2012 Arab Cup U-17

The 2012 Arab Cup U-17 was an association football tournament between Arabic countries played in July 2012 and hosted in Tunisia.

2012 Arab Cup U-17

Tournament details
Host country	Tunisia
Dates	2–16 July 2012[1]
Teams	10 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Tunisia (1st title)
Runners-up	Iraq
Third place	Morocco
Fourth place	Yemen
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	55 (3.44 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sherko Karim (7 goals)
Best player(s)	Sherko Karim
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Participants

•  Algeria
•  Iraq
•  Libya
•  Mauritania
•  Morocco
•  Oman
•  Saudi Arabia
•  Sudan
•  Tunisia
•  Yemen

 Kuwait and  Syria withdrew from the tournament

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	3	3	0	0	12	3	+9	9
Mauritania	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
Oman	3	1	1	1	3	6	−3	4
Libya	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Oman	2–1	Libya
Al-Roochadi 45' Mubarek 84'		Kouarsha 87'

2 July 2012

17:30

Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir

Referee: Haitham Mohammed Ali (Iraq)

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Tunisia	4–2	Mauritania
Naghmouchi 9' Hassen 28' Gabsi 48', 90+1'		Sidi 65' Koury 90'

2 July 2012

19:40

Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir

Referee: Hashim Adam Ahmed (Sudan)

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Libya	0–2	Mauritania
		Koury 65' (pen.), 82'

5 July 2012

17:30

Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir

Referee: Ali Gawf Bary (Yemen)

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Oman	0–4	Tunisia
		Samti 12', 39' Hassen 55' Omrani 78'

5 July 2012

19:40

Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir

Referee: Sofiane Bousseter (Algeria)

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Mauritania	1–1	Oman
2'		80'

8 July 2012

18:30

Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir

Referee: Mounir Mabrouk (Morocco)

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Libya	1–4	Tunisia
Ghalabu 82'		Rouahi 35' Selmi 62' Benarbi 72' Ayadi 84'

8 July 2012

18:30

Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir

Referee: Mohammad Arafah (Jordan)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraq	2	2	0	0	11	2	+9	6
Saudi Arabia	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	3
Sudan	2	0	0	2	2	11	−9	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

 Syria withdrew from the tournament.

Sudan	1–7	Iraq
Muhamad 90+1'		Karim 27', 45+1', 48', 59' Khairi 38' Fadel 74', 79'

3 July 2012

18:00

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse

Referee: Mounir Mabrouk (Morocco)

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Sudan	1–4	Saudi Arabia
Muhamad ...'		Al-Shahrani ...' Mkabas 50', 77' Al-Zeeny 68'

6 July 2012

19:00

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse

Referee: Mohammad Arafah (Jordan)

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Saudi Arabia	1–4	Iraq
Mkabas 25'		Karim 13', 46' Mahdi 43' Kadhim 85'

9 July 2012

18:30

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse

Referee: Nassrallah Jawadi (Tunisia)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yemen	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6
Morocco	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	3
Algeria	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

 Kuwait withdrew from the tournament

Algeria	0–3	Yemen
		Abeed 36' Abdullah 68' Al-Shahmi 75'

4 July 2012

18:00

Stade Municipal Bou Ali-Lahouar, Hammam Sousse

Referee: Nassrallah Jawadi (Tunisia)

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Morocco	0–1	Yemen
		Al-Dahi 80'

7 July 2012

18:00

Stade Municipal Bou Ali-Lahouar, Hammam Sousse

Referee: Hashim Adam Ahmed (Sudan)

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Morocco	2–0	Algeria
El Moutaraji 56' sabbar 90' (pen.)

10 July 2012

18:30

Stade Municipal Bou Ali-Lahouar, Hammam Sousse

Referee: Mohammad Arafah (Jordan)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	13 July
	Tunisia	1 (4)
					16 July
	Morocco	1(2)
					Tunisia	3
	13 July
					Iraq	0
	Iraq	3
	Yemen	0
					Third place
					13 July
					Morocco	1
					Yemen	0

Semifinals

Tunisia	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Morocco
Ben Salem 60'		El Moutaraji 18'
Penalties
	4–2

13 July 2012

17:00

Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir

Referee: Hashim Adam Ahmed (Sudan)

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Iraq	3–0	Yemen
Rasan 19' Karim 36' Kadhim 79'

13 July 2012

17:00

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse

Referee: Sofiane Bousseter (Algeria)

Third place playoff

Morocco	1–0	Yemen

16 July 2012

16:30

Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir

Referee: Nassrallah Jawadi (Tunisia)

Final

Tunisia	3–0	Iraq
Gabsi 5' Samti 8', 90+4' (pen.)

16 July 2012

19:30

Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir

Referee: Mounir Mabrouk (Morocco)

Winners

2012 Arab U-17 Championship
Tunisia First title

Award winners

• Fair play Award:  Iraq
• Best player: Sherko Kareem Lateef
• Top goal scorer (Golden Boot): Sherko Kareem Lateef (7 goals)

References

1. الكويت في قرعة كأس العرب لتحت 17 عاماً (in Arabic). Retrieved 19 April 2012.

External links

• Under 17 Arab Championship (Tunisia 2012) – goalzz.com