2009 Arab Nations Cup qualification

The qualification for the 2009 Arab Nations Cup was a qualification to the ninth edition of the Arab Nations Cup, an association football tournament held between Arab countries by UAFA. The first stage of qualifying began in December 2006, but no further rounds were played and the tournament was cancelled.

Qualification
  • The First qualifying Stage contains eight teams which have lower FIFA Ranking. The eight teams divided into two groups, each group contain four teams and the group winners qualify the second qualifying stage.[1]
  • The 2nd Qualifying Stage contains 16 seats, 14 teams who have a higher FIFA ranking get bye from the first qualifying round and are entered into second qualifying round, plus two teams from the first qualifying stage to complete the last two seats. 16 teams will be divided into four groups, four teams in each group and the group winners and runners-up will qualify to the Arab Nations Cup.[1] The second round was never played and the tournament was eventually cancelled.

Final round

Cancelled.

Top Seeds
(bye to 2nd Qualifying Round)

  

Last 8
(1st Qualifying Round)

The teams sorted by Alphabetical order

First Round
  • The First qualifying Stage contain 8 teams which have lower FIFA Ranking, The 8 Teams divided into 2 Groups, each group contain 4 teams and the group winners qualify the 2nd qualifying Stage.
  • Lebanon qualified as best runners-up due to the withdrawal of Qatar (Qatar would have received a bye to the second qualifying round).
  • Palestine withdrew because Israel would not let them to travel to Yemen.

Group 1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Yemen 220061+56
 Comoros 210143+13
 Djibouti 200228–60
 Palestine 00000000
Yemen 2–0 Comoros
Nashwan Al Haggam  73', 90'
Djibouti 1–4 Comoros
Abdul Rahman Okishi  90+2' Meknesh Bi Daoud  5'
Ahmad Seif  33', 75'
Mohammad Moni  89'
Yemen 4–1 Djibouti
Alaa Al-Sasi  9'
Ousam Al Sahhed Nasser  48'
Fekri Al Hubaishi  52'
Mohammed Al Tahoos  85'		 Abdul Rahman Okishi 7

Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sudan 321081+77
 Lebanon 312040+45
 Mauritania 311184+44
 Somalia 3003318–150
Lebanon 0–0 Mauritania
Sudan 6–1 Somalia
Muhannad Eltahir  8'
Mohammed Ali El Khider  16', 18'
Haitham Mustafa  21' (pen.)
Faisal Agab  30'
Gemi Natali  55'		 Ali Abdelaziz  90+3'
Lebanon 4–0 Somalia
Mohammed Ghaddar  4', 28'
Ali Nasseredine  72'
Paul Rustom  83'
Mauritania 0–2 Sudan
Faisal Agab  3'
Haytham Tambal  90'
Somalia 2–8 Mauritania
Ali Abdelaziz  26' (pen.), 67' Sidibe Mohamed  4' (pen.), 24'
Corville Pascal Dominique  14', 27' (pen.)
Alioune Ndiaye  30', 43'
Katri Khuro  75', 88'
Lebanon 0–0 Sudan

Second Round
  • The 2nd Qualifying Stage Contains 16 seats, 14 teams who have a higher FIFA ranking get bye from the First Qualifying Round and are entered into 2nd Qualifying Round, plus 2 teams from the First qualifying Stage to complete the last 2 seats. 16 teams will be divided into 4 Groups, 4 teams in each group and the group winners and runners-up will qualify to the Arab Nations Cup.
  • Qatar withdrew and Lebanon qualified as best runners-up.
  • But the second round was never played and the final tournament was eventually cancelled.

References
  1. "Arab Cup - 2009". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. J. Abboud, J. Nygård & M. Qayed. 22 September 2016.
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