The 2012 Arab Cup () was the ninth edition of the

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for national football teams affiliated with the

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(UAFA). The tournament was hosted by

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between 22 June and 6 July 2012. It is the second time that the nation has hosted the tournament, the first being in

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. This edition witnessed the return of

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– the most successful team and record holder of the Arab Cup with four titles – after a 25-year absence due to the

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Prize money

The tournament's lead sponsor was

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an company

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who describe themselves as "Asia's leading sports marketing, media and event management company." The winner received

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$1million, the runner-up received $600,000, the third-placed team received $300,000, while the other participating football associations received $200,000 each.

Teams

Participating

: Bold indicates champion for that year :¹Libya were due to send their under-21 team but instead sent its senior national team.

Did not enter

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Draw

The official draw was held on 6 May 2012 in

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, Saudi Arabia. The remaining 11 teams were ranked based on the

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of May 2012 before the draw. The

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withdrew from the competition after the group draw had been made; they were initially drawn into group A. It will be played as tournament with three groups made of four teams each. The organizer country,

was assigned to Group A.

Venues

Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the 2012 Arab Cup.

Referees

* Djamel Haimoudi * Nawaf Shukralla * Mahmoud Ashour * Gehad Grisha * Suleiman Dalqam * Redouane Jaid * Abdullah Al-Baloushi * Abdulrahman Al-Amri * Khalid Abdel Rahman * Selim Jedidi * Hamad Al-Shaikh Hashmi

Assistant referees

* Abdelhak Etchiali * Aziz Ali Hasan Al-Wadi * Ayman Dagesh * Sherif Saleh * Ahmad Al-Ruwaili * Fouad Al-Maghribi * Bouazza Rouani * Ramzan Al-Nuaimi * Abdulaziz Al-Asmari * Waleed Ali Ahmad * Bechir Hassani * Ahmed Mohammed Saeed Al-Shamisi * Ahmed Qaid Saif

Squads

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Best placed runner-up

The team that finish highest of all group runners-up will also proceed to the semi-final stage. Due to Group A only having three teams in their group, results against teams finishing fourth will not be counted. The best runners-up will face the winner of group A in the semifinals while the winner of group B will face the winner of group C.

Knockout phase

The semi-final winners proceed to the final and those who lost compete in the third place playoff.

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Winners

Statistics

Goalscorers

Awards

* Yassine Salhi – was named the player of the tournament, and was the top scorer of the tournament with a total of 6 goals.

Team statistics

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Media

Broadcasting

References

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