Football at the 2011 Arab Games explained

Tourney Name:Arab Games men's football tournament
Year:2011
Country:Qatar
Dates:10–23 December
Num Teams:12
Confederations:2
Venues:3
Cities:1
Champion:Bahrain
Count:1
Third:Kuwait
Fourth:Palestine
Matches:16
Goals:31
Top Scorer: Abdallah Deeb
(4 goals)
Prevseason:2007
Nextseason:2023

The men's football tournament at the 2011 Arab Games was held in Al Rayyan, Qatar from 10 to 23 December. The tournament was played at three venues in one host city. Egypt were the defending champions from the 2007 Arab Games in Cairo. Bahrain clinched the Gold Medal after beating Jordan 1–0.

Venues

City Stadium CapacityRef.
Al Rayyan Ahmed bin Ali Stadium21,282[1]
Al-Gharafa Stadium25,000
Jassim bin Hamad Stadium15,000

Squads

See main article: Football at the 2011 Arab Games – squads.

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 30 October 2011 in Doha, Qatar.[2]

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(B team)
(Olympic)


(B team)
(B team)
(Olympic)
(withdrew)

(withdrew)

Group stage

All times are Arabian Standard Time (AST) – UTC+3

Group A

Team
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201103−31

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Group B

Team
220040+46
201102−21
201102−21

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Group C

Team
312041+35
311145−14
311112−14
302112−12

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Gold medal match

Scorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20111209123209/http://www.arabgames2011.qa/newen/venues/ Venues
  2. News: Draw of AG 2011 teams sports on October 30. 20 October 2011. 30 October 2011.