2021 Arab Women's Cup

2021 Arab Women's Cup
كأس العرب للسيدات 2021
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
Dates24 August – 6 September
Teams7 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Jordan (1st title)
Runners-up Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored63 (5.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)Egypt Nadine Ghazi
(7 goals)
← 2006
2023 →

The 2021 Arab Women's Cup (Arabic: كأس العرب للسيدات 2021) was the second edition of the Arab Women's Cup for national women's football teams affiliated with the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA). The tournament was hosted by Egypt between 24 August and 6 September 2021.[1][2]

Hosts Egypt lost to eventual winners Jordan in the semi-finals. Jordan beat Tunisia 1–0 in the final.

Participating teams

Country Confederation Previous appearances in tournament
 Algeria CAF 1 (2006)
 Egypt (hosts) CAF 1 (2006)
 Jordan AFC 0 (debut)
 Lebanon AFC 1 (2006)
 Palestine AFC 1 (2006)
 Sudan CAF 0 (debut)
 Tunisia CAF 1 (2006)

Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates the hosts country.

Did not enter

Venues

 Cairo
Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Police Academy Stadium Air Defense Stadium
Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 1,000

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt, all the matches were played behind closed doors without any spectators.

Squads

Further information: 2021 Arab Women's Cup squads

Match officials

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt (H) 3 2 1 0 16 2 +14 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Tunisia 3 1 2 0 14 3 +11 5
3  Lebanon 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
4  Sudan 3 0 0 3 2 27 −25 0
Source: Goalzz.com
(H) Hosts
Egypt 10–0 Sudan
 Report
Tunisia 0–0 Lebanon
Report
Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)
Sudan 1–12 Tunisia
 Report
Referee: Haneen Murad (Jordan)
Lebanon 0–4 Egypt
Report
Referee: Lamia Athman (Algeria)
Egypt 2–2 Tunisia
 Report
Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)
Lebanon 5–1 Sudan
 Report
Referee: Khuloud Al-Zaabi (United Arab Emirates)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Algeria 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Jordan 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 3
3  Palestine 2 0 0 2 2 8 −6 0
Source: Goalzz.com
Jordan 1–3 Algeria
 Report
Air Defense Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Dorsaf Ganouati (Tunisia)
Algeria 4–1 Palestine
 Report
Air Defense Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Shahanda Saad Al-Maghraby (Egypt)
Palestine 1–4 Jordan
 Report
Air Defense Stadium, Cairo

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 September—Cairo
 
 
 Egypt2
 
6 September—Cairo
 
 Jordan5
 
 Jordan1
 
3 September—Cairo
 
 Tunisia0
 
 Algeria2 (3)
 
 
 Tunisia (p)2 (4)
 

Semi-finals

Egypt 2–5 Jordan
Referee: Dorsaf Ganouati (Tunisia)
Algeria 2–2 Tunisia
Penalties
 3–4
Referee: Shahanda Saad Al-Maghraby (Egypt)

Final

Jordan 1–0 Tunisia
 Report
Referee: Shahanda Saad Al-Maghraby (Egypt)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 63 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 5.25 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Final standings

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.

Pos. Team G Pld W D L Pts GF GA GD
1  Jordan B 4 3 0 1 9 11 6 +5
2  Tunisia A 5 1 3 1 6 16 6 +10
Eliminated in the semi-finals
3  Algeria B 3 2 1 0 7 9 4 +5
3  Egypt (H) A 4 2 1 1 7 18 7 +11
Eliminated in the group stage
5  Lebanon A 3 1 1 1 4 5 5 0
6  Palestine B 2 0 0 2 0 2 8 −6
7  Sudan A 3 0 0 3 0 2 27 −25

Media

Broadcasting

From the knockout stage, the competition was covered by the Egyptian channel OnTime Sports.[3]

Territory Channel
 Egypt OnTime Sports

See also

References

  1. ^ مصر تستضيف 3 بطولات عربية من أصل 6 فى الموسم الجديد [Egypt to host 3 Arab championships out of 6 in the new season]. Mobtada (in Arabic). 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  2. ^ "UAFA : l'Égypte obtient l'organisation de trois Arab Cup" [UAFA: Egypt obtains the organisation of three Arab Cups] (in French). Comoros Football 269. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  3. ^ كأس العرب للسيدات: برنامج النقل التلفزي لمباراة تونس والجزائر [Arab Women's Cup: TV program for the match between Tunisia and Algeria]. Nessma Sport (in Arabic). 3 September 2021.