The 2012 Arab Cup ( ar, كأس العرب 2012) was the ninth edition of the

Arab Cup The FIFA Arab Cup ( ar, كأس العرب, translit=Kaʾs al-ʿArab), or simply Arab Cup, is an international association football competition which has been organized by FIFA since 2021, and is contested by the senior men's national teams of ...

for national football teams affiliated with the

Union of Arab Football Associations The Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA; ar, الاتحاد العربي لكرة القدم; french: Union des associations de football arabe) is the governing body of football in the Arab League. Established in 1974, UAFA has 22 member as ...

(UAFA). The tournament was hosted by

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between 22 June and 6 July 2012. It is the second time that the nation has hosted the tournament, the first being in

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. This edition witnessed the return of

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– the most successful team and record holder of the Arab Cup with four titles – after a 25-year absence due to the

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Prize money

The tournament's lead sponsor was

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an company

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who describe themselves as "Asia's leading sports marketing, media and event management company." The winner received

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$1million, the runner-up received $600,000, the third-placed team received $300,000, while the other participating football associations received $200,000 each.

Teams

Participating

: Bold indicates champion for that year :¹Libya were due to send their under-21 team but instead sent its senior national team.

Did not enter

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Draw

The official draw was held on 6 May 2012 in Jeddah,

. The remaining 11 teams were ranked based on the

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of May 2012 before the draw. The

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withdrew from the competition after the group draw had been made; they were initially drawn into group A. It will be played as tournament with three groups made of four teams each. The organizer country,

was assigned to Group A.

Venues

Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the 2012 Arab Cup.

Referees

Djamel Haimoudi Djamel Haimoudi ( ar, جمال حيمودي; born December 10, 1970) is an Algerian football referee. He has been a FIFA listed international referee since 2004. Career Haimoudi was born in Relizane. He was a referee at the 2008 Africa Cup of N ...

* Nawaf Shukralla *

Mahmoud Ashour Mahmud is a transliteration of the male Arabic given name (), common in most parts of the Islamic world. It comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root Ḥ-M-D, meaning ''praise'', along with ''Muhammad''. Siam Mahmud *Mahmood (singer) (born 199 ...

Gehad Grisha Gehad Zaglol Grisha ( ar, جهاد زغلول جريشة; born 29 February 1976) is an Egyptian former football referee who refereed in the Egyptian Premier League from 2005 to 2021 and was a FIFA-listed referee from 2008 to 2021. He refereed ...

Suleiman Dalqam Suleiman (Arabic: سُلِيمَان ''sulaymān''; or dictionary.reference.comsuleiman/ref>) is the Arabic name of the Quranic king and Islamic prophet Solomon meaning "man of peace", derived from the Hebrew name Shlomo. The name is also spe ...

Redouane Jaid Redouane is an Arabic masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Hajry Redouane (born 1964), retired Moroccan footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, and a manager * Redouane Akniouene (born 1982), Algerian footballer * ...

* Abdullah Al-Baloushi * Abdulrahman Al-Amri * Khalid Abdel Rahman * Selim Jedidi *

Hamad Al-Shaikh Hashmi Hamad may refer to: People *Hamad (name), an Arabic given name and surname *Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa (1872–1942), Ruler of Bahrain from 1932 until his death in 1942. *Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain since 2002. Cities and villages *H ...

Assistant referees

* Abdelhak Etchiali * Aziz Ali Hasan Al-Wadi * Ayman Dagesh * Sherif Saleh * Ahmad Al-Ruwaili * Fouad Al-Maghribi * Bouazza Rouani * Ramzan Al-Nuaimi * Abdulaziz Al-Asmari * Waleed Ali Ahmad * Bechir Hassani * Ahmed Mohammed Saeed Al-Shamisi * Ahmed Qaid Saif

Squads

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Best placed runner-up

The team that finish highest of all group runners-up will also proceed to the semi-final stage. Due to Group A only having three teams in their group, results against teams finishing fourth will not be counted. The best runners-up will face the winner of group A in the semifinals while the winner of group B will face the winner of group C.

Knockout phase

The semi-final winners proceed to the final and those who lost compete in the third place playoff.

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Winners

Statistics

Goalscorers

Awards

* Yassine Salhi – was named the player of the tournament, and was the top scorer of the tournament with a total of 6 goals.

Team statistics

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Media

Broadcasting

References

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