2002 Arab Cup

2002 Arab Cup
كأس العرب 2002

2002 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Kuwait
Dates	16–30 December
Teams	10 (from 2 confederations)
Venue	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 Mohammad Rafe (4 goals each)
Best player	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. 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 [a]
Zone 4 (East Region)	Lebanon
	Jordan
	Palestine
	Syria

Notes

1. Under-23 Olympic Team was representing Country

Squads

Further information: 2002 Arab Cup squads

Venues

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

Group stage

Group A

Main article: 2002 Arab Cup Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Jordan	4	2	2	0	6	4	+2	8
Morocco	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

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

16 December 2002

Kuwait	1–1	Morocco
Laheeb 46'		El Moubarki 26'

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Mahmoud Abbas (Syria)

16 December 2002

Palestine	1–1	Jordan
Al-Kord 5'		Aqel 11'

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

Referee: Hicham Guirat (Tunisia)

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18 December 2002

Morocco	1–1	Jordan
Kaïssi 4'		Abu Zema 64' (pen.)

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid (Saudi Arabia)

18 December 2002

Kuwait	1–0	Sudan
Neda 90'

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Mohamed Zekrini (Algeria)

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20 December 2002

Jordan	2–1	Sudan
Salim 17' Abu Zema 82' (pen.)		Ali 84'

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Mahmoud Abbas (Syria)

20 December 2002

Morocco	3–1	Palestine
Armoumen 30', 40' Kherrazi 88'		Al-Kord 52'

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 700

Referee: Mohamed Omar (United Arab Emirates)

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23 December 2002

Sudan	2–2	Palestine
Farjallah 51' Al-Tijani 88'		Salem 31' Al-Kord 53'

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid (Saudi Arabia)

23 December 2002

Jordan	2–1	Kuwait
Al-Zboun 69', 83'		B. Abdullah 86'

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Hisham Qirat (Tunisia)

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25 December 2002

Sudan	1–0	Morocco U23
Haitham 45'

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

25 December 2002

Kuwait	3–3	Palestine
Neda 30' B. Abdullah 68', 73'		Asad 15' Atura 38' Al-Jaish 46'

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid (Saudi Arabia)

Group B

Main article: 2002 Arab Cup 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

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

17 December 2002

Saudi Arabia	2–1	Bahrain
Al-Obaili 33' Al-Meshal 71'	Report	Yousef 44'

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)

17 December 2002

Yemen	0–4	Syria
		Rafe 26' Al Sayed 52' Al Khatib 57' (pen.), 70'

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 300

Referee: Mohamed Omar (United Arab Emirates)

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19 December 2002

Bahrain	2–0	Syria
Hassan 82' Al-Dosari 90' (pen.)

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

Referee: Qassem Hamza (Kuwait)

19 December 2002

Saudi Arabia	1–0	Lebanon
Tamim 90+2'	Report

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 700

Referee: Ridha Al-Baltaji (Egypt)

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21 December 2002

Syria	4–1	Lebanon
Al Khatib 44' Rafe 46, 52, 59'		Qassas 54'

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)

21 December 2002

Bahrain	3–1	Yemen
Hassan 45', 83', 90'		Al-Salimi 89'

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Ridha Al-Baltaji (Egypt)

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24 December 2002

Lebanon	4–2	Yemen
Antar 11', 51', 60' Hojeij 62'		Al-Qadimi 24' Abboud 70'

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)

24 December 2002

Syria	0–3	Saudi Arabia
	Report	Tukar 1' Khariri 71' Al-Meshal 90+3'

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Mohamed Zekrini (Algeria)

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26 December 2002

Yemen	2–2	Saudi Arabia
Al-Salimi 14' Saeed 59'	Report	Al-Qahtani 36', 81'

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)

26 December 2002

Lebanon	0–0	Bahrain

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Hisham Qirat (Tunisia)

Knockout stage

Main article: 2002 Arab Cup knockout stage

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

Semi-finals

28 December 2002

9:49

Saudi Arabia	2–0	Morocco
Al-Waked 20' Al-Meshal 57'

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Mahmoud Abbas (Syria)

28 December 2002

Bahrain	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Jordan
Ali 79', 91'		Al-Zboun 43'

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Qassem Hamza (Kuwait)

Final

Main article: 2002 Arab Cup 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]}

30 December 2002

Saudi Arabia	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Bahrain
Noor 94'	Report

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Mohamed Zekrini (Algeria)

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

Final ranking

R	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
1	Saudi Arabia	6	5	1	0	11	3	+8	16
2	Bahrain	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	10
Eliminated in the Semi-finals
3	Jordan	5	2	2	1	7	6	+1	8
4	Morocco	5	1	2	2	5	6	-1	5
Eliminated in the group stage
5	Syria	4	2	0	2	8	6	+2	6
6	Kuwait	4	1	2	1	6	6	0	5
7	Sudan	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	4
8	Lebanon	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	4
9	Palestine	4	0	3	1	7	9	−2	3
10	Yemen	4	0	1	3	5	13	−8	1

References

1. "تأكيد مشاركة المغرب بالمنتخب الأولمبي في بطولة كأس العرب". Asharq Al-Awsat . Saeed Abu Salah-Eddine. November 29, 2002.
2. "البحرين تقصي الأردن وتواجه السعودية بنهائي كأس العرب". Aljazeera.net. 29 December 2002.
3. "Saudi Arabia Claim Arab Cup". arabnews.com. Ali Masoud. 31 December 2002.
4. "منتخبنا وفرحة الفوز بكأس العرب". alyaum.com. 23 December 2003.
5. "الذهبي السعودي... يبدد الحلم البحريني". Al Wasat News. 30 December 2002.

External links

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