2023 Arab Futsal Cup

2023 Arab Futsal Cup

كأس العرب لكرة الصالات 2023
Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	6–16 June
Teams	12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Morocco (3rd title)
Runners-up	Kuwait
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25
Goals scored	166 (6.64 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Abduellteif AlAbasi (7 goals)
Best player	Anás El Ayyane
Best goalkeeper	Samyr Teffaf
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The 2023 Arab Futsal Cup hosted by the Saudi governorate of Jeddah was the seventh edition of the Arab Futsal Cup between 6 and 16 June 2023. For the first time, twelve teams took part: Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Iraq, Kuwait, Egypt, Tajikistan, Palestine, Algeria, Comoros, Lebanon, Libya, and Mauritania. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Morocco is the two-time defending champion. ^[6] They became the first team to win the title for a record third consecutive time and overall, after defeating Kuwait 7-1 in the final.

Qualification

The following twelve teams qualified for the final tournament. ^[7]

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
Algeria	6th	Group stage (1998, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2022)
Comoros	2nd	Group stage (2021)
Egypt	7th	Champions (1998, 2005)
Iraq	4th	Runners-up (2022)
Kuwait	3rd	Semi-finals (2022)
Lebanon	4th	Third place (2005, 2007)
Libya	6th	Champions (2007, 2008)
Mauritania	3rd	Quarter-finals (2022)
Morocco	6th	Champions (2021, 2022)
Palestine	3rd	Fourth place (1998)
Saudi Arabia (hosts)	3rd	Quarter-finals (2022)
Sudan w/o [A]	2nd	Group stage (1998)
Tajikistan (invited)	1st	Debut

1. Sudan's futsal team withdrew from the Arab Cup tournament due to the situation in the country. Tajikistan were invited to replace their spot.

Did not enter

•   Bahrain
•   Djibouti
•   Jordan
•   Oman
•   Qatar
•   Somalia
•   Syria
•   Tunisia
•   Yemen
•   United Arab Emirates

Venue

Ministry of Sports Hall in the Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Complex in Jeddah.

Match officials

The following officials were chosen for the tournament. ^[8]

Referees

• Adel Chenaoua
• Ammar Balahouane
• Abdulrahman Al Doseri
• Hussain Al Bahhar
• Atef Hessien
• Mohamed Hassan
• Tarek ElKhataby
• Hasan Mussa
• Hawkar Ahmed
• Abdulaziz AlSarraf
• Eisa Abdulhoussain
• Elias AlHakim
• Khalil Balhawan
• Ali AlAyat
• Alghadi Ramzi
• Khalid Hnich
• Said El Haoud
• Majid Al Hatmi
• Mohammed AlGhoul
• Saad Al Hayyan
• Abdelakram El Hentati
• Aymen Kammoun
• Ahmed AlGhais
• Fahad AlHosani

Squads

Main article: 2023 Arab Futsal Championship squads

Group stage

The teams are divided into three groups. ^[9]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Libya	3	2	0	1	9	7	+2	6	Knockout stage
2	Algeria	3	1	2	0	9	8	+1	5
3	Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	15	9	+6	4
4	Tajikistan	3	0	1	2	3	12	−9	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

6 June 2023 (2023-06-06)

16:30  UTC+3

Saudi Arabia	4–4	Algeria
AlOtaibi  2:05, 39:48 Fqihe  32:22, 33:11	Report	Betterki  14:01 Bessa  31:18 Al Shanqiti  33:38 (o.g.) Takdjerad  33:59

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Mohamed Hassan (Egypt)

6 June 2023 (2023-06-06)

19:00  UTC+3

Libya	2–1	Tajikistan
Al Ajnef  0:12 Said  36:25	Report	Sardorov  15:55

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Hussain Al Bahhar (Bahrain)

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8 June 2023 (2023-06-08)

16:30  UTC+3

Algeria	3–2	Libya
Bencherif  9:51 Betterki  11:55 Bensaber  31:29	Report	Al Ajnef  28:43 Darweesh  38:04

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Khalil Balhawan (Lebanon)

8 June 2023 (2023-06-08)

19:00  UTC+3

Tajikistan	0–8	Saudi Arabia
	Report	AlZahrani  15:21 AlDabel  15:59, 39:59 AlMaghribi  16:53 AlOtaibi  17:56 Arwan  28:36 AlAsmari  31:06 AlQarni  35:28

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Abdulaziz AlSarraf (Kuwait)

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10 June 2023 (2023-06-10)

16:30

Saudi Arabia	3–5	Libya
AlMaleh  16:15 Arwan  29:25, 37:26	Report	Al Ajnef  6:43 Al Harthi  9:01 (o.g.) Said  19:59 Lamhammel  20:59, 25:08

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Hawkar Ahmed (Iraq)

10 June 2023 (2023-06-10)

19:00

Tajikistan	2–2	Algeria
Yorov  16:59 Sharipov  21:57	Report	Takdjerad  29:02 Modjahed  30:57

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Tarek ElKhataby (Egypt)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morocco	3	3	0	0	15	2	+13	9	Quarter-finals
2	Kuwait	3	2	0	1	14	10	+4	6
3	Lebanon	3	1	0	2	10	14	−4	3
4	Comoros	3	0	0	3	5	18	−13	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

