FIFA Arab Cup

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The FIFA Arab Cup (Arabic: Arabic: كأس العرب), or simply known as the Arab Cup, is a football (soccer) tournament held between countries in the Arab world. It has been organized by FIFA since 2021.

Iraq has been the most successful team because they won 4 tournaments. The first tournament was played in Lebanon in 1963. Morocco won the most recent tournament, which occurred in 2012.

Results[change | change source]

Team Titles Runners-up 3rd Place 4th Place Semi-finalists Top 4
 Iraq 4 (1964, 1966*, 1985, 1988) 1 (2012) 5
 Saudi Arabia 2 (1998, 2002) 1 (1992) 1 (1985) 1 (2012) 5
 Egypt 1 (1992) 1 (1988) 2
 Morocco 1 (2012) 1 (2002) 2
 Tunisia 1 (1963) 1
 Syria 3 (1963, 1966, 1988) 1 (1992) 4
 Libya 2 (1964, 2012) 1 (1966) 3
 Bahrain 2 (1985, 2002) 2
 Qatar 1 (1998) 1 (1985) 2
 Kuwait 3 (1964, 1992, 1998) 1 (1963) 4
 Lebanon 1 (1963) 2 (1964, 1966) 3
 Jordan 1 (1988) 1 (2002) 2
 United Arab Emirates 1 (1998) 1

All-time table[change | change source]

  • Teams highlighted in gold have won a title.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Win ratio Point ratio
1  Iraq 25 16 8 1 46 16 +30 56 0.64 2.24
2  Saudi Arabia 26 14 6 6 44 23 +21 48 0.54 1.85
3  Syria 25 11 7 8 36 27 +9 40 0.44 1.60
4  Kuwait 30 10 6 14 46 52 –6 36 0.33 1.20
5  Lebanon 27 8 7 12 37 38 –1 31 0.30 1.15
6  Libya 16 7 6 3 39 16 +23 27 0.44 1.69
7  Egypt 15 6 7 2 17 12 +5 25 0.40 1.67
8  Jordan 29 6 6 17 24 61 −37 24 0.21 0.83
9  Morocco 12 5 4 3 18 10 +8 19 0.42 1.58
10  Bahrain 21 4 7 10 22 41 –19 19 0.19 0.90
11  Tunisia 8 4 3 1 14 5 +9 15 0.50 1.88
12  Qatar 8 4 2 2 10 7 +3 14 0.50 1.75
13  Sudan 9 3 3 3 10 11 −1 12 0.33 1.33
14 State of Palestine Palestine 11 1 6 4 18 18 0 9 0.09 0.82
15  Algeria 6 1 3 2 3 6 −3 6 0.17 1.00
16  Yemen 10 1 1 8 9 44 –35 4 0.10 0.40
17  United Arab Emirates 4 1 0 3 6 8 -2 3 0.25 0.75
18  Oman[Note 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
19  Mauritania 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0 0.00 0.00
  1. Oman didn't finish their first match against Libya in 1966, and left the tournament shortly thereafter.

Appearances by team[change | change source]

Nations Appearances Titles Hosts
 Kuwait 8 0 2
 Jordan 8 0 1
 Lebanon 7 0 1
 Saudi Arabia 6 2 2
 Syria 6 0 1
 Iraq 5 4 1
 Bahrain 5 0 0
 Egypt 4 1 0
 Libya 4 0 0
State of Palestine Palestine 4 0 0
 Morocco 3 1 0
 Sudan 3 0 0
 Yemen 3 0 0
 Tunisia 2 1 0
 Qatar 2 0 1
 Algeria 2 0 0
 United Arab Emirates 1 0 0
 Mauritania 1 0 0
 Oman 1 0 0

Other websites[change | change source]

  • Arab Cup - Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation