# 2021 FIFA Arab Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup was the second and final stage of the competition, following the group stage. It began on 10 December with the quarter-finals and ended on 18 December with the final match, held at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor. The top two teams from each group (8 in total) advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination tournament. A third place play-off was also played between the two losing semi-finalists.
All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

## Qualified teams

The top two highest-placing teams from each of the two groups advanced to the knockout stage.
| Group | Winners | Runners-up |
| A | Qatar | Oman |
| B | Tunisia | United Arab Emirates |
| C | Morocco | Jordan |
| D | Egypt | Algeria |

## Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 10 December – Al Rayyan (ECS) | 10 December – Al Rayyan (ECS) | | | |
| Tunisia | 2 | | | |
| Tunisia | 2 | 15 December – Doha (S974) | 15 December – Doha (S974) | | |
| Oman | 1 | 15 December – Doha (S974) | 15 December – Doha (S974) | |
| Oman | 1 | Tunisia | 1 | |
| 11 December – Al Wakrah | 11 December – Al Wakrah | | Tunisia | 1 | |
| 11 December – Al Wakrah | 11 December – Al Wakrah | Egypt | 0 | |
| Egypt (a.e.t.) | 3 | Egypt | 0 | |
| Egypt (a.e.t.) | 3 | | | | 18 December – Al Khor | 18 December – Al Khor |
| Jordan | 1 | | | | 18 December – Al Khor | 18 December – Al Khor |
| Jordan | 1 | | | | Tunisia | 0 |
| 10 December – Al Khor | 10 December – Al Khor | | | | | Tunisia | 0 |
| 10 December – Al Khor | 10 December – Al Khor | | | | Algeria (a.e.t.) | 2 |
| Qatar | 5 | | | | Algeria (a.e.t.) | 2 |
| Qatar | 5 | 15 December – Doha (ATS) | 15 December – Doha (ATS) | | | |
| United Arab Emirates | 0 | 15 December – Doha (ATS) | 15 December – Doha (ATS) | | | |
| United Arab Emirates | 0 | Qatar | 1 | | | |
| 11 December – Doha (ATS) | 11 December – Doha (ATS) | | Qatar | 1 | | | |
| 11 December – Doha (ATS) | 11 December – Doha (ATS) | Algeria | 2 | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| Morocco | 2 (3) | Algeria | 2 | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| Morocco | 2 (3) | | | | 18 December – Doha (S974) | 18 December – Doha (S974) |
| Algeria (p) | 2 (5) | | | | 18 December – Doha (S974) | 18 December – Doha (S974) |
| Algeria (p) | 2 (5) | | | | Egypt | 0 (4) |
| | | | | | Qatar (p) | 0 (5) |

## Quarter-finals
### Tunisia vs Oman

| Tunisia | Oman |
| GK | 22 | Mouez Hassen |
| RB | 20 | Mohamed Dräger |
| CB | 4 | Yassine Meriah |
| CB | 2 | Bilel Ifa |
| LB | 14 | Amine Ben Hamida |
| CM | 6 | Ghaylen Chaaleli |
| CM | 13 | Ferjani Sassi |
| RW | 7 | Youssef Msakni (c) | 77' |
| AM | 10 | Hannibal Mejbri | 89' |
| LW | 23 | Naïm Sliti | 77' |
| CF | 11 | Seifeddine Jaziri | 83' |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 9 | Firas Ben Larbi | 77' |
| MF | 18 | Saad Bguir | 77' |
| FW | 8 | Fakhreddine Ben Youssef | 83' |
| MF | 19 | Mootez Zaddem | 89' |
| Manager ||
| Mondher Kebaier ||
| GK | 1 | Ibrahim Al-Mukhaini |
| RB | 21 | Abdulaziz Al-Gheilani | | 72' |
| CB | 6 | Ahmed Al Khamisi |
| CB | 5 | Juma Al-Habsi |
| LB | 2 | Ahmed Al-Kaabi | 68' | 85' |
| CM | 12 | Abdullah Fawaz | | 72' |
| CM | 23 | Harib Al-Saadi (c) | 70' |
| CM | 4 | Arshad Al-Alawi |
| RF | 20 | Salaah Al-Yahyaei |
| CF | 7 | Khalid Al-Hajri | | 57' |
| LF | 19 | Rabia Al-Alawi | | 57' |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 8 | Mataz Saleh | | 57' |
| FW | 9 | Issam Al Sabhi | | 57' |
| DF | 3 | Fahmi Durbin | | 72' |
| FW | 15 | Jameel Al-Yahmadi | | 72' |
| FW | 11 | Muhsen Al-Ghassani | | 85' |
| Manager: ||
| Branko Ivanković ||
* Assistant referees:
* Rafael Foltyn (Germany)
* Christian Gittelmann (Germany)
* Fourth official:
* Matthew Conger (New Zealand)
* Video assistant referee:
* Christian Dingert (Germany)
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
* Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland)
* Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)

