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2023 Arab Futsal Cup

The 2023 Arab Futsal Cup hosted by the Saudi governorate of Jeddah was the seventh edition of the Arab Futsal Cup between 6 and 16 June 2023. For the first time, twelve teams took part: Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Iraq, Kuwait, Egypt, Tajikistan, Palestine, Algeria, Comoros, Lebanon, Libya, and Mauritania.[1][2][3][4][5]

2023 Arab Futsal Cup
كأس العرب لكرة الصالات 2023
Tournament details
Host countrySaudi Arabia
Dates6–16 June
Teams12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Morocco (3rd title)
Runners-up Kuwait
Tournament statistics
Matches played25
Goals scored166 (6.64 per match)
Top scorer(s)Kuwait Abduellteif AlAbasi
(7 goals)
Best player(s)Morocco Anás El Ayyane
Best goalkeeperAlgeria Samyr Teffaf
← 2022
2024 →

Morocco is the two-time defending champion.[6] They became the first team to win the title for a record third consecutive time and overall, after defeating Kuwait 7-1 in the final.

Qualification edit

The following twelve teams qualified for the final tournament.[7]

Team Appearance Previous best performance
  Algeria 6th Group stage (1998, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2022)
  Comoros 2nd Group stage (2021)
  Egypt 7th Champions (1998, 2005)
  Iraq 4th Runners-up (2022)
  Kuwait 3rd Semi-finals (2022)
  Lebanon 4th Third place (2005, 2007)
  Libya 6th Champions (2007, 2008)
  Mauritania 3rd Quarter-finals (2022)
  Morocco 6th Champions (2021, 2022)
  Palestine 3rd Fourth place (1998)
  Saudi Arabia (hosts) 3rd Quarter-finals (2022)
  Sudan w/o[A] 2nd Group stage (1998)
  Tajikistan (invited) 1st Debut
  1. ^ Sudan's futsal team withdrew from the Arab Cup tournament due to the situation in the country. Tajikistan were invited to replace their spot.
Did not enter

Venue edit

Ministry of Sports Hall in the Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Complex in Jeddah.

Match officials edit

The following officials were chosen for the tournament.[8]

Referees
  •   Adel Chenaoua
  •   Ammar Balahouane
  •   Abdulrahman Al Doseri
  •   Hussain Al Bahhar
  •   Atef Hessien
  •   Mohamed Hassan
  •   Tarek ElKhataby
  •   Hasan Mussa
  •   Hawkar Ahmed
  •   Abdulaziz AlSarraf
  •   Eisa Abdulhoussain
  •   Elias AlHakim
  •   Khalil Balhawan
  •   Ali AlAyat
  •   Alghadi Ramzi
  •   Khalid Hnich
  •   Said El Haoud
  •   Majid Al Hatmi
  •   Mohammed AlGhoul
  •   Saad Al Hayyan
  •   Abdelakram El Hentati
  •   Aymen Kammoun
  •   Ahmed AlGhais
  •   Fahad AlHosani

Squads edit

Main article: 2023 Arab Futsal Championship squads

Group stage edit

The teams are divided into three groups.[9]

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Libya 3 2 0 1 9 7 +2 6 Knockout stage
2   Algeria 3 1 2 0 9 8 +1 5
3   Saudi Arabia 3 1 1 1 15 9 +6 4
4   Tajikistan 3 0 1 2 3 12 −9 1
Source: [citation needed]
Saudi Arabia  4–4  Algeria
 Report
Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
Referee: Mohamed Hassan (Egypt)
Libya  2–1  Tajikistan
 Report
Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
Referee: Hussain Al Bahhar (Bahrain)
Algeria  3–2  Libya
 Report
Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
Referee: Khalil Balhawan (Lebanon)
Tajikistan  0–8  Saudi Arabia
Report
Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
Referee: Abdulaziz AlSarraf (Kuwait)
Saudi Arabia  3–5  Libya
 Report
Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
Referee: Hawkar Ahmed (Iraq)
Tajikistan  2–2  Algeria
 Report
Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
Referee: Tarek ElKhataby (Egypt)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Morocco 3 3 0 0 15 2 +13 9 Quarter-finals
2   Kuwait 3 2 0 1 14 10 +4 6
3   Lebanon 3 1 0 2 10 14 −4 3
4   Comoros 3 0 0 3 5 18 −13 0
Source: [citation needed]
Morocco  5–0  Comoros
 Report
Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
Kuwait  5–4  Lebanon
 Report
Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
Referee: Fahad AlHosani (United Arab Emirates)
Comoros  2–7  Kuwait
 Report
Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
Referee: Ali AlAyat (Libya)
Lebanon  0–6  Morocco
Report
Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
Referee: Hussain Al Bahhar (Bahrain)
Morocco  4–2  Kuwait
 Report
Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
Lebanon  6–3  Comoros
 Report
Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
Referee: Ahmed AlGhais (United Arab Emirates)

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Egypt 3 2 1 0 15 6 +9 7 Quarter-finals
2   Iraq 3 2 1 0 13 4 +9 7
3   Palestine 3 1 0 2 8 15 −7 3
4   Mauritania 3 0 0 3 7 18 −11 0
Source: [citation needed]
Egypt  7–2  Mauritania
 Report
Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
Referee: Khalid Hnich (Morocco)
Palestine  0–6  Iraq
Report
Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
Referee: Aymen Kammoun (Tunisia)
Mauritania  4–7  Palestine
 Report
Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
Iraq  3–3  Egypt
 Report
Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
Referee: Fahad AlHosani (United Arab Emirates)
Egypt  5–1  Palestine
 Report
Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
Referee: Hussain Al Bahhar (Bahrain)
Iraq  4–1  Mauritania
 Report
Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Ranking of third-placed teams edit

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A   Saudi Arabia 3 1 1 1 15 9 +6 4 Knockout stage
2 B   Lebanon 3 1 0 2 10 14 −4 3
3 C   Palestine 3 1 0 2 8 15 −7 3
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage edit

Bracket edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 13 June –
 
 
  Libya5
 
 14 June –
 
  Lebanon2
 
  Libya1
 
 13 June –
 
  Morocco5
 
  Morocco5
 
 16 June –
 
  Saudi Arabia2
 
  Morocco7
 
 13 June –
 
  Kuwait1
 
  Egypt2
 
 14 June –
 
  Kuwait6
 
  Kuwait3
 
 13 June –
 
  Algeria2
 
  Algeria2
 
 
  Iraq0
 

Quarter-finals edit

Libya  5–2  Lebanon
 Report
Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
Referee: Eisa Abdulhoussain (Kuwait)
Morocco  5–2  Saudi Arabia
 Report
Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
Referee: Mohamed Hassan (Egypt)
Egypt  2–6  Kuwait
  • Eid   24:41, 37:03
 Report
Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
Referee: Aymen Kammoun (Tunisia)
Algeria  2–0  Iraq
 Report
Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
Referee: Fahad AlHosani (United Arab Emirates)

Semi-finals edit

Libya  1–5  Morocco
 Report
Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
Referee: Hawkar Ahmed (Iraq)
Kuwait  3–2  Algeria
 Report
Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
Referee: Hussain Al Bahhar (Bahrain)

Final edit

Morocco  7–1  Kuwait
 Report
Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
Referee: Mohamed Hassan (Egypt)

Goalscorers edit

There were 166 goals scored in 25 matches, for an average of 6.64 goals per match.

7 goals

  •   Abduellteif AlAbasi

6 goals

  •   Mostafa Eid
  •   Idriss Raiss El Fenni

5 goals

  •   Nawaf Arwan
  •   Majd Hamouch
  •   Ahmed Al Ajnef

4 goals

  •   Rashid Shawahna
  •   Mohammed Said
  •   Khalid Bouzid
  •   Youssef Jawad

3 goals

  •   Azzedine Takdjerad
  •   Amine Bencherif
  •   Abdelrahman Mohamed
  •   Abdulelah AlOtaibi
  •   Bader AlMansour
  •   Issa Mehrez
  •   Othmane Boumezou
  •   Anás El Ayyane
  •   Ismail Amzal
  •   Soufian Charraoui

2 goals

  •   Walid Betterki
  •   Koki
  •   Haedr Drewil
  •   Mustafa Jumaah
  •   Rafid Eesa
  •   Ghaith Kareem
  •   Omar Chotti
  •   Nasser AlAlban
  •   Abdulrahman Al Taweel
  •   Ibrahim Lamhammel
  •   Reda Khiyari
  •   Yakhouna Sylla
  •   Wedadi Keurdidi
  •   Mohamed Habous
  •   Mohsen Fqihe
  •   Omar AlDabel