7 June 2023 (2023-06-07)

14:00  UTC+3

Morocco	5–0	Comoros
El Fenni  13:40, 34:33 Jawad  15:11 Bouzian  29:43 Boumezou  35:02	Report

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

7 June 2023 (2023-06-07)

16:30  UTC+3

Kuwait	5–4	Lebanon
AlAbasi  11:10, 25:47 El Khoury  25:00 (o.g.) AlFadhel  27:27 O. AlMansour  37:30	Report	Koukezian  1:31 Kobeissy  15:08 Rhyem  20:19 Mehrez  36:48

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Fahad AlHosani (United Arab Emirates)

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9 June 2023 (2023-06-09)

19:00  UTC+3

Comoros	2–7	Kuwait
Salim  19:59 Ahamada  27:04	Report	AlKhawari  5:02 AlAbasi  5:41, 28:38, 30:59 AlAlban  7:04 AlBasam  13:43 B. AlMansour  18:07

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Ali AlAyat (Libya)

9 June 2023 (2023-06-09)

21:30  UTC+3

Lebanon	0–6	Morocco
	Report	Boumezou  17:35, 30:58 Bouzid  25:03 El Fenni  28:41, 30:00 El Ayyane  32:48

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Hussain Al Bahhar (Bahrain)

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11 June 2023 (2023-06-11)

Morocco	4–2	Kuwait
El Fenni  04:17 Knia  12:07 Bouzid  19:07 Amzal  26:21	Report	AlShatti  23:28 AlAlban  38:51

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

11 June 2023 (2023-06-11)

Lebanon	6–3	Comoros
Hamouch  27:33, 30:11, 34:36, 39:59 Issa  29:23 Farchakh  31:44	Report	Boina  8:23 Hassani  10:16 Kadima  37:46 (pen.)

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Ahmed AlGhais (United Arab Emirates)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	2	1	0	15	6	+9	7	Quarter-finals
2	Iraq	3	2	1	0	13	4	+9	7
3	Palestine	3	1	0	2	8	15	−7	3
4	Mauritania	3	0	0	3	7	18	−11	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

7 June 2023 (2023-06-07)

19:00  UTC+3

Egypt	7–2	Mauritania
Eid  2:27, 35:12 Mostafa  5:04 Ibrahim  26:21 Koki  32:58 A. Mohamed  37:34 Maradona  38:11	Report	Sylla  2:38 Bouhamadi  14:11

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Khalid Hnich (Morocco)

7 June 2023 (2023-06-07)

21:30  UTC+3

Palestine	0–6	Iraq
	Report	Jumaah  1:01, 15:28 Eesa  5:27 Kareem  25:28 Hadi  29:19 Abed  35:11

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Aymen Kammoun (Tunisia)

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9 June 2023 (2023-06-09)

14:00  UTC+3

Mauritania	4–7	Palestine
Sylla  20:00 Keurdidi  36:41, 38:59 J. Mohamed  39:18	Report	Salloum  4:45 Habous  28:32, 33:09 Shawahna  24:09, 25:39, 34:12 Fahjan  30:07

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

9 June 2023 (2023-06-09)

16:00  UTC+3

Iraq	3–3	Egypt
Eesa  23:26 Drewil  27:50, 37:15	Report	Eid  3:54 Koki  7:25 M. Mohamed  9:35

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Fahad AlHosani (United Arab Emirates)

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11 June 2023 (2023-06-11)

Egypt	5–1	Palestine
Eid  24:11 Dunga  33:05 A. Mohamed  38:55, 33:58 Fathi  35:47	Report	Shawahna  40:00

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Hussain Al Bahhar (Bahrain)

11 June 2023 (2023-06-11)

Iraq	4–1	Mauritania
Fahem  12:01 Sami  16:18 Kareem  20:41 Sajed  27:01	Report	Dioncounda  35:26

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	15	9	+6	4	Knockout stage
2	B	Lebanon	3	1	0	2	10	14	−4	3
3	C	Palestine	3	1	0	2	8	15	−7	3

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

13 June 2023 (2023-06-13)

14:00  UTC+3

Libya	5–2	Lebanon
Said  12:43, 35:24 Aziz  15:26 Al Mariami  28:20 Al Ajnef  39:59	Report	Mehrez  29:19 Hamouch  30:39

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Eisa Abdulhoussain (Kuwait)

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13 June 2023 (2023-06-13)

16:30  UTC+3

Morocco	5–2	Saudi Arabia
Bouzid  3:23 Chaaraoui  7:39 El Ayyane  11:12 Al Khyari  17:05 El Fenni  37:46	Report	Arwan  37:31, 39:59

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Mohamed Hassan (Egypt)

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13 June 2023 (2023-06-13)

19:00  UTC+3

Egypt	2–6	Kuwait
Eid  24:41, 37:03	Report	AlShatti  8:19 AlTawail  10:17 B. AlMansour  11:37, 21:49 AlOmran  26:41 AlAbasi  39:59