### Qatar vs United Arab Emirates

| Qatar | United Arab Emirates |
| GK | 1 | Saad Al-Sheeb |
| RB | 17 | Ismaeel Mohammad |
| CB | 16 | Boualem Khoukhi |
| CB | 15 | Bassam Al-Rawi | | 60' |
| LB | 3 | Abdelkarim Hassan |
| CM | 12 | Karim Boudiaf | 58' | 60' |
| CM | 6 | Abdulaziz Hatem |
| CM | 14 | Homam Ahmed | | 60' |
| RF | 10 | Hassan Al-Haydos (c) |
| CF | 19 | Almoez Ali | | 81' |
| LF | 11 | Akram Afif | 45+2' | 65' |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 4 | Mohammed Waad | | 60' |
| DF | 5 | Tarek Salman | | 60' |
| MF | 20 | Abdullah Al-Ahrak | | 60' |
| FW | 7 | Ahmed Alaaeldin | | 65' |
| MF | 8 | Ali Assadalla | | 81' |
| Manager: ||
| Félix Sánchez ||
| GK | 1 | Ali Khasif (c) |
| RB | 9 | Bandar Al-Ahbabi | 38' |
| CB | 13 | Mohammed Al-Attas |
| CB | 6 | Mohanad Salem | | 46' |
| LB | 21 | Mahmoud Khamees | | 76' |
| CM | 18 | Abdullah Ramadan |
| CM | 5 | Ali Salmeen | | 46' |
| RW | 19 | Tahnoon Al-Zaabi |
| AM | 11 | Caio Canedo |
| LW | 16 | Ali Saleh | 41' | 46' |
| CF | 20 | Sebastián Tagliabúe | | 76' |
| Substitutes: ||
| DF | 4 | Shahin Abdulrahman | | 46' |
| FW | 7 | Ali Mabkhout | | 46' |
| FW | 14 | Khalil Ibrahim | | 46' |
| DF | 2 | Mohammed Al-Menhali | | 76' |
| FW | 15 | Mohammed Jumaa | | 76' |
| Manager: ||
| Bert van Marwijk ||
* Assistant referees:
* Martin Soppi (Uruguay)
* Carlos Barreiro (Uruguay)
* Fourth official:
* Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
* Video assistant referee:
* Leodán González (Uruguay)
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Juan Soto (Venezuela)
* Ezequiel Brailovsky (Argentina)
* Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

