2021 FIFA Arab Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup was the second and final stage of the competition, following the group stage. It began on 10 December with the quarter-finals and ended on 18 December with the final match, held at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor. The top two teams from each group (8 in total) advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination tournament. A third place play-off was also played between the two losing semi-finalists.

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).^[1]

Qualified teams[]

The top two highest-placing teams from each of the two groups advanced to the knockout stage.

Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	Qatar	Oman
B	Tunisia	United Arab Emirates
C	Morocco	Jordan
D	Egypt	Algeria

Bracket[]

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

10 December – Al Rayyan (Education)

Tunisia	2
		15 December – Doha (974)
Oman	1
		Tunisia	1
11 December – Al Wakrah
		Egypt	0
Egypt (a.e.t.)	3
				18 December – Al Khor
Jordan	1
				Tunisia	0
10 December – Al Khor
				Algeria (a.e.t.)	2
Qatar	5
		15 December – Doha (Al Thumama)
United Arab Emirates	0
		Qatar	1
11 December – Doha (Al Thumama)
		Algeria	2	Third place play-off
Morocco	2 (3)
				18 December – Doha (974)
Algeria (p)	2 (5)
				Egypt	0 (4)

				Qatar (p)	0 (5)

Quarter-finals[]

Tunisia vs Oman[]

10 December 2021

18:00

Tunisia	2–1	Oman
Jaziri 16' Msakni 69'	Report	A. Al-Alawi 66'

Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 21,329

Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Tunisia^[2]

Oman^[2]


GK	22	Mouez Hassen
RB	20	Mohamed Dräger
CB	4	Yassine Meriah
CB	2	Bilel Ifa
LB	14	Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida
CM	6	Ghaylen Chaaleli
CM	13	Ferjani Sassi
RW	23	Naïm Sliti	77'
AM	10	Hannibal Mejbri	89'
LW	7	Youssef Msakni (c)	77'
CF	11	Seifeddine Jaziri	83'
Substitutes:
MF	9	Firas Ben Larbi	77'
MF	18	Saad Bguir	77'
MF	8	Fakhreddine Ben Youssef	83'
MF	19	Mootez Zaddem	89'
Manager
Mondher Kebaier


GK	1	Ibrahim Al-Mukhaini
RB	21			72'
CB	6	Ahmed Al Khamisi
CB	5	Juma Al-Habsi
LB	2		68'	85'
RM	12	Abdullah Fawaz		72'
CM	20	Salaah Al-Yahyaei
CM	23	Harib Al-Saadi (c)	70'
LM	4	Arshad Al-Alawi
CF	19	Rabia Al-Alawi		57'
CF	7	Khalid Al-Hajri		57'
Substitutes:
MF	8	Mataz Saleh		57'
FW	9	Issam Al Sabhi		57'
DF	3	Fahmi Durbin		72'
FW	15	Jameel Al-Yahmadi		72'
FW	11	Muhsen Al-Ghassani		85'
Manager:
Branko Ivanković

Assistant referees:
Rafael Foltyn (Germany)
Christian Gittelmann (Germany)
Fourth official:
Matthew Conger (New Zealand)
Video assistant referee:
Christian Dingert (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland)
Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)

Qatar vs United Arab Emirates[]

10 December 2021

22:00

Qatar	5–0	United Arab Emirates
Salmeen 6' (o.g.) Ali 28' (pen.), 45+3' Khoukhi 36' (pen.) Hatem 44'	Report

Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor

Attendance: 63,439

Referee: (Uruguay)

Qatar^[3]

United Arab Emirates^[3]


GK	1	Saad Al-Sheeb
CB	16	Boualem Khoukhi
CB	15	Bassam Hisham		60'
CB	3	Abdelkarim Hassan
RM	17	Ismaeel Mohammad
CM	12	Karim Boudiaf	58'	60'
CM	6	Abdulaziz Hatem
LM	14	Homam Ahmed		60'
AM	10	Hassan Al-Haydos (c)
CF	19	Almoez Ali		81'
CF	11	Akram Afif	45+2'	65'
Substitutes:
MF	4	Mohammed Waad		60'
DF	5	Tarek Salman		60'
MF	20	Abdullah Al-Ahrak		60'
FW	7	Ahmed Alaaeldin		65'
MF	8	Ali Assadalla		81'
Manager:
Félix Sánchez


GK	1	Ali Khasif (c)
RB	9	Bandar Al-Ahbabi	38'
CB	13	Mohammed Al-Attas
CB	6	Mohanad Salem		46'
LB	21	Mahmoud Khamees		76'
CM	18	Abdullah Ramadan
CM	5	Ali Salmeen		46'
RW	19	Tahnoon Al-Zaabi
AM	16	Ali Saleh	41'	46'
LW	11	Caio Canedo
CF	20	Sebastian Tagliabue		76'
Substitutes:
DF	4	Shahin Abdulrahman		46'
FW	7	Ali Mabkhout		46'
FW	14	Khalil Ibrahim		46'
DF	2	Mohammed Al-Menhali		76'
MF	15	Mohammed Jumaa		76'
Manager:
Bert van Marwijk

