Arab Nations Cup

Tournaments
	1963; 1964; 1966; 1982; 1985; 1988; 1992; 1998; 2002; 2009; 2012;

Arab Nations Cup
Founded	1963
Region	Arab World (UAFA)
Number of teams	19
Current champions	Morocco (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Iraq (4 titles)
	2012 Arab Nations Cup

The Arab Nations Cup (Arabic: كأس الأمم العربية‎ Kaʾs al-ʾUmam al-ʿArabiyya) is a football competition held between Arab countries. The first edition took place in Lebanon in 1963. Iraq is the most successful team in the history of the tournament with four consecutive titles in 1964, 1966, 1985 and 1988, while Saudi Arabia has won twice in 1998 and 2002. Other winning sides were Tunisia in 1963, Egypt in 1992, and Morocco in 2012.^[1]

History

The Lebanese Football Association was the first to call for the establishment of the tournament, thanks to its president M. Georges Debbas who called to organize a general Arab assembly in 1962 for the organization of the Arab cup of nations. The competition was held in Beirut in October 1963, with the participation of five teams. However, the tournament has seen after the first edition many packages as well as many problems that have prevented the organization steadily.

Results

Year	Host nation	Final			Third Place Match
Year	Host nation	Champion	Score	Second Place	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1963 Details	Lebanon	Tunisia	^n/a	Syria	Lebanon	^n/a	Kuwait
1964 Details	Kuwait	Iraq	^n/a	Libya	Lebanon	^n/a	Kuwait
1966 Details	Iraq	Iraq	2–1	Syria	Libya	6–1	Lebanon
1982 Details	Lebanon	Edition cancelled during qualification because of 1982 Lebanon War.
1985 Details	Saudi Arabia	Iraq	1–0	Bahrain	Saudi Arabia	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p.)	Qatar
1988 Details	Jordan	Iraq	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p.)	Syria	Egypt	2–0	Jordan
1992 Details^{[n 1]}	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 No 3rd place match
2009 Details		Edition cancelled during qualification because of no sponsor.^[2]
2012 Details	Saudi Arabia	Morocco	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p.)	Libya	Iraq	1–0	Saudi Arabia

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Summary

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place	Semi-finalists
Iraq	4 (1964, 1966*, 1985, 1988)	–	1 (2012)	–	–
Saudi Arabia	2 (1998, 2002)	1 (1992)	1 (1985*)	1 (2012*)	–
Egypt	1 (1992)	–	1 (1988)	–	–
Morocco	1 (2012)	–	–	–	1 (2002)
Tunisia	1 (1963)	–	–	–	–
Syria	–	3 (1963, 1966, 1988)	–	1 (1992*)	–
Libya	–	2 (1964, 2012)	1 (1966)	–	–
Bahrain	–	2 (1985, 2002)	–	–	–
Qatar	–	1 (1998*)	–	1 (1985)	–
Kuwait	–	–	2 (1992, 1998)	2 (1963, 1964*)	–
Lebanon	–	–	2 (1963*, 1964)	1 (1966)	–
Jordan	–	–	–	1 (1988*)	1 (2002)
United Arab Emirates	–	–	–	1 (1998)	–

* hosts

Participating nations

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

Team	1963	1964	1966	1985	1988	1992	1998	2002	2012	Years
Algeria					GS		GS			2
Bahrain			GS	2nd	GS			2nd	GS	5
Egypt					3rd	1st	GS		GS	4
Iraq		1st	1st	1st	1st				3rd	5
Jordan	GS	GS	GS	GS	4th	GS	GS	SF		8
Kuwait	4th	4th	GS		GS	3rd	3rd	GS	GS	8
Lebanon	3rd	3rd	4th		GS		GS	GS	GS	7
Libya		2nd	3rd				GS		2nd	4
Mauritania				GS						1
Morocco							GS	SF	1st	3
Oman			GS							1
Palestine			GS			GS		GS	GS	4
Qatar				4th			2nd			2
Saudi Arabia				3rd	GS	2nd	1st	1st	4th	6
Sudan							GS	GS	GS	3
Syria	2nd		2nd		2nd	4th	GS	GS		6
Tunisia	1st				GS					2
United Arab Emirates							4th			1
Yemen			GS					GS	GS	3
Total	5	5	10	6	10	6	12	10	11

Legend

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

General statistics

As end of 2012

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
1	Iraq	5	25	16	8	1	46	16	+30	56
2	Syria	6	25	10	7	8	34	28	+6	37
3	Kuwait	8	30	10	6	14	48	50	–2	36
4	Lebanon	7	27	8	7	12	33	39	–6	31
5	Libya	4	16	7	6	3	39	16	+23	27
6	Saudi Arabia	6	26	13	7	6	43	23	+20	27
7	Jordan	8	29	6	7	16	25	57	–32	25
8	Egypt	4	15	5	7	3	17	12	+5	22
9	Morocco	3	12	6	3	2	18	10	+8	21
10	Bahrain	5	21	3	9	9	21	40	–19	18
11	Tunisia	2	8	4	3	1	14	5	+9	15
12	Qatar	2	8	4	2	2	10	7	+3	14
13	Sudan	3	9	3	3	3	11	12	–1	12
14	Palestine	4	11	1	6	4	18	18	0	9
15	Algeria	2	6	1	3	2	3	6	–3	6
16	Yemen	3	10	1	1	8	9	44	–35	4
17	United Arab Emirates	1	4	1	0	3	6	8	–2	3
18	Oman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Mauritania	1	2	0	0	2	0	4	–4	0