### Egypt vs Jordan

| Egypt | Jordan |
| GK | 1 | Mohamed El Shenawy |
| RB | 3 | Omar Kamal | | 106' |
| CB | 2 | Ahmed Yassin |
| CB | 15 | Mahmoud Hamdy |
| LB | 13 | Ahmed Abou El Fotouh | 37' |
| CM | 5 | Hamdy Fathy | | 72' |
| CM | 4 | Amr El Solia (c) |
| RW | 21 | Ahmed Sayed | | 106' |
| AM | 8 | Mostafa Fathi | | 72' |
| LW | 20 | Hussein Faisal | | 58' |
| CF | 10 | Marwan Hamdy | | 91' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 9 | Mohamed Sherif | | 58' |
| MF | 17 | Mohanad Lasheen | | 72' |
| MF | 22 | Mohamed Magdy | | 72' |
| FW | 7 | Ahmed Refaat | | 91' |
| DF | 18 | Mohamed Abdelmonem | | 106' |
| DF | 6 | Marwan Dawoud | | 106' |
| Manager: ||
| Carlos Queiroz ||
| GK | 1 | Yazid Abu Layla |
| CB | 19 | Abdallah Nasib |
| CB | 4 | Baha' Abdel-Rahman (c) |
| CB | 6 | Hadi Al-Hourani |
| RWB | 23 | Ihsan Haddad |
| LWB | 2 | Mohammad Abu Hasheesh |
| CM | 7 | Mohammad Abu Zrayq | 54' | 60' |
| CM | 8 | Noor Al-Rawabdeh | | 106' |
| CM | 13 | Mahmoud Al-Mardi | | 77' |
| CF | 16 | Ali Olwan |
| CF | 10 | Yazan Al-Naimat | | 90+5' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 11 | Yaseen Al-Bakhit | | 60' |
| FW | 20 | Hamza Al-Dardour | | 77' |
| MF | 17 | Rajaei Ayed | | 90+5' |
| MF | 15 | Ibrahim Sadeh | | 106' |
| Manager: ||
| Adnan Hamad ||
* Assistant referees:
* Walter López (Honduras)
* Christian Ramirez (Honduras)
* Fourth official:
* Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico)
* Video assistant referee:
* Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Jair Marrufo (United States)
* Gabriel Chade (Argentina)
* Shaun Evans (Australia)

### Morocco vs Algeria

| Morocco | Algeria |
| GK | 1 | Anas Zniti |
| RB | 19 | Mohamed Chibi | 119' |
| CB | 4 | Marwane Saâdane | 17' |
| CB | 13 | Badr Benoun (c) | 84' |
| LB | 16 | Mohammed Nahiri |
| CM | 5 | Yahya Jabrane |
| CM | 8 | Walid El Karti | | 100' |
| RW | 17 | Achraf Bencharki |
| AM | 18 | Abdelilah Hafidi | | 106' |
| LW | 11 | Ismail El Haddad | 34' | 61' |
| CF | 9 | Oualid Azaro | | 61' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 14 | Karim El Berkaoui | | 61' |
| FW | 21 | Soufiane Rahimi | | 61' |
| MF | 6 | Mohammed Ali Bemammer | | 100' |
| MF | 10 | Ayman El Hassouni | | 106' |
| Manager: ||
| Hussein Ammouta ||
| GK | 23 | Raïs M'Bolhi (c) |
| RB | 3 | Houcine Benayada |
| CB | 12 | Mohamed Amine Tougai |
| CB | 19 | Abdelkader Bedrane |
| LB | 20 | Ilyes Chetti |
| CM | 18 | Houssem Eddine Mrezigue |
| CM | 14 | Sofiane Bendebka |
| RW | 7 | Tayeb Meziani | 73' |
| AM | 11 | Yacine Brahimi | 114' |
| LW | 10 | Youcef Belaïli |
| CF | 13 | Merouane Zerrouki | 46' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 17 | Zakaria Draoui | 46' |
| FW | 22 | Zineddine Boutmène | 73' |
| DF | 5 | Mehdi Tahrat | 114' |
| Manager: ||
| Madjid Bougherra ||
* Assistant referees:
* Danilo Manis (Brazil)
* Bruno Pires (Brazil)
* Fourth official:
* Ryuji Sato (Japan)
* Video assistant referee:
* Rafael Traci (Brazil)
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Spain)
* Jerson dos Santos (Angola)
* Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)

