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Arab Nations Cup

The Arab Nations Cup (Arabic: ‫ ﻛﺄس اﻷﻣﻢ اﻟﻌﺮﺑﯿﺔ‬Kaʾs al-ʾUmam al-
ʿArabiyya) is a football competition held between Arab countries. Arab Nations Cup
The first edition took place in Lebanon in 1963. Iraq is the most Founded 1963
successful team in the history of the tournament with four Region Arab World (UAFA)
consecutive titles in 1964, 1966, 1985 and 1988, while Saudi Arabia
has won twice in 1998 and 2002. Other winning sides were Tunisia Number of teams 19
in 1963, Egypt in 1992, and Morocco in 2012.[1] Current champions Morocco (1st title)
Most successful team(s) Iraq (4 titles)

2012 Arab Nations Cup

Contents
History Tournaments
Results 1963 · 1964 · 1966 · 1982 · 1985 ·
Summary 1988 · 1992 · 1998 · 2002 · 2009 ·
Participating nations 2012

General statistics
See also
Notes and references
Notes
References
External links

History
The Lebanese Football Association was the first to call for the establishment of the tournament, thanks to its
president M. Georges Debbas who called to organize a general Arab assembly in 1962 for the organization of the
Arab cup of nations. The competition was held in Beirut in October 1963, with the participation of five teams.
However, the tournament has seen after the first edition many packages as well as many problems that have
prevented the organization steadily.

Results

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Final Third Place Match

Year Host nation Second Fourth
Champion Score Third Place Score
Place Place

1963 Lebanon n/a n/a

Details Tunisia Syria Lebanon Kuwait

1964 n/a n/a

Kuwait
Details Iraq Libya Lebanon Kuwait

1966 Iraq 2–1 6–1

Details Iraq Syria Libya Lebanon
1982 Lebanon Editions cancelled during qualification because of 1982 Lebanon War.
Details

Saudi 0–0
1985
1–0 (a.e.t.)
Details Arabia Iraq Bahrain Saudi Arabia Qatar
(4–1 p.)

1–1
1988 Jordan (a.e.t.) 2–0
Details Iraq Syria Egypt Jordan
(4–3 p.)

1992 Syria 3–2 2–1

Details[n 1] Egypt Saudi Arabia Kuwait Syria

1998
Qatar 3–1 4–1 United Arab
Details Saudi Arabia Qatar Kuwait
Emirates

2002 Jordan / Morocco

Kuwait 1–0
Details Saudi Arabia Bahrain No 3rd Place Match

2009
Editions cancelled during qualification because of no sponsor.[2]
Details

Saudi 1–1
2012
(a.e.t.) 1–0 Saudi
Details Arabia Morocco Libya Iraq
(3–1 p.) Arabia

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Summary

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Team Titles Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place Semi-finalists

Iraq 4 (1964, 1966*, 1985, 1988) – 1 (2012) – –

Saudi Arabia 2 (1998, 2002) 1 (1992) 1 (1985*) 1 (2012*) –

Egypt 1 (1992) – 1 (1988) – –

Morocco 1 (2012) – – – 1 (2002)

Tunisia 1 (1963) – – – –

Syria – 3 (1963, 1966, 1988) – 1 (1992*) –

Libya – 2 (1964, 2012) 1 (1966) – –

Bahrain – 2 (1985, 2002) – – –

Qatar – 1 (1998*) – 1 (1985) –

Kuwait – – 2 (1992, 1998) 2 (1963, 1964*) –

Lebanon – – 2 (1963*, 1964) 1 (1966) –

Jordan – – – 1 (1988*) 1 (2002)

United Arab Emirates – – – 1 (1998) –

* hosts

Participating nations
Iraq was banned from the competition from 1991 to 2003 due to international sanctions.

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Team Years
1963 1964 1966 1985 1988 1992 1998 2002 2012
Algeria GS GS 2
Bahrain GS 2nd GS 2nd GS 5
Egypt 3rd 1st GS GS 4
Iraq 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 5

Jordan GS GS GS GS 4th GS GS SF 8

Kuwait 4th 4th GS GS 3rd 3rd GS GS 8

Lebanon 3rd 3rd 4th GS GS GS GS 7
Libya 2nd 3rd GS 2nd 4
Mauritania GS 1
Morocco GS SF 1st 3
Oman GS 1
Palestine GS GS GS GS 4
Qatar 4th 2nd 2
Saudi Arabia 3rd GS 2nd 1st 1st 4th 6
Sudan GS GS GS 3
Syria 2nd 2nd 2nd 4th GS GS 6
Tunisia 1st GS 2
United Arab Emirates 4th 1
Yemen GS GS GS 3
Total 5 5 10 6 10 6 12 10 11

Legend

1st – Champions SF – Semi-final (no third place match)

2nd – Runners-up GS – Group stage
3rd – Third place q – Qualified
4th – Fourth place — Hosts

Note: Iraq was banned from the competition from 1991 to 2003 due to international sanctions.

General statistics
As end of 2012

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Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA Dif Pts

1 Iraq 5 25 16 8 1 46 16 +30 56

2 Syria 6 25 10 7 8 34 28 +6 37

3 Kuwait 8 30 10 6 14 48 50 –2 36

4 Lebanon 7 27 8 7 12 33 39 –6 31

5 Libya 4 16 7 6 3 39 16 +23 27

6 Saudi Arabia 6 26 13 7 6 43 23 +20 27

7 Jordan 8 29 6 7 16 25 57 –32 25

8 Egypt 4 15 5 7 3 17 12 +5 22

9 Morocco 3 12 6 3 2 18 10 +8 21

10 Bahrain 5 21 3 9 9 21 40 –19 18

11 Tunisia 2 8 4 3 1 14 5 +9 15

12 Qatar 2 8 4 2 2 10 7 +3 14
13 Sudan 3 9 3 3 3 11 12 –1 12

14 Palestine 4 11 1 6 4 18 18 0 9

15 Algeria 2 6 1 3 2 3 6 –3 6

16 Yemen 3 10 1 1 8 9 44 –35 4

17 United Arab Emirates 1 4 1 0 3 6 8 –2 3

18 Oman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

19 Mauritania 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 –4 0

Source : http://www.mundial11.com/en/competition-teams-st/139

See also
Palestine Cup of Nations
Arabian Gulf Cup
Football at the Pan Arab Games

Notes and references

Notes
1. The 1992 edition organized as part of the 1992 Pan Arab Games football tournament was also counted as a part
of the Arab Nations Cup.

References
1. "The results of the General Meeting of UAFA's Executive Committee" (https://web.archive.org/web/20171226142
105/http://www.uafaac.com/Home/NewsDetails/383). Archived from the original (http://www.uafaac.com/Home/N
ewsDetails/383) on 2017-12-26. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
2. "UAFA : 44 millions dollars pour la relance des compétitions" (https://e-s-tunis.com/fr/news/2011/10/18/7990-uaf
a-44-millions-dollars-pour-la-relance-des-comp%C3%A9titions). ES Tunis media site. TAP. 2012.

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External links
Arab Cup (https://web.archive.org/web/20051213213146/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/arabcup.html) -
Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

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