2023_Arab_Futsal_Cup
2023 Arab Futsal Cup
International football competition
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]
Quick Facts Tournament details, Host country ...
| كأس العرب لكرة الصالات 2023 | |
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| Host country | Saudi Arabia |
| Dates | 6–16 June |
| Teams | 12 (from 2 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Morocco (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |  Kuwait |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 25 |
| Goals scored | 166 (6.64 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Abduellteif AlAbasi (7 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Anás El Ayyane |
| Best goalkeeper |  Samyr Teffaf |
← 2022 2024 → | |
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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.
The following twelve teams qualified for the final tournament.[7]
More information Team, Appearance ...
| Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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| 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 | 2nd | Group stage (1998) |
 Tajikistan (invited) | 1st | Debut |
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- Sudan's futsal team withdrew from the Arab Cup tournament due to the situation in the country. Tajikistan were invited to replace their spot.
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Ministry of Sports Hall in the Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Complex in Jeddah.
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
Main article: 2023 Arab Futsal Championship squads
The teams are divided into three groups.[9]
Group A
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
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More information Saudi Arabia, 4–4 ...
| Saudi Arabia | 4–4 | Algeria |
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More information Libya, 2–1 ...
| Libya | 2–1 | Tajikistan |
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More information Algeria, 3–2 ...
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More information Tajikistan, 0–8 ...
| Tajikistan | 0–8 | Saudi Arabia |
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More information Saudi Arabia, 3–5 ...
| Saudi Arabia | 3–5 | Libya |
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More information Tajikistan, 2–2 ...
| Tajikistan | 2–2 | Algeria |
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Group B
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
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More information Morocco, 5–0 ...
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Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
More information Kuwait, 5–4 ...
| Kuwait | 5–4 | Lebanon |
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Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
Referee: Fahad AlHosani (United Arab Emirates)
More information Comoros, 2–7 ...
| Comoros | 2–7 | Kuwait |
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More information Lebanon, 0–6 ...
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More information Morocco, 4–2 ...
| Morocco | 4–2 | Kuwait |
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Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
More information Lebanon, 6–3 ...
| Lebanon | 6–3 | Comoros |
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Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
Referee: Ahmed AlGhais (United Arab Emirates)
Group C
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
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More information Egypt, 7–2 ...
| Egypt | 7–2 | Mauritania |
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More information Palestine, 0–6 ...
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More information Mauritania, 4–7 ...
| Mauritania | 4–7 | Palestine |
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Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
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Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
Referee: Fahad AlHosani (United Arab Emirates)
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More information Iraq, 4–1 ...
| Iraq | 4–1 | Mauritania |
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Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
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| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
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Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
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| Libya | 5 | |||||||||
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| Lebanon | 2 | |||||||||
| Libya | 1 | |||||||||
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| Morocco | 5 | |||||||||
| Morocco | 5 | |||||||||
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| Saudi Arabia | 2 | |||||||||
| Morocco | 7 | |||||||||
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| Kuwait | 1 | |||||||||
| Egypt | 2 | |||||||||
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| Kuwait | 6 | |||||||||
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| Algeria | 2 | |||||||||
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| Iraq | 0 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
More information Libya, 5–2 ...
| Libya | 5–2 | Lebanon |
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More information Morocco, 5–2 ...
| Morocco | 5–2 | Saudi Arabia |
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More information Egypt, 2–6 ...
| Egypt | 2–6 | Kuwait |
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Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
Referee: Fahad AlHosani (United Arab Emirates)
Semi-finals
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| Libya | 1–5 | Morocco |
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Final
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)
| 2023 Arab Futsal Cup |
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 Morocco Third title |
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.
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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| 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 |
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