The nine highest-ranked teams, including host country Qatar, will join the seven winners from the qualifying stage in the final tournament.
The draw for the FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021™ was conducted at Katara Opera House in Doha tonight.
The nine highest-ranked teams, including host country Qatar,
will join the seven winners from the qualifying stage in the final tournament.
The 16 teams have been drawn into four groups of four, as
follows:
Group A: Qatar, Iraq, Winner of Oman v. Somalia and Winner
of Bahrain v. Kuwait
Group B: Tunisia, UAE, Syria and Winner of Mauritania v.
Yemen
Group C: Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Winner of Jordan v. South
Sudan and Winner of Palestine v. Comoros
Group D: Algeria, Egypt, Winner of Lebanon v. Djibouti and Winner
of Libya v. Sudan
The four group winners and four group runners-up will
proceed to the knockout stage: quarter-finals, semi-finals, third-place
play-off and final. The matches will take place at six Qatar 2022 stadiums,
with the venues set to be confirmed in due course.
The tournament will take place later this year – during a
similar timeslot to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™. It is seen as a vital
opportunity to test operations and facilities exactly a year before Qatar hosts
the first World Cup in the Middle East and Arab world.
Ahead of the draw, FIFA (www.FIFA.com) confirmed the
pairings for the qualifying matches. The 14 lowest-ranked teams will take part
in single-leg matches, based on the April edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World
Ranking:
Oman (FIFA world ranking: 80) v. Somalia (197)
Lebanon (93) v. Djibouti (183)
Jordan (95) v. South Sudan (169)
Bahrain (99) v. Kuwait (148)
Mauritania (101) v. Yemen (145)
Palestine (104) v. Comoros (131)
Libya (119) v. Sudan (123)
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