The 2012 Arab Cup () was the ninth edition of the Arab Cup for national football teams affiliated with the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA).
The tournament was hosted by Saudi Arabia between 22 June and 6 July 2012. It is the second time that the nation has hosted the tournament, the first being in 1985. This edition witnessed the return of Iraq – the most successful team and record holder of the Arab Cup with four titles – after a 24-year absence due to the Gulf War.
Prize money The tournament's lead sponsor was Singaporean company World Sport Group who describe themselves as "Asia's leading sports marketing, media and event management company."
The winner received US$1million, the runner-up received $600,000, the third-placed team received $300,000, while the other participating football associations received $200,000 each.
Teams
Participating Country Confederation Previous appearances in tournament AFC 4 (1966, 1985, 1988, 2002) CAF 3 (1988, 1992, 1998) AFC 4 (1964, 1966, 1985, 1988) AFC 7 (1963, 1964, 1966, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2002) AFC 6 (1963, 1964, 1966, 1988, 1998, 2002) CAF 3 (1964, 1966, 1998) CAF 2 (1998, 2002) AFC 3 (1966, 1992, 2002) AFC 5 (1985, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2002) CAF 2 (1998, 2002) AFC 2 (1966, 2002)
Notes
Did not enter
Africa
Asia
Draw The official draw was held on 6 May 2012 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The remaining 11 teams were ranked based on the FIFA World Rankings of May 2012 before the draw.
Seeding potsNationFIFA Rankingas of May 2012Pot A893955Pot B627087Pot C93113121Pot D128153156 The United Arab Emirates withdrew from the competition after the group draw had been made; they were initially drawn into group A.
It will be played as tournament with three groups made of four teams each. The organizer country, Saudi Arabia was assigned to Group A.
Venues Jeddah Ta’if Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium King Fahd Stadium Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 17,000
Match officials The following referees were chosen for the 2012 Arab Cup.
Referees
Djamel Haimoudi Nawaf Shukralla Mahmoud Ashour Gehad Grisha Suleiman Dalqam Redouane Jiyed Abdullah Al-Baloushi Abdulrahman Al-Amri Khalid Abdel Rahman Selim Jedidi Hamad Al-Shaikh Hashmi
Assistant referees
Abdelhak Etchiali Aziz Ali Hasan Al-Wadi Ayman Dagesh Sherif Saleh Ahmad Al-Ruwaili Fouad Al-Maghribi Bouazza Rouani Ramzan Al-Nuaimi Abdulaziz Al-Asmari Waleed Ali Ahmad Bechir Hassani Ahmed Mohammed Saeed Al-Shamisi Ahmed Qaid Saif
Squads
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Best placed runner-up The team that finish highest of all group runners-up will also proceed to the semi-final stage. Due to Group A only having three teams in their group, results against teams finishing fourth will not be counted. The best runners-up will face the winner of group A in the semifinals while the winner of group B will face the winner of group C.
Knockout phase
The semi-final winners proceed to the final and those who lost compete in the third place playoff.
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Winners
Statistics
Goalscorers
Awards Yassine Salhi – was named the player of the tournament, and was the top scorer of the tournament with a total of 6 goals.
Team statistics
|colspan="10"|Eliminated in the group stage
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