2009 Arab Nations Cup qualification

The qualification for 2009 Arab Nations Cup.[1]

Qualification

  • The First qualifying Stage contains 8 teams which have lower FIFA Ranking. The 8 teams divided into 2 Groups, each group contain 4 teams and the group winners qualify the 2nd qualifying Stage.
  • The 2nd Qualifying Stage contains 16 seats, 14 teams who have a higher FIFA ranking get bye from the First Qualifying Round and are entered into 2nd Qualifying Round, plus 2 teams from the First qualifying Stage to complete the last 2 seats. 16 teams will be divided into 4 Groups, 4 teams in each group and the group winners and runners-up will qualify to the Arab Nations Cup.

Top Seeds
(bye to 2nd Qualifying Round)

  

Last 8
(1st Qualifying Round)

The teams sorted by Alphabetical order

First Round

  • The First qualifying Stage contain 8 teams which have lower FIFA Ranking, The 8 Teams divided into 2 Groups, each group contain 4 teams and the group winners qualify the 2nd qualifying Stage.
  • Lebanon qualified as best runners-up due to the withdrawal of Qatar (Qatar would have received a bye to the second qualifying round).
  • Palestine withdrew due to traveling problem as Israel did not allow them to travel to Yemen.

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Yemen 220061+56
 Comoros 210143+13
 Djibouti 200228-60
 Palestine 00000000
Yemen  2 - 0  Comoros
Nashwan Al Haggam 73, 90
Djibouti  1 - 4  Comoros
Abdul Rahman Okishi 90+2 Meknesh Bi Daoud 5
Ahmad Seif 33, 75
Mohammad Moni 89
Yemen  4 - 1  Djibouti
Alaa Al-Sasi 9
Ousam Al Sahhed Nasser 48
Fekri Al Hubaishi 52
Mohammed Al Tahoos 85		 Abdul Rahman Okishi 7

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sudan 321081+77
 Lebanon 312040+45
 Mauritania 311184+44
 Somalia 3003318-150
Sudan  6 - 1  Somalia
Muhannad Eltahir 8
Mohamed Ali Khaider 16, 18
Haitham Mustafa 21 pen
Faisal Agab 30
Gemi Natali 55		 Ali Abdelaziz 90+3
Somalia  2 - 8  Mauritania
Ali Abdelaziz 26 pen, 67 Sidibe Mohamed 4 pen, 24
Corville Pascal Dominique 14, 27 pen
Alioune Ndiaye 30, 43
Katri Khuro 75, 88

Second Round

  • The 2nd Qualifying Stage Contains 16 seats, 14 teams who have a higher FIFA ranking get bye from the First Qualifying Round and are entered into 2nd Qualifying Round, plus 2 teams from the First qualifying Stage to complete the last 2 seats. 16 teams will be divided into 4 Groups, 4 teams in each group and the group winners and runners-up will qualify to the Arab Nations Cup.
  • Qatar withdrew and Lebanon qualified as best runners-up.
  • The second round was never played and the final tournament was eventually cancelled.

References

  1. ↑ "Arab Cup - 2009". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. J. Abboud, J. Nygård & M. Qayed. 22 September 2016.
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