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| Dates | 1-18 December |
| Teams | 16 (from 2 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 6 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Morocco (2nd title) |
| Runner-up | Jordan |
| Third place | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 77 (2.41 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,236,600 (38,644 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | (6 goals) |
| Best player | |
| Best goalkeeper | |
| Fair play award | |
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The 2025 FIFA Arab Cup is the 11th editon of the Arab Cup the Arab world's national team football tournament. It is the second edition under FIFA's jurisdiction, with previous editions having been organized by the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA). The tournament is taking place in Qatar from 1 to 18 December 2025. This is the third time that Qatar are hosting the competition following the 1998 and 2021 editions. Algeria are the defending champions.
Teams[]
Of the 23 participating teams, the host nation Qatar, the title holders Algeria, and the remaining seven highest-ranked teams based on the April 2025 FIFA Ranking automatically qualified for the group stage. The remaining 14 teams will play seven single-leg qualification matches, with the seven winners advancing to the group stage. In the group stage, there will be four groups of four teams in a round-robin format, with the top two teams from each group qualifying for the knockout stage, which will consist of quarter-finals, semi-finals, a play-off for third place, and the final.
The 14 teams in the qualifiers were paired based on their April 2025 FIFA Ranking and consist of the seven lowest-ranked teams from both the AFC and the CAF. The highest-ranked AFC team plays the lowest-ranked CAF team, the second-highest-ranked AFC team plays the second-lowest-ranked CAF team, and so forth, creating seven inter-confederation matchups. The winners of qualification matches 1, 2, and 3 will occupy positions 2, 3, and 4 in Pot 3 for the final tournament draw, while the winners of the remaining four matches will be placed in Pot 4 in order.
Note: Parentheses show FIFA World Ranking (at the time of the draw) and confederation.
| Directly to the group stage (Ranked 1st to 9th) |
Competing in the qualifiers (Ranked 10th to 23rd) |
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Draw[]
The group stage draw took place on 25 May 2025 at 20:00 AST in at the Raffles Hotel in Doha, Qatar. It was conducted by Jaime Yarza, FIFA's director of tournaments, and four current and former players: Hassan Al-Haydos (Qatar), Rabah Madjer (Algeria), Yasser Al-Qahtani (Saudi Arabia), and Wael Gomaa (Egypt).
Method[]
The sixteen teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The draw started with Pot 1 and ended with Pot 4, from where a team was drawn and assigned to the first available group in the position of their Pot (i.e. position 1 for Pot 1).
The hosts, Qatar, and the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup champions, Algeria, were automatically seeded into Pot 1 and assigned to position A1 and D1, respectively. The remaining automatically qualified teams were seeded into their respective Pots based on the FIFA World Ranking of April 2025 (shown below). The United Arab Emirates, the lowest-ranked team that automatically qualified, will be joined in Pot 3 by the winners of qualification matches 1 to 3, while Pot 4 will contain the winners of qualification matches 4 to 7.
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Squads[]
- Main article: 2025 FIFA Arab Cup squads
Match officials[]
On 14 October 2025, FIFA has appointed 54 match officials from 23 member associations for the tournament. This included 14 referees, 28 assistant referees, and 12 video match officials.
| Confederation | Referee | Assistant referees | Video assistant referees |
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| AFC | |||
| CAF | |||
| CONCACAF | |||
| CONMEBOL | |||
| OFC | |||
| UEFA | |||
Venues[]
On 24 May 2025, the Qatari organising committee announced the six venues that would host the tournament, all of which were used for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Ahmad bin Ali Stadium would host the opening game with Lusail Stadium hosting the final.
| Al Khor | Lusail (Doha Area) |
Doha |
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| Al Bayt Stadium | Lusail Stadium | Stadium 974 |
| Capacity: 68,895 | Capacity: 88,966 | Capacity: 44,089 |
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| Al Rayyan (Doha Area) | ||
| Ahmad bin Ali Stadium | Education City Stadium | Khalifa International Stadium |
| Capacity: 45,032 | Capacity: 44,667 | Capacity: 45,857 |
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Qualification[]
The 14 lowest-ranked teams in the April 2025 FIFA World Ranking will meet on 25 and 26 November in a single knockout match. The best-ranked AFC team will meet the lowest-ranked CAF team, the second-best AFC team played the second-lowest CAF team, and so on.
