Arab Nations Cup

The Lebanese Football Association was the first to call for the establishment of the tournament, thanks to its president M. Georges Debbas who called to organize a general Arab assembly in 1962 for the organization of the Arab cup of nations. The competition was held in Beirut in October 1963, with the participation of five teams. However, the tournament has seen after the first edition many packages as well as many problems that have prevented the organization steadily.

Year	Host nation		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1963 Details	Lebanon		Tunisia	n/a	Syria		Lebanon	n/a	Kuwait
1964 Details	Kuwait		Iraq	n/a	Libya		Lebanon	n/a	Kuwait
1966 Details	Iraq		Iraq	2–1	Syria		Libya	6–1	Lebanon
1982 Details	Lebanon		Edition cancelled during qualification because of 1982 Lebanon War.
1985 Details	Saudi Arabia		Iraq	1–0	Bahrain		Saudi Arabia	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p.)	Qatar
1988 Details	Jordan		Iraq	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p.)	Syria		Egypt	2–0	Jordan
1992 Details[n 1]	Syria		Egypt	3–2	Saudi Arabia		Kuwait	2–1	Syria
1998 Details	Qatar		Saudi Arabia	3–1	Qatar		Kuwait	4–1	United Arab Emirates
2002 Details	Kuwait		Saudi Arabia	1–0	Bahrain		Jordan /  Morocco No 3rd place match
2009 Details			Edition cancelled during qualification because of no sponsor.[2]
2012 Details	Saudi Arabia		Morocco	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p.)	Libya		Iraq	1–0	Saudi Arabia

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place	Semi-finalists
Iraq	4 (1964, 1966*, 1985, 1988)	–	1 (2012)	–	–
Saudi Arabia	2 (1998, 2002)	1 (1992)	1 (1985*)	1 (2012*)	–
Egypt	1 (1992)	–	1 (1988)	–	–
Morocco	1 (2012)	–	–	–	1 (2002)
Tunisia	1 (1963)	–	–	–	–
Syria	–	3 (1963, 1966, 1988)	–	1 (1992*)	–
Libya	–	2 (1964, 2012)	1 (1966)	–	–
Bahrain	–	2 (1985, 2002)	–	–	–
Qatar	–	1 (1998*)	–	1 (1985)	–
Kuwait	–	–	2 (1992, 1998)	2 (1963, 1964*)	–
Lebanon	–	–	2 (1963*, 1964)	1 (1966)	–
Jordan	–	–	–	1 (1988*)	1 (2002)
United Arab Emirates	–	–	–	1 (1998)	–

* hosts

Iraq was banned from the competition from 1991 to 2003 due to international sanctions.

Team	1963	1964	1966	1985	1988	1992	1998	2002	2012	Years
Algeria					GS		GS			2
Bahrain			GS	2nd	GS			2nd	GS	5
Egypt					3rd	1st	GS		GS	4
Iraq		1st	1st	1st	1st				3rd	5
Jordan	GS	GS	GS	GS	4th	GS	GS	SF		8
Kuwait	4th	4th	GS		GS	3rd	3rd	GS	GS	8
Lebanon	3rd	3rd	4th		GS		GS	GS	GS	7
Libya		2nd	3rd				GS		2nd	4
Mauritania				GS						1
Morocco							GS	SF	1st	3
Oman			GS							1
Palestine			GS			GS		GS	GS	4
Qatar				4th			2nd			2
Saudi Arabia				3rd	GS	2nd	1st	1st	4th	6
Sudan							GS	GS	GS	3
Syria	2nd		2nd		2nd	4th	GS	GS		6
Tunisia	1st				GS					2
United Arab Emirates							4th			1
Yemen			GS					GS	GS	3
Total	5	5	10	6	10	6	12	10	11

Legend

Note: Iraq was banned from the competition from 1991 to 2003 due to international sanctions.

As end of 2012

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
1	Iraq	5	25	16	8	1	46	16	+30	56
2	Syria	6	25	10	7	8	34	28	+6	37
3	Kuwait	8	30	10	6	14	48	50	–2	36
4	Lebanon	7	27	8	7	12	33	39	–6	31
5	Libya	4	16	7	6	3	39	16	+23	27
6	Saudi Arabia	6	26	13	7	6	43	23	+20	27
7	Jordan	8	29	6	7	16	25	57	–32	25
8	Egypt	4	15	5	7	3	17	12	+5	22
9	Morocco	3	12	6	3	2	18	10	+8	21
10	Bahrain	5	21	3	9	9	21	40	–19	18
11	Tunisia	2	8	4	3	1	14	5	+9	15
12	Qatar	2	8	4	2	2	10	7	+3	14
13	Sudan	3	9	3	3	3	11	12	–1	12
14	Palestine	4	11	1	6	4	18	18	0	9
15	Algeria	2	6	1	3	2	3	6	–3	6
16	Yemen	3	10	1	1	8	9	44	–35	4
17	United Arab Emirates	1	4	1	0	3	6	8	–2	3
18	Oman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Mauritania	1	2	0	0	2	0	4	–4	0

Source : http://www.mundial11.com/en/competition-teams-st/139

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