2012 Arab Cup final

2012 Arab Cup Final
Jeddah hosts the final tournament
Event2012 Arab Cup
Morocco won 3–1 on penalties
Date6 July 2012
VenuePrince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
Man of the MatchTBD
RefereeSelim Jedidi (Tunisia)

The 2012 Arab Cup Final was a football match that took place on 6 July 2012, at the Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to determine the winner of the 2012 Arab Cup. Morocco with the local A' team defeated Libya 3–1 on penalties after 1–1 on extra time to win their first Arab Cup.[1]

Road to the final

 Libya Round  Morocco A'
Opponents Result Group stage Opponents Result
 Yemen 3–1 Match 1  Bahrain 4–0
 Morocco A' 0–0 Match 2  Libya 0–0
 Bahrain 2–1 Match 3  Yemen 4–0
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Morocco A' 3 2 1 0 8 0 +8 7
 Libya 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
 Yemen 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 3
 Bahrain 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 3
Final standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Morocco A' 3 2 1 0 8 0 +8 7
 Libya 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
 Yemen 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 3
 Bahrain 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 3
Opponents Result Knockout stage Opponents Result
 Saudi Arabia 2–0 Semi-finals  Iraq 2–1

Match

Details

Libya 1–1 (a.e.t.) Morocco A'
  • Al Badri 89'
Penalties
Al Badri
Salama
Al-Sbaai
Al Ghanodi
1–3 Salhi
Jahouh
Abdessamad
Gadoum
Belmaalem
Libya
Morocco A'
Libya:
GK 1 Muhammad Nashnoush
DF 3 Muhammad Al Maghrabi  77'
DF 4 Waled Jalal Al-Sbaai  68'
DF 5 Younes Al-Shibani
DF 14 Ali Salama
DF 24 Abdulaziz Belraysh  28'
MF 6 Mohamed Esnany  16'
MF 10 Ahmed Saad Osman (c)  117'
MF 18 Faisal Al Badri
MF 21 Mahmoud Said Bheir  46'
FW 17 Ihaab Boussefi
Substitutes:
DF 13 Salem Ablo  119'  77'
DF 19 Hamed Snousi  76'
FW 9 Mohamed Al Ghanodi  46'
Manager:
Abdul-Hafeedh Arbeesh
Morocco A':
GK 12 Aziz El Kinani
DF 2 Rachid Soulaimani  65'
DF 5 Ismail Belmaalem  76'
DF 21 Oussama El Gharib
DF 23 Mustapha Mrani (c)
MF 6 Ahmed Jahouh
MF 8 Salaheddine Saidi
MF 10 Abdessalam Benjelloun  59'
FW 7 Yassine Salhi
FW 14 Brahim El Bahri  90'
FW 17 Abderrazak El Mnasfi  82'
Substitutes:
MF 16 Soufiane Gadoum  59'
MF 20 Abdessamad Rafik  90'
FW 11 Abdeladim Khadrouf  82'
Manager:
Eric Gerets

Assistant referees:
Béchir Hassani (Tunisia)
Sherif Salah (Egypt)
Fourth official:
Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)

Man of the Match:
TBD (...)

References

  1. ^ "Morocco wins Arab Cup 2012 title". alarabiya.net. Al Arabia News. 7 July 2012. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.