## Semi-finals
### Tunisia vs Egypt

| Tunisia | Egypt |
| GK | 22 | Mouez Hassen |
| CB | 2 | Bilel Ifa |
| CB | 3 | Montassar Talbi |
| CB | 4 | Yassine Meriah | | 40' |
| RM | 20 | Mohamed Dräger |
| CM | 6 | Ghaylen Chaaleli |
| CM | 13 | Ferjani Sassi |
| LM | 14 | Amine Ben Hamida |
| RF | 10 | Hannibal Mejbri | | 81' |
| CF | 11 | Seifeddine Jaziri | 90+6' |
| LF | 7 | Youssef Msakni (c) | 50' |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 15 | Ali Ben Romdhane | | 40' |
| FW | 23 | Naïm Sliti | | 81' |
| Manager ||
| Mondher Kebaier ||
| GK | 1 | Mohamed El Shenawy |
| RB | 14 | Akram Tawfik |
| CB | 11 | Ahmed Hegazi | 68' |
| CB | 15 | Mahmoud Hamdy |
| LB | 13 | Ahmed Abou El Fotouh |
| CM | 5 | Hamdy Fathy | 80' |
| CM | 4 | Amr El Solia (c) |
| RW | 21 | Ahmed Sayed |
| AM | 22 | Mohamed Magdy | | 46' |
| LW | 20 | Hussein Faisal | | 69' |
| CF | 10 | Marwan Hamdy | | 89' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 9 | Mohamed Sherif | | 46' |
| MF | 8 | Mostafa Fathi | | 69' |
| FW | 19 | Osama Faisal | | 89' |
| Manager: ||
| Carlos Queiroz ||
* Assistant referees:
* Rafael Foltyn (Germany)
* Christian Gittelmann (Germany)
* Fourth official:
* Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)
* Video assistant referee:
* Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Spain)
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Shaun Evans (Australia)
* Bruno Pires (Brazil)
* Christian Dingert (Germany)

### Qatar vs Algeria

| Qatar | Algeria |
| GK | 1 | Saad Al-Sheeb |
| RB | 17 | Ismaeel Mohammad |
| CB | 15 | Bassam Al-Rawi | | 90' |
| CB | 16 | Boualem Khoukhi |
| LB | 3 | Abdelkarim Hassan |
| DM | 12 | Karim Boudiaf | | 64' |
| DM | 14 | Homam Ahmed |
| CM | 6 | Abdulaziz Hatem |
| RF | 10 | Hassan Al-Haydos (c) |
| CF | 19 | Almoez Ali | 23' |
| LF | 11 | Akram Afif |
| Substitutes: ||
| FW | 9 | Mohammed Muntari | | 64' |
| DF | 5 | Tarek Salman | | 90' |
| Manager: ||
| Félix Sánchez ||
| GK | 23 | Raïs M'Bolhi (c) |
| RB | 3 | Houcine Benayada |
| CB | 4 | Djamel Benlamri | 90+10' |
| CB | 19 | Abdelkader Bedrane |
| LB | 20 | Ilyes Chetti |
| CM | 14 | Sofiane Bendebka |
| CM | 17 | Zakaria Draoui |
| RW | 7 | Tayeb Meziani | | 76' |
| AM | 11 | Yacine Brahimi | 8' |
| LW | 10 | Youcef Belaïli | 90+8' |
| CF | 9 | Baghdad Bounedjah | | 68' |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 5 | Mehdi Tahrat | | 68' |
| FW | 15 | Hillal Soudani | | 76' |
| Manager: ||
| Madjid Bougherra ||
* Assistant referees:
* Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland)
* Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland)
* Fourth official:
* Said Martínez (Honduras)
* Video assistant referee:
* Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
* Ezequiel Brailovsky (Argentina)
* Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)

