2012 Arab Cup U-17

2012 Arab Cup U-17
Tournament details
Host country Tunisia
Dates 2–16 July 2012[1]
Teams 10 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Tunisia (1st title)
Runners-up  Iraq
Third place  Morocco
Fourth place  Yemen
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 55 (3.44 per match)
Top scorer(s) Iraq Sherko Karim
Best player Iraq Sherko Karim

The 2012 Arab Cup U-17 was an association football tournament between Arabic countries played in July 2012 and hosted in Tunisia.

Participants

 Kuwait and  Syria withdrew from the tournament

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tunisia 3300123+99
 Mauritania 31115504
 Oman 311136−34
 Libya 300328−60

2 July 2012
17:30
Oman  2–1  Libya
Al-Roochadi  45'
Mubarek  84'		 Kouarsha  87'
Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir
Referee: Haitham Mohammed Ali (Iraq)

2 July 2012
19:40
Tunisia  4–2  Mauritania
Naghmouchi  9'
Hassan  28'
Gabsi  48', 90+1'		 Sidi  65'
Koury  90'
Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir
Referee: Hashim Adam Ahmed (Sudan)

5 July 2012
17:30
Libya  0–2  Mauritania
Koury  65' (pen.), 82'
Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir
Referee: Ali Gawf Bary (Yemen)

5 July 2012
19:40
Oman  0–4  Tunisia
Samti  12', 39'
Hassan  55'
Omrani  78'
Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir
Referee: Sofiane Bousseter (Algeria)

8 July 2012
18:30
Mauritania  1–1  Oman
 2'  80'
Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir
Referee: Mounir Mabrouk (Morocco)

8 July 2012
18:30
Libya  1–4  Tunisia
Ghalabu  82' Rouahi  35'
Selmi  62'
Benarbi  72'
El-Ayadi  84'
Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir
Referee: Mohammad Arafah (Jordan)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iraq 2200112+96
 Saudi Arabia 21015503
 Sudan 2002211−90

 Syria withdrew from the tournament.

3 July 2012
18:00
Sudan  1–7  Iraq
Muhamad  90+1' Karim  27', 45+1', 48', 59'
Khairi  38'
Fadel  74', 79'
Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
Referee: Mounir Mabrouk (Morocco)

6 July 2012
19:00
Sudan  1–4  Saudi Arabia
Muhamad  ...' Al-Shahrani  ...'
Mkabas  50', 77'
Al-Zeeny  68'
Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
Referee: Mohammad Arafah (Jordan)

9 July 2012
18:30
Saudi Arabia  1–4  Iraq
Mkabas  25' Karim  13', 46'
Mahdi  43'
Kadhim  85'
Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
Referee: Nassrallah Jawadi (Tunisia)

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Yemen 220040+46
 Morocco 210121+13
 Algeria 200205−30

 Kuwait withdrew from the tournament

4 July 2012
18:00
Algeria  0–3  Yemen
Abeed  36'
Abdullah  68'
Al-Shahmi  75'
Stade Municipal Bou Ali-Lahouar, Hammam Sousse
Referee: Nassrallah Jawadi (Tunisia)

7 July 2012
18:00
Morocco  0–1  Yemen
Al-Dahi  80'
Stade Municipal Bou Ali-Lahouar, Hammam Sousse
Referee: Hashim Adam Ahmed (Sudan)

10 July 2012
18:30
Morocco  2–0  Algeria
El-Moutaraji  56'
El-Sayar  90' (pen.)
Stade Municipal Bou Ali-Lahouar, Hammam Sousse
Referee: Mohammad Arafah (Jordan)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
13 July
  Tunisia  1 (4)  
  Morocco  1(2)  
 
16 July
      Tunisia  3
    Iraq  0
Third place
13 July 13 July
  Iraq  3   Morocco  1
  Yemen  0     Yemen  0

Semifinals

13 July 2012
17:00
Tunisia  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Morocco
Ben Salem  60' El-Moutaraji  18'
  Penalties  
4–2
Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir
Referee: Hashim Adam Ahmed (Sudan)

13 July 2012
17:00
Iraq  3–0  Yemen
Rasan  19'
Karim  36'
Kadhim  79'
Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
Referee: Sofiane Bousseter (Algeria)

Third place playoff

16 July 2012
16:30
Morocco  1–0  Yemen
Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir
Referee: Nassrallah Jawadi (Tunisia)

Final

16 July 2012
19:30
Tunisia  3–0  Iraq
Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir
Referee: Mounir Mabrouk (Morocco)

Winners

 2012 Arab U-17 Championship 

Tunisia
First title

Award winners

References

  1. ↑ الكويت في قرعة كأس العرب لتحت 17 عاماً (in Arabic). Retrieved 19 April 2012.
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