2008 Arab Futsal Championship

The 2008 Arab Futsal Championship hosted by the Egyptian city of Port Said was the fourth edition of the Arab Futsal Championship between December 23 and 29 2008. Ten teams took part, with Yemen making their futsal debut, and Syria making their competitive futsal debut after having previously played only 2 friendly matches. And Libya is the 2007 Arab Futsal champions.

2008 Arab Futsal Championship
بطولة العرب لكرة القدم داخل الصالات 2008
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
Dates23 − 29 December
Teams10 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Libya (2nd title)
Runners-up Egypt
Third place Jordan
Fourth place Lebanon
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored173 (8.65 per match)
Top scorer(s) Khaled Takaji
(13 goals)
Best player(s) Rabie El-Hoti
Best goalkeeper Mohammed Al-Sharif

Qualification

The following nine teams qualified for the final tournament. Palestine withdrew.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Algeria4thGroup stage (1998, 2005, 2007)
 Egypt (hosts)4thChampions (1998, 2005)
 Iraq2ndGroup stage (2005)
 Jordan2ndGroup stage (1998)
 Lebanon3rdThird place (2005, 2007)
 Libya4thChampions (2007)
 Syria1stDebut
 Tunisia3rdGroup stage (2005, 2007)
 Yemen1stDebut
Withdrew

Venues

Group stage

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 3 3 0 0 18 3 +15 9 Semi-finals
2  Jordan 3 2 0 1 14 10 +4 6
3  Tunisia 3 1 0 2 7 11 4 3
4  Syria 3 0 0 3 7 22 15 0
5  Palestine (W) 0 - - - - - 0
Source:
(W) Withdrew.
Date Team 1 Score Team 2
2008-12-23 Egypt  8 - 0  Syria
2008-12-24 Jordan  3 - 1  Tunisia
2008-12-25 Syria  3 - 5  Tunisia
2008-12-26 Egypt  5 - 1  Tunisia
2008-12-26 Syria  4 - 9  Jordan
2008-12-27 Egypt  5 - 2  Jordan

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Libya 4 4 0 0 38 9 +29 12 Semi-finals
2  Lebanon 4 3 0 1 30 13 +17 9
3  Iraq 4 2 0 2 17 17 0 6
4  Algeria 4 1 0 3 20 25 5 3
5  Yemen 4 0 0 4 5 46 41 0
Source:
Date Team 1 Score Team 2
2008-12-23 Algeria  10 - 1  Yemen
2008-12-23 Iraq  1 - 7  Lebanon
2008-12-24 Iraq  3 - 6  Libya
2008-12-24 Lebanon  16 - 2  Yemen
2008-12-25 Algeria  2 - 5  Iraq
2008-12-25 Lebanon  2 - 6  Libya
2008-12-26 Algeria  4 - 5  Lebanon
2008-12-26 Libya  12 - 0  Yemen
2008-12-27 Algeria  4 - 14  Libya
2008-12-27 Iraq  8 - 2  Yemen

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
28 December – Port Said
 
 
 Egypt3
 
29 December – Port Said
 
 Lebanon2
 
 Egypt2
 
28 December – Port Said
 
 Libya3
 
 Libya2
 
 
 Jordan0
 
Third place
 
 
29 December – Port Said
 
 
 Lebanon1
 
 
 Jordan4

Semi-finals

Date Team 1 Score Team 2
2008-12-28 Egypt  3 - 2  Lebanon
2008-12-28 Libya  2 - 0  Jordan

Third place play-off

Date Team 1 Score Team 2
2008-12-29 Lebanon  1 - 4  Jordan

Final

Egypt 2–3 Libya
  • Samy
  • Hasan
Attendance: 5,000

Honors

 2008 Arab Futsal Championship 

Libya
2nd title
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