## Third place play-off

| Egypt | Qatar |
| GK | 1 | Mohamed El Shenawy |
| RB | 3 | Omar Kamal | 119' |
| CB | 18 | Mohamed Abdel Monem |
| CB | 15 | Mahmoud Hamdy | 91' |
| LB | 13 | Ahmed Abou El Fotouh |
| DM | 5 | Hamdy Fathy | 91' |
| CM | 4 | Amr El Solia (c) |
| CM | 17 | Mohanad Lasheen |
| RW | 21 | Ahmed Sayed | 91' |
| LW | 7 | Ahmed Refaat | 85' |
| CF | 9 | Mohamed Sherif |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 10 | Marwan Hamdy | 85' |
| MF | 8 | Mostafa Fathi | 91' |
| DF | 11 | Ahmed Hegazi | 91' |
| DF | 14 | Akram Tawfik | 91' |
| MF | 22 | Mohamed Magdy | 119' |
| Manager: ||
| Carlos Queiroz ||
| GK | 22 | Meshaal Barsham |
| RB | 17 | Ismaeel Mohammad | | 78' |
| CB | 5 | Tarek Salman |
| CB | 16 | Boualem Khoukhi |
| LB | 14 | Homam Ahmed | | 78' |
| DM | 23 | Assim Madibo | | 58' |
| CM | 4 | Mohammed Waad | 3' |
| CM | 6 | Abdulaziz Hatem (c) | | 74' |
| RW | 20 | Abdullah Al-Ahrak | | 58' |
| LW | 11 | Akram Afif |
| CF | 19 | Almoez Ali | | 119' |
| Substitutes: ||
| FW | 10 | Hassan Al-Haydos | | 58' |
| MF | 12 | Karim Boudiaf | | 58' |
| FW | 9 | Mohammed Muntari | | 74' |
| DF | 3 | Abdelkarim Hassan | | 78' |
| DF | 13 | Musab Kheder | | 78' |
| FW | 7 | Ahmed Alaaeldin | | 119' |
| Manager: ||
| Félix Sánchez ||
* Assistant referees:
* Ezequiel Brailovsky (Argentina)
* Gabriel Chade (Argentina)
* Fourth official:
* Said Martínez (Honduras)
* Video assistant referee:
* Juan Soto (Venezuela)
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Leodán González (Uruguay)
* Bruno Pires (Brazil)
* Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Spain)

## Final

| Tunisia | Algeria |
| GK | 22 | Mouez Hassen |
| RB | 20 | Mohamed Dräger |
| CB | 2 | Bilel Ifa |
| CB | 3 | Montassar Talbi |
| LB | 14 | Amine Ben Hamida | 43' | 101' |
| CM | 6 | Ghaylen Chaaleli |
| CM | 13 | Ferjani Sassi | 64' | 101' |
| RW | 7 | Youssef Msakni (c) | 39' |
| AM | 10 | Hannibal Mejbri | | 88' |
| LW | 23 | Naïm Sliti | | 110' |
| CF | 11 | Seifeddine Jaziri | 40' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 15 | Ali Ben Romdhane | | 88' |
| DF | 12 | Ali Maâloul | | 101' |
| MF | 18 | Saad Bguir | | 101' |
| MF | 9 | Firas Ben Larbi | | 110' |
| Manager: ||
| Mondher Kebaier ||
| GK | 23 | Raïs M'Bolhi (c) |
| RB | 3 | Houcine Benayada | | 120+3' |
| CB | 4 | Djamel Benlamri |
| CB | 19 | Abdelkader Bedrane |
| LB | 20 | Ilyes Chetti | 13' |
| CM | 18 | Houssem Eddine Mrezigue | | 91' |
| CM | 14 | Sofiane Bendebka | 90+3' | 118' |
| RW | 7 | Tayeb Meziani | | 66' |
| AM | 11 | Yacine Brahimi | 120+4' |
| LW | 10 | Youcef Belaïli |
| CF | 9 | Baghdad Bounedjah | 40' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 8 | Amir Sayoud | | 66' |
| MF | 17 | Zakaria Draoui | | 91' |
| DF | 5 | Mehdi Tahrat | | 118' |
| DF | 12 | Mohamed Amine Tougai | | 120+3' |
| Manager: ||
| Madjid Bougherra ||
* Man of the Match:
* Amir Sayoud (Algeria)
* Assistant referees:
* Rafael Foltyn (Germany)
* Christian Gittelmann (Germany)
* Fourth official:
* Matthew Conger (New Zealand)
* Reserve assistant referee:
* Tevita Makasini (Tonga)
* Video assistant referee:
* Christian Dingert (Germany)
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
* Jun Mihara (Japan)
* Shaun Evans (Australia)