Assistant referees:
Martin Soppi (Uruguay)
Carlos Barreiro (Uruguay)
Fourth official:
Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
Video assistant referee:
Leodán González (Uruguay)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Juan Soto (Venezuela)
Ezequiel Brailovsky (Argentina)
Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

Egypt vs Jordan[]

11 December 2021

18:00

Egypt	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Jordan
Mar. Hamdy 45+1' Refaat 100' Dawoud 119'	Report	Al-Naimat 12'

Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah

Attendance: 28,306

Referee: Said Martínez (Honduras)

Egypt^[4]

Jordan^[4]


GK	1	Mohamed El Shenawy
RB	3	Omar Kamal		106'
CB	2	Ahmed Yassin
CB	15	Mahmoud Hamdy
LB	13	Ahmed Abou El Fotouh	37'
CM	8	Mostafa Fathi		72'
CM	5	Hamdy Fathy		72'
CM	4	Amr El Solia (c)
RF	20	Hussein Faisal		58'
CF	10	Marwan Hamdy		91'
LF	21	Ahmed Sayed		106'
Substitutions:
FW	9	Mohamed Sherif		58'
MF	17	Mohanad Lasheen		72'
MF	22	Mohamed Magdy		72'
MF	7	Ahmed Refaat		91'
DF	6	Marwan Dawoud		106'
DF	18	Mohamed Abdel Monem		106'
Manager:
Carlos Queiroz


GK	1	Yazid Abu Layla
RB	23	Ihsan Haddad
CB	19
CB	6
LB	2
RM	7	Mohammad Abu Zrayq	54'	60'
CM	4	Baha' Abdel-Rahman (c)
CM	8	Noor Al-Rawabdeh		106'
LM	13	Mahmoud Al-Mardi		77'
CF	16	Ali Olwan
CF	10	Yazan Al-Naimat		90+5'
Substitutions:
MF	11	Yaseen al-Bakhit		60'
FW	20	Hamza Al-Dardour		77'
MF	17	Rajaei Ayed		90+5'
MF	15	Ibrahim Sadeh		106'
Manager:
Adnan Hamad

Assistant referees:
Walter López (Honduras)
Christian Ramirez (Honduras)
Fourth official:
Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico)
Video assistant referee:
Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Jair Marrufo (United States)
Gabriel Chade (Argentina)
Shaun Evans (Australia)

Morocco vs Algeria[]

11 December 2021

22:00

Morocco	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Algeria
Nahiri 64' Benoun 111'	Report	Brahimi 62' (pen.) Belaïli 102'
Penalties
Rahimi Benoun Jabrane El Berkaoui	3–5	Belaïli Bendebka Bedrane Benayada Tougai

Al Thumama Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 24,823

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

Morocco^[5]

Algeria^[5]


GK	1	Anas Zniti
RB	19	Mohamed Chibi	119'
CB	4	Marwane Saâdane	17'
CB	13	Badr Benoun (c)	84'
LB	16	Mohammed Nahiri
CM	8	Walid El Karti		100'
CM	5	Yahya Jabrane
CM	18	Abdelilah Hafidi		106'
RF	17	Achraf Bencharki
CF	9	Oualid Azaro		61'
LF	11	Ismail El Haddad	34'	61'
Substitutions:
FW	14	Karim El Berkaoui		61'
FW	21	Soufiane Rahimi		61'
MF	6	Mohammed Ali Bemammer		100'
MF	18	Abdelilah Hafidi		106'
Manager:
Hussein Ammouta


GK	23	Raïs M'Bolhi (c)
RB	3	Houcine Benayada
CB	19	Abdelkader Bedrane
CB	12	Mohamed Amine Tougai
LB	20	Ilyes Chetti
CM	18	Houssem Eddine Mrezigue
CM	14	Sofiane Bendebka
RW	7	Tayeb Meziani	73'
AM	11	Yacine Brahimi	114'
LW	10	Youcef Belaïli
CF	13	Merouane Zerrouki	46'
Substitutions:
MF	17	Zakaria Draoui	46'
FW	22	Zineddine Boutmène	73'
DF	5	Mehdi Tahrat	114'
Manager:
Madjid Bougherra

Assistant referees:
Danilo Manis (Brazil)
Bruno Pires (Brazil)
Fourth official:
Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Video assistant referee:
Rafael Traci (Brazil)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Spain)
Jerson dos Santos (Angola)
Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)

Semi-finals[]

Tunisia vs Egypt[]