Summary[]
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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| Mauritania |
0–2 |
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| Syria |
2–0 | |
| Palestine |
0–0 (4–3 p) | |
| Oman |
0–0 (4–1 p) | |
| Bahrain |
1–0 | |
| Sudan |
2–1 | |
| Comoros |
4–4 (4–2 p) |
Matches[]
All times are local, AST (UTC+3).
| 25 November 2025 16:00 Qualifying 6 |
Mauritania |
0–2 | Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan Attendance: 4,268 Referee: Ma Ning (China) | |
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| Report | Daham |
| 25 November 2025 19:00 Qualifying 3 |
Syria |
2–0 | Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha Attendance: 7,294 Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt) | |
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| Al-Hallaq Al Mawas |
Report |
| 25 November 2025 19:00 Qualifying 4 |
Palestine |
0–0 | Al Gharafa Stadium, Al Rayyan Attendance: 5,348 Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala) | |
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| Report | ||||
| Penalties | ||||
| Dabagh Hamdan Saleh Termanini Mahajna |
4–3 |
| 26 November 2025 16:00 Qualifying 1 |
Oman |
0–0 | Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha Attendance: 3,957 Referee: Juan Calderón (Costa Rica) | |
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| Report | ||||
| Penalties | ||||
| Al-Busaidi Al-Rawahi Al-Yahyaei Al-Ghafri |
4–1 |
| 26 November 2025 16:00 Qualifying 2 |
Bahrain |
1–0 | Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Juan Gabriel Benitez (Paraguay) | |
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| Al-Romaihi |
Report |
| 26 November 2025 19:00 Qualifying 5 |
Sudan |
2–1 | Al Gharafa Stadium, Al Rayyan Attendance: 20,816 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar) | |
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| Haidar Awad |
Report | Khamis |
| 26 November 2025 19:00 Qualifying 7 |
Comoros |
4–4 | Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha Attendance: 1,342 Referee: Cristián Garay (Chile) | |
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| Zakouani Anbar Amir |
Report | Al-Zubaidi Al-Gahwashi Al-Matari | ||
| Penalties | ||||
| Kari Zakouani Djae Amir |
4–2 |
Format[]
Of the 23 participating teams, the top nine teams based on the April 2025 FIFA World Ranking qualified directly to the group stage, while the remaining 14 teams will play seven qualifying matches, of which seven will qualify for the next stage. In the group stage, the teams were divided into four groups of four, with the two best teams from each group advancing to the quarter-finals.
Tiebreakers[]
The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows:
- Points obtained in all group matches (three for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Points obtained in matches between the teams concerned;
- Goal difference in matches between the teams concerned;
- Goals scored in matches between the teams concerned;
- Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction per player per match):
- Yellow card: −1 point;
- Indirect red card (second yellow): −3 points;
- Direct red card: −4 points;
- Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
- Latest FIFA Men's World Ranking.
The knockout stage includes all stages from the quarter-finals to the final match. The winner of each match will advance to the next stage and the loser will be eliminated. The losing teams of the semi-finals will play the match for third place. In the final match, the winner gets the Arab Cup. In all final cases, if the match ends in a tie, then extra time will be played. If the score is still equal after extra time, it will be decided by a penalty shoot-out.
Schedule[]
All times are local, AST (UTC+3).
