Football at the 2011 Arab Games

The men's football tournament at the 2011 Arab Games was held in Al Rayyan, Qatar from 10 to 23 December. The tournament was played at three venues in one host city. Egypt were the defending champions from the 2007 Arab Games in Cairo. Bahrain clinched the Gold Medal after beating Jordan 1–0.

2011 Arab Games men's football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Qatar
Dates	10–23 December
Teams	12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Bahrain (1st title)
Runners-up	Jordan
Third place	Kuwait
Fourth place	Palestine
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	31 (1.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Abdallah Deeb (4 goals)
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Venues

City	Stadium	Capacity	Ref.
Al Rayyan	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium	21,282	[1]
	Al-Gharafa Stadium	25,000
	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium	15,000

Squads

Main article: Football at the 2011 Arab Games – squads

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 30 October 2011 in Doha, Qatar.^[2]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Qatar  Libya (B team)  Saudi Arabia (Olympic)	Iraq  Kuwait  Jordan (B team)	Sudan (B team)  Oman (Olympic)  Bahrain	Syria (withdrew)  Palestine  Somalia (withdrew)

Group stage

All times are Arabian Standard Time (AST) – UTC+3

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the semi-finals

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bahrain	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	4
Qatar	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
Iraq	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3	1

10 December 2011

17:30

Qatar	2–2	Bahrain
Al Marri 17' Razak 34'	Report	Al-Husaini 71', 89'

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

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13 December 2011

17:30

Bahrain	3–0	Iraq
Hardan 41' Abdul-Latif 63' (pen.), 70'	Report

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Khaled Abdurahaman (Sudan)

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16 December 2011

19:30

Qatar	0–0	Iraq
	Report

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kuwait	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6
Saudi Arabia	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1
Oman	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1

11 December 2011

17:30

Saudi Arabia	0–0	Oman
	Report

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)

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14 December 2011

17:30

Oman	0–2	Kuwait
	Report	Nasser 81', 90+2'

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Mohammad Abu Loum (Jordan)

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17 December 2011

19:30

Saudi Arabia	0–2	Kuwait
	Report	Al Kandari 45+1' Al-Mutawa 85' (pen.)

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Jordan	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5
Palestine	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
Sudan	3	1	1	1	1	2	−1	4
Libya	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

11 December 2011

17:30

Libya	0–1	Sudan
	Report	Ankba 81'

Al-Gharafa Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

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11 December 2011

19:30

Jordan	4–1	Palestine
Al-Khalidi 14' Abdallah Deeb 23' (pen.), 33' Al-Dardour 83'	Report	Nu'man 34'

Al-Gharafa Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)

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14 December 2011

17:30

Sudan	0–0	Jordan
	Report

Al-Gharafa Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Yosr Saadallah (Tunisia)

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14 December 2011

19:30

Palestine	1–1	Libya
Zatara 88'	Report	Boussefi 41'

Al-Gharafa Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

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17 December 2011

17:30

Sudan	0–2	Palestine
	Report	El-Khatib 39' Al-Amour 62'

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Ali Al-Samahiji (Bahrain)

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17 December 2011

17:30

Libya	0–0	Jordan
	Report

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Ibrahim Al-Hosni (Oman)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	20 December
	Bahrain	3
					23 December
	Palestine	1
					Bahrain	1
	20 December
					Jordan	0
	Kuwait	0
	Jordan (a.e.t.)	2
					Third place
					22 December
					Palestine	0
					Kuwait (a.e.t.)	3

Semi-finals

20 December 2011

17:30

Bahrain	3–1	Palestine
Al Alawi 6' Isa 44' Abu Saleh 58' (o.g.)	Report	Nu'man 40' (pen.)

Al-Gharafa Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Andre El Haddad (Lebanon)

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20 December 2011

20:30

Kuwait	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Jordan
	Report	Abdallah Deeb 96', 119' (pen.)

Al-Gharafa Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)

Bronze medal match

22 December 2011

19:30

Palestine	0–3 (a.e.t.)	Kuwait
	Report	Al-Musawi 92' Al-Rashidi 94' Al-Mutawa 119'

Al-Gharafa Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)

Gold medal match

23 December 2011

17:30

Bahrain	1–0	Jordan
Abdul-Latif 89'	Report

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	Bahrain	4	3	1	0	9	3	+6	10	Gold Medal
	Jordan	5	2	2	1	6	2	+4	8	Silver Medal
	Kuwait	4	3	0	1	7	2	+5	9	Bronze Medal
4	Palestine	5	1	1	3	5	11	−6	4	Fourth place
5	Sudan B	3	1	1	1	1	2	−1	4	Eliminated in group stage
6	Qatar (H)	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
7	Libya B	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
8	Saudi Arabia U23	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1
9	Oman U23	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1
10	Iraq	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3	1
11	Syria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew
12	Somalia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: rsssf^{[dead link]}
(H) Hosts

Scorers

4 goals

• Abdallah Deeb

3 goals

• Ismail Abdul-Latif

2 goals

• Sami Al-Husaini
• Bader Al-Mutawa
• Yousef Nasser
• Ashraf Nu'man

1 goal

• Fahad Hardan
• Mohamed Al-Alawi
• Salman Isa
• Hamza Al-Dardour
• Rakan Al-Khalidi
• Ali Al Kandari
• Fahad Al-Rashidi
• Hussain Al-Musawi
• Ihaab Boussefi
• Ismail Al-Amour
• Ali El-Khatib
• Imad Zatara
• Jaralla Al Marri
• Mohammed Razak
• Mohamed Abd Al Momen Ankba

1 own goal

• Hussam Abu Saleh