2009 Arab Cup

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2009 Arab Cup
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The Arab Cup 2009 was planned to be the ninth staging of the Arab Cup, an association football tournament held between Arab countries by UAFA. The first stage of qualifying began in December 2006, but no further rounds were played and the tournament was cancelled due to lack of sponsor.[1]

Qualifications[]

The first qualifying stage contained eight teams which had lower FIFA ranking. The eight teams were divided into two groups. Each group contained four teams and the group winners qualified for the second qualifying stage.

The second qualifying stage contained 16 seats; 14 teams which had a higher FIFA ranking get byes from the first qualifying round and were entered into the second qualifying round, and two teams from the first qualifying stage got the last two seats. 16 teams were divided into four groups, four teams in each group and the group winners and runners-up qualified for the Arab Cup.[2]

Top Seeds
(bye to 2nd Qualifying Round)

 

Last 8
(1st Qualifying Round)

The teams sorted by Alphabetical order

First qualifying round[]

  • The first qualifying stage contained eight teams which had lower FIFA rankings. The eight teams were divided into two groups, each with four teams. The group winners qualified for the second qualifying stage.
  • Lebanon qualified as best runners-up due to the withdrawal of Qatar (Qatar would have received a bye to the second qualifying round).
  • The Palestine withdrew due to traveling problem as Israel did not allow them to travel to Yemen.

Group 1[]

Qualifying tournament of group 1 held in Yemen.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Yemen 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6
 Comoros 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 3
 Djibouti 2 0 0 2 2 8 −6 0
 Palestine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yemen 2–0 Comoros
Goal 73', 90'
Djibouti 1–4 Comoros
Goal 90+2' Goal 5'
Goal 33', 75'
Goal 89'
Yemen 4–1 Djibouti
Al-Sasi Goal 9'
Goal 48'
Al-Hubaishi Goal 52'
Goal 85'		 Goal 7'

Group 2[]

Qualifying tournament of group 2 held in Lebanon.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sudan 3 2 1 0 8 1 +7 7
 Lebanon 3 1 2 0 4 0 +4 5
 Mauritania 3 1 1 1 8 4 +4 4
 Somalia 3 0 0 3 3 18 −15 0
Lebanon 0–0 Mauritania
Sudan 6–1 Somalia
Eltahir Goal 8'
Goal 16', 18'
Mustafa Goal 21' (pen.)
Agab Goal 30'
Goal 55'		 Goal 90+3'
Lebanon 4–0 Somalia
Ghaddar Goal 4', 28'
Nasseredine Goal 72'
Rustom Goal 83'
Mauritania 0–2 Sudan
Agab Goal 3'
Tambal Goal 90'
Somalia 2–8 Mauritania
Goal 26' (pen.), 67' Goal 4' (pen.), 24'
Goal 14', 27' (pen.)
Goal 30', 43'
Goal 75', 88'
Lebanon 0–0 Sudan

Second qualifying round[]

  • The second qualifying stage contained 16 seats, 14 teams with a higher FIFA ranking got byes from the first qualifying round and were entered into the second qualifying round, plus two teams from the first qualifying stage to complete the last two seats. 16 teams were divided into four groups, with four teams in each group. The group winners and runners-up qualified for the Arab Cup.
  • Qatar withdrew and Lebanon qualified as best runners-up.
  • The second round was never played and the tournament was eventually canceled.

Final round[]

The final tournament was cancelled because of no sponsor.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "UAFA: 44 millions dollars pour la relance des compétitions". ES Tunis media site. TAP. 2012.
  2. ^ "تأكيد مشاركة 16 دولة عربية في بطولة كأس العرب 2009". arabic.people.com. LMS. 28 July 2006.

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