Football at the 2011 Arab Games

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.

2011 Arab Games Football
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
Dates10 – 23 December
Teams12 (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 played16
Goals scored31 (1.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)Jordan Abdallah Deeb
(4 goals)
2007
2023

Venues edit

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 edit

Draw edit

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 edit

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

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

Group A edit

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
Qatar  2–2  Bahrain
Al Marri   17'
Razak   34'
Report Al-Husaini   71', 89'
Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

Bahrain  3–0  Iraq
Hardan   41'
Abdul-Latif   63' (pen.), 70'
Report
Referee: Khaled Abdurahaman (Sudan)

Qatar  0–0  Iraq
Report

Group B edit

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

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

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

Group C edit

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
Libya  0–1  Sudan
Report Ankba   81'

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

Sudan  0–0  Jordan
Report
Referee: Yosr Saadallah (Tunisia)

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

Sudan  0–2  Palestine
Report El-Khatib   39'
Al-Amour   62'
Referee: Ali Al-Samahiji (Bahrain)

Libya  0–0  Jordan
Report
Referee: Ibrahim Al-Hosni (Oman)

Knockout stage edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
20 December
 
 
  Bahrain3
 
23 December
 
  Palestine1
 
  Bahrain1
 
20 December
 
  Jordan0
 
  Kuwait0
 
 
  Jordan (a.e.t.)2
 
Third place
 
 
22 December 2011
 
 
  Palestine0
 
 
  Kuwait (a.e.t.)3

Semi-finals edit

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

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

Bronze medal match edit

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

Gold medal match edit

Bahrain  1–0  Jordan
Abdul-Latif   89' Report

Final ranking edit

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 edit

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References edit

  1. ^ "Draw of AG 2011 teams sports on October 30". 20 October 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2011.[permanent dead link]

External links edit