FIFA Arab Cup
association football competition for men's national teams from the Arab world
(Redirected from Arab Nations Cup)
The FIFA Arab Cup (Arabic: Arabic: كأس العرب), or simply known as the Arab Cup, is a football (soccer) tournament held between countries in the Arab world. It has been organized by FIFA since 2021.
Iraq has been the most successful team because they won 4 tournaments. The first tournament was played in Lebanon in 1963. Morocco won the most recent tournament, which occurred in 2012.
Results
change| Team | Titles | Runners-up | 3rd Place | 4th Place | Semi-finalists | Top 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Iraq
|
4 (1964, 1966*, 1985, 1988) | – | 1 (2012) | – | – | 5 |
 Saudi Arabia
|
2 (1998, 2002) | 1 (1992) | 1 (1985) | 1 (2012) | – | 5 |
 Egypt
|
1 (1992) | – | 1 (1988) | – | – | 2 |
 Morocco
|
1 (2012) | – | – | – | 1 (2002) | 2 |
 Tunisia
|
1 (1963) | – | – | – | – | 1 |
 Syria
|
– | 3 (1963, 1966, 1988) | – | 1 (1992) | – | 4 |
 Libya
|
– | 2 (1964, 2012) | 1 (1966) | – | – | 3 |
 Bahrain
|
– | 2 (1985, 2002) | – | – | – | 2 |
 Qatar
|
– | 1 (1998) | – | 1 (1985) | – | 2 |
 Kuwait
|
– | – | 3 (1964, 1992, 1998) | 1 (1963) | – | 4 |
 Lebanon
|
– | – | 1 (1963) | 2 (1964, 1966) | – | 3 |
 Jordan
|
– | – | – | 1 (1988) | 1 (2002) | 2 |
 United Arab Emirates
|
– | – | – | 1 (1998) | – | 1 |
All-time table
change- Teams highlighted in gold have won a title.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Win ratio | Point ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iraq
|
25 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 46 | 16 | +30 | 56 | 0.64 | 2.24 |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia
|
26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 23 | +21 | 48 | 0.54 | 1.85 |
| 3 | Syria
|
25 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 27 | +9 | 40 | 0.44 | 1.60 |
| 4 | Kuwait
|
30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 46 | 52 | –6 | 36 | 0.33 | 1.20 |
| 5 | Lebanon
|
27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 38 | –1 | 31 | 0.30 | 1.15 |
| 6 | Libya
|
16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 16 | +23 | 27 | 0.44 | 1.69 |
| 7 | Egypt
|
15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 25 | 0.40 | 1.67 |
| 8 | Jordan
|
29 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 61 | −37 | 24 | 0.21 | 0.83 |
| 9 | Morocco
|
12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 19 | 0.42 | 1.58 |
| 10 | Bahrain
|
21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 41 | –19 | 19 | 0.19 | 0.90 |
| 11 | Tunisia
|
8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 15 | 0.50 | 1.88 |
| 12 | Qatar
|
8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 14 | 0.50 | 1.75 |
| 13 |  Sudan
|
9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 12 | 0.33 | 1.33 |
| 14 |  Palestine
|
11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0.09 | 0.82 |
| 15 |  Algeria
|
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 6 | 0.17 | 1.00 |
| 16 |  Yemen
|
10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 44 | –35 | 4 | 0.10 | 0.40 |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 3 | 0.25 | 0.75 |
| 18 |  Oman[Note 1]
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 19 |  Mauritania
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Appearances by team
change| Nations | Appearances | Titles | Hosts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwait
|
8 | 0 | 2 |
| Jordan
|
8 | 0 | 1 |
| Lebanon
|
7 | 0 | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia
|
6 | 2 | 2 |
| Syria
|
6 | 0 | 1 |
| Iraq
|
5 | 4 | 1 |
| Bahrain
|
5 | 0 | 0 |
| Egypt
|
4 | 1 | 0 |
| Libya
|
4 | 0 | 0 |
| Palestine
|
4 | 0 | 0 |
| Morocco
|
3 | 1 | 0 |
| Sudan
|
3 | 0 | 0 |
| Yemen
|
3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tunisia
|
2 | 1 | 0 |
| Qatar
|
2 | 0 | 1 |
| Algeria
|
2 | 0 | 0 |
| United Arab Emirates
|
1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mauritania
|
1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oman
|
1 | 0 | 0 |
Other websites
change- Arab Cup - Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation