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2021 Arab Women's Cup
كأس العرب للسيدات 2021
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
Dates24 August – 6 September
Teams7 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Jordan (1st title)
Runners-up Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored63 (5.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)Egypt Nadine Ghazi
(7 goals)
← 2006 2023 →
International football competition

The 2021 Arab Women's Cup (Arabic: كأس العرب للسيدات 2021) was the second edition of the Arab Women's Cup for national women's football teams affiliated with the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA). The tournament was hosted by Egypt between 24 August and 6 September 2021.

Hosts Egypt lost to eventual winners Jordan in the semi-finals. Jordan beat Tunisia 1–0 in the final.

Participating teams

Country Confederation Previous appearances in tournament
 Algeria CAF 1 (2006)
 Egypt (hosts) CAF 1 (2006)
 Jordan AFC 0 (debut)
 Lebanon AFC 1 (2006)
 Palestine AFC 1 (2006)
 Sudan CAF 0 (debut)
 Tunisia CAF 1 (2006)

Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates the hosts country.

Did not enter

Venues

2021 Arab Women's Cup is located in EgyptCairoCairo Cairo
Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Police Academy Stadium Air Defense Stadium
Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 1,000

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt, all the matches were played behind closed doors without any spectators.

Squads

Further information: 2021 Arab Women's Cup squads

Match officials

Referees


Assistant Referees

Group stage

Tie-breaking criteria for group play
The ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria:
  1. Number of points obtained in games between the teams involved
  2. Goal difference in games between the teams involved
  3. Goals scored in games between the teams involved
  4. Away goals scored in games between the teams involved
  5. Goal difference in all games
  6. Goals scored in all games
  7. Drawing of lots

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt (H) 3 2 1 0 16 2 +14 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Tunisia 3 1 2 0 14 3 +11 5
3  Lebanon 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
4  Sudan 3 0 0 3 2 27 −25 0
Source: Goalzz.com
(H) Hosts
Egypt 10–0 Sudan
Report
Police Academy Stadium, CairoReferee: Doumouh Al Bakkar (Lebanon)
Tunisia 0–0 Lebanon
Report
Police Academy Stadium, CairoReferee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)
Sudan 1–12 Tunisia
Report
Police Academy Stadium, CairoReferee: Haneen Murad (Jordan)
Lebanon 0–4 Egypt
Report
Police Academy Stadium, CairoReferee: Lamia Athman (Algeria)
Egypt 2–2 Tunisia
Report
Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium, CairoReferee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)
Lebanon 5–1 Sudan
Report
Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium, CairoReferee: Khuloud Al-Zaabi (United Arab Emirates)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Algeria 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Jordan 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 3
3  Palestine 2 0 0 2 2 8 −6 0
Source: Goalzz.com
Jordan 1–3 Algeria
Report
Air Defense Stadium, CairoReferee: Dorsaf Ganouati (Tunisia)
Algeria 4–1 Palestine
Report
Air Defense Stadium, CairoReferee: Shahanda Saad Al-Maghraby (Egypt)
Palestine 1–4 Jordan
Report
Air Defense Stadium, CairoReferee: Doumouh Al Bakkar (Lebanon)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 Semi-finalsFinal
       
 3 September—Cairo
 
  Egypt2
 6 September—Cairo
  Jordan5
  Jordan1
 3 September—Cairo
  Tunisia0
  Algeria2 (3)
 
  Tunisia (p)2 (4)
 

Semi-finals

Egypt 2–5 Jordan
Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium, CairoReferee: Dorsaf Ganouati (Tunisia)
Algeria 2–2 Tunisia
Penalties
3–4
Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium, CairoReferee: Shahanda Saad Al-Maghraby (Egypt)

Final

Jordan 1–0 Tunisia
Report
Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium, CairoReferee: Shahanda Saad Al-Maghraby (Egypt)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 63 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 5.25 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Final standings

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos. Team G Pld W D L Pts GF GA GD
1  Jordan B 4 3 0 1 9 11 6 +5
2  Tunisia A 5 1 3 1 6 16 6 +10
Eliminated in the semi-finals
3  Algeria B 3 2 1 0 7 9 4 +5
3  Egypt (H) A 4 2 1 1 7 18 7 +11
Eliminated in the group stage
5  Lebanon A 3 1 1 1 4 5 5 0
6  Palestine B 2 0 0 2 0 2 8 −6
7  Sudan A 3 0 0 3 0 2 27 −25

Media

Broadcasting

From the knockout stage, the competition was covered by the Egyptian channel OnTime Sports.

Territory Channel
 Egypt OnTime Sports

See also

References

  1. مصر تستضيف 3 بطولات عربية من أصل 6 فى الموسم الجديد [Egypt to host 3 Arab championships out of 6 in the new season]. Mobtada (in Arabic). 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  2. "UAFA : l'Égypte obtient l'organisation de trois Arab Cup" [UAFA: Egypt obtains the organisation of three Arab Cups] (in French). Comoros Football 269. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  3. كأس العرب للسيدات: برنامج النقل التلفزي لمباراة تونس والجزائر [Arab Women's Cup: TV program for the match between Tunisia and Algeria]. Nessma Sport (in Arabic). 3 September 2021.
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