2009 Arab Nations Cup
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The Arab Nations Cup 2009 was the 9th staging of the Arab Nations Cup, an association football tournament held between Arab countries by UAFA. The first stage of qualifying began in December 2006, but no further rounds were played and the tournament was cancelled.
Contents
Qualifying
- The First qualifying Stage contains 8 teams which have lower FIFA Ranking. The 8 teams divided into 2 Groups, each group contain 4 teams and the group winners qualify the 2nd qualifying Stage.
- The 2nd Qualifying Stage contains 16 seats, 14 teams who have a higher FIFA ranking get bye from the First Qualifying Round and are entered into 2nd Qualifying Round, plus 2 teams from the First qualifying Stage to complete the last 2 seats. 16 teams will be divided into 4 Groups, 4 teams in each group and the group winners and runners-up will qualify to the Arab Nations Cup.
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Top Seeds |
Last 8 |
The teams sorted by Alphabetical order
First Qualifying Round
- The First qualifying Stage contain 8 teams which have lower FIFA Ranking, The 8 Teams divided into 2 Groups, each group contain 4 teams and the group winners qualify the 2nd qualifying Stage.
- Lebanon qualified as best runners-up due to the withdrawal of Qatar (Qatar would have received a bye to the second qualifying round).
- Palestine withdrew due to traveling problem as Israel did not allow them to travel to Yemen.
Group 1
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 Yemen |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 |
 Comoros |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 |
 Djibouti |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 0 |
 Palestine |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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December 17, 2006
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| Djibouti |
1 - 4 | Comoros |
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| Abdul Rahman Okishi 90+2 | Meknesh Bi Daoud 5 Ahmad Seif 33, 75 Mohammad Moni 89 |
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December 20, 2006
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| Yemen |
4 - 1 | Djibouti |
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| Alaa Al Sassi 9 Ousam Al Sahhed Nasser 48 Fekri Al Hubaishi 52 Mohammed Al Tahoos 85 |
Abdul Rahman Okishi 7 |
Group 2
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 Sudan |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 7 |
 Lebanon |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 5 |
 Mauritania |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 |
 Somalia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | -15 | 0 |
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December 21, 2006
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| Sudan |
6 - 1 | Somalia |
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| Muhannad Eltahir 8 Mohamed Ali Khaider 16, 18 Haitham Mustafa 21 pen Faisal Agab 30 Gemi Natali 55 |
Ali Abdelaziz 90+3 |
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December 27, 2006
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| Somalia |
2 - 8 | Mauritania |
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| Ali Abdelaziz 26 pen, 67 | Sidibe Mohamed 4 pen, 24 Corville Pascal Dominique 14, 27 pen Alioune Ndiaye 30, 43 Katri Khuro 75, 88 |
Second Qualifying Round
- The 2nd Qualifying Stage Contains 16 seats, 14 teams who have a higher FIFA ranking get bye from the First Qualifying Round and are entered into 2nd Qualifying Round, plus 2 teams from the First qualifying Stage to complete the last 2 seats. 16 teams will be divided into 4 Groups, 4 teams in each group and the group winners and runners-up will qualify to the Arab Nations Cup.
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West Asia Region |
Gulf Region |
North Africa Region |
Red Sea Region |
- The second round was never played and the tournament was eventually canceled.
Final round
Cancelled
