2025 FIFA Arab Cup final

2025 FIFA Arab Cup final
Lusail Stadium, where the match was hosted
Event2025 FIFA Arab Cup
After extra time
Date18 December 2025 (2025-12-18)
VenueLusail Stadium, Lusail
Man of the MatchAbderrazak Hamdallah (Morocco)
RefereeGlenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Attendance84,517

The 2025 FIFA Arab Cup final was a football match to determine the winners of the 2025 FIFA Arab Cup. The match was held at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar,[1][2][3] on 18 December 2025 and it was contested by Morocco and Jordan, the winners of the semi-finals. The date of the final marked three years to the day since the 2022 FIFA World Cup final, also held at Lusail.

Route to the final

 Jordan Round  Morocco
Opponents Result Group stage Opponents Result
 United Arab Emirates 2–1 Match 1  Comoros 3–1
 Kuwait 3–1 Match 2  Oman 0–0
 Egypt 3–0 Match 3  Saudi Arabia 1–0
Group C winners

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Jordan 3 9
2  United Arab Emirates 3 4
3  Egypt 3 2
4  Kuwait 3 1
Source: FIFA
Final standings Group B winners

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Morocco 3 7
2  Saudi Arabia 3 6
3  Oman 3 4
4  Comoros 3 0
Source: FIFA
Opponents Result Knockout stage Opponents Result
 Iraq 1–0 Quarter-final  Syria 1–0
 Saudi Arabia 1–0 Semi-final  United Arab Emirates 3–0

Match

Details

Jordan 2–3 (a.e.t.) Morocco
Olwan 48', 68' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 84,517
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Jordan
Morocco
GK 1 Yazeed Abulaila
CB 3 Abdallah Nasib
CB 19 Saed Al-Rosan
CB 4 Husam Abu Dahab  77'  104'
RWB 17 Issam Smeeri  46'
LWB 20 Mohannad Abu Taha
CM 21 Nizar Al-Rashdan
CM 6 Amer Jamous  81'
RF 7 Mohammad Abu Zrayq  46'
CF 9 Ali Olwan
LF 13 Mahmoud Al-Mardi (c)  90'
Substitutions:
MF 23 Adham Al-Quraishi  46'
FW 8 Odeh Al-Fakhouri  46'  112'
MF 14 Rajaei Ayed  119'  81'
MF 2 Mohammad Abu Hashish  90'
DF 16 Ali Hajabi  104'
FW 10 Ahmad Ersan  112'
Manager:
Jamal Sellami
GK 12 Mehdi Benabid
RB 7 Mohamed Boulacsoute
CB 4 Soufiane Bouftini  71'
CB 18 Marwane Saâdane
LB 19 Hamza El Moussaoui  80'
CM 3 Anas Bach  71'
CM 6 Mohamed Rabie Hrimat (c)
RW 21 Karim El Berkaoui  17'
AM 14 Oussama Tannane  71'
LW 10 Amin Zahzouh  113'
CF 11 Walid Azaro  106'
Substitutions:
MF 16 Aschraf El Mahdioui  17'
MF 8 Sabir Bougrine  71'
FW 9 Abderrazak Hamdallah  71'
FW 17 Mounir Chouiar  71'
DF 5 Mahmoud Bentayg  80'
DF 15 Marouane Louadni  87'  106'
Manager:
Tarik Sektioui

Man of the Match:
Abderrazak Hamdallah (Morocco)[4]

Assistant referees:
Mahbod Beigi (Sweden)
Andreas Söderkvist (Sweden)
Fourth official:
Ma Ning (China)
Reserve assistant referee:
Zhou Fei (China)
Video assistant referee:
Fedayi San (Switzerland)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)
Support video assistant referee:
Abdullah Al-Shehri (Saudi Arabia)

Match rules[5]

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Maximum of twelve named substitutes
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time[note 1]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

References

  1. ^ "Everything you need to know about the FIFA Arab Cup". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  2. ^ "Draw procedures for the FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2025™" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Match Schedule: FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2025" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 28 September 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference PotM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Everything you need to know about the FIFA Arab Cup". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.