Football at the 2011 Arab Games

2011 Arab Games men's football tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Qatar
Dates	10–23 December
Teams	12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Bahrain (1st title)
Runners-up	Jordan
Third place	Kuwait
Fourth place	Palestine
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	31 (1.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Abdallah Deeb ; (4 goals)
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The men's football tournament at the 2011 Arab Games was held in Al Rayyan, Qatar from 10 to 23 December. The tournament was played at three venues in one host city. Egypt were the defending champions from the 2007 Arab Games in Cairo. Bahrain clinched the Gold Medal after beating Jordan 1–0.

Venues

City	Stadium	Capacity	Ref.
Al Rayyan	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium	21,282	^[1]
	Al-Gharafa Stadium	25,000
	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium	15,000

Squads

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 30 October 2011 in Doha, Qatar.^[2]

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	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	4
Qatar	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
Iraq	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3	1

10 December 2011

17:30

Qatar	2–2	Bahrain
Al Marri 17' Razak 34'	Report	Al-Husaini 71', 89'

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

13 December 2011

17:30

Bahrain	3–0	Iraq
Hardan 41' Abdul-Latif 63' (pen.), 70'	Report

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Khaled Abdurahaman (Sudan)

16 December 2011

19:30

Qatar	0–0	Iraq
	Report

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kuwait	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6
Saudi Arabia	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1
Oman	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1

11 December 2011

17:30

Saudi Arabia	0–0	Oman
	Report

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)

14 December 2011

17:30

Oman	0–2	Kuwait
	Report	Nasser 81', 90+2'

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Mohammad Abu Loum (Jordan)

17 December 2011

19:30

Saudi Arabia	0–2	Kuwait
	Report	Al Kandari 45+1' Al-Mutawa 85' (pen.)

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Jordan	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5
Palestine	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
Sudan	3	1	1	1	1	2	−1	4
Libya	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

11 December 2011