Football at the 2011 Pan Arab Games

The men's association football tournament at the 2011 Pan Arab Games was held in Doha, Qatar from 10 to 23 December. The tournament was played at three venues in two host cities. Egypt were the defending champions from the 2007 Pan Arab Games in Cairo. Bahrain clinched the Gold Medal after beating Jordan 1–0.

2011 Pan Arab Games Football
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
Dates10 – 23 December
Teams12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Bahrain (1st title)
Runners-up Jordan
Third place Kuwait
Fourth place Palestine
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored31 (1.94 per match)
Top scorer(s) Abdallah Deeb
(4 goals)

Venues
CitiesVenuesCapacity
Al Rayyan  Ahmed bin Ali Stadium 22,000
Doha  Al-Gharafa Stadium 22,000
Doha Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium 13,500

Squads
Main article: Football at the 2011 Pan Arab Games – squads

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 30 October 2011 in Doha, Qatar.[1]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Qatar
 Libya (B team)
 Saudi Arabia (Olympic)

 Iraq
 Kuwait
 Jordan (B team)

 Sudan (B team)
 Oman (Olympic)
 Bahrain

 Syria (withdrew)
 Palestine
 Somalia (withdrew)

Group stage

All times are Arabian Standard Time (AST) – UTC+3

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the semi-finals

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Bahrain 211052+34
 Qatar 20202202
 Iraq 201103−31
Qatar 2–2 Bahrain
Al Marri  17'
Razak  34'		 Report Al-Husaini  71', 89'
Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Bahrain 3–0 Iraq
Hardan  41'
Abdul-Latif  63' (pen.), 70'		 Report
Referee: Khaled Abdurahaman (Sudan)
Qatar 0–0 Iraq
Report

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Kuwait 220040+46
 Saudi Arabia 201102−21
 Oman 201102−21
Saudi Arabia 0–0 Oman
Report
Oman 0–2 Kuwait
Report Nasser  81', 90+2'
Saudi Arabia 0–2 Kuwait
Report Al Kandari  45+1'
Al-Mutawa  85' (pen.)
Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Jordan 312041+35
 Palestine 311145−14
 Sudan 311112−14
 Libya 302112−12
Libya 0–1 Sudan
Report Ankba  81'
Jordan 4–1 Palestine
Al-Khalidi  14'
Abdallah Deeb  23' (pen.), 33'
Al-Dardour  83'		 Report Nu'man  34'
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)
Sudan 0–0 Jordan
Report
Referee: Yosr Saadallah (Tunisia)
Palestine 1–1 Libya
Zatara  88' Report Boussefi  41'
Sudan 0–2 Palestine
Report El-Khatib  39'
Al-Amour  62'
Referee: Ali Al-Samahiji (Bahrain)
Libya 0–0 Jordan
Report
Referee: Ibrahim Al-Hosni (Oman)

Knockout stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
20 December
 
 
 Bahrain3
 
23 December
 
 Palestine1
 
 Bahrain1
 
20 December
 
 Jordan0
 
 Kuwait0
 
 
 Jordan (a.e.t.)2
 
Third place
 
 
22 December 2011
 
 
 Palestine0
 
 
 Kuwait (a.e.t.)3

Semi-finals
Bahrain 3–1 Palestine
Al Alawi  6'
Isa  44'
Abu Saleh  58' (o.g.)		 Report Nu'man  40' (pen.)
Kuwait 0–2 (a.e.t.) Jordan
Report Abdallah Deeb  96', 119' (pen.)

Bronze medal match
Palestine 0–3 (a.e.t.) Kuwait
Report Al-Musawi  92'
Al-Rashidi  94'
Al-Mutawa  119'

Gold medal match
Bahrain 1–0 Jordan
Abdul-Latif  89' Report

Final ranking
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
 Bahrain 4 3 1 0 9 3 +6 10 Gold Medal
 Jordan 5 2 2 1 6 2 +4 8 Silver Medal
 Kuwait 4 3 0 1 7 2 +5 9 Bronze Medal
4  Palestine 4 1 1 2 5 8 −3 4 Fourth place
5  Sudan B 3 1 1 1 1 2 −1 4 Eliminated in
group stage
6  Qatar (H) 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
7  Libya B 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
8  Saudi Arabia U23 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 1
9  Oman U23 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 1
10  Iraq 2 0 1 1 0 3 −3 1
11  Syria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
12  Somalia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: rsssf
(H) Host.

Scorers
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References
  1. "Draw of AG 2011 teams sports on October 30". 20 October 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
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