15 December 2021

18:00

Tunisia	1–0	Egypt
El Solia 90+5' (o.g.)	Report

Stadium 974, Doha

Attendance: 36,427

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Tunisia^[6]

Egypt^[6]


GK	22	Mouez Hassen
RB	20	Mohamed Dräger
CB	4	Yassine Meriah		40'
CB	2	Bilel Ifa
LB	3	Montassar Talbi
CM	6	Ghaylen Chaaleli
CM	14	Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida
RW	13	Ferjani Sassi
AM	10	Hannibal Mejbri		81'
LW	7	Youssef Msakni (c)	50'
CF	11	Seifeddine Jaziri	90+6'
Substitutes:
MF	15	Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane		40'
FW	23	Naïm Sliti		81'
Manager
Mondher Kebaier


GK	1	Mohamed El Shenawy
RB	14	Akram Tawfik
CB	11	Ahmed Hegazi	68'
CB	15	Mahmoud Hamdy
LB	13	Ahmed Abou El Fotouh
CM	4	Amr El Solia (c)
CM	5	Hamdy Fathy	80'
RW	21	Ahmed Sayed
AM	22	Mohamed Magdy		46'
LW	20	Hussein Faisal		69'
CF	10	Marwan Hamdy		89'
Substitutions:
FW	9	Mohamed Sherif		46'
MF	8	Mostafa Fathi		69'
FW	19	Osama Faisal		89'
Manager:
Carlos Queiroz

Assistant referees:
Rafael Foltyn (Germany)
Christian Gittelmann (Germany)
Fourth official:
Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)
Video assistant referee:
Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Spain)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Shaun Evans (Australia)
Bruno Pires (Brazil)
Christian Dingert (Germany)

Qatar vs Algeria[]

15 December 2021

22:00

Qatar	1–2	Algeria
Muntari 90+7'	Report	Benlamri 59' Belaïli 90+17'

Al Thumama Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 42,405

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Qatar^[7]

Algeria^[7]


GK	1	Saad Al-Sheeb
CB	3	Abdelkarim Hassan
CB	15	Bassam Hisham		90'
CB	16	Boualem Khoukhi
RM	17	Ismaeel Mohammad
CM	6	Abdulaziz Hatem
CM	12	Karim Boudiaf		64'
LM	14	Homam Ahmed
AM	10	Hassan Al-Haydos (c)
CF	11	Akram Afif
CF	19	Almoez Ali	23'
Substitutes:
FW	9	Mohammed Muntari		64'
DF	5	Tarek Salman		90'
Manager:
Félix Sánchez


GK	23	Raïs M'Bolhi (c)
RB	3	Houcine Benayada
CB	19	Abdelkader Bedrane
CB	4	Djamel Benlamri	90+10'
LB	20	Ilyes Chetti
CM	14	Sofiane Bendebka
CM	17	Zakaria Draoui
RW	7	Tayeb Meziani		76'
AM	11	Yacine Brahimi	8'
LW	10	Youcef Belaïli	90+8'
CF	9	Baghdad Bounedjah		68'
Substitutions:
DF	5	Mehdi Tahrat		68'
FW	15	Hillal Soudani		76'
Manager:
Madjid Bougherra

Assistant referees:
Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland)
Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland)
Fourth official:
Said Martínez (Honduras)
Video assistant referee:
Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
Ezequiel Brailovsky (Argentina)
Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)

Third place play-off[]

18 December 2021

13:00

Egypt	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Qatar
	Report
Penalties
Magdy El Solia Hegazi Fatouh Tawfik Sherif	4–5	Al-Haydos Khoukhi Hassan Alaaeldin Afif Boudiaf

Stadium 974, Doha

Attendance: 30,978

Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

Egypt^[8]

Qatar^[8]


GK	1	Mohamed El Shenawy
RB	3	Omar Kamal	119'
CB	18	Mohamed Abdel Monem
CB	15	Mahmoud Hamdy	91'
LB	13	Ahmed Abou El Fotouh
CM	4	Amr El Solia (c)
CM	5	Hamdy Fathy	91'
CM	17	Mohanad Lasheen
RF	7	Ahmed Refaat	85'
CF	9	Mohamed Sherif
LF	21	Ahmed Sayed	91'
Substitutions:
FW	10	Marwan Hamdy	85'
MF	8	Mostafa Fathi	91'
DF	11	Ahmed Hegazi	91'
DF	14	Akram Tawfik	91'
MF	22	Mohamed Magdy	119'
Manager:
Carlos Queiroz


