2021 FIFA Arab Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup was the second and final stage of the competition, following the group stage. It began on 10 December with the quarter-finals and ended on 18 December with the final match, held at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor. The top two teams from each group (8 in total) advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination tournament. A third place play-off was also played between the two losing semi-finalists.

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).[1]

Qualified teams edit

The top two highest-placing teams from each of the two groups advanced to the knockout stage.

Group Winners Runners-up
A   Qatar   Oman
B   Tunisia   United Arab Emirates
C   Morocco   Jordan
D   Egypt   Algeria

Bracket edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
10 December – Al Rayyan (Education)
 
 
  Tunisia2
 
15 December – Doha (974)
 
  Oman1
 
  Tunisia1
 
11 December – Al Wakrah
 
  Egypt0
 
  Egypt (a.e.t.)3
 
18 December – Al Khor
 
  Jordan1
 
  Tunisia0
 
10 December – Al Khor
 
  Algeria (a.e.t.)2
 
  Qatar5
 
15 December – Doha (Al Thumama)
 
  United Arab Emirates0
 
  Qatar1
 
11 December – Doha (Al Thumama)
 
  Algeria2 Third place play-off
 
  Morocco2 (3)
 
18 December – Doha (974)
 
  Algeria (p)2 (5)
 
  Egypt0 (4)
 
 
  Qatar (p)0 (5)
 

Quarter-finals edit

Tunisia vs Oman edit

Tunisia  2–1  Oman
  • Jaziri   16'
  • Msakni   69'
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Tunisia[2]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Oman[2]
GK 22 Mouez Hassen
RB 20 Mohamed Dräger
CB 4 Yassine Meriah
CB 2 Bilel Ifa
LB 14 Amine Ben Hamida
CM 6 Ghaylen Chaaleli
CM 13 Ferjani Sassi
RW 7 Youssef Msakni (c)   77'
AM 10 Hannibal Mejbri   89'
LW 23 Naïm Sliti   77'
CF 11 Seifeddine Jaziri   83'
Substitutes:
MF 9 Firas Ben Larbi   77'
MF 18 Saad Bguir   77'
FW 8 Fakhreddine Ben Youssef   83'
MF 19 Mootez Zaddem   89'
Manager
Mondher Kebaier
GK 1 Ibrahim Al-Mukhaini
RB 21 Abdulaziz Al-Gheilani   72'
CB 6 Ahmed Al Khamisi
CB 5 Juma Al-Habsi
LB 2 Ahmed Al-Kaabi   68'   85'
CM 12 Abdullah Fawaz   72'
CM 23 Harib Al-Saadi (c)   70'
CM 4 Arshad Al-Alawi
RF 20 Salaah Al-Yahyaei
CF 7 Khalid Al-Hajri   57'
LF 19 Rabia Al-Alawi   57'
Substitutes:
MF 8 Mataz Saleh   57'
FW 9 Issam Al Sabhi   57'
DF 3 Fahmi Durbin   72'
FW 15 Jameel Al-Yahmadi   72'
FW 11 Muhsen Al-Ghassani   85'
Manager:
  Branko Ivanković

Assistant referees:
Rafael Foltyn (Germany)
Christian Gittelmann (Germany)
Fourth official:
Matthew Conger (New Zealand)
Video assistant referee:
Christian Dingert (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland)
Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)

Qatar vs United Arab Emirates edit

Qatar  5–0  United Arab Emirates
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Attendance: 63,439
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Qatar[3]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
United Arab Emirates[3]
GK 1 Saad Al-Sheeb
RB 17 Ismaeel Mohammad
CB 16 Boualem Khoukhi
CB 15 Bassam Al-Rawi   60'
LB 3 Abdelkarim Hassan
CM 12 Karim Boudiaf   58'   60'
CM 6 Abdulaziz Hatem
CM 14 Homam Ahmed   60'
RF 10 Hassan Al-Haydos (c)
CF 19 Almoez Ali   81'
LF 11 Akram Afif   45+2'   65'
Substitutes:
MF 4 Mohammed Waad   60'
DF 5 Tarek Salman   60'
MF 20 Abdullah Al-Ahrak   60'
FW 7 Ahmed Alaaeldin   65'
MF 8 Ali Assadalla   81'
Manager:
  Félix Sánchez
GK 1 Ali Khasif (c)
RB 9 Bandar Al-Ahbabi   38'
CB 13 Mohammed Al-Attas
CB 6 Mohanad Salem   46'
LB 21 Mahmoud Khamees   76'
CM 18 Abdullah Ramadan
CM 5 Ali Salmeen   46'
RW 19 Tahnoon Al-Zaabi
AM 11 Caio Canedo
LW 16 Ali Saleh   41'   46'
CF 20 Sebastián Tagliabúe   76'
Substitutes:
DF 4 Shahin Abdulrahman   46'
FW 7 Ali Mabkhout   46'
FW 14 Khalil Ibrahim   46'
DF 2 Mohammed Al-Menhali   76'
FW 15 Mohammed Jumaa   76'
Manager:
  Bert van Marwijk

