International football competition
The 2023 Arab Futsal Cup hosted by the Saudi governorate of Jeddah was the seventh edition of the Arab Futsal Cup between 6 and 16 June 2023. For the first time, twelve teams took part: Saudi Arabia , Morocco , Iraq , Kuwait , Egypt , Tajikistan , Palestine , Algeria , Comoros , Lebanon , Libya , and Mauritania .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Morocco is the two-time defending champion.[ 6] They became the first team to win the title for a record third consecutive time and overall, after defeating Kuwait 7-1 in the final.
Qualification The following twelve teams qualified for the final tournament.[ 7]
Did not enter
Venue Ministry of Sports Hall in the Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Complex in Jeddah .
Match officials The following officials were chosen for the tournament.[ 8]
Referees Adel Chenaoua Ammar Balahouane Abdulrahman Al Doseri Hussain Al Bahhar Atef Hessien Mohamed Hassan Tarek ElKhataby Hasan Mussa Hawkar Ahmed Abdulaziz AlSarraf Eisa Abdulhoussain Elias AlHakim Khalil Balhawan Ali AlAyat Alghadi Ramzi Khalid Hnich Said El Haoud Majid Al Hatmi Mohammed AlGhoul Saad Al Hayyan Abdelakram El Hentati Aymen Kammoun Ahmed AlGhais Fahad AlHosani
Squads
Group stage The teams are divided into three groups.[ 9]
Group A Source: [citation needed ]
6 June 2023 (2023-06-06 )
19:00 UTC+3
Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah Referee: Hussain Al Bahhar (
Bahrain )
10 June 2023 (2023-06-10 )
19:00
Tajikistan 2–2 Algeria Yorov 16:59 Sharipov 21:57 Report Takdjerad 29:02 Modjahed 30:57
Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah Referee: Tarek ElKhataby (
Egypt )
Group B Source: [citation needed ]
9 June 2023 (2023-06-09 )
21:30 UTC+3
Lebanon 0–6 Morocco Report Boumezou 17:35 , 30:58 Bouzid 25:03 El Fenni 28:41 , 30:00 El Ayyane 32:48
Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah Referee: Hussain Al Bahhar (
Bahrain )
Group C Source: [citation needed ]
Ranking of third-placed teams Source: [citation needed ]
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals 13 June 2023 (2023-06-13 )
21:30 UTC+3
Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah
Semi-finals
Final
Goalscorers There were 166 goals scored in 25 matches, for an average of 6.64 goals per match.
7 goals
Abduellteif AlAbasi 6 goals
Mostafa Eid Idriss Raiss El Fenni 5 goals
Nawaf Arwan Majd Hamouch Ahmed Al Ajnef 4 goals
Rashid Shawahna Mohammed Said Khalid Bouzid Youssef Jawad 3 goals
Azzedine Takdjerad Amine Bencherif Abdelrahman Mohamed Abdulelah AlOtaibi Bader AlMansour Issa Mehrez Othmane Boumezou Anás El Ayyane Ismail Amzal Soufian Charraoui 2 goals
Walid Betterki Koki Haedr Drewil Mustafa Jumaah Rafid Eesa Ghaith Kareem Omar Chotti Nasser AlAlban Abdulrahman Al Taweel Ibrahim Lamhammel Reda Khiyari Yakhouna Sylla Wedadi Keurdidi Mohamed Habous Mohsen Fqihe Omar AlDabel 1 goal
Amar Bessa Boumedyen Bensaber Sofian Modjahed Mazen Saïd Salim Souadroudine Ahamada Hanady Boyla Marwan Hassani Hakim Kadima Tarek Mostafa Ali Ibrahim Mohamed Mohamed Maradona Mahmoud FATHI A.I. DONGA Haedr Sagit Zaher Hadi Salim Abed Walid Fahim Fadi Sami Saleh AlFadhel Omar AlMansour Fahad AlkKhawari Abdulaziz AlBasam Suleiman Al-Omran Steve Koukezian Mohamad Kobeissy Mustafa Rhyem Johnny Farchakh Suleiman Darweesh Ziad Aziz Izz Al-Din Al-Marimi Jemile Mohamed Abd Rahman Bouhamadi Sow Gonconda Hamza Bouzian Saad KNIA Soufiane Borite Adnan Salloum Imad Fahjan Mansour AlZahrani Abdullah AlMaghrabi Farhan AlAsmari Saleh AlQarni Fares AlMaleh Faizali Sardorov Idris Yorov Muhamadjon Sharipov 1 own goal
Georgio El Khoury (against Kuwait) Suleiman Al-Omran (against Morocco) Abdul-Razak Al-Shanqiti (against Algeria) Nasser Al Harthi (against Libya)
Honors 2023 Arab Futsal Cup Morocco Third title
Best Player: Anás El Ayyane - Morocco Best Goalkeeper: Samir Teffaf - Algeria Top Goal Scorer: Abduellteif AlAbasi (7) - Kuwait Fair Play Award:
Tournament ranking Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result 1 Morocco 6 6 0 0 32 6 +26 18 Champions 2 Kuwait 6 4 0 2 24 21 +3 12 Runners-up 3 Libya 5 3 0 2 15 14 +1 9 Third place 4 Algeria 5 2 2 1 13 11 +2 8 Fourth place 5 Iraq 4 2 1 1 13 6 +7 7 Eliminated in Quarter-finals 6 Egypt 4 2 1 1 17 12 +5 7 7 Saudi Arabia 4 1 1 2 17 14 +3 4 8 Lebanon 4 1 0 3 12 19 -7 3 9 Palestine 3 1 0 2 8 15 -7 3 Eliminated in Group stage 10 Tajikistan 3 0 1 2 3 12 -9 1 11 Mauritania 3 0 0 3 7 18 -11 0 12 Comoros 3 0 0 3 5 18 -13 0
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