The 2021 FIFA Arab Cup[1] (Arabic: كأس العرب 2021) was the 10th edition of the Arab Cup, the Arab world's[note 1] national team football tournament;[2][3] it was the first edition under FIFA's jurisdiction,[4] with previous editions having been organized by the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA). It took place between 30 November and 18 December in Qatar as a prelude and test event to the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which was also held in Qatar.[3]

2021 FIFA Arab Cup
كأس العرب 2021
Kaʾs al-ʿārab 2021
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
Dates30 November – 18 December
Teams16 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Algeria (1st title)
Runners-up Tunisia
Third place Qatar
Fourth place Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored83 (2.59 per match)
Attendance571,605 (17,863 per match)
Top scorer(s)Tunisia Seifeddine Jaziri (4 goals)
Best player(s)Algeria Yacine Brahimi
Best goalkeeperAlgeria Raïs M'Bolhi
Fair play award Morocco
2012
2025

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). Of the 16 teams, eight had also appeared in the 2012 edition; 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.[5] Host nation Qatar beat Egypt in the third-place match. In the final, Algeria played Tunisia on 18 December at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor. Algeria won the match 2–0 after extra time to claim their first Arab Cup.

Algerian player Yacine Brahimi was voted the tournament's best player, winning the Golden Ball. Tunisia's Seifeddine Jaziri won the Golden Boot as he scored the most goals during the tournament with four. Algeria's Raïs M'Bolhi won the Golden Glove, awarded to the goalkeeper with the most clean sheets. It has been estimated that more than 500,000 people attended games during the tournament. Semi-automated offside technology was tested for the first time in this tournament.[6]

Teams

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  Teams qualified for Arab Cup without qualifying round
  Teams qualified for Arab Cup after qualifying round
  Teams failed to qualify for Arab Cup after qualifying round
  Countries were not UAFA members

Of the 23 participating teams,[7] the top nine teams based on the April 2021 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.[8] 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,[9] which consisted of quarter-finals, semi-finals, a play-off for third place, and the final.[10]

The 14 teams in the qualifiers were paired based on their April 2021 FIFA Ranking:[10] the highest-ranked team in the qualifiers, Oman, played against the lowest-ranked team, Somalia.[11] Lebanon, the second-highest ranked team, played against Djibouti, the second-lowest ranked team, and so on.[11] 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.[10]

South Sudan forfeited their qualifying match due to the high number of COVID-19 cases among the South Sudan delegation.[12] The Algerian FA decided in July 2020 to send the Algeria A' (local) team,[13][14][15] however, their final squad included players from other Arab leagues to strengthen the team.[16] The Moroccan FA also decided to send the Morocco A' (local) team,[17][18] however, they also later strengthened the team with players from other Arab leagues.[19][20] Saudi Arabia participated with the under-23 team.

Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate positions in the FIFA World Ranking at the time of the draw.[21]

From the April 2021 FIFA World Ranking[21]
Directly to the group stage
(Ranked 1st to 9th)
Competing in the qualifiers
(Ranked 10th to 23rd)
  1.   Qatar (58) (hosts)
  2.   Tunisia (26)
  3.   Algeria (33)
  4.   Morocco (34)
  5.   Egypt (46)
  6.   Saudi Arabia (65)
  7.   Iraq (68)
  8.   United Arab Emirates (73)
  9.   Syria (79)
  1.   Oman (80)
  2.   Lebanon (93)
  3.   Jordan (95)
  4.   Bahrain (99)
  5.   Mauritania (101)
  6.   Palestine (104)
  7.   Libya (116)
  8.   Sudan (124)
  9.   Comoros (132)
  10.   Yemen (145)
  11.   Kuwait (148)
  12.   South Sudan (167)
  13.   Djibouti (192)
  14.   Somalia (195)

Draw

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The group stage draw took place on 27 April 2021 at 21:00 AST at the Katara Opera House in Doha.[7][11] It was conducted by Manolo Zubiria, FIFA's director of competitions, and four former players: Wael Gomaa (Egypt), Nawaf Al-Temyat (Saudi Arabia), Haitham Mustafa (Sudan) and Younis Mahmoud (Iraq).[22]

Method

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The sixteen teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The draw started with pot 1 and completed with pot 4, from where a team was drawn and assigned to the first available group in the position of their pot (i.e. position 1 for pot 1).

