United Arab Emirates at the 2012 Summer Olympics

United Arab Emirates at the Olympic Games
Flag of the United Arab Emirates IOC code  UAE NOC United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee Website www.uaenoc.ae (Arabic) (English)
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
Competitors	26 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Saeed Al Maktoum
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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United Arab Emirates competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Olympics.

The United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games. A total of 26 athletes, 24 men and 2 women, competed in 6 sports. Men's football was the only team-based sport in which the United Arab Emirates was represented at these Olympic games. Among the sports played by the athletes, the United Arab Emirates also made its Olympic debut in weightlifting as well as men's football. Skeet shooter Saeed Al Maktoum, who competed at his fourth consecutive Olympics, reprised his role as the nation's flag bearer for the third time at the opening ceremony.

United Arab Emirates failed to win a single Olympic medal at these Games since Athens 2004, where Saeed's brother Ahmad Mohammad Hasher Al Maktoum won the gold for double trap shooting.

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Mohammad Abbas Darwish	Triple jump	16.06	24	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Betlhem Desalegn	1500 m	4:14.07	14	Did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics

United Arab Emirates is qualified for the men's event

• Men's team event – 1 team of 18 players

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the United Arab Emirates squad in the men's football tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Coach: Mahdi Ali

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals 2012 club 1 1GK Ali Khasif* (1987-06-09)9 June 1987 (aged 25) Al Jazira 2 2DF Saad Surour (1990-07-19)19 July 1990 (aged 22) Al Ahli 3 2DF Abdulaziz Hussain (1990-09-10)10 September 1990 (aged 21) Al Shabab 4 2DF Mohamed Ahmed (1989-04-16)16 April 1989 (aged 23) Al Shabab 5 3MF Amer Abdulrahman (1989-07-03)3 July 1989 (aged 23) Baniyas 6 2DF Ali Alamri (1989-01-07)7 January 1989 (aged 23) Al Nasr 7 3MF Ismail Al Hammadi* (1988-07-01)1 July 1988 (aged 24) Al Ahli 8 2DF Hamdan Al Kamali (1989-05-02)2 May 1989 (aged 23) Al Wahda 9 4FW Ahmed Ali (1990-01-28)28 January 1990 (aged 22) Baniyas 10 4FW Ismail Matar* (c) (1983-04-07)7 April 1983 (aged 29) Al Wahda 11 4FW Ahmed Khalil (1991-06-08)8 June 1991 (aged 21) Al Ahli 12 3MF Habib Fardan (1990-11-11)11 November 1990 (aged 21) Al Nasr 13 3MF Khamis Esmaeel (1989-08-16)16 August 1989 (aged 22) Emirates 14 2DF Abdelaziz Sanqour (1989-05-07)7 May 1989 (aged 23) Al Sharjah 15 3MF Omar Abdulrahman (1991-09-20)20 September 1991 (aged 20) Al Ain 16 3MF Rashed Eisa (1990-08-24)24 August 1990 (aged 21) Al Wasl 17 3MF Mohamed Fawzi (1990-02-22)22 February 1990 (aged 22) Baniyas 18 1GK Khalid Eisa (1989-05-15)15 May 1989 (aged 23) Al Jazira 19 4FW Ali Mabkhout (1990-05-10)10 May 1990 (aged 22) Al Jazira

* Over-aged player.

Group play

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Great Britain	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Senegal	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
Uruguay	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
United Arab Emirates	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

United Arab Emirates v Uruguay

26 July 2012 17:00

United Arab Emirates	1–2	Uruguay
Matar  23'	Report	Ramírez  42' Lodeiro  56'

Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 51,745 Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

Great Britain v United Arab Emirates

29 July 2012 19:45

Great Britain	3–1	United Arab Emirates
Giggs  16' Sinclair  73' Sturridge  76'	Report	Eisa  60'

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 85,137 Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

Senegal v United Arab Emirates

1 August 2012 19:45

Senegal	1–1	United Arab Emirates
Konaté  49'	Report	Matar  21'

City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry Attendance: 28,652 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

United Arab Emirates has qualified 1 judoka

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Humaid Al-Derei	Men's −66 kg	Bye	Awad (EGY) L 0001–0101	Did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

United Arab Emirates has qualified for three quota places in shooting;

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Dhaher Al-Aryani	Trap	107	32	Did not advance
Juma Al-Maktoum	Double trap	133	13	Did not advance
Saeed Al-Maktoum	Skeet	118	13	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mubarak Al Besher	100 m breaststroke	1:05.26	42	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

United Arab Emirates qualified 1 quota.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Khadija Mohammad	Women's −75 kg	51	12	62	12	113	12

See also

• United Arab Emirates at the 2012 Summer Paralympics