2023 Arab Futsal Cup

2023 Arab Futsal Cup
كأس العرب لكرة الصالات 2023
Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	6–16 June
Teams	12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Morocco (3rd title)
Runners-up	Kuwait
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25
Goals scored	166 (6.64 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Abduellteif AlAbasi; (7 goals)
Best player(s)	Anás El Ayyane
Best goalkeeper	Samyr Teffaf
	← 2022 2024 →

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]

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
Algeria	6th	Group stage (1998, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2022)
Comoros	2nd	Group stage (2021)
Egypt	7th	Champions (1998, 2005)
Iraq	4th	Runners-up (2022)
Kuwait	3rd	Semi-finals (2022)
Lebanon	4th	Third place (2005, 2007)
Libya	6th	Champions (2007, 2008)
Mauritania	3rd	Quarter-finals (2022)
Morocco	6th	Champions (2021, 2022)
Palestine	3rd	Fourth place (1998)
Saudi Arabia (hosts)	3rd	Quarter-finals (2022)
~~Sudan~~ w/o^[A]	2nd	Group stage (1998)
Tajikistan (invited)	1st	Debut

^ Sudan's futsal team withdrew from the Arab Cup tournament due to the situation in the country. Tajikistan were invited to replace their spot.

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Libya	3	2	0	1	9	7	+2	6	Knockout stage
2	Algeria	3	1	2	0	9	8	+1	5
3	Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	15	9	+6	4
4	Tajikistan	3	0	1	2	3	12	−9	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

6 June 2023

16:30 UTC+3

Saudi Arabia	4–4	Algeria
AlOtaibi 2:05, 39:48 Fqihe 32:22, 33:11	Report	Betterki 14:01 Bessa 31:18 Al Shanqiti 33:38 (o.g.) Takdjerad 33:59

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Mohamed Hassan (Egypt)

6 June 2023

19:00 UTC+3

Libya	2–1	Tajikistan
Al Ajnef 0:12 Said 36:25	Report	Sardorov 15:55

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Hussain Al Bahhar (Bahrain)

8 June 2023

16:30 UTC+3

Algeria	3–2	Libya
Bencherif 9:51 Betterki 11:55 Bensaber 31:29	Report	Al Ajnef 28:43 Darweesh 38:04

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Khalil Balhawan (Lebanon)

8 June 2023

19:00 UTC+3

Tajikistan	0–8	Saudi Arabia
	Report	AlZahrani 15:21 AlDabel 15:59, 39:59 AlMaghribi 16:53 AlOtaibi 17:56 Arwan 28:36 AlAsmari 31:06 AlQarni 35:28

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Abdulaziz AlSarraf (Kuwait)

10 June 2023

16:30

Saudi Arabia	3–5	Libya
AlMaleh 16:15 Arwan 29:25, 37:26	Report	Al Ajnef 6:43 Al Harthi 9:01 (o.g.) Said 19:59 Lamhammel 20:59, 25:08

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Hawkar Ahmed (Iraq)

10 June 2023

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morocco	3	3	0	15	2	+13	9	Quarter-finals
2	Kuwait	3	2	1	14	10	+4	6
3	Lebanon	3	1	2	10	14	−4	3
4	Comoros	3	0	3	5	18	−13	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 June 2023

14:00 UTC+3

Morocco	5–0	Comoros
El Fenni 13:40, 34:33 Jawad 15:11 Bouzian 29:43 Boumezou 35:02	Report

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

7 June 2023

16:30 UTC+3

Kuwait	5–4	Lebanon
AlAbasi 11:10, 25:47 El Khoury 25:00 (o.g.) AlFadhel 27:27 O. AlMansour 37:30	Report	Koukezian 1:31 Kobeissy 15:08 Rhyem 20:19 Mehrez 36:48

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Fahad AlHosani (United Arab Emirates)

9 June 2023

19:00 UTC+3

Comoros	2–7	Kuwait
Salim 19:59 Ahamada 27:04	Report	AlKhawari 5:02 AlAbasi 5:41, 28:38, 30:59 AlAlban 7:04 AlBasam 13:43 B. AlMansour 18:07

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Ali AlAyat (Libya)

9 June 2023

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)

11 June 2023

Morocco	4–2	Kuwait
El Fenni 04:17 Knia 12:07 Bouzid 19:07 Amzal 26:21	Report	AlShatti 23:28 AlAlban 38:51

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

11 June 2023

Lebanon	6–3	Comoros
Hamouch 27:33, 30:11, 34:36, 39:59 Issa 29:23 Farchakh 31:44	Report	Boina 8:23 Hassani 10:16 Kadima 37:46 (pen.)

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Ahmed AlGhais (United Arab Emirates)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	2	1	0	15	6	+9	7	Quarter-finals
2	Iraq	3	2	1	0	13	4	+9	7	Quarter-finals
3	Palestine	3	1	0	2	8	15	−7	3
4	Mauritania	3	0	0	3	7	18	−11	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 June 2023

19:00 UTC+3

Egypt	7–2	Mauritania
Eid 2:27, 35:12 Mostafa 5:04 Ibrahim 26:21 Koki 32:58 A. Mohamed 37:34 Maradona 38:11	Report	Sylla 2:38 Bouhamadi 14:11

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Khalid Hnich (Morocco)

7 June 2023

21:30 UTC+3

Palestine	0–6	Iraq
	Report	Jumaah 1:01, 15:28 Eesa 5:27 Kareem 25:28 Hadi 29:19 Abed 35:11

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Aymen Kammoun (Tunisia)

9 June 2023

14:00 UTC+3

Mauritania	4–7	Palestine
Sylla 20:00 Keurdidi 36:41, 38:59 J. Mohamed 39:18	Report	Salloum 4:45 Habous 28:32, 33:09 Shawahna 24:09, 25:39, 34:12 Fahjan 30:07

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

9 June 2023

16:00 UTC+3

Iraq	3–3	Egypt
Eesa 23:26 Drewil 27:50, 37:15	Report	Eid 3:54 Koki 7:25 M. Mohamed 9:35

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Fahad AlHosani (United Arab Emirates)

11 June 2023

Egypt	5–1	Palestine
Eid 24:11 Dunga 33:05 A. Mohamed 38:55, 33:58 Fathi 35:47	Report	Shawahna 40:00

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Hussain Al Bahhar (Bahrain)

11 June 2023

Iraq	4–1	Mauritania
Fahem 12:01 Sami 16:18 Kareem 20:41 Sajed 27:01	Report	Dioncounda 35:26

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	15	9	+6	4	Knockout stage
2	B	Lebanon	3	1	0	2	10	14	−4	3	Knockout stage
3	C	Palestine	3	1	0	2	8	15	−7	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

13 June 2023

14:00 UTC+3

Libya	5–2	Lebanon
Said 12:43, 35:24 Aziz 15:26 Al Mariami 28:20 Al Ajnef 39:59	Report	Mehrez 29:19 Hamouch 30:39

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Eisa Abdulhoussain (Kuwait)

13 June 2023

16:30 UTC+3

Morocco	5–2	Saudi Arabia
Bouzid 3:23 Chaaraoui 7:39 El Ayyane 11:12 Al Khyari 17:05 El Fenni 37:46	Report	Arwan 37:31, 39:59

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Mohamed Hassan (Egypt)

13 June 2023

19:00 UTC+3

Egypt	2–6	Kuwait
Eid 24:41, 37:03	Report	AlShatti 8:19 AlTawail 10:17 B. AlMansour 11:37, 21:49 AlOmran 26:41 AlAbasi 39:59

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Aymen Kammoun (Tunisia)

13 June 2023

21:30 UTC+3

Algeria	2–0	Iraq
Bencherif 14:05, 32:05	Report

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Fahad AlHosani (United Arab Emirates)