The hosts Qatar were automatically seeded into pot 1 and assigned to position A1, while the remaining automatically qualified teams were seeded into their respective pots based on the FIFA World Ranking of April 2021 (shown in parentheses below). Syria, the lowest-ranked team that automatically qualified, were joined in pot 3 by the winners of qualification matches 1 to 3, while pot 4 contained the winners of qualification matches 4 to 7. Algeria, as the winners of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, were assigned to position D1.[10]

Pot 1
Team Rank
  Qatar 58
  Tunisia 26
  Algeria 33
  Morocco 34
Pot 2
Team Rank
  Egypt 46
  Saudi Arabia 65
  Iraq 68
  United Arab Emirates 73
Pot 3
Team Rank
  Syria 79
Prelim winner 1[a]
Prelim winner 2[b]
Prelim winner 3[c]
Pot 4
Team Rank
Prelim winner 4[d]
Prelim winner 5[e]
Prelim winner 6[f]
Prelim winner 7[g]
  1. ^ Oman won the encounter.
  2. ^ Lebanon won the encounter.
  3. ^ Jordan won the encounter.
  4. ^ Bahrain won the encounter.
  5. ^ Mauritania won the encounter.
  6. ^ Palestine won the encounter.
  7. ^ Sudan won the encounter.

Squads

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Only 15 players playing in non-Arab leagues were selected in the final 23-man squads: four in Sweden; two in England; one each in Denmark, Greece, Indonesia, Malaysia, Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Thailand and the United States.

Match officials

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In October 2021, FIFA nominated 12 referees and 24 assistant referees from all six confederations, three from South America, two from Asia, Africa, North America and Europe, and one referee from Oceania. With the exception of Andrés Mattonte (Uruguay) and Facundo Tello (Argentina), all referees had previously officiated matches in a continental tournament. Iranian Alireza Faghani, Japanese Ryuji Sato, Gambian Bakary Gassama, Zambian Janny Sikazwe and New Zealander Matthew Conger also participated in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[23]

Candidate referees were used at least twice. Iranian referee Alireza Faghani officiated the opening match between Tunisia and Mauritania. Germany's Daniel Siebert was responsible for the final match between Tunisia and Algeria, and he is the most refereed referee for matches in the tournament with four matches.

Confederation Referee Assistant referees Video assistant referees
AFC Alireza Faghani (Iran) Mohammadreza Mansouri (Iran)
Mohammadreza Abolfazli (Iran)
Shaun Evans (Australia)
Abdulla Al Marri (Qatar)
Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)
Ryuji Sato (Japan) Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japan)
Jun Mihara (Japan)
CAF Bakary Gassama (Gambia) Djibril Camara (Senegal)
Elvis Noupue (Cameroon)
Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)
Janny Sikazwe (Zambia) Zakhele Siwela (South Africa)
Jerson dos Santos (Angola)
CONCACAF Said Martínez (Honduras) Walter López (Honduras)
Christian Ramirez (Honduras)
Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)
Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)
Jair Marrufo (United States)
Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico) Micheal Barwegen (Canada)
Karen Diaz Medina (Mexico)
CONMEBOL Andrés Matonte (Uruguay) Martin Soppi (Uruguay)
Carlos Barreiro (Uruguay)
Eber Aquino (Paraguay)
Leodán González (Uruguay)
Rafael Traci (Brazil)
Juan Soto (Venezuela)
Wilton Sampaio (Brazil) Danilo Manis (Brazil)
Bruno Pires (Brazil)
Facundo Tello (Argentina) Ezequiel Brailovsky (Argentina)
Gabriel Chade (Argentina)
OFC Matthew Conger (New Zealand) Tevita Makasini (Tonga)
Bernard Mutukera (Solomon Islands)
UEFA Szymon Marciniak (Poland) Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland)
Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland)
Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)
Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Spain)
Christian Dingert (Germany)
Fabio Maresca (Italy)
Daniel Siebert (Germany) Rafael Foltyn (Germany)
Christian Gittelmann (Germany)

Venues

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Host cities in Qatar Al Khor Al Wakrah
Al Bayt Stadium Al Janoub Stadium
Capacity: 60,000[24] Capacity: 40,000[25]
   
Stadiums in Doha area Doha
Stadium 974 Al Thumama Stadium
Capacity: 40,000[26] Capacity: 40,000[27]
   
Al Rayyan (Doha area)
Education City Stadium Ahmed bin Ali Stadium
Capacity: 45,350[28] Capacity: 44,740[29]
   

Qualification

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The 14 lowest-ranked teams in the FIFA World Ranking met on 7 April 2021, in a single knockout match. The best-ranked team met the lowest ranked team, the second-best played the second-lowest, and so on.

