| Sudan | GS | | | | | | | 1 |
| Syria | | | | GS | | | | 1 |
| Tajikistan | | | | | | | GS | 1 |
| Tunisia | | GS | GS | GS | | | | 3 |
| United Arab Emirates | | | | | SF | | | 1 |
| Yemen | | | | GS | | | | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 12 | |

### Legend

| 1st – Champions 2nd – Runner-up 3rd – Third place 4th – Fourth place SF – Semi-final (no third place match) | QF – Quarter-final GS – Group stage Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament  – Hosts |