84,517
A record attendance of 84,517 watched Morocco’s final victory over Jordan at Lusail Stadium. The Atlas Lions had been involved when the previous record was broken during the groups, with 78,131 people turning out for their victory over Saudi Arabia on Matchday 8.
498
It took a staggering 498 minutes for an opposition player to net against Morocco at these finals. Defender Mohamed Boulacsoute put through his own net 56 minutes into their opening-day win over Comoros, before Tarik Sektioui’s side set off on a run of four straight clean sheets. Ali Olwan broke the streak 48 minutes into the final, as he headed home to level the scores.
64
Oussama Tannane opened the scoring for Morocco in the final with a stunning 64-yard strike. The winger picked the ball up just inside his own half, took one touch and lofted the ball over Yazeed Abulaila and into the Jordanian’s goal just four minutes in.
45
The second half of Algeria’s quarter-final bout with United Arab Emirates was just 45 seconds old before Adil Boulbina rifled them into the lead. It was the second time The Fennecs had netted in the opening minute of the second period of a match, with Saad Natiq putting through his own net in their defeat of Iraq in the group stage.
18
United Arab Emirates got by Algeria in the quarter-finals via a dramatic penalty shootout following a 1-1 draw. An Arab Cup record 18 kicks were taken, with the Emiratis eventually advancing as 7-6 winners.
6
Jordan’s Ali Olwan finished as the competition’s top scorer with six goals. Remarkably, five of those came from the penalty spot, accounting for half the total spot-kicks scored across the tournament.
5
In their quarter-final shootout win over Algeria, five of United Arab Emirates seven penalties were netted by substitutes. Ali Saleh brought his side level at 2-2, before Isam Faiz, Sultan Adil and Kouame Autonne all found the net. Richard Akonnor then bagged the winner after Naoufel Khacef failed to convert.
3
In a unique turn of events, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates shared third place on the podium. The pair had contested the first half of their third-place play-off before the game was abandoned before the start of the second period due to adverse weather conditions.
2
Both Ali Olwan and Abderrazak Hamdallah netted braces in the decider. Hamdallah emerged from the bench to score the 88th-minute equaliser, before hitting the winner in extra time. The game occurred on the three-year anniversary of Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe trading blows in the FIFA World Cup™ final at the same venue.
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Algeria are yet to trail for a single minute at the Arab Cup. They won the title without falling behind in 2021. At this edition, they conceded just once in the groups when already a goal to the good versus Bahrain. They were then pegged back in their quarter-final bout with United Arab Emirates, before losing on penalties.
Statistics are taken since the Arab Cup has been organised by FIFA from 2021.
