2002 Arab Cup

2002 Arab Cup

2002 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Kuwait
Dates	16–30 December
Teams	10 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Saudi Arabia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Bahrain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	66 (2.87 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ahmed Hassan (4 goals each)
Best player(s)	Mohammed Noor
Best goalkeeper	Mabrouk Zaid
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The 2002 Arab Cup was the eighth edition of the Arab Cup football competition, hosted in the nation of Kuwait. The Saudi Arabia, who were the defending champions from the last Arab Cup, again won the title for a 2nd time at the conclusion of the competition.

Participated teams[]

10 teams participated in the tournament. Morocco was represented by their U-23 team.^[1]

Participants
Zone	Team
Hosts	Kuwait
Holders	Saudi Arabia
Zone 1 (Gulf Area)	Bahrain
Zone 2 (Red Sea)	Sudan
	Yemen
Zone 3 (North Africa)	Morocco U23
Zone 4 (East Region)	Lebanon
	Jordan
	Palestine
	Syria

Squads[]

Venues[]

Kuwait City	Kuwait City
	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium
	Capacity: 12,350

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Jordan	4	2	2	0	6	4	+2	8
Morocco U23	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1	5
Kuwait	4	1	2	1	6	6	0	5
Sudan	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	4
Palestine	4	0	3	1	7	9	−2	3

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Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Saudi Arabia	4	3	1	0	8	3	+5	10
Bahrain	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	7
Syria	4	2	0	2	8	6	+2	6
Lebanon	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	4
Yemen	4	0	1	3	5	13	−8	1

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Knock-out stage[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	28 Dec 2002 – Kuwait City
	Saudi Arabia	2
					30 Dec 2002 – Kuwait City
	Morocco U23	0
					Saudi Arabia (a.e.t.)	1
	28 Dec 2002 – Kuwait City
					Bahrain	0
	Bahrain (a.e.t.)	2
	Jordan	1

Semi-finals[]

Final[]

In the semi-final, Saudi Arabia beat Morocco and Bahrain beat Jordan and met for a second time in the final.^[2]

The final match took place on 30 December 2002, at the Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium in Kuwait City. It determined the winner of the 2002 Arab Cup. Saudi Arabia defeated Bahrain 1–0 after extra time to win their second consecutive Arab Cup.^[3][4]

Winners[]

It is the second consecutive title for Saudi Arabia after winning the title of the last session in Doha at the expense of Qatar 3–1 in 1998, noting that it was entering the final for the third time after its 1992 loss to Egypt 2–3 in the Syrian city of Aleppo.^[5]

2002 Arab Cup Winners
Saudi Arabia Second title

Awards[]

• Clean playing team:  Jordan
• Fairplay team:  Morocco

References[]

External links[]

• Arabian Cup 2002 Kuwait - RSSSF
• Arab Cup 2002 - Goalzz.com