Assistant referees:
Martin Soppi (Uruguay)
Carlos Barreiro (Uruguay)
Fourth official:
Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
Video assistant referee:
Leodán González (Uruguay)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Juan Soto (Venezuela)
Ezequiel Brailovsky (Argentina)
Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

Egypt vs Jordan edit

Egypt  3–1 (a.e.t.)  Jordan
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Attendance: 28,306
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Egypt[4]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jordan[4]
GK 1 Mohamed El Shenawy
RB 3 Omar Kamal   106'
CB 2 Ahmed Yassin
CB 15 Mahmoud Hamdy
LB 13 Ahmed Abou El Fotouh   37'
CM 5 Hamdy Fathy   72'
CM 4 Amr El Solia (c)
RW 21 Ahmed Sayed   106'
AM 8 Mostafa Fathi   72'
LW 20 Hussein Faisal   58'
CF 10 Marwan Hamdy   91'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Mohamed Sherif   58'
MF 17 Mohanad Lasheen   72'
MF 22 Mohamed Magdy   72'
FW 7 Ahmed Refaat   91'
DF 18 Mohamed Abdelmonem   106'
DF 6 Marwan Dawoud   106'
Manager:
  Carlos Queiroz
GK 1 Yazid Abu Layla
CB 19 Abdallah Naseeb
CB 4 Baha' Abdel-Rahman (c)
CB 6 Hadi Al-Hourani
RWB 23 Ihsan Haddad
LWB 2 Mohammad Abu Hasheesh
CM 7 Mohammad Abu Zrayq   54'   60'
CM 8 Noor Al-Rawabdeh   106'
CM 13 Mahmoud Al-Mardi   77'
CF 16 Ali Olwan
CF 10 Yazan Al-Naimat   90+5'
Substitutions:
FW 11 Yaseen Al-Bakhit   60'
FW 20 Hamza Al-Dardour   77'
MF 17 Rajaei Ayed   90+5'
MF 15 Ibrahim Sadeh   106'
Manager:
  Adnan Hamad

Assistant referees:
Walter López (Honduras)
Christian Ramirez (Honduras)
Fourth official:
Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico)
Video assistant referee:
Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Jair Marrufo (United States)
Gabriel Chade (Argentina)
Shaun Evans (Australia)

Morocco vs Algeria edit

Morocco  2–2 (a.e.t.)  Algeria
Report
Penalties
3–5
Attendance: 24,823
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Morocco[5]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Algeria[5]
GK 1 Anas Zniti
RB 19 Mohamed Chibi   119'
CB 4 Marwane Saâdane   17'
CB 13 Badr Benoun (c)   84'
LB 16 Mohammed Nahiri
CM 5 Yahya Jabrane
CM 8 Walid El Karti   100'
RW 17 Achraf Bencharki
AM 18 Abdelilah Hafidi   106'
LW 11 Ismail El Haddad   34'   61'
CF 9 Oualid Azaro   61'
Substitutions:
FW 14 Karim El Berkaoui   61'
FW 21 Soufiane Rahimi   61'
MF 6 Mohammed Ali Bemammer   100'
MF 10 Ayman El Hassouni   106'
Manager:
Hussein Ammouta
GK 23 Raïs M'Bolhi (c)
RB 3 Houcine Benayada
CB 12 Mohamed Amine Tougai
CB 19 Abdelkader Bedrane
LB 20 Ilyes Chetti
CM 18 Houssem Eddine Mrezigue
CM 14 Sofiane Bendebka
RW 7 Tayeb Meziani   73'
AM 11 Yacine Brahimi   114'
LW 10 Youcef Belaïli
CF 13 Merouane Zerrouki   46'
Substitutions:
MF 17 Zakaria Draoui   46'
FW 22 Zineddine Boutmène   73'
DF 5 Mehdi Tahrat   114'
Manager:
Madjid Bougherra