The match between Jordan and their opponents South Sudan was canceled, due to cases of COVID-19 infection for eight South Sudanese players. FIFA awarded a 3–0 victory in favor of Jordan.

Summary

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Libya   0–1   Sudan
Oman   2–1   Somalia
Jordan   w/o   South Sudan
Mauritania   2–0   Yemen
Lebanon   1–0   Djibouti
Palestine   3–1   Comoros
Bahrain   2–0   Kuwait

Matches

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All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Qualifying 7
Libya  0–1  Sudan
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Attendance: 3,523
Referee: Saoud Ali Al-Adba (Qatar)

Qualifying 1
Oman  2–1  Somalia
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Qualifying 3
Jordan  Cancelled[note 2]  South Sudan
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Qualifying 5
Mauritania  2–0  Yemen
Report
Attendance: 187
Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

Qualifying 2
Lebanon  1–0  Djibouti
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Qualifying 6
Palestine  3–1  Comoros
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Attendance: 451
Referee: Daniele Doveri (Italy)

Qualifying 4
Bahrain  2–0  Kuwait
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Format

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Of the 23 participating teams, the top nine teams based on the April 2021 FIFA World Ranking qualified directly to the group stage, while the remaining 14 teams played seven qualifying matches, of which seven qualified for the next stage. In the group stage, the teams were divided into four groups of four, with the two best teams from each group advancing to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers

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The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows:[30]

  1. Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
  6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
  7. Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
    • Yellow card: −1 point;
    • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
    • Direct red card: −4 points;
    • Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
  8. Drawing of lots.

The knockout stage included all stages from the quarter-finals to the final match. The winner of each match advances to the next stage and the loser is eliminated. The losing teams of the semi-finals played the match for third place. In the final match, the winner got the Arab Cup. In all final cases, if the match ends in a tie, then extra time will be played. If the score is still equal after extra time, it is decided by a penalty shoot-out.

Schedule

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All times are local, AST (UTC+3).[31]

Match Dates
Group stage
Matchday 1 30 November – 1 December 2021
Matchday 2 3–4 December 2021
Matchday 3 6–7 December 2021
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals 10 December – 11 December 2021
Semi-finals 15 December 2021
Third place play-off 18 December 2021
Final 18 December 2021

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Qatar (H) 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Oman 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4
3   Iraq 3 0 2 1 1 4 −3 2
4   Bahrain 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts
Iraq  1–1  Oman
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Qatar  1–0  Bahrain
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Attendance: 47,813

Bahrain  0–0  Iraq
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Attendance: 2,576
Oman  1–2  Qatar
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Oman  3–0  Bahrain
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Attendance: 2,477
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Qatar  3–0  Iraq
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Attendance: 23,008

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Tunisia 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 Advance to knockout stage
2   United Arab Emirates 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
3   Syria 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
4   Mauritania 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 3
Source: FIFA
Tunisia  5–1  Mauritania
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United Arab Emirates  2–1  Syria
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Attendance: 4,129

Mauritania  0–1  United Arab Emirates
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Attendance: 3,316
Syria  2–0  Tunisia
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Syria  1–2  Mauritania
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Attendance: 8,539
Tunisia  1–0  United Arab Emirates
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Attendance: 14,272

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Morocco 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Jordan 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6
3   Saudi Arabia 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
4   Palestine 3 0 1 2 2 10 −8 1
Source: FIFA
Morocco  4–0  Palestine
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Saudi Arabia  0–1  Jordan
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Jordan  0–4  Morocco
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Palestine  1–1  Saudi Arabia
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Morocco  1–0  Saudi Arabia
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Attendance: 8,502
Jordan  5–1  Palestine
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Attendance: 9,750

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Egypt 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7[a] Advance to knockout stage
2   Algeria 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7[a]
3   Lebanon 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
4   Sudan 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10 0
Source: FIFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Fair-play points: Egypt –6, Algeria –11.
Algeria  4–0  Sudan
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Attendance: 2,203
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Egypt  1–0  Lebanon
Report
Attendance: 11,757

Lebanon  0–2  Algeria
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Sudan  0–5  Egypt
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Attendance: 14,464

Algeria  1–1  Egypt
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Attendance: 32,418
Lebanon  1–0  Sudan
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Knockout stage

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The knockout stage was the second and final stage of the tournament, after the group stage. It started on 10 December with the quarter-finals and ended on 18 December following the final match that was held at Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor. The best two teams from each group (8 in total) advance to the knockout stage to compete in a singles-elimination tournament. A match for third place was played between the two losing teams in the semi-finals.