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Aymen Kammoun (Tunisia)

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13 June 2023 (2023-06-13)

21:30  UTC+3

Algeria	2–0	Iraq
Bencherif  14:05, 32:05	Report

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Fahad AlHosani (United Arab Emirates)

Semi-finals

14 June 2023 (2023-06-14)

16:30  UTC+3

Libya	1–5	Morocco
Al Ajnef  33:57	Report	Amzal  8:35 El Ayyane  10:47 Chaaraoui  13:59 Jawad  17:05, 22:01

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Hawkar Ahmed (Iraq)

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14 June 2023 (2023-06-14)

19:00  UTC+3

Kuwait	3–2	Algeria
AlAbasi  8:59 AlAlban  22:26 B. AlMansour  32:21	Report	Bencherif  27:07 Takdjerad  31:10

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Hussain Al Bahhar (Bahrain)

Final

16 June 2023 (2023-06-16)

19:00  UTC+3

Morocco	7–1	Kuwait
Amzal  1:39 Chaaraoui  5:22 Jawad  12:45 Bouzid  16:15 Bourite  17:11 Al Khyari  25:46 AlOmran  26:48 (o.g.)	Report	AlTawail  30:36

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Mohamed Hassan (Egypt)

Goalscorers

There were 166 goals scored in 25 matches, for an average of 6.64 goals per match.

7 goals

• Abduellteif AlAbasi

6 goals

• Mostafa Eid
• Idriss Raiss El Fenni

5 goals

• Nawaf Arwan
• Majd Hamouch
• Ahmed Al Ajnef

4 goals

• Rashid Shawahna
• Mohammed Said
• Khalid Bouzid
• Youssef Jawad

3 goals

• Azzedine Takdjerad
• Amine Bencherif
• Abdelrahman Mohamed
• Abdulelah AlOtaibi
• Bader AlMansour
• Issa Mehrez
• Othmane Boumezou
• Anás El Ayyane
• Ismail Amzal
• Soufian Charraoui

2 goals

• Walid Betterki
• Koki
• Haedr Drewil
• Mustafa Jumaah
• Rafid Eesa
• Ghaith Kareem
• Omar Chotti
• Nasser AlAlban
• Abdulrahman Al Taweel
• Ibrahim Lamhammel
• Reda Khiyari
• Yakhouna Sylla
• Wedadi Keurdidi
• Mohamed Habous
• Mohsen Fqihe
• Omar AlDabel

1 goal

• Amar Bessa
• Boumedyen Bensaber
• Sofian Modjahed
• Mazen Saïd Salim
• Souadroudine Ahamada
• Hanady Boyla
• Marwan Hassani
• Hakim Kadima
• Tarek Mostafa
• Ali Ibrahim
• Mohamed Mohamed
• Maradona
• Mahmoud FATHI
• A.I. DONGA
• Haedr Sagit
• Zaher Hadi
• Salim Abed
• Walid Fahim
• Fadi Sami
• Saleh AlFadhel
• Omar AlMansour
• Fahad AlkKhawari
• Abdulaziz AlBasam
• Suleiman Al-Omran
• Steve Koukezian
• Mohamad Kobeissy
• Mustafa Rhyem
• Johnny Farchakh
• Suleiman Darweesh
• Ziad Aziz
• Izz Al-Din Al-Marimi
• Jemile Mohamed
• Abd Rahman Bouhamadi
• Sow Gonconda
• Hamza Bouzian
• Saad KNIA
• Soufiane Borite
• Adnan Salloum
• Imad Fahjan
• Mansour AlZahrani
• Abdullah AlMaghrabi
• Farhan AlAsmari
• Saleh AlQarni
• Fares AlMaleh
• Faizali Sardorov
• Idris Yorov
• Muhamadjon Sharipov

1 own goal

• Georgio El Khoury (against Kuwait)
• Suleiman Al-Omran (against Morocco)
• Abdul-Razak Al-Shanqiti (against Algeria)
• Nasser Al Harthi (against Libya)

Honors

2023 Arab Futsal Cup
Morocco Third title

• Best Player: Anás El Ayyane -   Morocco
• Best Goalkeeper: Samir Teffaf -   Algeria
• Top Goal Scorer: Abduellteif AlAbasi (7) -   Kuwait
• Fair Play Award:

Tournament ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Morocco	6	6	0	0	32	6	+26	18	Champions
2	Kuwait	6	4	0	2	24	21	+3	12	Runners-up
3	Libya	5	3	0	2	15	14	+1	9	Third place
4	Algeria	5	2	2	1	13	11	+2	8	Fourth place
5	Iraq	4	2	1	1	13	6	+7	7	Eliminated in Quarter-finals
6	Egypt	4	2	1	1	17	12	+5	7
7	Saudi Arabia	4	1	1	2	17	14	+3	4
8	Lebanon	4	1	0	3	12	19	-7	3
9	Palestine	3	1	0	2	8	15	-7	3	Eliminated in Group stage
10	Tajikistan	3	0	1	2	3	12	-9	1
11	Mauritania	3	0	0	3	7	18	-11	0
12	Comoros	3	0	0	3	5	18	-13	0

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