2012 Arab Cup

The **2012 Arab Cup** (Arabic: ) was the 10th Arab Cup tournament. It was hosted in Saudi Arabia from 22 June to 6 July 2012. Morocco won the tournament after defeating Libya in the final.

### Group A

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|2|align=left||2|1|0|1|2|4|–2|**3**||||||||||
|3|align=left|Palestine|2|0|1|1|2|4|–2|**1**||||||||||

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|22 June 2012|||||
|****|**4–0**|****|||
|25 June 2012|||||
|****|**2–0**|** Palestine**|||
|28 June 2012|||||
|****|**2–2**|** Palestine**|||

### Group B

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|1|align=left||3|2|1|0|8|0|+8|**7**||||||||||
|2|align=left||3|2|1|0|5|2|+3|**7**||||||||||
|3|align=left||3|1|0|2|3|7|–4|**3**||||||||||
|4|align=left||3|0|0|3|1|8|–7|**0**||||||||||

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|23 June 2012|||||
|****|**4–0**|****|||
|****|**3–1**|****|||
|26 June 2012|||||
|****|**0–2**|****|||
|****|**0–0**|****|||
|29 June 2012|||||
|****|**2–1**|****|||
|****|**0–4**|****|||

### Group C

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|1|align=left||3|2|1|0|4|2|+2|**7**||||||||||
|2|align=left||3|1|2|0|4|2|+2|**5**||||||||||
|3|align=left|Egypt U23|3|0|2|1|3|4|–1|**2**||||||||||
|4|align=left||3|0|1|2|1|4|–3|**1**||||||||||

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|24 June 2012|||||
|****|**1–0**|****|||
|**Egypt U23 **|**1–1**|****|||
|27 June 2012|||||
|****|**0–2**|****|||
|****|**2–1**|** Egypt U23**|||
|30 June 2012|||||
|**Egypt U23 **|**1–1**|****|||
|****|**1–1**|****|||

### Best second-place teams

The best second-place team will advance to the knockout stage.

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|1|align=left||3|2|1|0|5|2|+3|**7**||||||||||
|2|align=left||3|1|2|0|4|2|+2|**5**||||||||||
|3|align=left||2|1|0|1|2|4|–2|**3**||||||||||

### Tournament rankings

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|1|align=left||5|3|2|0|11|2|+9|**11**||||||||||
|2|align=left||5|3|2|0|8|3|+5|**11**||||||||||
|3|align=left||5|3|1|1|6|4|+2|**10**||||||||||
|4|align=left||4|1|1|2|6|5|+1|**4**||||||||||
|colspan=10 bgcolor=f2f2f2|**Eliminated in the Group stage**|||||||||||||||||||
|5|align=left||3|1|2|0|4|2|+2|**5**||||||||||
|6|align=left||2|1|0|1|2|4|–2|**3**||||||||||
|7|align=left||3|1|0|2|3|7|–4|**3**||||||||||
|8|align=left|Egypt U23|3|0|2|1|3|4|–1|**2**||||||||||
|9|align=left|Palestine|2|0|1|1|2|4|–2|**1**||||||||||
|10|align=left||3|0|1|2|1|4|–3|**1**||||||||||
|11|align=left||3|0|0|3|1|8|–7|**0**||||||||||

- Rankings are based on performance, not team skill. Also, these rankings are unofficial and are not based on head-to-head record.

## Infobox (international football competition)

- **tourney name**: 2012 Arab Cup
- **other titles**: __
- **country**: Saudi Arabia
- **dates**: 22 June – 6 July
- **num teams**: 11
- **confederations**: 2
- **venues**: 2
- **cities**: 2
- **champion**: Morocco
- **count**: 1
- **second**: Libya
- **third**: Iraq
- **fourth**: Saudi Arabia
- **matches**: 19
- **goals**: 47
- **top scorer**: Yassine Salhi (6)
- **prevseason**: 2009 Arab Cup, 2009