2025 Arab Cup

== 2025 Arab Cup ==
The 2025 FIFA Arab Cup (Arabic: 2025 كأس العرب ) was the 11th edition of the Arab Cup, the Arab world's national team football tournament. It took place between 30 November and 18 December in Qatar as a prelude and test event to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which was held in The US, Mexico and Canada.
Qatar were humiliatingly grouped after previously winning back to back Asian Cups. After grabbing 1 win over Mauritania they were defeated 4-1 by Jordan and 3-0 by Libya.
The tournament phase involved 16 teams, of which seven came through the qualifying round; all 23 teams competing were under the auspices of either the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) or the Confederation of African Football (CAF). No team made their debut appearance at the Arab Cup. The 32 finals matches were played in six venues, which were also used for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Oman beat Jordan in the third-place match. In the final, Morocco played defending champions Algeria on 20th December at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail. Morocco won the match 1-0 to claim their second Arab Cup.
Algerian player Riyadh Mahrez was voted the tournament's best player, winning the Golden Ball. Morocco's Hakim Ziyech won the Golden Boot as he scored the most goals during the tournament with six. It has been estimated that more than 590,000 people attended games during the tournament.
=== Teams ===
Of the 23 participating teams, the top nine teams based on the March 2025 FIFA Ranking directly qualified to the group stage, while the remaining 14 teams played seven single-leg matches, with seven teams going through to the group stage. In the group stage, there were four groups of four teams in a round-robin format, with the top two teams from each group qualifying to the knockout stage, which consisted of quarter-finals, semi-finals, a play-off for third place, and the final.
The 14 teams in the qualifiers were paired based on their April 2021 FIFA Ranking: the highest-ranked team in the qualifiers, Jordan, played against the lowest-ranked team, Djibouti. Bahrain, the second-highest ranked team, played against Somalia, the second-lowest ranked team, and so on. The teams that won qualification matches 1, 2 and 3 occupied positions 2, 3 and 4 in pot 3, and the remaining teams were placed in pot 4 in order.
Directly Sent to The Groups (1st to 9th) 	Competing In Qualifiers (10th to 23rd)
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/25?cb=20140824130251 Qatar 40 (hosts) 	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/c/c0/Flag_of_Jordan.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/25?cb=20140824130051 Jordan 71
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/23?cb=20141123101506 Morocco 13 	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/25?cb=20150209123936 Bahrain 80
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/23?cb=20140824125930 Egypt 35 	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/25?cb=20140824130331 Syria 89
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/23?cb=20141123101328 Algeria 43 	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/4/43/Flag_of_Mauritania.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/23?cb=20220129133502 Mauritania 103
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/23?cb=20150305151639 Tunisia 45 	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/0/05/Flag_of_Libya.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/23?cb=20150302155847 Libya 108
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/25?cb=20140822161752 Saudi Arabia 53 	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/23?cb=20140824130125 Lebanon 112
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/25?cb=20140824130019 Iraq 59 	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/0/00/Flag_of_Palestine.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/25?cb=20140824130217 Palestine 113
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/25?cb=20140824130403 United Arab Emirates 69	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/25?cb=20150210124304 Kuwait 118
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/d/dd/Flag_of_Oman.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/25?cb=20150429111954 Oman 70 	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/0/01/Flag_of_Sudan.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/23?cb=20141123101235 Sudan 125
 	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/23?cb=20140824130442 Yemen 135
 	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/9/94/Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/23?cb=20180729000233 Comoros 137
 	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/7/7a/Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/23?cb=20170725170233 South Sudan 170
 	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/a/a0/Flag_of_Somalia.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/23?cb=20150604045914 Somalia 196
 	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/3/34/Flag_of_Djibouti.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/23?cb=20180525174356 Djibouti 198
=== Playoff Qualifiers ===
Summary
Team 1 	Score	Team 2
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/c/c0/Flag_of_Jordan.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/25?cb=20140824130051 Jordan 	6-1 	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/3/34/Flag_of_Djibouti.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/23?cb=20180525174356 Djibouti
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/25?cb=20150209123936 Bahrain 	3-0 	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/a/a0/Flag_of_Somalia.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/23?cb=20150604045914 Somalia
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/25?cb=20140824130331 Syria 	5-2 	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/7/7a/Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/23?cb=20170725170233 South Sudan
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/4/43/Flag_of_Mauritania.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/23?cb=20220129133502 Mauritania	5-0 	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/9/94/Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/23?cb=20180729000233 Comoros
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/0/05/Flag_of_Libya.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/23?cb=20150302155847 Libya 	3-1 	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/23?cb=20140824130442 Yemen
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/23?cb=20140824130125 Lebanon 	2-0 	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/0/01/Flag_of_Sudan.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/23?cb=20141123101235 Sudan
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/0/00/Flag_of_Palestine.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/25?cb=20140824130217 Palestine 	1-0 	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/25?cb=20150210124304 Kuwait
=== Group Stage ===
===== Group A =====
Standings
Pos 	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1 (FP)Libya topped Group A on Fair-Play Tie Breaker	Libya 	3 	2	1	0	7 	2 	+5	7
2 	Jordan 	3 	2	1	0	7 	2 	+5	7
3 	Qatar 	3 	1	0	2	3 	7 	-4	3
4 	Mauritania	3 	0	0	3	1 	7 	-6	0
===== Group B =====
Standings
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1 	Morocco 	3 	3	0	0	7 	1 	+6	9
2 	Tunisia 	3 	1	1	1	4 	3 	+1	4
3 	Syria 	3 	1	0	2	4 	6 	-2	3
4 	Palestine	3 	0	1	2	2 	7 	-5	1
===== Group C =====
Standings
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1 	Saudi Arabia 	3 	2	1	0	8 	4 	+4	7
2 	Egypt 	3 	1	2	0	5 	4 	+1	5
3 	United Arab Emirates	3 	1	1	1	4 	4 	0 	4
4 	Bahrain 	3 	0	0	3	4 	9 	-5	0
===== Group D =====
Standings
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1 	Algeria	3 	2	1	0	8 	1 	+7	7
2 	Oman 	3 	1	1	1	7 	5 	+2	4
3 	Iraq 	3 	1	1	1	5 	3 	+2	4
4 	Lebanon	3 	0	1	2	1 	8 	-7	1
=== Knockout Stage ===
==== Semi Finals ====
==== Third Place ====
The third place match was played between Jordan and Oman and ended in a close 2-1 victory for the Omanis grabbing their first Arab silver wear. Jordan had dominated the first half of the match but were smothered in the second ending in the 2-1 score line. Even though they dominated the first half, Jordan were only able to score via penalty.
=== Final ===
Algeria came into the final looking for their second Arab Cup in a row while Morocco wanted to win the Arab Cup for the first time since 2012. In the first half Algeria had many great chances but failed to score or shoot while Morocco went full defensive. In the second half Morocco attacked more frequently ending in a Hakim Ziyech goal in the 69th minute which ended out being the only goal as the Moroccans defended until the end of the game.
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