| Event | 2021 FIFA Arab Cup | ||||||
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| After extra time | |||||||
| Date | 18 December 2021 | ||||||
| Venue | Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor | ||||||
| Referee | Daniel Siebert (Germany) | ||||||
| Attendance | 60,456 | ||||||
The 2021 FIFA Arab Cup Final was a football match which determined the winners of the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup. The match was held at Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar on 18 December 2021 [1] and was contested by Tunisia and Algeria, the winners of the semi-finals. [2]
Both Tunisia and Algeria marked their third appearance in the Arab Cup: Tunisia won the first edition in 1963, while Algeria had never won the competition. This is both countries' first-ever Arab Cup final, as the 1963 edition won by Tunisia was played in a group format. Prior to the final, Algeria led in head-to-head games, having won 16 times to Tunisia's 15; the two sides drew 13 times. Tunisia was undefeated to Algeria in competitive matches since 1987. [3]
 Tunisia | Round |  Algeria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Mauritania | 5–1 | Match 1 |  Sudan | 4–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Syria | 0–2 | Match 2 |  Lebanon | 2–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 United Arab Emirates | 1–0 | Match 3 |  Egypt | 1–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opponents | Result | Knockout stage | Opponents | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Oman | 2–1 | Quarter-finals |  Morocco | 2–2 (a.e.t.; 5–3 p) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | 1–0 | Semi-finals |  Qatar | 2–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The game went to extra-time and nine minutes into the first-half, Algeria's Amir Sayoud scored with a long range left footed shot into the left corner of the net. [4] As Tunisia desperately tried to level the match deep into added on time, the ball broke from a Tunisia corner and reached Yacine Brahimi who ran into the penalty area before shooting into the empty net from six yards out to put Algeria 2-0 up. [5]
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: | Match rules [7]
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