Football at the 2011 Arab Games

2011 Arab Games Football

Tournament details
Host country	Qatar
Dates	10 – 23 December
Teams	12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
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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The men's association football tournament at the 2011 Arab Games was held in Doha, Qatar from 10 to 23 December. The tournament was played at three venues in two host cities. Egypt were the defending champions from the 2007 Arab Games in Cairo. Bahrain clinched the Gold Medal after beating Jordan 1–0.

Venues

Cities	Venues	Capacity
Al Rayyan	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium	22,000
Doha	Al-Gharafa Stadium	22,000
Doha	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium	13,500

Squads

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 30 October 2011 in Doha, Qatar.^[1]

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) –

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

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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

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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

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14 December 2011

19:30

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

Saudi Arabia

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Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	20 December
	Bahrain	3
					23 December
	Palestine	1
					Bahrain	1
	20 December
					Jordan	0
	a.e.t. )	2
					Third place
					22 December 2011
					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.)

Lebanon

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Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

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

Scorers

4 goals

• Abdallah Deeb

3 goals

• Ismail Abdul-Latif

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

• Hussam Abu Saleh

References

External links

• Official Page