2009 Arab Nations Cup


The Arab Nations Cup 2009 was the ninth staging of the Arab Nations Cup, an association football tournament held between Arab countries by UAFA. The first stage of qualifying began in December 2006, but no further rounds were played and the tournament was cancelled because of no sponsor.

Qualifications

The first qualifying stage contained eight teams which had lower FIFA ranking. The eight teams were divided into two groups. Each group contained four teams and the group winners qualified for the second qualifying stage.
The second qualifying stage contained 16 seats; 14 teams which had a higher FIFA ranking get byes from the first qualifying round and were entered into the second qualifying round, and two teams from the first qualifying stage got the last two seats. 16 teams were divided into four groups, four teams in each group and the group winners and runners-up qualified for the Arab Nations Cup.
The teams sorted by Alphabetical order

First Qualifying Round

Qualifying tournament of group 1 held in Yemen.
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Group 2

Qualifying tournament of group 2 held in Lebanon.
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Second Qualifying Round

West Asia Region
Gulf Region
North Africa Region
Red Sea Region
The final tournament was cancelled because of no sponsor.