| Match | Dates |
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| Group stage | |
| Matchday 1 | 1–3 December 2025 |
| Matchday 2 | 4–6 December 2025 |
| Matchday 3 | 7–9 December 2025 |
| Knockout stage | |
| Quarter-finals | 11–12 December 2025 |
| Semi-finals | 15 December 2025 |
| Third place play-off | 18 December 2025 |
| Final | 18 December 2025 |
Group stage[]
Group A[]
- Main article: 2025 FIFA Arab Cup Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
| 1 December 2025 16:00 |
Tunisia |
0–1 | Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan Attendance: 26,966 Referee: Juan Calderón (Costa Rica) | |
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| Report | Kharbin |
| 1 December 2025 18:45 |
Qatar |
0–1 | Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor Attendance: 61,475 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden) | |
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| Report | Al-Brake |
| 4 December 2025 17:30 |
Palestine |
2–2 | Lusail Stadium, Lusail Attendance: 44,548 Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States) | |
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| Hamdan Qunbar |
Report | Layouni Chaouat |
| 4 December 2025 20:00 |
Syria |
1–1 | Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan Attendance: 42,467 Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala) | |
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| Khribin |
Report | Alaaeldin |
| 7 December 2025 20:00 |
Qatar |
0–3 | Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor Attendance: 48,151 Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway) | |
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| Report | Ben Romdhane Meriah Ben Ali |
| 7 December 2025 20:00 |
Syria |
0–0 | Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan Attendance: 39,571 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman) | |
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| Report |
Group B[]
- Main article: 2025 FIFA Arab Cup Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 |
| 2 December 2025 15:00 |
Morocco |
3–1 | Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan Attendance: 10,246 Referee: Ma Ning (China) | |
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| Bouftini Tissoudali El Berkaoui |
Report | Boulacsoute |
| 2 December 2025 20:00 |
Saudi Arabia |
2–1 | Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan Attendance: 21,628 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan) | |
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| Al-Buraikan Al-Shehri |
Report | Al-Habashi |
| 5 December 2025 17:30 |
Oman |
0–0 | Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan Attendance: 37,996 Referee: Juan Gabriel Benítez (Paraguay) | |
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| Report |
| 5 December 2025 21:30 |
Comoros |
1–3 | Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor Attendance: 32,219 Referee: Juan Calderón (Costa Rica) | |
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| Djoudja |
Report | Kanno S. Al-Dawsari |
| 8 December 2025 20:00 |
Morocco |
1–0 | Lusail Stadium, Lusail Attendance: 78,131 Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala) | |
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| El Berkaoui |
Report |
| 8 December 2025 20:00 |
Oman |
2–1 | Stadium 974, Doha Attendance: 9,348 Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon) | |
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| Al-Sabhi |
Report | Hamidou |
Group C[]
- Main article: 2025 FIFA Arab Cup Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 |
| 2 December 2025 17:30 |
Egypt |
1–1 | Lusail Stadium, Lusail Attendance: 24,632 Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway) | |
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| Afsha |
Report | Al Hajeri |
| 3 December 2025 20:00 |
Jordan |
2–1 | Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor Attendance: 30,759 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman) | |
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| Olwan Al-Naimat |
Report | Bruno |
| 6 December 2025 14:00 |
Kuwait |
1–3 | Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan Attendance: 35,933 Referee: Cristián Garay (Chile) | |
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| Nasser |
Report | Abu Taha Al-Rosan Olwan |
| 6 December 2025 21:30 |
United Arab Emirates |
1–1 | Lusail Stadium, Lusail Attendance: 36,299 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden) | |
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| Caio |
Report | Hamdy |
| 9 December 2025 17:30 |
Egypt |
0–3 | Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor Attendance: 55,658 Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States) | |
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| Report | Abu Hashish Abu Zrayq Olwan |
| 9 December 2025 17:30 |
United Arab Emirates |
3–1 | Stadium 974, Doha Attendance: 15,357 Referee: Ma Ning (China) | |
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| Al-Ghassani Giménez |
Report | Al-Hajeri |
Group D[]
- Main article: 2025 FIFA Arab Cup Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
| 3 December 2025 15:00 |
Algeria |
0–0 | Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan Attendance: 37,143 Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt) | |
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| Report |
| 3 December 2025 17:30 |
Iraq |
2–1 | Stadium 974, Doha Attendance: 9,358 Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon) | |
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| Lutfalla Ali |
Report | Hashim |
| 6 December 2025 16:30 |
Bahrain |
1–5 | Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan Attendance: 20,260 Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand) | |
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| Abduljabbar |
Report | Berkane Boulbina Benzia |
| 6 December 2025 19:00 |
Sudan |
0–2 | Stadium 974, Doha Attendance: 38,639 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan) | |
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| Report | Ali Attwan |
| 9 December 2025 20:00 |
Algeria |
2–0 | Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan Attendance: 34,148 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar) | |
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| Tougai Natiq |
Report |
| 9 December 2025 20:00 |
Bahrain |
3–1 | Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan Attendance: 21,386 Referee: Juan Gabriel Benítez (Paraguay) | |
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| Abduljabbar Al-Romaihi Al-Humaidan |
Report | Muzamel |
Knockout stage[]
- Main article: 2025 FIFA Arab Cup knockout stage
The knockout stage will be the second and final stage of the tournament, after the group stage. It will start on 11 December with the quarter-finals and will end on 18 December following the final match that will be held at Lusail Stadium in Lusail. The best two teams from each group (8 in total) advance to the knockout stage to compete in a singles-elimination tournament. A match for third place will be played between the two losing teams in the semi-finals.