GK	22	Meshaal Barsham
CB	23	Assim Madibo		58'
CB	5	Tarek Salman
CB	16	Boualem Khoukhi
RM	17	Ismaeel Mohammad		78'
CM	6	Abdulaziz Hatem (c)		74'
CM	4	Mohammed Waad	3'
LM	14	Homam Ahmed		78'
AM	20	Abdullah Al-Ahrak		58'
CF	11	Akram Afif
CF	19	Almoez Ali		119'
Substitutes:
MF	10	Hassan Al-Haydos		58'
MF	12	Karim Boudiaf		58'
FW	9	Mohammed Muntari		74'
DF	3	Abdelkarim Hassan		78'
DF	13	Musab Kheder		78'
FW	7	Ahmed Alaaeldin		119'
Manager:
Félix Sánchez

Assistant referees:
Ezequiel Brailovsky (Argentina)
Gabriel Chade (Argentina)
Fourth official:
Said Martínez (Honduras)
Video assistant referee:
Juan Soto (Venezuela)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Leodán González (Uruguay)
Bruno Pires (Brazil)
Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Spain)

Final[]

18 December 2021

18:00

Tunisia	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Algeria
	Report	Sayoud 99' Brahimi 120+5'

Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor

Attendance: 60,456

Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Tunisia^[9]

Algeria^[9]


GK	22	Mouez Hassen
RB	20	Mohamed Dräger
CB	2	Bilel Ifa
CB	3	Montassar Talbi
LB	14	Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida	43'	101'
CM	6	Ghailene Chaalali
CM	13	Ferjani Sassi	64'	101'
RW	23	Naïm Sliti		110'
AM	10	Hannibal Mejbri		88'
LW	7	Youssef Msakni (c)	39'
CF	11	Seifeddine Jaziri	40'
Substitutions:
MF	15	Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane		88'
DF	12	Ali Maâloul		101'
MF	18	Saad Bguir		101'
MF	9	Firas Ben Larbi		110'
Manager:
Mondher Kebaier


GK	23	Raïs M'Bolhi (c)
RB	3	Houcine Benayada		120+3'
CB	19	Abdelkader Bedrane
CB	4	Djamel Benlamri
LB	20	Ilyes Chetti	13'
CM	18	Houssem Eddine Mrezigue		91'
CM	14	Sofiane Bendebka	90+3'	118'
RW	7	Tayeb Meziani		66'
AM	11	Yacine Brahimi	120+4'
LW	10	Youcef Belaïli
CF	9	Baghdad Bounedjah	40'
Substitutions:
FW	8	Amir Sayoud		66'
MF	17	Zakaria Draoui		91'
DF	5	Mehdi Tahrat		118'
DF	12	Mohamed Amine Tougai		120+3'
Manager:
Madjid Bougherra

Man of the Match:
Amir Sayoud (Algeria)

Assistant referees:
Rafael Foltyn (Germany)
Christian Gittelmann (Germany)
Fourth official:
Matthew Conger (New Zealand)
Reserve assistant referee:
Tevita Makasini (Tonga)
Video assistant referee:
Christian Dingert (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
Jun Mihara (Japan)
Shaun Evans (Australia)

References[]

^ "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: Match schedule" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Tunisia vs Oman Lineups". sofascore.com. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Qatar vs United Arab Emirates lineups". sofascore.com. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Egypt vs Jordan Lineups". sofascore.com. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Morocco vs Algeria Lineups". sofascore.com. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Tunisia vs Egypt Lineups". sofascore.com. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Qatar vs Algeria Lineups". sofascore.com. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Egypt vs Qatar Lineups". sofascore.com. 18 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Tunisia vs Algeria Lineups". sofascore.com. 18 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.

External links[]

Official website

[1] "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: Match schedule" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.

[Tunisia_vs_Oman_lineups-2] "Tunisia vs Oman Lineups". sofascore.com. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[Qatar_United_Arab_Emirates_lineups-3] "Qatar vs United Arab Emirates lineups". sofascore.com. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

[Egypt_Jordan_lineups-4] "Egypt vs Jordan Lineups". sofascore.com. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

[Morocco_Algeria_lineups-5] "Morocco vs Algeria Lineups". sofascore.com. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

[Tunisia_vs_Egypt_lineups-6] "Tunisia vs Egypt Lineups". sofascore.com. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.

[Qatar_vs_Algeria_lineups-7] "Qatar vs Algeria Lineups". sofascore.com. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.

[Egypt_vs_Qatar_lineups-8] "Egypt vs Qatar Lineups". sofascore.com. 18 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.

[TUN-ALG_lineups-9] "Tunisia vs Algeria Lineups". sofascore.com. 18 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.

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v 2021 FIFA Arab Cup
Stages	Group stage Group A Group B Group C Group D Knockout stage Final
General information	Qualification Squads
Venues	Al Bayt Stadium (Al Khor) Al Rayyan Stadium (Al Rayyan) Al Thumama Stadium (Doha) Al Janoub Stadium (Al Wakrah) Education City Stadium (Al Rayyan) Stadium 974 (Doha)