2009 Arab Nations Cup qualification

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The qualification for 2009 Arab Nations Cup.[1]

Qualification

  • 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.

Top Seeds
(bye to 2nd Qualifying Round)

  

Last 8
(1st Qualifying Round)

The teams sorted by Alphabetical order

First 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
 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

December 14, 2006
Yemen  2 - 0  Comoros
Nashwan Al Haggam 73, 90

December 17, 2006
Djibouti  1 - 4  Comoros
Abdul Rahman Okishi 90+2 Meknesh Bi Daoud 5
Ahmad Seif 33, 75
Mohammad Moni 89

December 20, 2006
Yemen  4 - 1  Djibouti
Alaa Al-Sasi 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
 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

December 21, 2006
Lebanon  0 - 0  Mauritania

December 21, 2006
Sudan  6 - 1  Somalia
Muhannad Eltahir 8
Mohamed Ali Khaider 16, 18
Haitham Mustafa 21 pen
Faisal Agab 30
Gemi Natali 55		 Ali Abdelaziz 90+3

December 24, 2006
Lebanon  4 - 0  Somalia
Mohammed Ghaddar 4, 28
Ali Nasseredine 72
Paul Rustom 83

December 24, 2006
Mauritania  0 - 2  Sudan
Faisal Agab 3
Haytham Tambal 90

December 27, 2006
Somalia  2 - 8  Mauritania
Ali Abdelaziz 26 pen, 67 Sidibe Mohamed 4 pen, 24
Corville Pascal Dominique 14, 27 pen
Alioune Ndiaye 30, 43
Katri Khuro 75, 88

December 27, 2006
Lebanon  0 - 0  Sudan

Second 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.
  • Qatar withdrew and Lebanon qualified as best runners-up.
  • The second round was never played and the tournament was eventually cancelled.

References

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