The drawing of the Arab Cup 2021 draw ... The UAE is in the group of Tunisia and Syria
The draw for the group stage of the tenth edition of the Arab Cup in football, scheduled for the period between the first until the 18th of next December, was withdrawn Tuesday in Doha.
The 23 participating Arab teams were divided into two categories, the first included the nine best-ranked teams in the FIFA world rankings, which qualified directly to the group stage, namely Tunisia (26), Algeria (33), Morocco (34), Egypt (46), and host Qatar (58). ), Saudi Arabia (65), Iraq (68), UAE (73), and Syria (79).
As for the second category, it included 14 national teams: Oman (80), Lebanon (80), Jordan (95), Bahrain (99), Mauritania (101), Palestine (104), Libya (119), Sudan (123), Comoros ( 131), Yemen (145), Kuwait (148), South Sudan (169), Djibouti (183) and Somalia (197).
The 14 teams play a play-off round in which seven teams qualify for the group stage.
The participating teams were distributed on 4 levels, the first included Qatar, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco, the second Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and the Emirates, the third Syria, Oman, Somalia, Lebanon, Djibouti, Jordan and South Sudan, and the fourth Bahrain, Kuwait, Mauritania, Yemen, Palestine, Comoros, Libya and Sudan.
The leaders and runners-up of each group qualify for the play-off rounds: the quarter-finals, semi-final, third-place match and final match on 18 December.
The tournament will be held in six of the eight stadiums scheduled to host the 2022 World Cup.
Here is the draw for the preliminary round:
Amman - Somalia
Lebanon - Djibouti
Jordan - South Sudan
Bahrain - Kuwait
Mauritania - Yemen
Palestine - Comoros
Libya - Sudan
Here is the draw for the group stage:
- Group A: Qatar, Iraq, the winner against Oman and Somalia, the winner from the Bahrain and Kuwait match
- Group Two: Tunisia, the Emirates, Syria, the winner of the Mauritania and Yemen confrontation.
- Group C: Morocco, Saudi Arabia, the winner from the Jordan and South Sudan match, the winner from the Palestine and Comoros match.
- Group D: Algeria, Egypt, the winner from the Lebanon and Djibouti match, the winner from the Libya and Sudan match.
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