If the match is tied at the end of the original playing time, two halves of extra time will be played (15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners. Below is an arc for the knockout stage of the tournament. Teams in bold indicate the winners of the match.
Bracket[]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 11 December – Lusail | ||||||||||
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| 15 December – Al Khor | ||||||||||
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| 0 | ||||||||||
| 12 December – Al Rayyan (ECS) | ||||||||||
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| 18 December – Lusail | ||||||||||
| 0 | ||||||||||
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| 11 December – Al Rayyan (KIS) | ||||||||||
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| 15 December – Al Rayyan (KIS) | ||||||||||
| 0 | ||||||||||
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| 12 December – Al Khor | ||||||||||
| 0 | Third place play-off | |||||||||
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| 18 December – Al Rayyan (KIS) | ||||||||||
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Quarter-finals[]
| 11 December 2025 17:30 |
Morocco |
1–0 | Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan Attendance: 39,167 Referee: Cristián Garay (Chile) | |
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| Azaro |
Report |
| 11 December 2025 20:30 |
Palestine |
1–2 (a.e.t.) |
Lusail Stadium, Lusail Attendance: 77,197 Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt) | |
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| Dabbagh |
Report | Al-Buraikan Kanno |
| 12 December 2025 17:30 |
Jordan |
1–0 | Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan Attendance: 43,486 Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway) | |
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| Olwan |
Report |
| 12 December 2025 20:30 |
Algeria |
1–1 (a.e.t.) |
Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor Attendance: 50,424 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan) | |
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| Boulbina |
Report | Bruno | ||
| Penalties | ||||
| Brahimi Benzia Mrezigue Ounas Boulbina Halaïmia Draoui Khacef |
6–7 |
Semi-finals[]
| 15 December 2025 17:30 |
Morocco |
3–0 | Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan Attendance: 33,898 Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway) | |
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| El Berkaoui El Mahdioui Hamdallah |
Report |
| 15 December 2025 20:30 |
Saudi Arabia |
0–1 | Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor Attendance: 62,825 Referee: Juan Gabriel Benítez (Paraguay) | |
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| Report | Al-Rashdan |
Third place play-off[]
| 18 December 2025 14:00 |
Saudi Arabia |
0–0 Abandoned |
Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan Attendance: 32,768 Referee: Cristián Garay (Chile) | |
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| Report |
Final[]
- Main article: 2025 FIFA Arab Cup Final
| 18 December 2025 19:00 |
Jordan |
2–3 (a.e.t.) |
Lusail Stadium, Lusail Attendance: 84,517 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden) | |
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| Olwan |
Report | Tannane Hamdallah |
Goalscorers[]
There have been 11 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.2 goals per match (as of 2 December 2025).
1 goal
Mohamed Magdy
Fahad Al Hajeri
Soufiane Bouftini
Karim El Berkaoui
Tarik Tissoudali
Gehmat Al-Habashi
Firas Al-Buraikan
Saleh Al-ShehriOmar Khribin
1 own goal
Marketing[]
Mascot[]
The official mascot of the 2025 FIFA Arab Cup is based on the folk character Juha.
Broadcasting rights[]
| Country/Region | Broadcaster |
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| beIN Sports | |
| Alkass | |
| Template:KUW | Shasha |
| Kuwait TV | |
| EPTV (TV1, TV2, TV4, TV6) | |
| ALKASS (YouTube) |
Sponsorship[]
| FIFA Arab Cup sponsors | Regional supporters |
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External links[]
| 2025 FIFA Arab Cup |
| Group stage (Group A · Group B · Group C · Group D) · Knockout stage · Final
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