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2012 Arab Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	22 June – 6 July
Teams	11 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Morocco (1st title)
Runners-up	Libya
Third place	Iraq
Fourth place	Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
Goals scored	47 (2.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Yassine Salhi ; (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Yassine Salhi
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The 2012 Arab Cup (Arabic: كأس العرب 2012) was the ninth edition of the Arab Cup for national football teams affiliated with the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA).

The tournament was hosted by Saudi Arabia between 22 June and 6 July 2012.^[1] It is the second time that the nation has hosted the tournament, the first being in 1985. This edition witnessed the return of Iraq – the most successful team and record holder of the Arab Cup with four titles – after a 25-year absence due to the Gulf War.

Prize money

The tournament's lead sponsor was Singaporean company World Sport Group^[2] who describe themselves as "Asia's leading sports marketing, media and event management company."^[3]

The winner received USD$1million, the runner-up received $600,000, the third-placed team received $300,000, while the other participating football associations received $200,000 each.^[4]

Teams

Participating

Country	Confederation	Previous appearances in tournament
Bahrain	AFC	4 (1966, 1985, 1988, 2002)
Egypt (Olympic team)^[5]	CAF	3 (1988, 1992, 1998)
Iraq	AFC	4 (1964, 1966, 1985, 1988)
Kuwait	AFC	7 (1963, 1964, 1966, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2002)
Lebanon	AFC	6 (1963, 1964, 1966, 1988, 1998, 2002)
Libya¹	CAF	3 (1964, 1966, 1998)
Morocco (Local team)	CAF	2 (1998, 2002)
Palestine	AFC	3 (1966, 1992, 2002)
Saudi Arabia	AFC	5 (1985, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2002)
Sudan	CAF	2 (1998, 2002)
Yemen	AFC	2 (1966, 2002)

Bold indicates champion for that year

¹Libya were due to send their under-21 team but instead sent its senior national team.^[6]^[7]

Did not enter

Africa

Asia

Draw

The official draw was held on 6 May 2012 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The remaining 11 teams were ranked based on the FIFA World Rankings of May 2012 before the draw.

Seeding pots	Nation	FIFA Ranking^{as of May 2012}
Pot A	Saudi Arabia	89
	Libya	39
	Egypt	55
Pot B	Morocco	62
	Iraq	70
	Kuwait	87
Pot C	Bahrain	93
	Sudan	113
	United Arab Emirates	121
Pot D	Lebanon	128
	Palestine	153
	Yemen	156

The United Arab Emirates withdrew from the competition after the group draw had been made; they were initially drawn into group A.^[10]

It will be played as tournament with three groups made of four teams each. The organizer country, Saudi Arabia was assigned to Group A.

Venues

Jeddah	Jeddah Ta’if	Ta’if
Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium		King Fahd Stadium
Capacity: 20,000		Capacity: 17,000

Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the 2012 Arab Cup.

Referees

Assistant referees

Abdelhak Etchiali
Aziz Ali Hasan Al-Wadi
Ayman Dagesh
Sherif Saleh
Ahmad Al-Ruwaili
Fouad Al-Maghribi
Bouazza Rouani
Ramzan Al-Nuaimi
Abdulaziz Al-Asmari
Waleed Ali Ahmad
Bechir Hassani
Ahmed Mohammed Saeed Al-Shamisi
Ahmed Qaid Saif

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Saudi Arabia	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4	4
Kuwait	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	3
Palestine	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

22 June 2012

19:45

Saudi Arabia	4–0	Kuwait
Al-Sahlawi 22', 90+3' Al-Mehyani 51', 56'	Report

King Fahd Stadium

Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

25 June 2012

19:45

Kuwait	2–0	Palestine
Khamis 27' Al-Rashidi 90+2'

King Fahd Stadium

Referee: Hamad Al-Sheikh (United Arab Emirates)

28 June 2012

19:45

Saudi Arabia	2–2	Palestine
Al-Ruwaili 9' Al-Zylaeei 85'	Report	Abu Saleh 45+1' (pen.) Al Amour 73'

King Fahd Stadium

Referee: Khalid Abdel Rahman (Sudan)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Morocco A'	3	2	1	0	8	0	+8	7
Libya	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Yemen	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3
Bahrain	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

23 June 2012