Arab Nations Cup

Arab Nations Cup

Founded	1963
Region	Arab World (UAFA)
Number of teams	12
Current champions	Saudi Arabia
Most successful team	Iraq (4 titles)
2012 Arab Nations Cup

The Arab Cup of Nations (Arabic: كأس الأمم العربية), is a football competition held between Arab countries, the first edition where held in 1963 in Lebanon.

Statistics

Winners

Year	Host nation		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1963 Details	Lebanon		Tunisia	Group Stage	Syria		Lebanon	Group Stage	Kuwait
1964 Details	Kuwait		Iraq	Group Stage	Libya		Kuwait	Group Stage	Lebanon
1966 Details	Iraq		Iraq	2–1	Syria		Libya	6–1	Lebanon
1985 Details	Saudi Arabia		Iraq	1–0	Bahrain		Saudi Arabia	0–0 (4–1) on penalties	Qatar
1988 Details	Jordan		Iraq	1–1 (4–3) on penalties	Syria		Egypt	2–0	Jordan
1992(1) Details	Syria		Egypt	3–2	Saudi Arabia		Kuwait	2–1	Syria
1998 Details	Qatar		Saudi Arabia	3–1	Qatar		Kuwait	4–1	United Arab Emirates
2002 Details	Kuwait		Saudi Arabia	1–0	Bahrain		Jordan Morocco
2009 Details			Cancelled during qualification				Cancelled during qualification
2012 Details	Saudi Arabia			–				–

¹ The 1992 edition organised as part of the Pan Arab Games, but counted for the Arab Nations Cup.

² No third place match was played. In this case, the third and fourth place standings are defined by the campaigns of the respective teams.

Note: Iraq was banned from the competition from 1991 to 2003 due to international sanctions.

• Key:
  • aet - after extra time
  • ps - after penalty shootout

Successful national teams

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place(1)	Fourth-place(1)	Semi-finalists(2)
Iraq	4 (1964, 1966, 1985, 1988)	-	-	-
Saudi Arabia	2 (1998, 2002)	1 (1992)	1 (1985)	-	-
Egypt	1 (1992)	-	1 (1988)	-	-
Tunisia	1 (1963)	-	-	-	-
Syria	-	3 (1963, 1966, 1988)	-	1 (1992)	-
Bahrain	-	2 (1985, 2002)	-	-	-
Libya	-	1 (1964)	1 (1966)	-	-
Qatar	-	1 (1998)	-	1 (1985)	-
Kuwait	-	-	3 (1964, 1992, 1998)	-	-
Lebanon	-	-	1 (1963)	2 (1964, 1966)	-
Jordan	-	-	-	1 (1988)	1 (2002)
United Arab Emirates	-	-	-	1 (1998)	-
Morocco	-	-	-	-	1 (2002)

¹ Refers to tournaments held in 1998 and earlier. There was no match to determine 3rd place after the 1998 tournament.

² Refers to tournaments held in 2002 and later. There was no match to determine 3rd place after the 2002 tournament.

Note: Iraq was banned from the competition from 1991 to 2003 due to international sanctions.

Final tournament appearances

App.	Country
8	Jordan
7	Kuwait
6	Syria Lebanon
5	Saudi Arabia
4	Iraq Bahrain
3	Egypt Libya Palestine
2	Tunisia Morocco Algeria Qatar Sudan Yemen (1 as North Yemen)
1	United Arab Emirates Mauritania

Total hosts

Hosts	Nation	Year(s)
2	Kuwait	1964, 2002
1	Qatar	1998
1	Syria	1992
1	Jordan	1988
1	KSA	1985
1	Iraq	1966
1	Lebanon	1963

See also

• Palestine Cup of Nations
• Gulf Cup of Nations
• Football at the Pan Arab Games
• Union of Arab Football Associations

External links

• RSSSF