Arab Nations Cup 2012

In 2012 the Arab Nations Cup was played for the ninth time. This competition was held in Saudi Arabia . The games took place between June 22 and July 6, 2012 in Jeddah and aṭ-Ṭā'if . Saudi Arabia had already hosted it in 1985. After Iraq's attack on Kuwait in 1990, Iraq was excluded. At this tournament the country took part again after 25 years of absence.

The teams played against each other in a league system in three groups. The group's best moved into the knockout round. Morocco won the tournament.

Group A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia	2	1	1	0	006: 200	+4	04th
2.	Kuwait Kuwait	2	1	0	1	002: 400	−2	03
3.	Palastina autonomous areas Palestine	2	0	1	1	002: 400	−2	01


Saudi Arabia	4-0	Kuwait
Kuwait	2-0	Palestine
Saudi Arabia	2: 2	Palestine

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Morocco Morocco	3	2	1	0	008-000	+8	07th
2.	Libya Libya	3	2	1	0	005: 200	+3	07th
3.	Yemen Yemen	3	1	0	2	003: 700	−4	03
4th	Bahrain Bahrain	3	0	0	3	001: 800	−7	00


Morocco	4-0	Bahrain
Libya	3: 1	Yemen
Bahrain	0: 2	Yemen
Libya	0-0	Morocco
Libya	2: 1	Bahrain
Yemen	0: 4	Morocco

Group C

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Iraq Iraq	3	2	1	0	004: 200	+2	07th
2.	Sudan Sudan	3	1	2	0	004: 200	+2	05
3.	Egypt Egypt	3	0	2	1	003: 400	−1	02
4th	Lebanon Lebanon	3	0	1	2	001: 400	−3	01


Iraq	1-0	Lebanon
Egypt	1: 1	Sudan
Lebanon	0: 2	Sudan
Iraq	2: 1	Egypt
Egypt	1: 1	Lebanon
Sudan	1: 1	Iraq

Knockout round

Best runner-up

Libya were the best runner-up team. Therefore, it was allowed to participate in the semifinals.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Libya Libya	2	1	1	0	003: 100	+2	04th
2.	Kuwait Kuwait	2	1	0	1	002: 400	−2	03
3.	Sudan Sudan	2	0	2	0	002: 200	± 0	02

Semifinals

Saudi Arabia	0-2	Libya
Morocco	2-1	Iraq

Third place game

Saudi Arabia

0-1

Iraq

final

Libya

1-1 n.V. 1: 3 i. E.

Morocco