2009 Arab Cup Explained

Tourney Name:	Arab Cup
Year:	2009
Other Titles:	Tournament cancelled
Size:	200px
Prevseason:	2002
Nextseason:	2012

The Arab Cup 2009 was planned to be the ninth staging of the Arab Cup, an association football tournament held between Arab countries by UAFA. The first stage of qualifying began in December 2006, but no further rounds were played and the tournament was cancelled due to lack of sponsorship.^[1]

Qualifications

The first qualifying stage contained eight teams which had lower FIFA ranking. The eight teams were divided into two groups. Each group contained four teams and the group winners qualified for the second qualifying stage.

The second qualifying stage contained 16 seats; 14 teams which had a higher FIFA ranking get byes from the first qualifying round and were entered into the second qualifying round, and two teams from the first qualifying stage got the last two seats. 16 teams were divided into four groups, four teams in each group and the group winners and runners-up qualified for the Arab Cup.^[2]

Top Seeds
(bye to 2nd Qualifying Round)

Last 8
(1st Qualifying Round)

The teams sorted by Alphabetical order

First qualifying round

The first qualifying stage contained eight teams which had lower FIFA rankings. The eight teams were divided into two groups, each with four teams. The group winners qualified for the second qualifying stage.
Lebanon qualified as best runners-up due to the withdrawal of Qatar (Qatar would have received a bye to the second qualifying round).
Palestine withdrew due to traveling problem as Israel did not allow them to travel to Yemen.

Group 1

Qualifying tournament of group 1 held in Yemen.

width=165	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6
	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	3
	2	0	0	2	2	8	−6	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group 2

Qualifying tournament of group 2 held in Lebanon.

width=165	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7
	3	1	2	0	4	0	+4	5
	3	1	1	1	8	4	+4	4
	3	0	0	3	3	18	−15	0

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Second qualifying round

The second qualifying stage contained 16 seats, 14 teams with a higher FIFA ranking got byes from the first qualifying round and were entered into the second qualifying round, plus two teams from the first qualifying stage to complete the last two seats. 16 teams were divided into four groups, with four teams in each group. The group winners and runners-up qualified for the Arab Cup.
Qatar withdrew and Lebanon qualified as best runners-up.

West Asia Region

Gulf Region

North Africa Region

Red Sea Region

The second round was never played and the tournament was eventually canceled.

Final round

The final tournament was cancelled because of no sponsor.^[1]

External links

Details in RSSSF

Notes and References

Web site: UAFA: 44 millions dollars pour la relance des compétitions . ES Tunis media site . TAP . 2012 .
Web site: تأكيد مشاركة 16 دولة عربية في بطولة كأس العرب 2009 . arabic.people.com . LMS . 28 July 2006 .