2002 Arab Nations Cup

2002 Arab Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Kuwait
Dates	16 December – 30 December
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	66 (2.87 per match)

The 2002 Arab Nations Cup is the 8th edition of the Arab Nations Cup hosted by Kuwait. The defending Champions Saudi Arabia won the title for the 2nd time.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Jordan	4	2	2	0	6	4	+2	8
Morocco	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1	5
Kuwait	4	1	2	1	6	6	0	5
Sudan	4	1	1	2	4	5	-1	4
Palestine	4	0	3	1	7	9	-2	3

16 December 2002	Kuwait	1 - 1	Morocco	Kuwait City, Kuwait Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Mahmoud Abbas
	Faraj Laheeb  46'		Bouchaib El Moubarki  26'

16 December 2002	Palestine	1 - 1	Jordan	Kuwait City, Kuwait
	Ziyad Al-Kord  5'		Hatem Aqel  11'

18 December 2002	Morocco	1 - 1	Jordan	Kuwait City, Kuwait Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid
	Yazid Kaïssi  4'		Abdullah Abu Zema  64' (pen)

18 December 2002	Kuwait	1 - 0	Sudan	Kuwait City, Kuwait Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mohamed Zakrini
	Musaed Neda  90'

20 December 2002	Jordan	2 - 1	Sudan	Kuwait City, Kuwait Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mahmoud Abbas
	Mo'ayyad Salim  17' Abdullah Abu Zema  82' (pen)		Mohamed Ali  84'

20 December 2002	Morocco	3 - 1	Palestine	Kuwait City, Kuwait Attendance: 700 Referee: Mohamed Omar
	Mohamed Armoumen  30, 40' Saeed Al-Kharazi  88'		Ziyad Al-Kord  52'

23 December 2002	Sudan	2 - 2	Palestine	Kuwait City, Kuwait Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid
	Alem Khamis Farjallah  51' Tajeddine Al-Tijani  88'		Fadi Salem  31' Ziyad Al-Kord  53'

23 December 2002	Jordan	2 - 1	Kuwait	Kuwait City, Kuwait Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Hisham Qirat
	Anas Al-Zboun  69, 83'		Bashar Abdullah  86'

25 December 2002	Sudan	1 - 0	Morocco	Kuwait City, Kuwait
	Haytham Farouq  45'

25 December 2002	Kuwait	3 - 3	Palestine	Kuwait City, Kuwait
	Musaed Neda  30' Bashar Abdullah  68, 73'		Shaker Asad  15' Francisco Alam  38' Mohamed Al-Jaish  46'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Saudi Arabia	4	3	1	0	8	3	+5	10
Bahrain	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	7
Syria	4	2	0	2	8	6	+2	6
Lebanon	4	1	1	2	5	7	-2	4
Yemen	4	0	1	3	5	13	-8	1

17 December 2002	Saudi Arabia	2 - 1	Bahrain	Kuwait City, Kuwait Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Mohamed Al-Qazzaz
	Faysal Al-Abili  33' Talal Al-Meshal  71'		Talal Mohamed  44'

17 December 2002	Yemen	0 - 4	Syria	Kuwait City, Kuwait Attendance: 300 Referee: Mohamed Omar
			Raja Rafe  26' Maher Al Sayed  52' Firas Al Khatib  57 (pen), 70'

19 December 2002	Bahrain	2 - 0	Syria	Kuwait City, Kuwait Referee: Qassem Hamza
	Ahmed Hassan Talib  82' Rashid Al-Dosari  90' (pen)

19 December 2002	Saudi Arabia	1 - 0	Lebanon	Kuwait City, Kuwait Attendance: 700 Referee: Ridha Al-Baltaji
	Bandar Tamim  90'

21 December 2002	Syria	4 - 1	Lebanon	Kuwait City, Kuwait Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Mohamed Al-Qazzaz
	Firas Al Khatib  44' Raja Rafe  46, 52, 59'		Mohamed Qassas  54'

21 December 2002	Bahrain	3 - 1	Yemen	Kuwait City, Kuwait Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ridha Al-Baltaji
	Ahmed Hassan  45, 83, 90'		Adel Al-Salimi  89'

24 December 2002	Lebanon	4 - 2	Yemen	Kuwait City, Kuwait Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Mohamed Al-Qazzaz
	Roda Antar  11, 51, 60' Moussa Hojeij  62'		Jamal Ahmed Al-Qadimi  24' Ali Abboud  70'

24 December 2002	Syria	0 - 3	Saudi Arabia	Kuwait City, Kuwait Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mohamed Al-Zakrini
			Redha Tukar  1' Saud Khariri  71' Talal Al-Meshal  90'

26 December 2002	Yemen	2 - 2	Saudi Arabia	Kuwait City, Kuwait

26 December 2002	Lebanon	0 - 0	Bahrain	Kuwait City, Kuwait Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Hisham Qirat

Knock-out stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	28 December 2002 - Kuwait City, Kuwait
	Saudi Arabia	2
	Morocco	0
					30 December 2002 - Kuwait City, Kuwait
					Saudi Arabia	1
					Bahrain	0
	28 December 2002 - Kuwait City, Kuwait
	Bahrain	2
	Jordan	1

Semi-finals

28 December 2002	Saudi Arabia	2 - 0	Morocco	Kuwait City, Kuwait Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mahmoud Abbas
	Abdullah Al-Waked  20' Talal Al-Meshal  57'

28 December 2002	Bahrain	2 - 1	Jordan	Kuwait City, Kuwait Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Qassem Hamza
	Hussein Ali  79, 91'		Anas Al-Zboun  43'

Final

30 December 2002	Saudi Arabia	1 - 0	Bahrain	Kuwait City, Kuwait Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Mohamed Al-Zakrini
	Mohammed Noor  94'

Result

2002 Arab Nations Cup Winners
Saudi Arabia Second title

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