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)

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

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.[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) – 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 211052+34
 Qatar 20202202
 Iraq 201103−31
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
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Kuwait 220040+46
 Saudi Arabia 201102−21
 Oman 201102−21
Saudi Arabia 0–0 Oman
Report
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
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Jordan 312041+35
 Palestine 311145−14
 Sudan 311112−14
 Libya 302112−12
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'
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)
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
 
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
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
Palestine 0–3 (a.e.t.) Kuwait
Report Al-Musawi 92'
Al-Rashidi 94'
Al-Mutawa 119'

Gold medal match
Bahrain 1–0 Jordan
Abdul-Latif 89' Report

Final ranking
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Bahrain 4 3 1 0 9 3 +6 10 Gold Medal
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Jordan 5 2 2 1 6 2 +4 8 Silver Medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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
(H) Hosts

Scorers
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References
  1. "Draw of AG 2011 teams sports on October 30". 20 October 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
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