2012 Arab Cup

The tournament's lead sponsor was Singaporean company World Sport Group who describe themselves as "Asia's leading sports marketing, media and event management company." The winner received USD$1million, the runner-up received $600,000, the third-placed team received $300,000, while the other participating football associations received $200,000 each. ==Teams==

Participating ;Notes Did not enter ;Africa • • • • • • ;Asia • • • • • ==Draw==

The official draw was held on 6 May 2012 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The remaining 11 teams were ranked based on the FIFA World Rankings of May 2012 before the draw. The United Arab Emirates withdrew from the competition after the group draw had been made; they were initially drawn into group A. It will be played as tournament with three groups made of four teams each. The organizer country, Saudi Arabia was assigned to Group A. ==Venues==

The following referees were chosen for the 2012 Arab Cup. Referees • Djamel Haimoudi • Nawaf Shukralla • Mahmoud Ashour • Gehad Grisha • Suleiman Dalqam • Redouane Jiyed • Abdullah Al-Baloushi • Abdulrahman Al-Amri • Khalid Abdel Rahman • Selim Jedidi • Hamad Al-Shaikh Hashmi Assistant referees • Abdelhak Etchiali • Aziz Ali Hasan Al-Wadi • Ayman Dagesh • Sherif Saleh • Ahmad Al-Ruwaili • Fouad Al-Maghribi • Bouazza Rouani • Ramzan Al-Nuaimi • Abdulaziz Al-Asmari • Waleed Ali Ahmad • Bechir Hassani • Ahmed Mohammed Saeed Al-Shamisi • Ahmed Qaid Saif ==Squads==

Group A {{Football box ---- {{Football box ---- {{Football box Group B ---- {{Football box ---- Group C ---- ---- Best placed runner-up The team that finish highest of all group runners-up will also proceed to the semi-final stage. Due to Group A only having three teams in their group, results against teams finishing fourth will not be counted. The best runners-up will face the winner of group A in the semifinals while the winner of group B will face the winner of group C. ==Knockout phase==

The semi-final winners proceed to the final and those who lost compete in the third place playoff. Semi-finals ---- Third place play-off Final ==Winners==

Goalscorers Awards • Yassine Salhi – was named the player of the tournament, and was the top scorer of the tournament with a total of 6 goals. Team statistics ==Media==