FIFA Arab Cup records and statistics

This is a list of records and statistics of the FIFA Arab Cup.

Debut of national teams

Year Debuting teams Successor teams
Teams No. Cum.
1963  Jordan,  Kuwait,  Lebanon,  Syria,  Tunisia 5 5
1964  Iraq,  Libya 2 7
1966  Bahrain,  North Yemen,  Oman,  Palestine 4 11
1985  Mauritania,  Qatar,  Saudi Arabia 3 14
1988  Algeria 1 15
1992  Egypt 1 16
1998  Morocco, United Arab Emirates, Sudan 3 19
2002 None 0 19
2012 None 0 19
2021 None 0 19

Overall team records

In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. 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. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.[1]

As of 2021 FIFA Arab Cup
Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Iraq 6 28 16 10 2 47 20 +27 58
2  Saudi Arabia 7 29 13 8 8 44 26 +18 47
3  Syria 7 28 11 7 10 38 32 +6 40
4  Jordan 9 38 11 7 20 40 75 –35 40
5  Kuwait 8 30 10 6 14 48 50 –2 36
6  Lebanon 8 30 9 7 14 38 42 –4 34
7  Egypt 5 21 8 9 4 27 15 +12 33
8  Morocco 4 16 9 4 2 29 12 +17 31
9  Tunisia 3 14 8 3 3 23 11 +12 27
10  Qatar 3 14 8 3 3 22 10 +12 27
11  Libya 4 16 7 6 3 39 16 +23 27
12  Algeria 3 12 5 5 2 16 10 +6 20
13  Bahrain 6 24 3 10 11 21 44 –23 19
14  Sudan 5 12 3 3 6 11 22 –11 12
15  Palestine 6 14 1 7 6 20 28 –8 10
16  United Arab Emirates 2 8 3 0 5 9 15 –6 9
17  Oman 2 7 1 1 5 7 29 –22 4
18  Yemen[a] 3 10 1 1 8 9 44 –35 4
19  Mauritania 2 5 1 0 4 3 11 –8 3
Notes
  1. ^ Includes participations as  North Yemen between 1967 and 1990

Medal table

  • Jordan and Morocco shared bronze in 2002.
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Iraq4015
2 Saudi Arabia2114
3 Tunisia1102
4 Egypt1012
 Morocco1012
6 Algeria1001
7 Syria0303
8 Libya0213
9 Bahrain0202
10 Qatar0112
11 Kuwait0033
12 Jordan0011
 Lebanon0011
Totals (13 entries)10101131

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament are shown (in parentheses).

Team 1963
Lebanon
(5)
1964
Kuwait
(5)
1966
Iraq
(10)
1985
Saudi Arabia
(6)
1988
Jordan
(10)
1992
Syria
(6)
1998
Qatar
(12)
2002
Kuwait
(10)
2012
Saudi Arabia
(11)
2021
Qatar
(16)
2025
Qatar
(...)
Total
 Algeria × × × × GS × GS × × 1st 3
 Bahrain × × GS 2nd GS × × 2nd GS GS 6
 Egypt × × × × 3rd 1st GS × GS 4th 5
 Iraq × 1st 1st 1st 1st × × × 3rd GS 6
 Jordan GS GS GS GS 4th GS GS SF × QF 9
 Kuwait 4th 3rd GS × GS 3rd 3rd GS GS 8
 Lebanon 3rd 4th 4th × GS × GS GS GS GS 8
 Libya × 2nd 3rd × × × GS × 2nd 4
 Mauritania × × × GS × × × × GS 2
 Morocco × × × × × × GS SF 1st QF 4
 Oman × × GS × × × × × × QF 2
 Palestine × × GS × × GS GS GS GS 5
 Qatar × × × 4th × × 2nd × × 3rd Q 4
 Saudi Arabia × × × 3rd GS 2nd 1st 1st 4th GS 7
 Sudan × × × × × GS GS GS GS 4
 Syria 2nd × 2nd × 2nd 4th GS GS × GS 7
 Tunisia 1st × × × GS × × × × 2nd 3
 United Arab Emirates × × × × × × 4th × × QF 2
 Yemen × × GS × × × × GS GS 3
Team 1963
Lebanon
(5)
1964
Kuwait
(5)
1966
Iraq
(10)
1985
Saudi Arabia
(6)
1988
Jordan
(10)
1992
Syria
(6)
1998
Qatar
(12)
2002
Kuwait
(10)
2012
Saudi Arabia
(11)
2021
Qatar
(16)
2025
Qatar
(...)
Total

Results by confederation

General statistics by tournament

Year Hosts Champions Winning coach Top scorer(s) Best player(s) Best goalkeeper
1963  Lebanon  Tunisia France André Gérard Lebanon Levon Altounian (5)
1964  Kuwait  Iraq Iraq Adil Basher Libya Ahmed Ben Soueid (4)
1966  Iraq  Iraq Iraq Adil Basher Libya Ali Al-Biski (16) Iraq Shidrak Yousif
1985  Saudi Arabia  Iraq Iraq Anwar Jassam Iraq Anad Abid (5) Saudi Arabia Mohamed Abd Al-Jawad Bahrain Mohammed Saleh
1988  Jordan  Iraq Iraq Ammo Baba Iraq Ahmed Radhi (4) Jordan Tawfiq Al-Saheb
1992  Syria  Egypt Egypt Mahmoud El-Gohary Egypt Ayman Mansour (2)
Kuwait Saeed Al-Owairan (2)
Saudi Arabia Waleed Al-Felaij (2)
1998  Qatar  Saudi Arabia Germany Otto Pfister Saudi Arabia Obeid Al-Dosari (8) Kuwait Bader Haji
Qatar Mubarak Mustafa
Saudi Arabia Mohamed Al-Deayea
2002  Kuwait  Saudi Arabia Netherlands Gerard van der Lem Bahrain Ahmed Hassan (4)
Syria Mohammad Rafe (4)
Saudi Arabia Mohammed Noor Saudi Arabia Mabrouk Zaid
2012  Saudi Arabia  Morocco Belgium Eric Gerets Morocco Yassine Salhi (6) Morocco Yassine Salhi
2021  Qatar  Algeria Algeria Madjid Bougherra Tunisia Seifeddine Jaziri (4) Algeria Yacine Brahimi Algeria Raïs M'Bolhi

Most tournaments hosted

All tournaments were played in Asia.

No. of times hosted Nation Year(s)
3  Qatar 1998, 2021, 2025
2  Kuwait 1964, 2002
 Saudi Arabia 1985, 2012
1  Lebanon 1963
 Iraq 1966
 Jordan 1988
 Syria 1992

References

  1. ^ "General stats for all teams – Arab Nations Cup". Mundial 11. Archived from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2021.