2017 CISM World Football Cup explained

Tourney Name:	CISM World Football Cup
Year:	2017
Other Titles:	كأس العالم العسكرية الثانية لكرة القدم 2017
Country:	Oman
City:	Muscat
Dates:	15–28 January
Num Teams:	16
Confederations:	4
Venues:	3
Cities:	2
Count:	1
Matches:	32
Goals:	90
Top Scorer:	Mohammed Al Wakid Ahmed El Sheikh (5 goals each)
Player:	Abdullah Al-Haddad
Goalkeeper:	Faiz Al-Rushaidi
Prevseason:	2013

The 2017 CISM World Football Cup is the 2nd edition of the CISM World Football Cup and take part in Muscat, capital of Oman.^[1] Oman the hosts won the tournament for the first time, defeating Qatar 4–1 in a penalty shoot-out after the final finished goalless following extra time. Syria came third and Egypt fourth, while defending champions Iraq did not qualify.^[2]

Qualification

See main article: article.

Venues

Seeb	Muscat
Al-Seeb Stadium	Sultan Qaboos Stadium
Capacity 13,400	Capacity: 30,000
Muscat
Royal Oman Police Stadium
Capacity: 12,000

Squads

See main article: article and 2017 CISM World Football Cup squads.

Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the 2017 CISM World Football Cup.^[3]

Referees

• Mohamed Benouza
• Ali Al-Samahiji
• Ibrahim Nour El Din
• Benoît Millot
• Stefan Treiber
• Aboubacar Bangoura
• Mohamed Hossein Zahedifar
• Eoghan O'Shea
• In-Chol Kang
• Kim Song Ho
• Khaled Al-Sheddi
• Zakri Nasser Hashil Al-Hinaai
• Omar Al-Yaqoubi
• Qassim Al-Hatmi
• Yaqoub Abdul Baqi
• Marek Marcinkowski
• Saoud Ali Al Adba
• Adel Al-Naqbi
• Mohamad Abdulah
• Mohammed Al-Qarni
• Assetou Keita

Assistant referees

• Abdulla Al Rowaimi
• Mahmoud Abu Elregal
• Yohann Tetart
• Michael Olligschläger
• Djeneba Dembele
• Deckie Toland
• Hamed Al-Gafri
• Nasser Ambusaidi
• Rashad Al-Hakmani
• Ryszard Walendziak
• Saoud Ahmed Al-Maqaleh
• Abdulah Al-Shalwai
• Zakaria Kanat
• Abdullah Al-Naqbi
• Azane Al-Qateti
• Hasan Zeheiri

Group stage

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). Group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals.

All times are local, GST (UTC+4).

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Ahmed El Sheikh
• Mohammed Al Wakid

4 goals

• Abdul Aziz Al-Muqbali
• Mohammed Taqi
• Abdul-Kader Ngom

3 goals

• Mohamed Amine Hamia
• Mateusz Łuczak

2 goals

• Abderrahmane Meziane
• Ismail Abdullatif
• Florian Stahl
• Derek Walsh
• Ricky Fox
• Amadou Diallo
• Sambou Sissoko
• Saud Al-Farsi
• Damian Kosiński
• Justice Odoi
• Mohammed Hamadko

1 goal

• Houari Ferhani
• Chamseddine Harrag
• Sofiane Khadir
• Ali Madan
• Stephen Sabadoz
• Ahmed Eid
• Amr Marey
• Paulo
• Ahmed Samy
• Salah Soliman
• Moamen Zakaria
• Kévin Dumontant
• Jawad El Hajri
• William Friedrich
• Abdelkader Mihoubi
• Andreas Dick
• Ibrahima Kassory Camara
• Adboulaye Sow
• Aliou Barry
• Ali Gholamrezapour
• Sean Gannon
• Mark Horgan
• Graig Shortt
• An Il-bom
• Sim Hyon-jin
• So Hyon-uk
• Adama Traoré
• Mohsin Al-Khaldi
• Juma Darwish
• Saad Al-Mukhaini
• Mohammed Al-Musalami
• Jameel Al-Yahmadi
• Qasim Said
• Marcina Żeno
• Mateusz Wachowiak
• Omar Ali
• Bréhima Keïta
• Luke Ndifon
• Jonathan Silva
• Zakaria Al-Kadoor
• Muayad Al-Khouli
• Osama Omari
• Caleb Downey
• Ramos Jesus

Awards

Highest Scorers

• Ahmed El Sheikh
• Mohammed Al Wakid

Man of the Competition

• Abdullah Al-Haddad

Best Goalkeeper

• Faiz Al-Rushaidi

Fair Play of the tournament

Tournament team rankings

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Media

Broadcasting

Territory	Channel	Ref
	DMC Sports
	Oman TV Sport Oman TV Live	^[4]
	Syrian Satellite

External links

• Official website of the competition
• Official website of the CISM

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sultanate to host CISM Military World Cup for Soccer 2017 . Oman Info . February 16, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170116165520/http://www.omaninfo.om/english/module.php?module=topics-showtopic&CatID=4&ID=1914 . January 16, 2017 . dead .
2. Web site: Sultanate thrash Qatar 4-1 in penalties . Oman Observer . Anuroop A. . January 28, 2017 .
3. Web site: 39 حكما يديرون مباريات المونديال العسكري الثاني . GulfEyes.net . January 14, 2017 .
4. Web site: Oman to launch CISM WC bid today . Oman TV Sport . Sports Reporter . January 14, 2016 . March 13, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180313031523/http://part.gov.om/omantvsport/english/ . dead .