Assistant referees:
Danilo Manis (Brazil)
Bruno Pires (Brazil)
Fourth official:
Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Video assistant referee:
Rafael Traci (Brazil)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Spain)
Jerson dos Santos (Angola)
Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)

Semi-finals edit

Tunisia vs Egypt edit

Tunisia  1–0  Egypt
Report
Attendance: 36,427
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tunisia[6]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Egypt[6]
GK 22 Mouez Hassen
CB 2 Bilel Ifa
CB 3 Montassar Talbi
CB 4 Yassine Meriah   40'
RM 20 Mohamed Dräger
CM 6 Ghaylen Chaaleli
CM 13 Ferjani Sassi
LM 14 Amine Ben Hamida
RF 10 Hannibal Mejbri   81'
CF 11 Seifeddine Jaziri   90+6'
LF 7 Youssef Msakni (c)   50'
Substitutes:
MF 15 Ali Ben Romdhane   40'
FW 23 Naïm Sliti   81'
Manager
Mondher Kebaier
GK 1 Mohamed El Shenawy
RB 14 Akram Tawfik
CB 11 Ahmed Hegazi   68'
CB 15 Mahmoud Hamdy
LB 13 Ahmed Abou El Fotouh
CM 5 Hamdy Fathy   80'
CM 4 Amr El Solia (c)
RW 21 Ahmed Sayed
AM 22 Mohamed Magdy   46'
LW 20 Hussein Faisal   69'
CF 10 Marwan Hamdy   89'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Mohamed Sherif   46'
MF 8 Mostafa Fathi   69'
FW 19 Osama Faisal   89'
Manager:
  Carlos Queiroz

Assistant referees:
Rafael Foltyn (Germany)
Christian Gittelmann (Germany)
Fourth official:
Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)
Video assistant referee:
Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Spain)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Shaun Evans (Australia)
Bruno Pires (Brazil)
Christian Dingert (Germany)

Qatar vs Algeria edit

Qatar  1–2  Algeria
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Attendance: 42,405
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Qatar[7]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Algeria[7]
GK 1 Saad Al-Sheeb
RB 17 Ismaeel Mohammad
CB 15 Bassam Al-Rawi   90'
CB 16 Boualem Khoukhi
LB 3 Abdelkarim Hassan
DM 12 Karim Boudiaf   64'
DM 14 Homam Ahmed
CM 6 Abdulaziz Hatem
RF 10 Hassan Al-Haydos (c)
CF 19 Almoez Ali   23'
LF 11 Akram Afif
Substitutes:
FW 9 Mohammed Muntari   64'
DF 5 Tarek Salman   90'
Manager:
  Félix Sánchez
GK 23 Raïs M'Bolhi (c)
RB 3 Houcine Benayada
CB 4 Djamel Benlamri   90+10'
CB 19 Abdelkader Bedrane
LB 20 Ilyes Chetti
CM 14 Sofiane Bendebka
CM 17 Zakaria Draoui
RW 7 Tayeb Meziani   76'
AM 11 Yacine Brahimi   8'
LW 10 Youcef Belaïli   90+8'
CF 9 Baghdad Bounedjah   68'
Substitutions:
DF 5 Mehdi Tahrat   68'
FW 15 Hillal Soudani   76'
Manager:
Madjid Bougherra

Assistant referees:
Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland)
Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland)
Fourth official:
Said Martínez (Honduras)
Video assistant referee:
Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
Ezequiel Brailovsky (Argentina)
Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)

Third place play-off edit

Egypt  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Qatar
Report
Penalties
4–5
Attendance: 30,978
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Egypt[8]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Qatar[8]
GK 1 Mohamed El Shenawy
RB 3 Omar Kamal   119'
CB 18 Mohamed Abdel Monem
CB 15 Mahmoud Hamdy   91'
LB 13 Ahmed Abou El Fotouh
DM 5 Hamdy Fathy   91'
CM 4 Amr El Solia (c)
CM 17 Mohanad Lasheen
RW 21 Ahmed Sayed   91'
LW 7 Ahmed Refaat   85'
CF 9 Mohamed Sherif
Substitutions:
FW 10 Marwan Hamdy   85'
MF 8 Mostafa Fathi   91'
DF 11 Ahmed Hegazi   91'
DF 14 Akram Tawfik   91'
MF 22 Mohamed Magdy   119'
Manager:
  Carlos Queiroz
GK 22 Meshaal Barsham
RB 17 Ismaeel Mohammad   78'
CB 5 Tarek Salman
CB 16 Boualem Khoukhi
LB 14 Homam Ahmed   78'
DM 23 Assim Madibo   58'
CM 4 Mohammed Waad   3'
CM 6 Abdulaziz Hatem (c)   74'
RW 20 Abdullah Al-Ahrak   58'
LW 11 Akram Afif
CF 19 Almoez Ali   119'
Substitutes:
FW 10 Hassan Al-Haydos   58'
MF 12 Karim Boudiaf   58'
FW 9 Mohammed Muntari   74'
DF 3 Abdelkarim Hassan   78'
DF 13 Musab Kheder   78'
FW 7 Ahmed Alaaeldin   119'
Manager:
  Félix Sánchez

Assistant referees:
Ezequiel Brailovsky (Argentina)
Gabriel Chade (Argentina)
Fourth official:
Said Martínez (Honduras)
Video assistant referee:
Juan Soto (Venezuela)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Leodán González (Uruguay)
Bruno Pires (Brazil)
Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Spain)

Final edit

Tunisia  0–2 (a.e.t.)  Algeria
Report
Attendance: 60,456
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tunisia[9]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Algeria[9]
GK 22 Mouez Hassen
RB 20 Mohamed Dräger
CB 2 Bilel Ifa
CB 3 Montassar Talbi
LB 14 Amine Ben Hamida   43'   101'
CM 6 Ghaylen Chaaleli
CM 13 Ferjani Sassi   64'   101'
RW 7 Youssef Msakni (c)   39'
AM 10 Hannibal Mejbri   88'
LW 23 Naïm Sliti   110'
CF 11 Seifeddine Jaziri   40'
Substitutions:
MF 15 Ali Ben Romdhane   88'
DF 12 Ali Maâloul   101'
MF 18 Saad Bguir   101'
MF 9 Firas Ben Larbi   110'
Manager:
Mondher Kebaier
 
GK 23 Raïs M'Bolhi (c)
RB 3 Houcine Benayada   120+3'
CB 4 Djamel Benlamri
CB 19 Abdelkader Bedrane
LB 20 Ilyes Chetti   13'
CM 18 Houssem Eddine Mrezigue   91'
CM 14 Sofiane Bendebka   90+3'   118'
RW 7 Tayeb Meziani   66'
AM 11 Yacine Brahimi   120+4'
LW 10 Youcef Belaïli
CF 9 Baghdad Bounedjah   40'
Substitutions:
MF 8 Amir Sayoud   66'
MF 17 Zakaria Draoui   91'
DF 5 Mehdi Tahrat   118'
DF 12 Mohamed Amine Tougai   120+3'
Manager:
Madjid Bougherra

Man of the Match:
Amir Sayoud (Algeria)

Assistant referees:
Rafael Foltyn (Germany)
Christian Gittelmann (Germany)
Fourth official:
Matthew Conger (New Zealand)
Reserve assistant referee:
Tevita Makasini (Tonga)
Video assistant referee:
Christian Dingert (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
Jun Mihara (Japan)
Shaun Evans (Australia)

References edit

  1. ^ "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: Match schedule" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Tunisia vs Oman Lineups". sofascore.com. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Qatar vs United Arab Emirates lineups". sofascore.com. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Egypt vs Jordan Lineups". sofascore.com. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Morocco vs Algeria Lineups". sofascore.com. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Tunisia vs Egypt Lineups". sofascore.com. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Qatar vs Algeria Lineups". sofascore.com. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Egypt vs Qatar Lineups". sofascore.com. 18 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Tunisia vs Algeria Lineups". sofascore.com. 18 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.

External links edit