If the match was tied at the end of the original playing time, two halves of extra time was played (15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners. Below is an arc for the knockout stage of the tournament. Teams in bold indicate the winners of the match.

Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
10 December – Al Rayyan (ECS)
 
 
  Tunisia2
 
15 December – Doha (S974)
 
  Oman1
 
  Tunisia1
 
11 December – Al Wakrah
 
  Egypt0
 
  Egypt (a.e.t.)3
 
18 December – Al Khor
 
  Jordan1
 
  Tunisia0
 
10 December – Al Khor
 
  Algeria (a.e.t.)2
 
  Qatar5
 
15 December – Doha (ATS)
 
  United Arab Emirates0
 
  Qatar1
 
11 December – Doha (ATS)
 
  Algeria2 Third place play-off
 
  Morocco2 (3)
 
18 December – Doha (S974)
 
  Algeria (p)2 (5)
 
  Egypt0 (4)
 
 
  Qatar (p)0 (5)
 

Quarter-finals

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Tunisia  2–1  Oman
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Qatar  5–0  United Arab Emirates
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Attendance: 63,439

Egypt  3–1 (a.e.t.)  Jordan
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Attendance: 28,306

Morocco  2–2 (a.e.t.)  Algeria
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Penalties
3–5
Attendance: 24,823

Semi-finals

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Tunisia  1–0  Egypt
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Attendance: 36,427

Qatar  1–2  Algeria
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Attendance: 42,405

Third place play-off

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Egypt  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Qatar
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Penalties
4–5
Attendance: 30,978

Final

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Tunisia  0–2 (a.e.t.)  Algeria
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Attendance: 60,456

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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There were 83 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 2.59 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: FIFA

Awards

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The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[32]

Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
  Yacine Brahimi   Youcef Belaïli   Akram Afif
Golden Boot Silver Boot Bronze Boot
  Seifeddine Jaziri
4 goals, 0 assists
511 minutes played
  Yacine Brahimi
3 goals, 1 assist
507 minutes played
  Yazan Al-Naimat
3 goals, 0 assists
166 minutes played
Golden Glove
  Raïs M'Bolhi
FIFA Fair Play Award
  Morocco

Team of the Tournament

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The Team of the Tournament is as follows:[33]

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
  Raïs M'Bolhi   Ahmed Fatouh
  Djamel Benlamri
  Badr Benoun
  Mohamed Chibi
  Youssef Msakni
  Abdulaziz Hatem
  Yacine Brahimi
  Youcef Belaïli
  Seifeddine Jaziri
  Akram Afif

Final ranking

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  Champion
  Runner-up
  Third place
  Fourth place
  Quarter-finals
  Group stage

The final ranking of the tournament is reported below.[34]

R Team G P W D L GF GA GD Pts.
1   Algeria D 6 4 2 0 13 4 +9 14
2   Tunisia B 6 4 0 2 9 6 +3 12
3   Qatar A 6 4 1 1 12 3 +9 13
4   Egypt D 6 3 2 1 10 3 +7 11
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5   Morocco C 4 3 1 0 11 2 +9 10
6   Jordan C 4 2 0 2 7 8 −1 6
7   United Arab Emirates B 4 2 0 2 3 7 −4 6
8   Oman A 4 1 1 2 6 5 +1 4
Eliminated in the group stage
9   Syria B 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
10   Lebanon D 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
11   Mauritania B 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 3
12   Iraq A 3 0 2 1 1 4 −3 2
13   Saudi Arabia C 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
14   Bahrain A 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1
15   Palestine C 3 0 1 2 2 10 −8 1
16   Sudan D 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10 0

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Broadcasting rights

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Country/Region Broadcaster Ref.
  Australia Special Broadcasting Service [35]
  Indonesia MNC Vision, K-Vision [citation needed]
  Malaysia Astro SuperSport [citation needed]
  Qatar beIN Sports [36]
Alkass [37]
  South Korea SBS Sports [38]
  United States Fox Sports[39]
Telemundo Deportes (final match only)
[citation needed]
  World FIFATV (YouTube) [citation needed]

Sponsorship

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FIFA partners FIFA Arab Cup sponsors Regional supporters

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ South Sudan, which is not part of the Arab world, also participated in the qualifying stage.
  2. ^ The third qualification match was awarded as walkover to Jordan due to a forfeit from South Sudan as multiple players and staff had positive COVID-19 test results upon their arrival in Qatar.[12]

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