2009 Arab Nations Cup
The Arab Nations Cup 2009 was the ninth staging of the Arab Nations 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 because of no sponsor.[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 Nations Cup.[2]
Top Seeds |
Last 8 |
The teams sorted by Alphabetical order
First Qualifying Round
- The first qualifying stage contained eight teams which had lower FIFA rankings. The eight teams were divided into two groups, each with four teams. The group winners qualified for the second 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).
- The Palestine withdrew due to traveling problem as Israel did not allow them to travel to Yemen.
Group 1
Qualifying tournament of group 1 held in Yemen.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 0 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yemen ![]() | 4 - 1 | ![]() |
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Alaa Al-Sasi 9 Ousam Al Sahhed Nasser 48 Fekri Al Hubaishi 52 Mohammed Al Tahoos 85 |
Abdul Rahman Okishi 7 |
Group 2
Qualifying tournament of group 2 held in Lebanon.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | -15 | 0 |
Sudan ![]() | 6 - 1 | ![]() |
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Muhannad Eltahir 8 Mohamed Ali Khaider 16, 18 Haitham Mustafa 21 pen Faisal Agab 30 Gemi Natali 55 |
Ali Abdelaziz 90+3 |
Lebanon ![]() | 4 - 0 | ![]() |
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Mohammed Ghaddar 4, 28 Ali Nasseredine 72 Paul Rustom 83 |
Somalia ![]() | 2 - 8 | ![]() |
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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 Qualifying Round
- The second qualifying stage contained 16 seats, 14 teams with a higher FIFA ranking got byes from the first qualifying round and were entered into the second qualifying round, plus two teams from the first qualifying stage to complete the last two seats. 16 teams were divided into four groups, with four teams in each group. The group winners and runners-up qualified for the Arab Nations Cup.
- Qatar withdrew and Lebanon qualified as best runners-up.
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Gulf Region
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North Africa Region
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Red Sea Region
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- The second round was never played and the tournament was eventually canceled.
Final round
The final was cancelled because of no sponsor.[1]
References
- "UAFA: 44 millions dollars pour la relance des compétitions". ES Tunis media site. TAP. 2012.
- "تأكيد مشاركة 16 دولة عربية في بطولة كأس العرب 2009". arabic.people.com. LMS. 28 July 2006.