2009 Arab Cup

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2009 Arab Cup
Tournament cancelled
2002
2012

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 sponsorship. [1]

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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

Group 1

Qualifying tournament of group 1 held in Yemen.

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen 220061+56
Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 210143+13
Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 200228−60
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 00000000
Yemen  Flag of Yemen.svg2–0Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros
Haggam Soccerball shade.svg73', 90'

Djibouti  Flag of Djibouti.svg1–4Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros
Okishi Soccerball shade.svg90+2' Bi Daoud Soccerball shade.svg5'
Seif Soccerball shade.svg33', 75'
Moni Soccerball shade.svg89'

Yemen  Flag of Yemen.svg4–1Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti
Al-Sasi Soccerball shade.svg9'
Nasser Soccerball shade.svg48'
Al-Hubaishi Soccerball shade.svg52'
Al-Tahoos Soccerball shade.svg85'
Okishi Soccerball shade.svg7'

Group 2

Qualifying tournament of group 2 held in Lebanon.

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 321081+77
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 312040+45
Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg  Mauritania 311184+44
Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 3003318−150

Sudan  Flag of Sudan.svg6–1Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia
Eltahir Soccerball shade.svg8'
Khaider Soccerball shade.svg16', 18'
Mustafa Soccerball shade.svg21' (pen.)
Agab Soccerball shade.svg30'
Natali Soccerball shade.svg55'
Ali Abdelaziz Soccerball shade.svg90+3'


Mauritania  Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg0–2Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
Agab Soccerball shade.svg3'
Tambal Soccerball shade.svg90'

Somalia  Flag of Somalia.svg2–8Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg  Mauritania
Ali Abdelaziz Soccerball shade.svg26' (pen.), 67' Mohamed Soccerball shade.svg4' (pen.), 24'
Dominique Soccerball shade.svg14', 27' (pen.)
Ndiaye Soccerball shade.svg30', 43'
Khuro Soccerball shade.svg75', 88'


Second qualifying round

Final round

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

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