Semi-finals

14 June 2023

16:30 UTC+3

Libya	1–5	Morocco
Al Ajnef 33:57	Report	Amzal 8:35 El Ayyane 10:47 Chaaraoui 13:59 Jawad 17:05, 22:01

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Hawkar Ahmed (Iraq)

14 June 2023

19:00 UTC+3

Kuwait	3–2	Algeria
AlAbasi 8:59 AlAlban 22:26 B. AlMansour 32:21	Report	Bencherif 27:07 Takdjerad 31:10

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Hussain Al Bahhar (Bahrain)

Final

16 June 2023

19:00 UTC+3

Morocco	7–1	Kuwait
Amzal 1:39 Chaaraoui 5:22 Jawad 12:45 Bouzid 16:15 Bourite 17:11 Al Khyari 25:46 AlOmran 26:48 (o.g.)	Report	AlTawail 30:36

Ministry of Sports Hall, Jeddah

Referee: Mohamed Hassan (Egypt)

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

References

^ Soliman, Seif (2023-05-17). "Egypt draw Palestine & Iraq in 2023 Arab Futsal Cup". KingFut. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
^ "Groups drawn for 7th edition of Arab Futsal Cup in Jeddah". Arab News. 2023-05-16. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
^ Houssamdine, Boina (2023-05-16). "Tirage au sort de l'Arab Futsal Cup 2023". Comoros Football 269 | Portail du football des Comores (in French). Retrieved 2023-05-20.
^ "Hosted by Jeddah.. The draw for the Arab Futsal Cup was drawn – اتحاد كأس الخليج العربي لكرة القدم". Retrieved 2023-05-20.
^ McGettigan, Stephen (2023-05-17). "7th edition of the Arab Futsal Cup, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia". Futsal Focus. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
^ Latrech, Oumaima. "Morocco Defeats Iraq, Wins 2022 Arab Futsal Cup". moroccoworldnews. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
^ "قرعة كأس العرب لكرة الصالات 2023: أسود الفوتسال في المجموعة الثانية" (in Arabic). 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
^ "2023 Arab Futsal Referees". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
^ "2023 Arab Futsal Match schedules". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2023-06-09.

External links

[Sudan-8] Sudan's futsal team withdrew from the Arab Cup tournament due to the situation in the country. Tajikistan were invited to replace their spot.

[1] Soliman, Seif (2023-05-17). "Egypt draw Palestine & Iraq in 2023 Arab Futsal Cup". KingFut. Retrieved 2023-05-20.

[2] "Groups drawn for 7th edition of Arab Futsal Cup in Jeddah". Arab News. 2023-05-16. Retrieved 2023-05-20.

[3] Houssamdine, Boina (2023-05-16). "Tirage au sort de l'Arab Futsal Cup 2023". Comoros Football 269 | Portail du football des Comores (in French). Retrieved 2023-05-20.

[4] "Hosted by Jeddah.. The draw for the Arab Futsal Cup was drawn – اتحاد كأس الخليج العربي لكرة القدم". Retrieved 2023-05-20.

[5] McGettigan, Stephen (2023-05-17). "7th edition of the Arab Futsal Cup, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia". Futsal Focus. Retrieved 2023-05-20.

[6] Latrech, Oumaima. "Morocco Defeats Iraq, Wins 2022 Arab Futsal Cup". moroccoworldnews. Retrieved 2023-05-20.

[7] "قرعة كأس العرب لكرة الصالات 2023: أسود الفوتسال في المجموعة الثانية" (in Arabic). 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2023-06-09.

[9] "2023 Arab Futsal Referees". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2023-06-09.

[10] "2023 Arab Futsal Match schedules". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2023-06-09.

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2023 Arab Futsal Cup

Qualification

Venue

Match officials

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Ranking of third-placed teams

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Goalscorers

Honors

Tournament ranking

References

External links