1 goal

  •   Amar Bessa
  •   Boumedyen Bensaber
  •   Sofian Modjahed
  •   Mazen Saïd Salim
  •   Souadroudine Ahamada
  •   Hanady Boyla
  •   Marwan Hassani
  •   Hakim Kadima
  •   Tarek Mostafa
  •   Ali Ibrahim
  •   Mohamed Mohamed
  •   Maradona
  •   Mahmoud FATHI
  •   A.I. DONGA
  •   Haedr Sagit
  •   Zaher Hadi
  •   Salim Abed
  •   Walid Fahim
  •   Fadi Sami
  •   Saleh AlFadhel
  •   Omar AlMansour
  •   Fahad AlkKhawari
  •   Abdulaziz AlBasam
  •   Suleiman Al-Omran
  •   Steve Koukezian
  •   Mohamad Kobeissy
  •   Mustafa Rhyem
  •   Johnny Farchakh
  •   Suleiman Darweesh
  •   Ziad Aziz
  •   Izz Al-Din Al-Marimi
  •   Jemile Mohamed
  •   Abd Rahman Bouhamadi
  •   Sow Gonconda
  •   Hamza Bouzian
  •   Saad KNIA
  •   Soufiane Borite
  •   Adnan Salloum
  •   Imad Fahjan
  •   Mansour AlZahrani
  •   Abdullah AlMaghrabi
  •   Farhan AlAsmari
  •   Saleh AlQarni
  •   Fares AlMaleh
  •   Faizali Sardorov
  •   Idris Yorov
  •   Muhamadjon Sharipov

1 own goal

  •   Georgio El Khoury (against Kuwait)
  •   Suleiman Al-Omran (against Morocco)
  •   Abdul-Razak Al-Shanqiti (against Algeria)
  •   Nasser Al Harthi (against Libya)

Honors edit

 2023 Arab Futsal Cup 
 
Morocco
Third title

Tournament ranking edit

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1   Morocco 6 6 0 0 32 6 +26 18 Champions
2   Kuwait 6 4 0 2 24 21 +3 12 Runners-up
3   Libya 5 3 0 2 15 14 +1 9 Third place
4   Algeria 5 2 2 1 13 11 +2 8 Fourth place
5   Iraq 4 2 1 1 13 6 +7 7 Eliminated in Quarter-finals
6   Egypt 4 2 1 1 17 12 +5 7
7   Saudi Arabia 4 1 1 2 17 14 +3 4
8   Lebanon 4 1 0 3 12 19 -7 3
9   Palestine 3 1 0 2 8 15 -7 3 Eliminated in Group stage
10   Tajikistan 3 0 1 2 3 12 -9 1
11   Mauritania 3 0 0 3 7 18 -11 0
12   Comoros 3 0 0 3 5 18 -13 0

References edit

  1. ^ Soliman, Seif (2023-05-17). "Egypt draw Palestine & Iraq in 2023 Arab Futsal Cup". KingFut. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  2. ^ "Groups drawn for 7th edition of Arab Futsal Cup in Jeddah". Arab News. 2023-05-16. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  3. ^ Houssamdine, Boina (2023-05-16). "Tirage au sort de l'Arab Futsal Cup 2023". Comoros Football 269 | Portail du football des Comores (in French). Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  4. ^ "Hosted by Jeddah.. The draw for the Arab Futsal Cup was drawn – اتحاد كأس الخليج العربي لكرة القدم". Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  5. ^ McGettigan, Stephen (2023-05-17). "7th edition of the Arab Futsal Cup, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia". Futsal Focus. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  6. ^ Latrech, Oumaima. "Morocco Defeats Iraq, Wins 2022 Arab Futsal Cup". moroccoworldnews. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  7. ^ "قرعة كأس العرب لكرة الصالات 2023: أسود الفوتسال في المجموعة الثانية" (in Arabic). 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  8. ^ "2023 Arab Futsal Referees". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  9. ^ "2023 Arab Futsal Match schedules". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2023-06-09.

External links edit

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