The 11th FIFA Arab Cup will be held in Qatar from December 1–18, 2025.
The finals will include 16 Arab men’s national football teams competing across the CAF (Africa) and AFC (Asia) confederations.
While 14 teams compete in the qualification stage from November 25–26 to form the final lineup, the nine Arab countries with the top FIFA World Rankings advanced straight to the group stage.
The teams competing to go to the Arab Cup final on December 18, which will take place at the Lusail Stadium, are hosts Qatar and Algeria, the 2021 reigning champions. It will happen exactly three years after the 2022 FIFA World Cup final took place at the same location.
Four round-robin groups of four teams will compete in the finals, with the top two teams moving on to the knockout stages.
Both teams are aware of the group they will be placed in if they qualify for each game. Play-off match winners are ranked according to the number of qualifiers they are (e.g., the winner of play-off match 1 takes the slot of qualifier 1).
Continue reading for the complete schedule, games, and results as they become available.
2025 FIFA Arab Cup – qualification play-offs schedule
All times are local time (AST, GMT+3)
Tuesday 25 November
- Play-off Match 6 – Kuwait 2-0 Mauritania
- Play-off Match 3 – Syrian Arab Republic 2-0 South Sudan
- Play-off Match 4 – Palestine 0-0 (4-3 pens) Libya
Wednesday 26 November
- Play-off Match 1 – Oman 0-0 (4-1 pens) Somalia
- Play-off Match 2 – Bahrain 1-0 Djibouti
- Play-off Match 7 – Comoros 4-4 (4-2 pens) Yemen
- Play-off Match 5 – Sudan 2-1 Lebanon
2025 FIFA Arab Cup – all groups
- Group A: Qatar, Tunisia, Syrian Arab Republic, Palestine
- Group B: Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Qualifier 1, Qualifier 7
- Group C: Egypt, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait
- Group D: Algeria, Iraq, Qualifier 2, Qualifier 5
2025 FIFA Arab Cup – group stage schedule
All times are local time (AST, GMT+3)
Monday 1 December
Group A
- 16:00, Al-Rayyan: Tunisia vs Syrian Arab Republic
- 19:30, Al Khor: Qatar vs Palestine
Tuesday 2 December
Group B
- 15:00, Al-Rayyan: Morocco vs Qualifier 7
- 20:00, Al-Rayyan: Saudi Arabia vs Qualifier 1
Group C
- 17:30, Lusail: Egypt vs Kuwait
Wednesday 3 December
Group C
- 20:00, Al Khor: Jordan vs United Arab Emirates
Group D
- 15:00, Al-Rayyan: Algeria vs Qualifier 5
- 17:30, Doha: Iraq vs Qualifier 2
Thursday 4 December
Group A
- 17:30, Lusail: Palestine vs Tunisia
- 20:00, Al-Rayyan: Syrian Arab Republic vs Qatar
Friday 5 December
Group B
- 17:30, Al-Rayyan: Qualifier 1 vs Morocco
- 21:30, Al Khor: Qualifier 7 vs Saudi Arabia
Saturday 6 December
Group C
- 14:00, Al-Rayyan: Kuwait vs Jordan
- 21:30, Lusail: United Arab Emirates vs Egypt
Group D
- 16:30, Al-Rayyan: Qualifier 2 vs Algeria
- 19:00, Doha: Qualifier 5 vs Iraq
Sunday 7 December
Group A
- 20:00, Al Khor: Qatar vs Tunisia
- 20:00, Al-Rayyan: Syrian Arab Republic vs Palestine
Monday 8 December
Group B
- 20:00, Lusail: Morocco vs Saudi Arabia
- 20:00, Doha: Qualifier 1 vs Qualifier 7
Tuesday 9 December
Group C
- 17:30, Al Khor: Egypt vs Jordan
- 17:30, Doha: United Arab Emirates vs Kuwait
Group D
- 20:00, Al-Rayyan (Khalifa International Stadium): Algeria vs Iraq
- 20:00, Al-Rayyan (Education City Stadium): Qualifier 2 vs Qualifier 5
2025 FIFA Arab Cup – knockout stage schedule
All times are local time (AST, GMT+3)
Quarter-finals
Thursday 11 December
- 17:30, Al-Rayyan: Group B winners vs Group A runners-up
- 20:30, Lusail: Group A winners vs Group B runners-up
Friday 12 December
- 17:30, Al-Rayyan: Group C winners vs Group D runners-up
- 20:30, Al Khor: Group D winners vs Group C runners-up
Semi-finals
Monday 15 December
- 17:30, Al-Rayyan: Semi-final 1
- 20:30, Al Khor: Semi-final 2
Thursday 18 December
Match for third place
- 14:00, Al-Rayyan: Semi-final 1 losers vs semi-final 2 losers
Final
- 19:00, Lusail: Semi-final 1 winners vs semi-final 2 winners
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